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SUBMITTER: Su X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3646422 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Su Xingfang X Yang Nicole N Wittrup K Dane KD Irvine Darrell J DJ
Biomacromolecules 20130311 4
Plant-derived Type I toxins are candidate anticancer therapeutics requiring cytosolic delivery into tumor cells. We tested a concept for two-stage delivery, whereby tumor cells precoated with an antibody-targeted gelonin toxin were killed by exposure to endosome-disrupting polymer nanoparticles. Co-internalization of particles and tumor cell-bound gelonin led to cytosolic delivery and >50-fold enhancement of toxin efficacy. This approach allows the extreme potency of gelonin to be focused on tum ...[more]