Abstract
Background: In our previous study, a novel liver-targeting interferon (IFN-CSP) combining IFN α2b with plasmodium region I-plus peptide was successfully designed and prepared with Escherichia coli expression systems. The purified IFN-CSP showed anti-HBV activity and liver-targeting potentiality. The present investigation was designed to investigate the molecular mechanisms responsible for liver-targeting of IFN-CSP.
Methods: The binding site of IFN-CSP in hepatocytes was assayed by immunofluorescent staining. The correspondence of HSPG distribution and the pattern of IFN-CSP binding in liver tissue were determined using a confocal laser scanning microscope. Both the hepatocytes and liver tissue were using as model to investigate the effect of enzyme and soluble glycosaminoglycan on IFN-CSP binding using flow cytometry and fluorescence microscope.
Results: Studies of hepatocytes demonstrated that the localization of IFN-CSP in hepatocytes was the plasma membrane. Studies of liver tissue slices showed that IFN-CSP bound to liver tissue in a pattern similar to the distribution of heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) immunoreactivity. Pretreatment of hepatocytes and liver slices with heparinase reduced the binding of IFN-CSP to HepG2.2.15 cells and liver slices. Coincubation of IFN-CSP with heparin markedly inhibited IFNCSP binding to HepG2.2.15 cells and liver slices.
Conclusion: These results indicate that the molecular mechanisms responsible for IFN-CSP targeting involve binding to HSPG of hepatocytes and liver.
Keywords: IFN-CSP, liver-targeting, Heparan sulfate proteoglycan.
Current Drug Delivery
Title:Targeting Mechanism of a Novel Liver-targeting Interferon IFN-CSP Involves Liver Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan
Volume: 13 Issue: 4
Author(s): Xuemei Lu, Jie Wang, Xiaobao Jin, Yanting Huang, Wenting Zeng and Jiayong Zhu
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Keywords: IFN-CSP, liver-targeting, Heparan sulfate proteoglycan.
Abstract: Background: In our previous study, a novel liver-targeting interferon (IFN-CSP) combining IFN α2b with plasmodium region I-plus peptide was successfully designed and prepared with Escherichia coli expression systems. The purified IFN-CSP showed anti-HBV activity and liver-targeting potentiality. The present investigation was designed to investigate the molecular mechanisms responsible for liver-targeting of IFN-CSP.
Methods: The binding site of IFN-CSP in hepatocytes was assayed by immunofluorescent staining. The correspondence of HSPG distribution and the pattern of IFN-CSP binding in liver tissue were determined using a confocal laser scanning microscope. Both the hepatocytes and liver tissue were using as model to investigate the effect of enzyme and soluble glycosaminoglycan on IFN-CSP binding using flow cytometry and fluorescence microscope.
Results: Studies of hepatocytes demonstrated that the localization of IFN-CSP in hepatocytes was the plasma membrane. Studies of liver tissue slices showed that IFN-CSP bound to liver tissue in a pattern similar to the distribution of heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) immunoreactivity. Pretreatment of hepatocytes and liver slices with heparinase reduced the binding of IFN-CSP to HepG2.2.15 cells and liver slices. Coincubation of IFN-CSP with heparin markedly inhibited IFNCSP binding to HepG2.2.15 cells and liver slices.
Conclusion: These results indicate that the molecular mechanisms responsible for IFN-CSP targeting involve binding to HSPG of hepatocytes and liver.
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Lu Xuemei, Wang Jie, Jin Xiaobao, Huang Yanting, Zeng Wenting and Zhu Jiayong, Targeting Mechanism of a Novel Liver-targeting Interferon IFN-CSP Involves Liver Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan, Current Drug Delivery 2016; 13 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567201812666150827123602
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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