Anti-HER2/Toxin Expressing Lymphocytes for Breast Cancer Therapy

Abstract

We are using an intrabody approach to phenotypically knock out cyclin H expression in breast cancer cells. Cyclin H is overexpressed in almost all breast cancer cell lines and patient tumor tissue examined to date. However, the role cyclin H plays in breast cancer tumorigenesis and proliferation is yet to be elucidated. We have generated two anti- cyclin H single-chain antibodies (sHvs) and have generated mammalian vectors for their expression as Hc fusion proteins to assess their ability to bind in vitro to cyclin H. We have also generated mammalian expression vectors to target sHv or sHv-Fc expression to the cytosol or nucleus of breast cancer cells. We have displayed the ability to successfully target sFv and sFv-Fc to the cytosol and nucleus of MCK-7 and SKBR-3 cells, and are currently developing cell line(s) to evaluate the biological effects of anti-cyclin E intrabodies on breast cancer cells.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA389427

Entities

People

  • Randall Strobe

Organizations

  • Baylor College of Medicine

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amino Acids
  • Antibodies
  • Biomedical Research
  • Body Fluids
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Physiological Processes
  • Cells
  • Chemistry
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Lymphocytes
  • Materials
  • Molecules
  • Mrna
  • Neoplasms
  • Proteins
  • Recombinant Dna

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Breast cancer cell signaling and growth regulation.
  • Molecular Genetics