Lipoptosis: tumor-specific cell death by antibody-induced intracellular lipid accumulation
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Lipoptosis: tumor-specific cell death by antibody-induced intracellular lipid accumulation
Abstract
A balanced lipid metabolism is crucial for all cells. Disturbance of this homeostasis by nonphysiological intracellular accumulation of fatty acids can result in apoptosis. This was proven in animal studies and was correlated to some human diseases, like lipotoxic cardiomyopathy. Some metabolic mechanisms of lipo-apoptosis were described, and some causes were discussed, but reagents, which directly induce lipo-apoptosis, have thus far not been identified. The human monoclonal IgM antibody SAM-6 was isolated from a stomach cancer patient by using the conventional human hybridoma technology (trioma technique). The addition of SAM-6 to tumor cells leads to an increase in the intracellular accumulation of neutral lipids, followed by tumor cell apoptosis. The antibody SAM-6 does not react with noncancerous human epithelial and fibroblastic cells, because the M(r) 140000 membrane molecule, recognized by the antibody, is specifically expressed on human malignant cells. The antibody is coded by the germ-line genes IgHV3-30.3*01 and IgLV3-1*01 and is a component of the innate immunity to cancer. In this article, we describe an antibody-induced tumor-specific cell death, named lipoptosis. This is, to our knowledge, the first description of this specific form of lipo-apoptosis as an antibody-mediated mechanism of tumor cell killing.
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