Hongbin Kim, Chang Yeop Keum, Su Yeon Lim, Kwang Suk Lim
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Abstract
Drug repurposing is a rapidly growing for the development of new therapeutic agents. Among them, phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitors, which show excellent effects as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, have been continuously reported for their potential as anti-cancer agents. It is necessary to apply targeted delivery systems to enhance the efficacy of the PDE5 inhibitors (PDE5i) as anti-cancer drugs. In this study, PDE5 inhibitor-binding domain (PBD) was developed to incorporate PDE5i into antibody using biological affinity binding without any chemical modifications. The PBD spontaneously bound with PDE5i, resulting in the formation of PBD/PDE5i complex. We also constructed a recombinant fusion protein composed of an anti-HER2 scFv and PBD (HER2 scFv-PBD) to deliver the PDE5i for the treatment of HER2 positive cancer cells. HER2 scFv-PBD could deliver the PDE5i into HER2-positive cancer cells and enhanced anti-cancer effect of the PDE5i. We have demonstrated the potential of tumor-directed PDE5 inhibition as a novel form of targeted therapy using drug binding fusion proteins.
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Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering is an international bimonthly journal published by the Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering. BBE is devoted to the advancement in science and technology in the wide area of biotechnology, bioengineering, and (bio)medical engineering. This includes but is not limited to applied molecular and cell biology, engineered biocatalysis and biotransformation, metabolic engineering and systems biology, bioseparation and bioprocess engineering, cell culture technology, environmental and food biotechnology, pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics, biomaterials engineering, nanobiotechnology, and biosensor and bioelectronics.