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Isakova AA, Artykov AA, Plotnikova EA, Trunova GV, Khokhlova VА, Pankratov AA, Shuvalova ML, Mazur DV, Antipova NV, Shakhparonov MI, Dolgikh DA, Kirpichnikov MP, Gasparian ME, Yagolovich AV. Dual targeting of DR5 and VEGFR2 molecular pathways by multivalent fusion protein significantly suppresses tumor growth and angiogenesis. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 255:128096. [PMID: 37972835 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
Abstract
Destroying tumor vasculature is a relevant therapeutic strategy due to its involvement in tumor progression. However, adaptive resistance to approved antiangiogenic drugs targeting VEGF/VEGFR pathway requires the recruitment of additional targets. In this aspect, targeting TRAIL pathway is promising as it is an important component of the immune system involved in tumor immunosurveillance. For dual targeting of malignant cells and tumor vascular microenvironment, we designed a multivalent fusion protein SRH-DR5-B-iRGD with antiangiogenic VEGFR2-specific peptide SRH at the N-terminus and a tumor-targeting and -penetrating peptide iRGD at the C-terminus of receptor-selective TRAIL variant DR5-B. SRH-DR5-B-iRGD obtained high affinity for DR5, VEGFR2 and αvβ3 integrin in nanomolar range. Fusion of DR5-B with effector peptides accelerated DR5 receptor internalization rate upon ligand binding. Antitumor efficacy was evaluated in vitro in human tumor cell lines and primary patient-derived glioblastoma neurospheres, and in vivo in xenograft mouse model of human glioblastoma. Multivalent binding of SRH-DR5-B-iRGD fusion efficiently stimulated DR5-mediated tumor cell death via caspase-dependent mechanism, suppressed xenograft tumor growth by >80 %, doubled the lifespan of xenograft animals, and inhibited tumor vascularization. Therefore, targeting DR5 and VEGFR2 molecular pathways with SRH-DR5-B-iRGD protein may provide a novel therapeutic approach for treatment of solid tumors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alina A Isakova
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia; Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119192 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia; P.А. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute - branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 125284 Moscow, Russia
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- P.А. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute - branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 125284 Moscow, Russia
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- P.А. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute - branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 125284 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia; P.А. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute - branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 125284 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia; Laboratory of Synthetic Neurotechnologies, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia; Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119192 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia; Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119192 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia; Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119192 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia; Manebio LLC, 115280 Moscow, Russia.
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia; Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119192 Moscow, Russia; Manebio LLC, 115280 Moscow, Russia.
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Isakova A, Artykov A, Vorontsova Y, Dolgikh D, Kirpichnikov M, Gasparian M, Yagolovich A. Application of an Autoinduction Strategy to Optimize the Heterologous Production of an Antitumor Bispecific Fusion Protein Based on the TRAIL Receptor-Selective Mutant Variant in Escherichia coli. Mol Biotechnol 2023; 65:581-589. [PMID: 36094644 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-022-00561-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
Abstract
Autoinduction is a simple approach for heterologous protein expression that helps to achieve the high-level production of recombinant proteins in soluble form. In this work, we investigated if the application of an autoinduction strategy could help to optimize the production of bifunctional protein SRH-DR5-B, the DR5-specific TRAIL variant DR5-B fused to a VEGFR2-specific peptide SRHTKQRHTALH for dual antitumor and antiangiogenic activity. The protein was expressed in Escherichia coli SHuffle B T7, BL21(DE3), and BL21(DE3)pLysS strains. By IPTG induction, the highest expression level was in SHuffle B T7, while by autoinduction, the similar expression level was achieved in BL21(DE3)pLysS. However, in SHuffle B T7, only 45% of IPTG-induced SRH-DR5-B was expressed in soluble form, in contrast to 75% autoinduced in BL21(DE3)pLysS. The yield of purified SRH-DR5-B protein expressed by autoinduction in BL21(DE3)pLysS was 28 ± 4.5 mg per 200 ml of cell culture, which was 1.4 times higher than the yield from IPTG-induced SHuffle B T7. Regardless of the production method, SRH-DR5-B was equally cytotoxic to BxPC-3 human tumor cells expressing DR5 and VEGFR2 receptors. Thus, the production of SRH-DR5-B by autoinduction in the E. coli BL21(DE3)pLysS strain is an efficient, technologically simple, and economical technique that allows to obtain a large amount of active protein from the cytoplasmic cell fraction. Our work demonstrates that the strategy of induction of protein expression is no less important than the strain selection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alina Isakova
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia.,Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia.,Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia. .,Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia.
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Yagolovich AV, Isakova AA, Artykov AA, Vorontsova YV, Mazur DV, Antipova NV, Pavlyukov MS, Shakhparonov MI, Gileva AM, Markvicheva EA, Plotnikova EA, Pankratov AA, Kirpichnikov MP, Gasparian ME, Dolgikh DA. DR5-Selective TRAIL Variant DR5-B Functionalized with Tumor-Penetrating iRGD Peptide for Enhanced Antitumor Activity against Glioblastoma. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:12687. [PMID: 36293545 PMCID: PMC9604365 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232012687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand) and its derivatives are potentials for anticancer therapy due to the selective induction of apoptosis in tumor cells upon binding to death receptors DR4 or DR5. Previously, we generated a DR5-selective TRAIL mutant variant DR5-B overcoming receptor-dependent resistance of tumor cells to TRAIL. In the current study, we improved the antitumor activity of DR5-B by fusion with a tumor-homing iRGD peptide, which is known to enhance the drug penetration into tumor tissues. The obtained bispecific fusion protein DR5-B-iRGD exhibited dual affinity for DR5 and integrin αvβ3 receptors. DR5-B-iRGD penetrated into U-87 tumor spheroids faster than DR5-B and demonstrated an enhanced antitumor effect in human glioblastoma cell lines T98G and U-87, as well as in primary patient-derived glioblastoma neurospheres in vitro. Additionally, DR5-B-iRGD was highly effective in a xenograft mouse model of the U-87 human glioblastoma cell line in vivo. We suggest that DR5-B-iRGD may become a promising candidate for targeted therapy for glioblastoma.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anne V. Yagolovich
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119192 Moscow, Russia
- Manebio LLC, 115280 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119192 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Manebio LLC, 115280 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, P.A. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute, 125284 Moscow, Russia
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- National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, P.A. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute, 125284 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119192 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119192 Moscow, Russia
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