Abstract
Successful treatment of many patients with osteosarcoma requires more effective chemotherapy. Since new agents are needed, we have developed an immunotoxin using TP-3, an IgG2b mAb which recognizes human and canine osteosarcomas and budding capillaries of tumors. The plant hemitoxin, pokeweed antiviral protein (PAP), was conjugated to TP-3 to produce an immunotoxin highly active against osteosarcoma. After 48 h no viable human OHS osteosarcoma cells were present in cultures containing TP-3-PAP as demonstrated by the absence of [3H]thymidine uptake into DNA. Furthermore, clonogenic assays indicated >3.9 log kill of OHS at 18 h. The IC50 of TP-3-PAP against OHS was 3.5 ± 1.0 (SD) × 10− m. TP-3 mAb without PAP had no effect on OHS proliferation; PAP alone had no effect on OHS growth unless concentrations >1000 pM were used. When TP-3-PAP (1.25 μg-10.0 μg) was given ip. q.d. on days 3-5 after tumor inoculation, a dose-dependent reduction of the number of lung metastases was observed (P < 0.001). These results indicate that the TP-3-PAP immunotoxin may be useful in the treatment of osteosarcoma and some soft tissue sarcomas.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1321-1327 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Cancer Research |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 6 |
State | Published - Mar 15 1995 |