title: Polyethylene glycol-modified pokeweed mitogen (PWM) as a potential non-immunogenic stimulator of lymphokine-activated killer cells.
abstract: Among the various plant lectins, pokeweed mitoge (PWM) is most effective in enhancing the cytotoxicity of human lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells. However, the use of PWM in adoptive immunotherapy has been limited due to the strong immune response against the protein of plant origin. Amino groups in PWM was modified with 2,4-bis[O-methoxypoly(ethylene glycol)]-6-chioro-s-triazine, activated PEG2, to form PEG-PWM conjugates. Its immunoreactivity towards anti-PWM antibodies was reduced by increasing the degree of modification of amino groups in PWM. PEG-PWM, in which 54% of amino groups in PWM was modified with activated PEG2, had a nearly complete reduction of immunoreactivity. Intraperitoneal administration of PEG-PWM to mice did not produce substantial levels of anti-PWM antibodies. Nevertheless, PEG-PWM retained the ability to induce the maximum levels of cytotoxicity of human LAK cells in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Toin Human Science and Technology Center, Department of Materials Science and Technology, Toin University of Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kodera
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiroto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015979:Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols