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Abstract
This work focuses on conjugating the anti-cancer drug dichloroacetic acid (DCA) to the monocyte/macrophage targeting protein hemoglobin (Hb). The DCA-Hb conjugate carries approximately 12 DCA molecules per Hb tetramer, and binds to haptoglobin (Hp) forming stable DCA-Hb-Hp complexes, in a similar manner to unmodified Hb. The results of this study show that DCA-Hb-Hp is taken up by the monocytic cancer cell line THP-1, where it depolarizes the mitochondrial membrane potential, thereby inhibiting cancerous cell growth at a comparable level to free DCA. Taken together, the results of this study show promise for the use of the DCA-Hb conjugate as a potential therapeutic to treat monocytic leukemia.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21328317 DOI: 10.1002/bit.23071
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biotechnol Bioeng ISSN: 0006-3592 Impact factor: 4.530