Design and construction of scFv-PE35KDEL as a novel immunotoxin against human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 for cancer therapy

Propose Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is overexpressed on the surface of some kinds of cancer cells including breast cancer. In this study, we designed and produced a novel immunotoxin consisting anti-HER2 single-chain Fv (scFv) from pertuzumab and a modified form of Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE35KDEL). Methods The three-dimensional (3D) structure of the fusion protein (anti-HER IT) was predicted by MODELLER 9.23 and its interaction with HER2 receptor was assessed using HADDOCK web server. Anti-HER2 IT, anti-HER2 scFv, and PE35KDEL proteins were expressed by Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). After purification of the proteins using $ Ni^{2+} $ affinity chromatography and refolding through dialysis, the cytotoxicity of proteins against breast cancer cell lines was examined by MTT assay. Results In-silico studies showed that (EAAAK)2 linker can efficiently prevent the formation of salt bridges between two functional domains and the constructed fusion protein has a high affinity to HER2 receptor. The optimum condition of anti-HER2 IT expression was 25 °C and 1 mM IPTG. The protein was successfully purified and refolded by dialysis with a final yield of 45.7 mg per 1 L of bacterial culture. The cytotoxicity results showed that anti-HER2 IT was much more toxic on HER2-overexpressing cells, BT-474 ($ IC_{50} $ ~ 95 nM) compared with HER2-negative cells, MDA-MB-23 ($ IC_{50} $ ˃ 200 nM). Conclusion This novel immunotoxin has the potential to be applied as a therapeutic candidate for HER2-targeted cancer therapy. However further in vitro and in vivo evaluations are still required to confirm the efficacy and safety of this protein..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

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Biotechnology letters - 45(2023), 4 vom: 20. Feb., Seite 537-550

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shariaty Vaziri, Zahra [VerfasserIn]
Shafiee, Fatemeh [VerfasserIn]
Akbari, Vajihe [VerfasserIn]

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Breast cancer
Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)
Immunotoxin
Pseudomonas exotoxin

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10.1007/s10529-023-03360-4

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SPR049817817