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Zaman R, Islam RA, Chowdhury EH. Evolving therapeutic proteins to precisely kill cancer cells. J Control Release 2022; 351:779-804. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.09.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Bhere D, Choi SH, van de Donk P, Hope D, Gortzak K, Kunnummal A, Khalsa J, Revai Lechtich E, Reinshagen C, Leon V, Nissar N, Bi WL, Feng C, Li H, Zhang YS, Liang SH, Vasdev N, Essayed WI, Quevedo PV, Golby A, Banouni N, Palagina A, Abdi R, Fury B, Smirnakis S, Lowe A, Reeve B, Hiller A, Chiocca EA, Prestwich G, Wakimoto H, Bauer G, Shah K. Target receptor identification and subsequent treatment of resected brain tumors with encapsulated and engineered allogeneic stem cells. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2810. [PMID: 35589724 PMCID: PMC9120173 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30558-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Cellular therapies offer a promising therapeutic strategy for the highly malignant brain tumor, glioblastoma (GBM). However, their clinical translation is limited by the lack of effective target identification and stringent testing in pre-clinical models that replicate standard treatment in GBM patients. In this study, we show the detection of cell surface death receptor (DR) target on CD146-enriched circulating tumor cells (CTC) captured from the blood of mice bearing GBM and patients diagnosed with GBM. Next, we developed allogeneic "off-the-shelf" clinical-grade bifunctional mesenchymal stem cells (MSCBif) expressing DR-targeted ligand and a safety kill switch. We show that biodegradable hydrogel encapsulated MSCBif (EnMSCBif) has a profound therapeutic efficacy in mice bearing patient-derived invasive, primary and recurrent GBM tumors following surgical resection. Activation of the kill switch enhances the efficacy of MSCBif and results in their elimination post-tumor treatment which can be tracked by positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. This study establishes a foundation towards a clinical trial of EnMSCBif in primary and recurrent GBM patients.
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- Deepak Bhere
- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29201, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures, Davis, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Amasa Therapeutics Inc., 1 Harmony Lane, Andover, MA, 01810, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
- Washington State University Health Sciences, Spokane, WA, 99202, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures, Davis, CA, 95817, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
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Vu TQ, Peruzzi JA, Sant'Anna LE, Roth EW, Kamat NP. Lipid Phase Separation in Vesicles Enhances TRAIL-Mediated Cytotoxicity. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:2627-2634. [PMID: 35298184 PMCID: PMC9680886 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Ligand spatial presentation and density play important roles in signaling pathways mediated by cell receptors and are critical parameters when designing protein-conjugated therapeutic nanoparticles. Here, we harness lipid phase separation to spatially control the protein presentation on lipid vesicles. We use this system to improve the cytotoxicity of TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL), a therapeutic anticancer protein. Vesicles with phase-separated TRAIL presentation induce more cell death in Jurkat cancer cells than vesicles with uniformly presented TRAIL, and cytotoxicity is dependent on TRAIL density. We assess this relationship in other cancer cell lines and demonstrate that phase-separated vesicles with TRAIL only enhance cytotoxicity through one TRAIL receptor, DR5, while another TRAIL receptor, DR4, is less sensitive to TRAIL density. This work demonstrates a rapid and accessible method to control protein conjugation and density on vesicles that can be adopted to other nanoparticle systems to improve receptor signaling by nanoparticles.
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- Timothy Q Vu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization and Experimentation Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Center for Synthetic Biology, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Rütter M, Milošević N, David A. Say no to drugs: Bioactive macromolecular therapeutics without conventional drugs. J Control Release 2020; 330:1191-1207. [PMID: 33207257 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The vast majority of nanomedicines (NM) investigated today consists of a macromolecular carrier and a drug payload (conjugated or encapsulated), with a purpose of preferential delivery of the drug to the desired site of action, either through passive accumulation, or by active targeting via ligand-receptor interaction. Several drug delivery systems (DDS) have already been approved for clinical use. However, recent reports are corroborating the notion that NM do not necessarily need to include a drug payload, but can exert biological effects through specific binding/blocking of important target proteins at the site of action. The seminal work of Kopeček et al. on N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) copolymers containing biorecognition motifs (peptides or oligonucleotides) for crosslinking cell surface non-internalizing receptors of malignant cells and inducing their apoptosis, without containing any low molecular weight drug, led to the definition of a special group of NM, termed Drug-Free Macromolecular Therapeutics (DFMT). Systems utilizing this approach are typically designed to employ pendant targeting-ligands on the same macromolecule to facilitate multivalent interactions with receptors. The lack of conventional small molecule drugs reduces toxicity and adverse effects at off-target sites. In this review, we describe different types of DFMT that possess biological activity without attached low molecular weight drugs. We classified the relevant research into several groups by their mechanisms of action, and compare the advantages and disadvantages of these different approaches. We show that identification of target sites, specificity of attached targeting ligands, binding affinity and the synthesis of carriers of defined size and ligand spacing are crucial aspects of DFMT development. We further discuss how knowledge in the field of NM accumulated in the past few decades can help in the design of a successful DFMT to speed up the translation into clinical practice.
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- Marie Rütter
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel.
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Li J, Wang L, Tian J, Zhou Z, Li J, Yang H. Nongenetic engineering strategies for regulating receptor oligomerization in living cells. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:1545-1568. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00473d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nongenetic strategies for regulating receptor oligomerization in living cells based on DNA, protein, small molecules and physical stimuli.
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- Jingying Li
- MOE Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine
- Renji Hospital
- School of Medicine
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine
- Renji Hospital
- School of Medicine
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
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Staniek J, Lorenzetti R, Heller B, Janowska I, Schneider P, Unger S, Warnatz K, Seidl M, Venhoff N, Thiel J, Smulski CR, Rizzi M. TRAIL-R1 and TRAIL-R2 Mediate TRAIL-Dependent Apoptosis in Activated Primary Human B Lymphocytes. Front Immunol 2019; 10:951. [PMID: 31114586 PMCID: PMC6503035 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
The maintenance of B cell homeostasis requires a tight control of B cell generation, survival, activation, and maturation. In lymphocytes upon activation, increased sensitivity to apoptotic signals helps controlling differentiation and proliferation. The death receptor Fas is important in this context because genetic Fas mutations in humans lead to an autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome that is similar to lymphoproliferation observed in Fas-deficient mice. In contrast, the physiological role of TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand receptors (TRAIL-Rs) in humans has been poorly studied so far. Indeed, most studies have focused on tumor cell lines and on mouse models whose results are difficult to transpose to primary human B cells. In the present work, the expression of apoptosis-inducing TRAIL-R1 and TRAIL-R2 and of the decoy receptors TRAIL-R3 and TRAIL-R4 was systematically studied in all developmental stages of peripheral B cells isolated from the blood and secondary lymphoid organs. Expression of TRAIL-Rs is modulated along development, with highest levels observed in germinal center B cells. In addition, T-dependent and T-independent signals elicited induction of TRAIL-Rs with distinct kinetics, which differed among B cell subpopulations: switched memory cells rapidly upregulated TRAIL-R1 and -2 upon activation while naïve B cells only reached similar expression levels at later time points in culture. Increased expression of TRAIL-R1 and -2 coincided with a caspase-3-dependent sensitivity to TRAIL-induced apoptosis in activated B cells but not in freshly isolated resting B cells. Finally, both TRAIL-R1 and TRAIL-R2 could signal actively and both contributed to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. In conclusion, this study provides a systematic analysis of the expression of TRAIL-Rs in human primary B cells and of their capacity to signal and induce apoptosis. This dataset forms a basis to further study and understand the dysregulation of TRAIL-Rs and TRAIL expression observed in autoimmune diseases. Additionally, it will be important to foresee potential bystander immunomodulation when TRAIL-R agonists are used in cancer treatment.
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- Julian Staniek
- Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Medical Physics Department, Centro Atómico Bariloche, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Poiroux G, Barre A, Simplicien M, Pelofy S, Segui B, Van Damme EJM, Rougé P, Benoist H. Morniga-G, a T/Tn-Specific Lectin, Induces Leukemic Cell Death via Caspase and DR5 Receptor-Dependent Pathways. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20010230. [PMID: 30626136 PMCID: PMC6337360 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20010230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Revised: 12/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Morniga-G, the Gal-specific black mulberry (Morus nigra) lectin, displays high affinity for T (CD176) and Tn (CD175) antigens, frequently expressed at the cancer cell surface. The effects of Morniga-G were investigated on a Tn-positive leukemic Jurkat cell line. The lectin, used in a concentration range between 5⁻20 μg/mL, induced cell death in leukemic Jurkat cells. Microscopic and cytofluorometric analyses indicated that Jurkat cell death was essentially apoptotic, associated with an increase in the ceramide content and a depolarization of the mitochondrial transmembrane potential. This lectin-mediated cell death was inhibited by the pan caspase-inhibitor zVAD. In addition, cleavage of caspases 8, 9, and 3 was observed in Morniga-G-treated Jurkat cells whereas Jurkat cell lines that are deficient in caspase 8⁻10, caspase 9, or FADD, survived to the lectin-mediated toxicity. Furthermore, in the presence of TRAIL- or DR5-blocking mononoclonal antibodies, Jurkat cells became resistant to Morniga-G, suggesting that the lectin triggers cell death via the TRAIL/DR5 pathway. In silico computer simulations suggest that Morniga-G might facilitate both the DR5 dimerization and the building of TRAIL/DR5 complexes. Finally, upon treatment of Jurkat cells with benzyl-GalNAc, an O-glycosylation inhibitor, a decrease in Tn antigen expression associating with a reduced Morniga-G toxicity, was observed. Taken together, these results suggest that Morniga-G induces the cell death of Tn-positive leukemic cells via concomitant O-glycosylation-, caspase-, and TRAIL/DR5-dependent pathways.
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- Guillaume Poiroux
- Université de Toulouse, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, INSERM UMR 1037, 2 Avenue Hubert Curien, 31037 Toulouse, France.
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- Université de Toulouse, UMR 152 PharmaDev, Université Paul Sabatier, Institut de Recherche et Développement, Faculté de Pharmacie, 35 Chemin des Maraîchers, 31062 Toulouse, France.
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- Université de Toulouse, UMR 152 PharmaDev, Université Paul Sabatier, Institut de Recherche et Développement, Faculté de Pharmacie, 35 Chemin des Maraîchers, 31062 Toulouse, France.
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- Université de Toulouse, UMR 152 PharmaDev, Université Paul Sabatier, Institut de Recherche et Développement, Faculté de Pharmacie, 35 Chemin des Maraîchers, 31062 Toulouse, France.
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- Université de Toulouse, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, INSERM UMR 1037, 2 Avenue Hubert Curien, 31037 Toulouse, France.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Université de Toulouse, UMR 152 PharmaDev, Université Paul Sabatier, Institut de Recherche et Développement, Faculté de Pharmacie, 35 Chemin des Maraîchers, 31062 Toulouse, France.
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- Université de Toulouse, UMR 152 PharmaDev, Université Paul Sabatier, Institut de Recherche et Développement, Faculté de Pharmacie, 35 Chemin des Maraîchers, 31062 Toulouse, France.
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Yang J, Li L, Kopeček J. Biorecognition: A key to drug-free macromolecular therapeutics. Biomaterials 2018; 190-191:11-23. [PMID: 30391799 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
This review highlights a new paradigm in macromolecular nanomedicine - drug-free macromolecular therapeutics (DFMT). The effectiveness of the new system is based on biorecognition events without the participation of low molecular weight drugs. Apoptosis of cells can be initiated by the biorecognition of complementary peptide/oligonucleotide motifs at the cell surface resulting in the crosslinking of slowly internalizing receptors. B-cell CD20 receptors and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) were chosen as the first target. Exposing cells to a conjugate of one motif with a targeting ligand decorates the cells with this motif. Further exposure of decorated cells to a macromolecule (synthetic polymer or human serum albumin) containing multiple copies of the complementary motif as grafts results in receptor crosslinking and apoptosis induction in vitro and in vivo. The review focuses on recent developments and explores the mechanism of action of DFMT. The altered molecular signaling pathways demonstrated the great potential of DFMT to overcome rituximab resistance resulting from either down-regulation of CD20 or endocytosis and trogocytosis of rituximab/CD20 complexes. The suitability of this approach for the treatment of blood borne cancers is confirmed. In addition, the widespread applicability of DFMT as a new concept in macromolecular therapeutics for numerous diseases is exposed.
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- Jiyuan Yang
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Baudin A, Guichard A, Collie GW, Rousseau S, Chaignepain S, Hocquellet A, Berbon M, Loquet A, Mackereth C, Guichard G, Odaert B. 1H, 13C, 15N NMR resonance assignments and secondary structure determination of the extra-cellular domain from the human proapoptotic TRAIL-R2 death receptor 5 (DR5-ECD). BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2018; 12:309-314. [PMID: 29869749 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-018-9828-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Death receptors (DR) selectively drive cancer cells to apoptosis upon binding to the Tumor necrosis factor-a-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL). Complex formation induces the oligomerization of the death receptors DR4 (TRAIL-R1) and DR5 (TRAIL-R2) and transduces the apoptogenic signal to their respective death domains, leading to Death Inducing Signaling Complex (DISC) formation, caspase activation and ultimately cell death. Several crystal structures of the ExtraCellular Domain from Death Receptor 5 (DR5-ECD) have been reported in complex with the TRAIL ligand or anti-DR5 antibodies, but none for the isolated protein. In order to fill this gap and to perform binding experiments with TRAIL peptidomimetics, we have produced isotopically labelled DR5-ECD and started a conformational analysis by using high-field 3D NMR spectroscopy. Herein, we present the first resonance assignment of a TRAIL receptor in solution and the determination of its secondary structure from NMR chemical shifts.
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- Antoine Baudin
- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nano-objets (CBMN), Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Bordeaux INP, UMR 5248, Bâtiment B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 33600, Pessac Cedex, France
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- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nano-objets (CBMN), Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Bordeaux INP, UMR 5248, Bâtiment B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 33600, Pessac Cedex, France
- Agenus UK Limited, 315, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WG, UK
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- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nano-objets (CBMN), Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Bordeaux INP, UMR 5248, Bâtiment B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 33600, Pessac Cedex, France
- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Univ. Bordeaux, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607, Pessac, France
- Discovery Sciences, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Univ. Bordeaux, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607, Pessac, France
- Inserm U1212, CNRS UMR5320, ARNA Laboratory, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux, France
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- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nano-objets (CBMN), Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Bordeaux INP, UMR 5248, Bâtiment B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 33600, Pessac Cedex, France
- Centre de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Bordeaux (CGFB), 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33000, Bordeaux, France
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- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nano-objets (CBMN), Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Bordeaux INP, UMR 5248, Bâtiment B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 33600, Pessac Cedex, France
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- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nano-objets (CBMN), Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Bordeaux INP, UMR 5248, Bâtiment B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 33600, Pessac Cedex, France
- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Univ. Bordeaux, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607, Pessac, France
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- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nano-objets (CBMN), Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Bordeaux INP, UMR 5248, Bâtiment B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 33600, Pessac Cedex, France
- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Univ. Bordeaux, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607, Pessac, France
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- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Univ. Bordeaux, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607, Pessac, France
- Inserm U1212, CNRS UMR5320, ARNA Laboratory, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux, France
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- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nano-objets (CBMN), Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Bordeaux INP, UMR 5248, Bâtiment B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 33600, Pessac Cedex, France
- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Univ. Bordeaux, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607, Pessac, France
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- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nano-objets (CBMN), Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Bordeaux INP, UMR 5248, Bâtiment B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 33600, Pessac Cedex, France.
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Chekkat N, Lombardo CM, Seguin C, Lechner MC, Dufour F, Nominé Y, De Giorgi M, Frisch B, Micheau O, Guichard G, Altschuh D, Fournel S. Relationship between the agonist activity of synthetic ligands of TRAIL-R2 and their cell surface binding modes. Oncotarget 2018; 9:15566-15578. [PMID: 29643993 PMCID: PMC5884648 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.24526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Apoptosis Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) appears as an interesting candidate for targeted cancer therapy as it induces apoptosis in cancer cells without toxicity to normal cells. TRAIL elicits apoptosis through agonist death receptor TRAIL-R1 and TRAIL-R2 engagement. Nevertheless, recombinant soluble TRAIL and monoclonal antibodies against these receptors demonstrated insufficient efficacy in clinical trials. This may be explained by the cell-type dependency of the apoptotic response, itself influenced by the effect on ligand binding mode of factors such as the level of receptor oligomerization or glycosylation. To investigate the relation between binding mode and signaling, we used previously described synthetic divalent and monovalent peptides specific for TRAIL-R2. We measured their pro-apoptotic activity on three cancer cell lines sensitive to rhTRAIL induced-apoptosis and monitored their cell-surface binding kinetics. The two divalent peptides bound with strong affinity to TRAIL-R2 expressed on B lymphoma BJAB cells and induced a high degree of apoptosis. By contrast, the same peptides bound weakly to TRAIL-R2 expressed at the surface of the human colon cancer HCT116 or T lymphoma Jurkat cell lines and did not induce their apoptosis. Cross-linking experiments suggest that these differences could be afforded by variations in the TRAIL-R2 oligomerization state at cell surface before ligand addition. Moreover divalent peptides showed a different efficiency in BJAB apoptosis induction, and kinetic distribution analysis of the BJAB binding curves suggested subtle differences in binding mechanisms. Thus our data support a relation between the cell-surface binding mode of the peptides and their pro-apoptotic activity. In this case the precise characterization of ligand binding to the surface of living cells would be predictive of the therapeutic potential of TRAIL-R2 synthetic ligands prior to clinical trials.
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- Neila Chekkat
- Laboratoire de Conception et Application de Molécules Bioactives, UMR 7199 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67401 Illkirch, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 33607 Pessac, France.,CNRS, CBMN, UMR 5248, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Laboratoire de Conception et Application de Molécules Bioactives, UMR 7199 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67401 Illkirch, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 33607 Pessac, France.,CNRS, CBMN, UMR 5248, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Centre de Recherche Lipide, Nutrition et Cancer, UMR1231 Inserm, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UFR des Sciences de Santé, F21000 Dijon, France
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- Equipe labellisée Ligue 2015, UMR 7242, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ESBS, 67412 Illkirch, France.,Present address : Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), INSERM U964, CNRS UMR 7104, Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Laboratoire de Conception et Application de Molécules Bioactives, UMR 7199 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67401 Illkirch, France
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- Laboratoire de Conception et Application de Molécules Bioactives, UMR 7199 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67401 Illkirch, France.,International Center of Frontier Research in Chemistry, F67083 Strasbourg, France
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- Centre de Recherche Lipide, Nutrition et Cancer, UMR1231 Inserm, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UFR des Sciences de Santé, F21000 Dijon, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 33607 Pessac, France.,CNRS, CBMN, UMR 5248, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Equipe labellisée Ligue 2015, UMR 7242, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ESBS, 67412 Illkirch, France.,Present address : Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), INSERM U964, CNRS UMR 7104, Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Laboratoire de Conception et Application de Molécules Bioactives, UMR 7199 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67401 Illkirch, France
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Hutt M, Marquardt L, Seifert O, Siegemund M, Müller I, Kulms D, Pfizenmaier K, Kontermann RE. Superior Properties of Fc-comprising scTRAIL Fusion Proteins. Mol Cancer Ther 2017; 16:2792-2802. [PMID: 28904131 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-17-0551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) has been considered as a promising molecule for cancer treatment. However, clinical studies with soluble TRAIL failed to show therapeutic activity, which resulted in subsequent development of more potent TRAIL-based therapeutics. In this study, we applied defined oligomerization and tumor targeting as strategies to further improve the activity of a single-chain version of TRAIL (scTRAIL). We compared three different formats of EGF receptor (EGFR)-targeting dimeric scTRAIL fusion proteins [Diabody (Db)-scTRAIL, scFv-IgE heavy chain domain 2 (EHD2)-scTRAIL, scFv-Fc-scTRAIL] as well as two nontargeted dimeric scTRAIL molecules (EHD2-scTRAIL, Fc-scTRAIL) to reveal the influence of targeting and protein format on antitumor activity. All EGFR-targeted dimeric scTRAIL molecules showed similar binding properties and comparable cell death induction in vitro, exceeding the activity of the respective nontargeted dimeric format and monomeric scTRAIL. Superior properties were observed for the Fc fusion proteins with respect to production and in vivo half-life. In vivo studies using a Colo205 xenograft model revealed potent antitumor activity of all EGFR-targeting formats and Fc-scTRAIL and furthermore highlighted the higher efficacy of fusion proteins comprising an Fc part. Despite enhanced in vitro cell death induction of targeted scTRAIL molecules, however, comparable antitumor activities were found for the EGFR-targeting scFv-Fc-scTRAIL and the nontargeting Fc-scTRAIL in vivoMol Cancer Ther; 16(12); 2792-802. ©2017 AACR.
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- Meike Hutt
- Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Experimental Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Center for Regenerative Therapies Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Experimental Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Center for Regenerative Therapies Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
- Stuttgart Research Center Systems Biology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
- Stuttgart Research Center Systems Biology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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