{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8"],"submitter":["Hirschberger K"],"funding":["German Research Foundation","Ethris GmbH"],"pubmed_abstract":["New treatments to overcome the obstacles of conventional anti-cancer therapy are a permanent subject of investigation. One promising approach is the application of toxins linked to cell-specific ligands, so-called immunotoxins. Another attractive option is the employment of toxin-encoding plasmids. However, immunotoxins cause hepatoxicity, and DNA therapeutics, among other disadvantages, bear the risk of insertional mutagenesis. As an alternative, this study examined chemically modified mRNAs coding for diphtheria toxin, subtilase cytotoxin, and abrin-a for their ability to reduce cancer cell growth both in vitro and in vivo. The plant toxin abrin-a was the most promising candidate among the three tested toxins and was further investigated. Its expression was demonstrated by western blot. "],"journal":["Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development"],"pagination":["141-151"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5908148"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Exploring Cytotoxic mRNAs as a Novel Class of Anti-cancer Biotherapeutics."],"pmcid":["PMC5908148"],"pubmed_authors":["Wagner E","Hirschberger K","Kretzschmann V","Dohmen C","Kessel E","Herrmann-Janson A","Aneja MK","Jarzebinska A","Plank C","Rudolph C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Exploring Cytotoxic mRNAs as a Novel Class of Anti-cancer Biotherapeutics.","description":"New treatments to overcome the obstacles of conventional anti-cancer therapy are a permanent subject of investigation. One promising approach is the application of toxins linked to cell-specific ligands, so-called immunotoxins. Another attractive option is the employment of toxin-encoding plasmids. However, immunotoxins cause hepatoxicity, and DNA therapeutics, among other disadvantages, bear the risk of insertional mutagenesis. As an alternative, this study examined chemically modified mRNAs coding for diphtheria toxin, subtilase cytotoxin, and abrin-a for their ability to reduce cancer cell growth both in vitro and in vivo. The plant toxin abrin-a was the most promising candidate among the three tested toxins and was further investigated. Its expression was demonstrated by western blot. ","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Mar","modification":"2025-04-21T13:57:27.504Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:29:48Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5908148","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29687033"],"doi":["10.1016/j.omtm.2017.12.006"]}}