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SUBMITTER: Turaga RC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4895024 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Turaga Ravi Chakra RC Yin Lu L Yang Jenny J JJ Lee Hsiauwei H Ivanov Ivaylo I Yan Chunli C Yang Hua H Grossniklaus Hans E HE Wang Siming S Ma Cheng C Sun Li L Liu Zhi-Ren ZR
Nature communications 20160531
Integrin αvβ3 expression is altered in various diseases and has been proposed as a drug target. Here we use a rational design approach to develop a therapeutic protein, which we call ProAgio, that binds to integrin αvβ3 outside the classical ligand-binding site. We show ProAgio induces apoptosis of integrin αvβ3-expressing cells by recruiting and activating caspase 8 to the cytoplasmic domain of integrin αvβ3. ProAgio also has anti-angiogenic activity and strongly inhibits growth of tumour xenog ...[more]