Efeito da desintegrina recombinante DisBa-01 incorporada em micelas ou livre em células portando ou não a integrina αvβ3

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Ribeiro, Lívia Carolina de Abreu [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Micelas; Cancer; Celulas da medula ossea; Citotoxicidade; Micelles
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/108420

Introduction: integrin αvβ3 sustain cellular adhesion to vitronectin and is expressed on a diversity of human tumors but is present at very low levels on normal tissues, with notable expression on bone marrow-derived cells. The recombinant disintegrin DisBa-01 binds to αvβ3 integrin, inhibiting cell adhesion to vitronectin. It also features an in vivo anti-metastatic ability and in vitro anti-thrombotic function. Micelles are a transport system that can direct a drug to the target tissue passively, accumulating where microvasculature is more permeable, which happens on cancer. Objectives: to verify adhesion loss, mediators production, citotoxicity and anoikis generated by disintegrin DisBa-01, both in its free form or incorporated into micelles, in cell lines expressing or not αvβ3 integrin. Methods: the disintegrin was expressed in Escherichia coli using a cDNA fused to vector pET28a, and then purified by chromatography and dialyses. Control micelles (M-C) or containing disintegrin (M-DB) were assembled using polysorbate 80 and soy phosphatidylcholine, and it was observed the average diameter and polydispersity index by dynamic light scattering, zeta potential by microelectrophoresis, the efficiency of encapsulation by protein determination using Lowry reagent, structural assessment of disintegrin encapsulated by circular dichroism spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy and micelles’ structure by SAXS curve. The protein free or incorporated into micelles were tested in HUVEC and SC, containing integrin αvβ3, and in K562, not containing this integrin. Cytotoxicity was evaluated by MTT assay, inhibition of cell adhesion and detachment to vitronectin or fibronectin by quantifying the adherent cells with crystal violet, the anoikis by observation of viable cells and apoptosis, whether attached or not, by MTT, Apo-Direct and annexin V, and production of mediators VEGF-A, IL-8, TGF-β, TNF-α, IL-12 and ...