PMID: 8585763Sep 1, 1995Paper

Selective cytotoxicity towards cytomegalovirus-infected cells by immunotoxins consisting of gelonin linked to anti-cytomegalovirus antibody

Antiviral Research
B B BarnettR W Sidwell

Abstract

An immunotoxin specific for cells infected with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) was constructed by attaching the ribosome-inactivating enzyme, gelonin, through a disulfide linkage to polyclonal human immunoglobulin (IgG). In uninfected cells, there was no difference between [35S]methionine incorporation in untreated cultures and those treated with immunotoxin at 100 micrograms/ml. In HCMV-infected cells, there was a significant decrease in [35S]methionine incorporation in the immunotoxin-treated cultures, suggesting a selective cytotoxic effect on the virus-infected cells. An immunotoxin specific for murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) was prepared by linking gelonin to polyclonal anti-MCMV IgG. Using this same parameter for assay of cytotoxicity, the anti-MCMV immunotoxin had a 50% cytotoxic concentration of 35 micrograms/ml in MCMV-infected cells and greater than 200 micrograms/ml in uninfected cells. MCMV yields measured at 7 days postinoculation were reduced by 2 log10 in cultures treated with immunotoxin at 20 micrograms/ml at 1 day postinoculation. These data suggest immunotoxins may have potential for eliminating CMV-infected cells from the host.

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