Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) plays an important regulatory role in tumor cell proliferation and drug resistance. FGFR3 is often constitutively active in many tumors. To deliver drugs into tumor cells by targeting FGFR3 will be a promising and potential strategy for cancer therapy. In this study, a novel fusion protein, ScFv-Cys containing a single chain variable fragment (ScFv) and an additional C-terminal cysteine residue, was generated at a rate of 10 mg/L of bacterial culture and purified at 95% by Ni-NTA chromatography. Subsequently, the recombinant ScFv-Cys was coupled with malPEG2000-DSPE and incorporated into liposomes to generate the immunoliposomes. The results indicated that immunoliposomes can specifically deliver the fluorescent molecules, Dio into bladder cancer cells highly expressing FGFR3. In conclusion, we successfully generated FGFR3-specific immunoliposomes, and proved its targeting effect and delivering ability.

AMB Express. 2019 Sep 18*** epublish ***

Zhong Zheng, Haotian Ji, Wenbo Zong, Qiuju Ran, Xinxin Wang, Xi Yang, Zhuo Zhao, Chengjun Yang, Yechen Xiao

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China., School of Life Science, Jilin Normal University, Siping, 136000, China., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China. .

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