A novel microtubule de-stabilizing complementarity-determining region C36L1 peptide displays antitumor activity against melanoma in vitro and in vivo

Short peptide sequences from complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) of different immunoglobulins may exert anti-infective, immunomodulatory and antitumor activities regardless of the specificity of the original monoclonal antibody (mAb). In this sense, they resemble early molecules of innate immunity. C36L1 was identified as a bioactive light-chain CDR1 peptide by screening 19 conserved CDR sequences targeting murine B16F10-Nex2 melanoma. The 17-amino acid peptide is readily taken up by melanoma cells and acts on microtubules causing depolymerization, stress of the endoplasmic reticulum and intrinsic apoptosis. At low concentrations, C36L1 inhibited migration, invasion and proliferation of B16F10-Nex2 cells with cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase, by regulating the PI3K/Akt signaling axis involving Rho-GTPase and PTEN mediation. Peritumor injection of the peptide delayed growth of subcutaneously grafted melanoma cells. Intraperitoneal administration of C36L1 induced a significant immune-response dependent anti-tumor protection in a syngeneic metastatic melanoma model. Dendritic cells stimulated ex-vivo by the peptide and transferred to animals challenged with tumor cells were equally effective. The C36 VL CDR1 peptide is a promising microtubule-interacting drug that induces tumor cell death by apoptosis and inhibits metastases of highly aggressive melanoma cells.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 5(2015) vom: 22. Sept., Seite 14310

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Figueiredo, Carlos R [VerfasserIn]
Matsuo, Alisson L [VerfasserIn]
Azevedo, Ricardo A [VerfasserIn]
Massaoka, Mariana H [VerfasserIn]
Girola, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Polonelli, Luciano [VerfasserIn]
Travassos, Luiz R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antineoplastic Agents
Complementarity Determining Regions
EC 2.7.1.-
EC 2.7.11.1
EC 3.1.3.67
EC 3.6.5.2
Journal Article
PTEN Phosphohydrolase
Peptides
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rho GTP-Binding Proteins
Tubulin

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Date Completed 19.08.2016

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/srep14310

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM252958535