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Journal Article
Immunotoxin therapy of cancer
2006
Overview
Immunotoxins are potent bacterial toxins fused to antibodies that bind tumour-specific antigens, and can dramatically improve the clinical utility of some anti-tumour antibodies. This review describes the construction and efficacy of several recombinant immunotoxins, using results from recent clinical trials.
Rationally designed anticancer agents that target cell-surface antigens or receptors represent a promising approach for treating cancer patients. However, antibodies that bind these targets are often, by themselves, non-cytotoxic. By attaching potent toxins we can dramatically improve the clinical utility of some anti-tumour antibodies. Here we describe the construction and clinical utility of several recombinant immunotoxins; each of which is composed of antibody Fv fragments fused to powerful bacterial toxins. Results from clinical trials indicate that recombinant immunotoxins and similar agents that are designed to combine antibody selectivity with toxin cell-killing potency will be useful additions to cancer therapy.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
Subject
/ Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use
/ Bacterial Toxins - immunology
/ Bacterial Toxins - therapeutic use
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Cancer
/ Humans
/ Immunoglobulin Variable Region - immunology
/ Immunoglobulin Variable Region - therapeutic use
/ Immunotoxins - therapeutic use
/ Methods
