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Title: Interactions of human lymphoblasts with targeted vesicles containing Sendai virus envelope proteins

Journal Article · · Experimental Cell Research; (United States)
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  1. U.A. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 530, Montpellier (France)
  2. USTL Lab. Biologie Physico-Chimique, Montpellier (France)

The authors studied the internalization of targeted fusogenic liposome content to leukemic T cells (CEM) in vitro. They describe a method for the covalent coupling of T101 antibody to the surface of liposomes and the incorporation of fusogenic viral protein into the liposome membrane. Hygromycin B, an impermeant inhibitor of protein synthesis, was encapsulated in the targeted fusogenic liposomes and delivered directly to the cytoplasm of leukemic T cells by fusion between the two membranes. The cytotoxic effect was measured by ({sup 3H})thymidine incorporation. They show that CEM are rapidly and specifically killed by the drug encapsulated in the targeted fusogenic liposomes. This effect is due to the binding of the liposome by means of the antibody and then to the fusion of the liposome with the targeted cell membrane, mediated by F protein.

OSTI ID:
5622937
Journal Information:
Experimental Cell Research; (United States), Vol. 185:1; ISSN 0014-4827
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English