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. 1983 Jul;80(13):4134–4138. doi: 10.1073/pnas.80.13.4134

Enhancement of toxicity of antitransferrin receptor antibody-Pseudomonas exotoxin conjugates by adenovirus.

D J FitzGerald, I S Trowbridge, I Pastan, M C Willingham
PMCID: PMC394215  PMID: 6306663

Abstract

Cytotoxic conjugates were constructed by chemically coupling Pseudomonas exotoxin to antitransferrin receptor antibodies. Toxicity of these conjugates, due to entry via the transferrin receptor, was enhanced 100- to 300-fold in the presence of adenovirus. By electron microscopy and immunofluorescence it was determined that antitransferrin receptor antibodies and the conjugates derived from them entered cells from coated pits into receptosomes. We believe that the enhanced toxicity resulted when adenovirus and the toxin conjugates were internalized into the same receptosomes. In the process of infection, adenovirus enters cells and brings about a virus-mediated disruption of receptosomes; and this disruption can liberate many more toxin molecules into the cytosol than is possible in the absence of virus.

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