Selective cytotoxicity of ricin A chain immunotoxins towards murine cytomegalovirus-infected cells.

AUTOR(ES)

Barnett, B B

RESUMO

Immunotoxins were constructed by linking immunoglobulins specific for murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) to deglycosylated ricin A chain. Toxicities toward MCMV-infected and uninfected cells were determined by measuring the inhibition of protein synthesis following a 48-h exposure to immunotoxins commencing 24 h after infection. The 50% inhibitory concentrations ranged from 0.4 to 4 micrograms/ml for infected cells and from 22 to 120 micrograms/ml for uninfected cells. Selectivity indices ranged from 30 to 157. Control immunotoxins, which were constructed identically except that the immunoglobulin moiety had no specificity toward MCMV antigens, had 50% inhibitory concentrations of 50 and 100 micrograms/ml toward infected and uninfected cells, respectively.

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