The novel fusion proteins harbering human or mouse interferon combined with epidermalgrowth factor receptor binding domain were constructed using methods of genetic and proteinengineering. The fusion proteins were ass...The novel fusion proteins harbering human or mouse interferon combined with epidermalgrowth factor receptor binding domain were constructed using methods of genetic and proteinengineering. The fusion proteins were assayed to retain complete antiviral activities. The EGFreceptor binding moiety of the fusion proteins exhibited competitive binding saainst 125 I-EGFfor EGF receptbrs on A431 cells. The fusion proteins were shown to be more potent in in-hibiting the growth of cultured target carcinoma cells than interferon-y alone. Experimentaldata derived from rnouse Bl6 malignant melanoma models indicates that the weight of tumorin mice treated with IFN fusion proteins was significantly smaller than that of mice treatedwith interferon-y alone. The work here is unprecedented in the world and provides a reliableevidence to supPOrt the upcoming clinical employment of a class of interferons that specificallytarget tumor cell展开更多
文摘The novel fusion proteins harbering human or mouse interferon combined with epidermalgrowth factor receptor binding domain were constructed using methods of genetic and proteinengineering. The fusion proteins were assayed to retain complete antiviral activities. The EGFreceptor binding moiety of the fusion proteins exhibited competitive binding saainst 125 I-EGFfor EGF receptbrs on A431 cells. The fusion proteins were shown to be more potent in in-hibiting the growth of cultured target carcinoma cells than interferon-y alone. Experimentaldata derived from rnouse Bl6 malignant melanoma models indicates that the weight of tumorin mice treated with IFN fusion proteins was significantly smaller than that of mice treatedwith interferon-y alone. The work here is unprecedented in the world and provides a reliableevidence to supPOrt the upcoming clinical employment of a class of interferons that specificallytarget tumor cell
