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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
Expression of legumain, a novel asparaginyl endopeptidase, in tumors was identified from gene expression profiling and tumor tissue array analysis. Legumain was demonstrated in membrane-associated vesicles concentrated at the invadopodia of tumor cells and on cell surfaces where it colocalized with integrins. Legumain was demonstrated to activate progelatinase A. Cells overexpressing legumain possessed increased migratory and invasive activity in vitro and adopted an invasive and metastatic phenotype in vivo, inferring significance of legumain in tumor invasion and metastasis. A prodrug strategy incorporating a legumain-cleavable peptide substrate onto doxorubicin was developed. The prototype compound, designated legubicin, exhibited reduced toxicity and was effectively tumoricidal in vivo in a murine colon carcinoma model.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cysteine Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Doxorubicin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Precursors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Gelatinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Leucine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Metalloendopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Plant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prodrugs, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/asparaginylendopeptidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/progelatinase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2957-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Biotransformation, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Colonic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Cysteine Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Doxorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Enzyme Precursors, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Gelatinases, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Leucine, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Metalloendopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-Prodrugs, pubmed-meshheading:12782603-RNA, Messenger
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Overexpression of legumain in tumors is significant for invasion/metastasis and a candidate enzymatic target for prodrug therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037-1092, USA. chengliu@scripps.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.