• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.440-451
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 항암제인 taxol의 $^{111}In$ 방사성표지화합물을 합성하여 암진단제로서의 이용 가능성을 보기 위한 기초 연구를 수행하였다. Taxol의 $^{111}In$ 표지화합물을 얻기 위해 taxol구조에서 C-13의 곁가지에 있는 C-2' 부분의 hydroxyl기를 DTPA anhydride 및 succinic anhydride와 반응시켜 taxol-DTPA와 2'-hemisuccinyltaxol을 합성하였다. 반응수율은 taxol-DTPA 접합체의 경우 34%이었으며, 2'-hemisuccinyltaxol은 80%이었다. MTT법을 사용하여 HT29, B16, P388, CT26 세포주에서 taxol-DTPA와 2'-hemisuccinyltaxol의 세포독성능실험에서는 taxol 보다는 못미치나 그 세포독성이 유지됨을 확인하였다. 합성된 taxol 유도체들을 리간드 교환법과 직접법을 사용하여 In-111을 표지하였다. Taxol-DTPA 접합체의 In-111 표지반응의 경우, 리간드교환법은 반응도중 침전이 생겨 반응이 어려워 직접법으로 In-111 표지화합물을 얻을 수 있었으며 그 표지수율은 100%이었다. 2'-hemisuccinyltaxol은 두 방법을 모두 시도하였으나 반응이 진행되지 않음을 확인하였다. In-111의 taxol-DTPA 접합체 및 2'-hemisuccinyltaxol에 대한 표지반응 수율은 HPLC, paper, instant thin-layer chromatography를 실시하여 결정하였다. Li-pophilicity의 실험에서는 친수성임이 확인되었으며, 세포결합능의 실험에서는 HT29, B16, P388, CT26 세포주와의 결합이 매우 낮음을 나타내었다. 혈청단백 질과의 결합능을 보기위하여 30% trichloroacetic acid 법을 수행하였으며, 약 30%정도만이 혈청단백질과 결합하여 그 값이 크지 않았다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제52권8호
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• pp.496-501
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• 2019

Conventionally, immunotoxins have been produced as a single polypeptide from fused genes of an antibody fragment and a toxin. In this study, we adopted a unique approach of chemical conjugation of a toxin protein and an antibody fragment. The two genes were separately expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to high levels of purity. The two purified proteins were conjugated using a chemical linker. The advantage of this approach is its ability to overcome the problem of low recombinant immunotoxin production observed in some immunotoxins. Another advantage is that various combinations of immunotoxins can be prepared with fewer efforts, because the chemical conjugation of components is relatively simpler than the processes involved in cloning, expression, and purification of multiple immunotoxins. As a proof of concept, the scFv of trastuzumab and the PE24 fragment of Pseudomonas exotoxin A were separately produced using E. coli and then chemically crosslinked. The new immunotoxin was tested on four breast cancer cell lines variably expressing HER2. The chemically crosslinked immunotoxin exhibited cytotoxicity in proportion to the expression level of HER2. In conclusion, the present study revealed an alternative method of generating an immunotoxin that could effectively reduce the viability of HER2-expressing breast cancer cells. These results suggest the effectiveness of this method of immunotoxin crosslinking as a suitable alternative for producing immunotoxins.