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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
Two novel human antitumor immunoconjugates, engineered by fusion of a single-chain antibody fragment against human ErbB2 receptor, termed Erbicin, with either a human RNase or the Fc region of a human IgG(1) , are selectively cytotoxic for ErbB2-positive cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. These Erbicin-derived immunoagents (EDIAs) do not show the most negative properties of Herceptin, the only humanized mAb against ErbB2 used in the therapy of breast carcinoma: cardiotoxicity and the inability to act on resistant tumors. These differences are probably attributable to the different ErbB2 epitopes recognized by EDIAs and Herceptin, respectively, as we have previously reported that they induce different signaling mechanisms that control tumor and cardiac cell viability. Thus, to accurately identify the novel epitope recognized by EDIAs, three independent and complementary methodologies were used. They gave coherent results, which are reported here: EDIAs bind to a different ErbB2 epitope than Herceptin and the other human/humanized antibodies against ErbB2 reported so far. The epitope has been successfully located in region 122-195 of extracellular domain I. These findings could lead to the identification of novel epitopes on ErbB2 that could be used as potential therapeutic targets to mitigate anti-ErbB2-associated cardiotoxicity and eventually overcome resistance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1742-4658
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2011 The Authors Journal compilation; 2011 FEBS.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1156-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Computer Simulation, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Epitope Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Immunoconjugates, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Receptor, erbB-2, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21288302-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel ErbB2 epitope targeted by human antitumor immunoagents.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Biologia Strutturale e Funzionale, Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't