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Silvestri I, Manigrasso J, Andreani A, Brindani N, Mas C, Reiser JB, Vidossich P, Martino G, McCarthy AA, De Vivo M, Marcia M. Targeting the conserved active site of splicing machines with specific and selective small molecule modulators. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4980. [PMID: 38898052 PMCID: PMC11187226 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48697-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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The self-splicing group II introns are bacterial and organellar ancestors of the nuclear spliceosome and retro-transposable elements of pharmacological and biotechnological importance. Integrating enzymatic, crystallographic, and simulation studies, we demonstrate how these introns recognize small molecules through their conserved active site. These RNA-binding small molecules selectively inhibit the two steps of splicing by adopting distinctive poses at different stages of catalysis, and by preventing crucial active site conformational changes that are essential for splicing progression. Our data exemplify the enormous power of RNA binders to mechanistically probe vital cellular pathways. Most importantly, by proving that the evolutionarily-conserved RNA core of splicing machines can recognize small molecules specifically, our work provides a solid basis for the rational design of splicing modulators not only against bacterial and organellar introns, but also against the human spliceosome, which is a validated drug target for the treatment of congenital diseases and cancers.
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- Ilaria Silvestri
- Laboratory of Molecular Modelling & Drug Discovery, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genoa, Italy
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Grenoble, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38042, France
- Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100, Caserta, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modelling & Drug Discovery, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genoa, Italy
- Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modelling & Drug Discovery, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modelling & Drug Discovery, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genoa, Italy
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, EMBL, ISBG, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modelling & Drug Discovery, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modelling & Drug Discovery, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genoa, Italy
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Grenoble, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38042, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modelling & Drug Discovery, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genoa, Italy.
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Grenoble, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38042, France.
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Nisbett K, Tu YJ, Turro C, Kodanko JJ, Schlegel HB. DFT Investigation of Ligand Photodissociation in [Ru II(tpy)(bpy)(py)] 2+ and [Ru II(tpy)(Me 2bpy)(py)] 2+ Complexes. Inorg Chem 2017; 57:231-240. [PMID: 29257679 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Photoinduced ligand dissociation of pyridine occurs much more readily in [Ru(tpy)(Me2bpy)(py)]2+ than in [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(py)]2+ (tpy = 2,2':6',2″-terpyridine; bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, Me2bpy = 6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine; py = pyridine). The S0 ground state and the 3MLCT and 3MC excited states of these complexes have been studied using BP86 density functional theory with the SDD basis set and effective core potential on Ru and the 6-31G(d) basis set for the rest of the atoms. In both complexes, excitation by visible light and intersystem crossing leads to a 3MLCT state in which an electron from a Ru d orbital has been promoted to a π* orbital of terpyridine, followed by pyridine release after internal conversion to a dissociative 3MC state. Interaction between the methyl groups and the other ligands causes significantly more strain in [Ru(tpy)(Me2bpy)(py)]2+ than in [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(py)]2+, in both the S0 and 3MLCT states. Transition to the dissociative 3MC states releases this strain, resulting in lower barriers for ligand dissociation from [Ru(tpy)(Me2bpy)(py)]2+ than from [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(py)]2+. Analysis of the molecular orbitals along relaxed scans for stretching the Ru-N bonds reveals that ligand photodissociation is promoted by orbital mixing between the ligand π* orbital of tpy in the 3MLCT state and the dσ* orbitals that characterize the dissociative 3MC states. Good overlap and strong mixing occur when the Ru-N bond of the leaving ligand is perpendicular to the π* orbital of terpyridine, favoring the release of pyridine positioned in a cis fashion to the terpyridine ligand.
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- Khalin Nisbett
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University , 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University , 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University , Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University , 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University , 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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Filiatrault HL, Porteous GC, Carmichael RS, Davidson GJE, Carmichael TB. Stretchable light-emitting electrochemical cells using an elastomeric emissive material. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2012; 24:2673-2678. [PMID: 22451224 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201200448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Dispersing an ionic transition metal complex into an elastomeric matrix enables the fabrication of intrinsically stretchable light-emitting devices that possess large emission areas (∼175 mm(2)) and tolerate linear strains up to 27% and repetitive cycles of 15% strain. This work demonstrates the suitability of this approach to new applications in conformable lighting that require uniform, diffuse light emission over large areas.
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AbstractA selection of microscopic pores is being made by genetic manipulation of a bacterial channel protein, α-hemolysin (α-HL). It will include: pores with different internal diameters, with differential selectivity for the passage of classes of molecules, and with different gating properties. The pores will be made into monolayers and incorporated into materials such as thin films to confer novel permeability properties upon them. Such products will have several technological applications, for example as molecular filters in sensors or as components of optically gated devices in electronics.
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Lee DM, Gasparro FP, Wang XJ, Kopec C, DeLeo K, Sumpio BE. Photochemotherapy of vascular cells with 8-methoxypsoralen and visible light: differential effects on endothelial and smooth muscle cells. PHOTODERMATOLOGY, PHOTOIMMUNOLOGY & PHOTOMEDICINE 2002; 18:244-52. [PMID: 12390666 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2002.02770.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The long-term efficacy of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is limited by the restenosis which occurs in approximately 40% of patients, usually within 6 months of the procedure. PURPOSE The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) activated with visible light on the properties of bovine aortic smooth muscle cells (SMC) and endothelial cells (EC) in vitro. METHODS Cells were seeded in polystyrene wells, allowed to attach over a 24-h period, incubated with 1, 20, or 50 microg/ml 8-MOP and then exposed to 12 J/cm2 visible light (447 nm). Cell counts were performed for up 14 days (n = 4-6 wells per time point), and each experiment was performed in triplicate. Cellular migration, morphology, and size were also analyzed. RESULTS The lowest 8-MOP dose (1 microg/ml) had no significant effect on SMC proliferation, while the highest dose (50 microg/ml) induced cytostasis. An intermediate dose of 8-MOP (20 microg/ml) produced a transient and reversible inhibition of proliferation. There was no significant effect on proliferation of EC at lowest dose of 8-MOP (1 microg/ml). However, in contrast to the SMC experiments, a transient and reversible inhibition of EC proliferation was seen at both 20 and 50 microg/ml 8-MOP. CONCLUSIONS These experiments demonstrate that while 8-MOP photoactivated with 447 nm visible light can reversibly inhibit the proliferation of both SMC and EC in a dose-dependent fashion, SMC are more sensitive to the treatment than EC.
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- David M Lee
- Department of Surgery (Vascular), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Jensen KD, Kopečková P, Bridge JHB, Kopeček J. The cytoplasmic escape and nuclear accumulation of endocytosed and microinjected HPMA copolymers and a basic kinetic study in Hep G2 cells. AAPS PHARMSCI 2001; 3:E32. [PMID: 12049495 PMCID: PMC2751221 DOI: 10.1208/ps030432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2001] [Accepted: 11/28/2001] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The development of macromolecules as drugs and drug carriers requires knowledge of their fate in cells. To this end, we studied the internalization and subcellular Fate of N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) copolymers in Hep G2 (human hepatocellular carcinoma) cells. Semiquantitative fluorometry confirmed that galactose was an effective ligand for receptor-mediated endocytosis for Hep G2 cells. The rate of internalization of a galactose-targeted copolymer was almost 2 orders of magnitude larger than that of the nontargeted copolymer. Confocal fluorescent microscopy of both fixed and live cells revealed that the polymer entered the cells by endocytosis. After longer incubation times (typically >8 hours), polymer escaped from small vesicles and distributed throughout the cytoplasm and nuclei of the cells. Polymer that entered the cytoplasm tended to accumulate in the nucleus. Microinjection of the HPMA copolymers into cells' cytoplasm and nuclei indicated that the polymers partitioned to the nucleus. The data from fixed cells was confirmed by microscopy of live, viable cells. To examine the effect of the fluorescent dye on the intracellular fate, polymers with fluorescein, Oregon Green 488, Lissamine rhodamine B, and doxorubicin were tested; no significant differences were observed.
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- Keith D. Jensen
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, 30 S2000 E RM 301, 84112 Salt Lake City, UT USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, 30 S2000 E RM 301, 84112 Salt Lake City, UT USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, 30 S2000 E RM 301, 84112 Salt Lake City, UT USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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Bayley H, Chang CY, Miller WT, Niblack B, Pan P. Caged peptides and proteins by targeted chemical modification. Methods Enzymol 1998; 291:117-35. [PMID: 9661148 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(98)91010-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- H Bayley
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station 77843, USA
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Chang NH, Boggs JM. Selective elimination of antigen-specific line T cells and ex vivo antigen-primed lymph node cells by antigen-targeted drug-labeled antigen-presenting cell membranes. Cell Immunol 1997; 176:135-45. [PMID: 9073386 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1996.1067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Since antigen-specific autoaggressive T cells have been found in association with many autoimmune diseases, a treatment to eliminate such antigen-specific T cell clones was developed. The complex of peptide antigen and class II MHC protein is used to target a cytotoxic drug to antigen-specific T cells. The drug is bound covalently to antigen-presenting cells (APC) and protein antigens (Ag) are added to the cells for processing and presentation of peptides. The APC contain class II MHC (Ia) protein to present the peptide Ag to the T cell receptor and adhesion proteins for optimal interaction with the T cell. Either the Ag-bearing intact APC or Ia+ membranes shed or released spontaneously from them were used as drug carriers to target the drug to the T cells. The drugs being used are phototoxic compounds. When irradiated with light of an appropriate wavelength, they give off toxic free radicals and singlet oxygen. These toxic by-products are short-lived and damage cells only in their immediate vicinity, cutting down on nonspecific side effects. APC from thymus cells, or their shed membranes bearing Ia-Ag peptide complexes, were able to target the phototoxic drug specifically to Ag-specific T line cells and ex vivo Ag-specific lymph node cells. Proliferation of the target T cells was inhibited at a three to four times lower drug concentration than required to affect control T cells. The Ag-specific effect was inhibited by anti-Ia antibody and by drug-free membranes carrying the Ag-Ia complex. This indicated that the antigen-specific phototoxic effect was mediated by interaction of the Ag-Ia complex with the T cell receptor.
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- N H Chang
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
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Chang CY, Niblack B, Walker B, Bayley H. A photogenerated pore-forming protein. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 1995; 2:391-400. [PMID: 9383441 DOI: 10.1016/1074-5521(95)90220-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The permeabilization of cells with bacterial pore-forming proteins is an important technique in cell biology that allows the exchange of small reagents into the cytoplasm of a cell. Another notable technology is the use of caged molecules whose activities are blocked by addition of photoremovable protecting groups. This allows the photogeneration of reagents on or in cells with spatial and temporal control. Here, we combine these approaches to produce a caged pore-forming protein for the controlled permeabilization of cells. RESULTS 2-Bromo-2-(2-nitrophenyl)acetic acid (BNPA), a water-soluble cysteine-directed reagent for caging peptides and proteins with the alpha-carboxy-2-nitrobenzyl (CNB) protecting group, was synthesized. Glutathione (gamma-Glu-Cys-Gly) was released in high yield from gamma-Glu-CysCNB-Gly by irradiation at 300 nm. Based on this finding, scanning mutagenesis was used to find a single-cysteine mutant of the pore-forming protein staphylococcal alpha-hemolysin (alpha HL) suitable for caging. When alpha HL-R104C was derivatized with BNPA, pore-forming activity toward rabbit erythrocytes was lost. Near UV irradiation led to regeneration of the cysteine sulfhydryl group and the restoration of pore-forming activity. CONCLUSIONS Caged pore-forming proteins are potentially useful for permeabilizing one cell in a collection of cells or one region of the plasma membrane of a single cell. Therefore, alpha HL-R104C-CNB and other caged proteins designed to create pores of various diameters should be useful for many purposes. For example, the ability to introduce reagents into one cell of a network or into one region of a single cell could be used in studies of neuronal modulation. Further, BNPA should be generally useful for caging cysteine-containing peptides and single-cysteine mutant proteins to study, for example, cell signaling or structural changes in proteins.
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- C Y Chang
- Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
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Hartley JA, Webber J, Wyatt MD, Bordenick N, Lee M. Novel cytotoxic DNA sequence and minor groove targeted photosensitizers: conjugates of pyrene and netropsin analogues. Bioorg Med Chem 1995; 3:623-9. [PMID: 7582941 DOI: 10.1016/0968-0896(95)00050-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The design, syntheses, photochemical and biological properties of conjugates of pyrene with pyrrole- (1) and imidazole-containing (2) analogues of netropsin are reported. The results of an ethidium displacement assay and circular dichroism (CD) titration studies show both compounds bind with a higher affinity to poly(dA-dT) than to poly(dG-dC). In addition they bind as strongly to T4 coliphage DNA as to calf thymus DNA suggesting the binding occurs in the minor groove. The quenching rate constants of the singlet excited states of agents 1 and 2 by molecular oxygen were found to be 8.5 x 10(9) M-1S-1 and 7.7 x 10(9) M-1S-1, suggesting the involvement of singlet oxygen. Both compounds showed some cytotoxicity to human chronic myeloid leukemia K562 cells in the dark. Upon irradiation the activities were significantly enhanced resulting in photoinduced dose modifications of 8 and 14 for 1 and 2, respectively under the conditions employed. Both agents were markedly more phototoxic than 1-pyrenebutyric acid 8. To address the mechanism of action of compounds 1 and 2 their photoactivated abilities to produce DNA strand breaks were measured. Both agents caused increased single strand breakage with increasing UV exposure. The concentrations (EC50) of 1 and 2 needed to cause 50% single-strand cleavage of pBR322 DNA upon UV-A activation were found to be 40 microM and 45 microM, respectively. In contrast, no DNA strand breaks were observed in the dark with either conjugate or with 8 following irradiation. DNA strand breaks were measured in drug treated K562 cells using alkaline elution.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J A Hartley
- Department of Oncology, University College London Medical School, U.K
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Chang NH, Rayner DC, Boggs JM. Targeting of phototoxic drugs to antigen-specific T lymphocytes in vitro using antigen-presenting cell membranes. Photochem Photobiol 1995; 61:499-505. [PMID: 7539530 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1995.tb02352.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We have used the complex of antigen with class II major histocompatibility proteins (Ia) in membrane-bound form to target a phototoxic compound to antigen-specific T cell hybridomas in vitro. The iodoacetamidyl ester of phototoxic pyrene was bound covalently to antigen-presenting cells (APC), and protein antigens were added to the cells for processing, presentation and targeting of the drug to three different T hybridomas specific for myelin basic protein (MBP), ovalbumin (OVA) and keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH). The B hybridoma LS102.9 was used as APC to present MBP, KLH and either a tryptic digest of OVA or the synthetic peptide OVA323-339 to these T cells. A transformed B lymphoma, which expresses trinitrophenol (TNP)-specific surface IgM, A20-HL, was used to present TNP conjugates of KLH and OVA to T cells. Either the antigen-bearing intact APC or Ia+ membranes shed spontaneously from them were used as drug carriers to target pyrene to the T cells. In the dark, or in the absence of pyrene, both the intact APC or the shed membranes stimulated interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by the T cells in an antigen-specific way. After UVA (320-400 nm) irradiation, both forms of these drug carriers had an antigen-specific toxic effect on the T hybridoma cells with receptors for the antigen that they carried. Both spontaneous T cell proliferation and antigen-induced IL-2 production were inhibited. The shed membranes had a more antigen-specific toxic effect than the intact APC, which tend to settle out with the T cells in the microtiter plates, possibly causing nonspecific contact.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- N H Chang
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, University of Toronto, Canada
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- J Kopecek
- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112
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Uggla AH, Sundell-Bergman S. The induction and repair of DNA damage detected by the DNA precipitation assay in Chinese hamster ovary cells treated with acridine orange + visible light. Mutat Res 1990; 236:119-27. [PMID: 2366793 DOI: 10.1016/0921-8777(90)90039-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The photodynamic effect of the dye acridine orange (AO) in combination with visible light (400-700 nm) was studied in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, the endpoints investigated being induction, as well as repair, of DNA strand breaks. Cells were treated for 20 min with AO (0.1-3.0 micrograms/ml), washed free of excess dye and subsequently exposed to low doses of visible light (2 x 40 W/8 W/m2) for 5-15 min. AO proved to be an efficient sensitizer for light-induced DNA strand breaks, detected with the DNA precipitation assay, and expressed as percentage of DNA precipitated. The induction of breaks was linear up to 0.5 micrograms/ml AO + 10 min of light, which corresponds to 55% precipitated DNA, and was dependent on the concentration of AO as well as on the dose of light delivered. As a comparison, 18 Gy of X-rays was required to yield an equivalent amount of induced DNA strand breaks. The rejoining of the light-induced DNA strand breaks was studied by incubating the AO-sensitized cells for 30-120 min at 37 degrees C directly after light exposure. A fast recover of 67-91% of the damage (compared to initial damage, recovery time = 0, and dependent on the concentration of AO) was observed during the first 30 min of incubation. However, a significant amount of DNA damage remained after 2 h of recovery. These remaining, long-lived lesions might be involved in the photoinduced and acridine-sensitized chromosomal aberrations and sister-chromatid exchanges (SCE). The significance of these observations is discussed in relation to AO-sensitized and photoinduced DNA damage and chromosomal alterations.
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- A H Uggla
- Department of Genetics, University of Uppsala, Sweden
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Matthews EK, Cui ZJ. Photodynamic action of sulphonated aluminium phthalocyanine (SALPC) on isolated rat pancreatic acini. Biochem Pharmacol 1990; 39:1445-57. [PMID: 1692218 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(90)90426-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The photodynamic action of SALPC has been investigated on dispersed, perifused, acini isolated from the rat pancreas. Stimulation of secretion was assessed by measuring amylase release and membrane permeabilization determined by the leakage of cytoplasmic lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and by the efflux of 86Rb from preloaded acini. Light alone (greater than 570 nm, less than or equal to 18,400 lux), or SALPC (less than or equal to 1 microM) in the absence of light, had no effect on pancreatic acini but cellularly bound SALPC when illuminated caused a dose-dependent, light intensity-dependent and temperature-dependent release of amylase. Singlet oxygen generated by photon-activation of SALPC was measured by the formation of an imidazole adduct and bleaching of the secondary substrate, RNO. Whereas illumination caused a rapid increase in photodynamically-evoked pancreatic amylase release, the efflux of 86Rb and loss of cytosolic LDH were markedly delayed in onset: similar results were obtained with monochromatic laser light (633 nm). In contrast, the muscarinic agonist bethanechol evoked a rapid increase in amylase release but with an almost immediate efflux of 86Rb. Finally, electron microscopy confirmed that the structural integrity of the pancreatic acinar cells was maintained after the photodynamic action of SALPC. It is concluded that the stimulation of amylase secretion and membrane permeabilization by SALPC is due to the generation of singlet oxygen. However, the consistent difference between the time course of amylase secretion and membrane permeabilization makes it likely that an initial stage in photodynamic drug action involves oxidation of plasma membrane protein and activation of secretagogue receptors or the G-proteins and their effector systems.
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- E K Matthews
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, U.K
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Yemul S, Berger C, Katz M, Estabrook A, Edelson R, Bayley H. Phototoxic liposomes coupled to an antibody that alone cannot modulate its cell-surface antigen kill selected target cells. Cancer Immunol Immunother 1990; 30:317-22. [PMID: 2302722 PMCID: PMC11038097 DOI: 10.1007/bf01786880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/1989] [Accepted: 08/30/1989] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Molecules such as antibodies that bind to cell surfaces can be used to deliver cytotoxic drugs to selected cells. To be effective the drug must usually be taken into the cells by endocytosis. In this study a T-cell line (CCRF-CEM) was effectively killed by liposomes carrying a photosensitizer and bearing the antibody OKT4 (anti-CD4). The unconjugated antibody does not induce antigenic modulation in the target cells, an indication of the absence of endocytosis, and would therefore not normally have been selected as an agent for drug delivery. It cannot, however, be concluded with certainty that the conjugates act at the cell surface and several alternative explanations of their efficacy are offered.
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- S Yemul
- Department of Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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The potential of water-soluble polymeric carriers in targeted and site-specific drug delivery. J Control Release 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0168-3659(90)90140-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Seymour LW, Duncan R, Kopecková P, Kopecek J. Daunomycin- and adriamycin-N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide copolymer conjugates; toxicity reduction by improved drug-delivery. Cancer Treat Rev 1987; 14:319-27. [PMID: 3326668 DOI: 10.1016/0305-7372(87)90024-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- L W Seymour
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Keele, Staffordshire, U.K
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