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- Title
Crosslinking of CD38 Receptors Triggers Apoptosis of Malignant B Cells.
- Authors
Gambles, M. Tommy; Li, Jiahui; Wang, Jiawei; Sborov, Douglas; Yang, Jiyuan; Kopeček, Jindřich
- Abstract
Recently, we designed an inventive paradigm in nanomedicine—drug-free macromolecular therapeutics (DFMT). The ability of DFMT to induce apoptosis is based on biorecognition at cell surface, and crosslinking of receptors without the participation of low molecular weight drugs. The system is composed of two nanoconjugates: a bispecific engager, antibody or Fab' fragment—morpholino oligonucleotide (MORF1) conjugate; the second nanoconjugate is a multivalent effector, human serum albumin (HSA) decorated with multiple copies of complementary MORF2. Here, we intend to demonstrate that DFMT is a platform that will be effective on other receptors than previously validated CD20. We appraised the impact of daratumumab (DARA)- and isatuximab (ISA)-based DFMT to crosslink CD38 receptors on CD38+ lymphoma (Raji, Daudi) and multiple myeloma cells (RPMI 8226, ANBL-6). The biological properties of DFMTs were determined by flow cytometry, confocal fluorescence microscopy, reactive oxygen species determination, lysosomal enlargement, homotypic cell adhesion, and the hybridization of nanoconjugates. The data revealed that the level of apoptosis induction correlated with CD38 expression, the nanoconjugates meet at the cell surface, mitochondrial signaling pathway is strongly involved, insertion of a flexible spacer in the structure of the macromolecular effector enhances apoptosis, and simultaneous crosslinking of CD38 and CD20 receptors increases apoptosis.
- Subjects
CANCER cells; B cells; CONFOCAL fluorescence microscopy; BISPECIFIC antibodies; SERUM albumin; MULTIPLE myeloma; CD38 antigen
- Publication
Molecules, 2021, Vol 26, Issue 15, p4658
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules26154658