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  • Title: Enhancement of the cytotoxicity of mistletoe lectin-1 (ML-1) by high pH or perturbation in Golgi functions.
    Author: Yoshida T, Zhang M, Chen C, Franz H, Wu HC.
    Journal: Pharmazie; 1991 May; 46(5):349-51. PubMed ID: 1910176.
    Abstract:
    We have studied the cytotoxicity of Mistletoe lectin-1 (ML-1), a cytotoxic protein produced by Viscum album, in CHO and V79 cells and in mutant cell lines altered in Golgi functions or in endosomal acidification. In wild-type CHO cells, cytotoxicity of ML-1 was greatly enhanced by ammonium chloride or nigericin. A CHO mutant defective in endosomal acidification (DMPR-2), which is resistant to diphtheria toxin, modeccin and Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A and hypersensitive to ricin, showed increased sensitivity to ML-1. MonR-31 and MF-1 are monensin- and compactin-resistant mutants derived from CHO and V79 cell lines, respectively, and are presumably altered in Golgi functions. The cytotoxicity of ML-1 was found to be increased in both MonR-31 and MF-1 cells as compared with their parental cells. These results indicate that the effects of chemicals or mutations altering endosomal acidification and Golgi functions on the cytotoxicity of ML-1 are similar to those on ricin cytotoxicity. Our results suggest that the cytotoxicity of ML-1 is enhanced by an increase in endosomal pH, as well as by chemicals or mutations altering the structure/functions of the Golgi regions. Like ricin, the intoxication process of ML-1 may involve the Golgi regions.
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