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An epidermal growth factor‐ricin a chain (EGF‐RTA)‐resistant mutant and an epidermal growth factor‐ Pseudomonas endotoxin (EGF‐PE)‐resistant mutant have distinct phenotypes
Author(s) -
Banker Deborah E.,
Pastan Ira,
Gottesman Michael M.,
Herschman Harvey R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of cellular physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 174
eISSN - 1097-4652
pISSN - 0021-9541
DOI - 10.1002/jcp.1041390109
Subject(s) - mutant , epidermal growth factor , phenotype , biology , mutation , microbiology and biotechnology , ricin , heparin binding egf like growth factor , genetics , cell culture , gene , toxin
H20e12 is a mutant HeLa cell line selected for resistance to the toxicity of a chimeric protein conjugate composed of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and the toxic A cham of ricin (RTA). ET‐28 is a mutant KB cell line selected for resistance to the toxicity of a chimeric protein conjugate composed of EGF and Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE). In this report we describe the presence or absence, in these mutants, of cross‐resistance to the two toxic conjugates and the effects of ammonium chloride, leupeptin, and adenovirus cotreatments on toxin efficacies. ET‐28 cells, the EGF‐PE‐resistant cells, are resistant to both EGF‐PE and EGF‐RTA. In contrast, H20e12 cells, the EGF‐RTA‐resistant cells, are as sensitive to EGF‐PE toxicity as are their parent HeLa cells. Ammonium chloride cotreatment substantially reduces the resistance of H20e12 cells to EGF‐RTA but has little or no effect on the resistance of ET‐28 cells to either EGF‐RTA or EGF‐PE. Leupeptin has no effect on the toxicity of either chimeric conjugate on any of the four cell lines, despite its demonstrated ability to inhibit cellular degradation of EGF. In contrast, adenovirus cotreatment enhances the toxicity of EGF‐RTA and EGF‐PE on all cells tested, and completely nullifies the relative resistance of H20e12 and ET‐28 cells to these toxic conjugates. H20e12 and ET‐28 cells appear to be altered in distinct, possibly endosomal, functions.