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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.
Shiga-like toxin-VEGF fusion proteins are selectively cytotoxic to endothelial cells overexpressing VEGFR-2.
Journal of Controlled Release 2001 July 7
Growing endothelial cells at sites of angiogenesis may be more sensitive than quiescent endothelial cells to toxin-VEGF fusion proteins, because they express higher numbers of VEGF receptors. We have constructed, expressed and purified a protein containing the catalytic A-subunit of Shiga-like toxin I fused to VEGF(121) (SLT-VEGF/L). SLT-VEGF/L inhibits protein synthesis in a cell-free translation system and induces VEGFR-2 tyrosine autophosphorylation in cells overexpressing VEGFR-2 indicating that both SLT and VEGF moieties are properly folded in the fusion protein. SLT-VEGF/L selectively inhibits growth of porcine endothelial cells expressing 2-3x10(5) VEGFR-2/cell with an IC(50) of 0.1 nM, and rapidly induces apoptosis at concentrations >1 nM. Similar results are observed with human transformed embryonic kidney cells, 293, engineered to express 2.5x10(6) VEGFR-2/cell. In contrast, SLT-VEGF/L does not affect three different types of endothelial cells (PAE/KDR(low), HUVE, MS1) expressing between 5x10(3) and 5x10(4) VEGFR-2/cell, and quiescent endothelial cells overexpressing VEGFR-2. Growth inhibition and induction of apoptosis by SLT-VEGF/L require intrinsic N-glycosidase activity of the SLT moiety, but occur without significant inhibition of protein synthesis. The selective cytotoxicity of SLT-VEGF proteins against growing endothelial cells overexpressing VEGFR-2 suggests that they may be useful in targeting similar cells at sites of angiogenesis.
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