Inhibition of cell proliferation with antibody-targeted liposomes containing methotrexate-γ-dimyristoylphosphatidylethanolamine |
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Authors: | Christine No Jordi Hernandez-Borrell Stephen C Kinsky Eiji Matsuura Lee Leserman |
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Institution: | Christine Noé, Jordi Hernandez-Borrell, Stephen C. Kinsky, Eiji Matsuura,Lee Leserman, |
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Abstract: | We have prepared liposomes containing methotrexate-γ-dimyristoylphosphatidylethanolamine (MTX-DMPE liposomes), to which protein A was covalently coupled, permitting specific association of these liposomes in vitro with murine cells preincubated with relevant protein A-binding monoclonal antibodies. In the absence of antibody the presence of externally-oriented methotrexate (MTX) in MTX-DMPE liposomes did not result in greater binding to cells than liposomes made without MTX-γ-DMPE. Derivation of methotrexate with phospholipid permits enhanced drug-liposome association. These liposomes are more resistant than conventional liposomes to repeated cycles of freezing and thawing. MTX-DMPE liposomes are comparable to antibody-targeted liposomes made with encapsulated water-soluble methotrexate both with respect to specific binding to target cells and drug effect. The inhibitory effects off MTX-liposomes, as well as free MTX, were reversible by either thiamin pyrophosphate (Tpp) or N5-formyltetrahydrofolate (F-THF), while the effects of MTX-DMPE liposomes were reversed only by N5-formyltetrahydrofolate. This suggests that the toxicity of non-targeted MTX-liposomes may be due to leakage of the encapsulated MTX. The absence of an effect of thiamin pyrophosphate on non-targeted MTX-DMPE liposomes indicates that they do not enter into the cell via the normal folate transport system. |
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Keywords: | Phospholipid Monoclonal antibody Methotrexate derivative Drug targeting Receptor mediated endocytosis |
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