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RGD-Tachyplesin Inhibits Tumor Growth¹

Department of Oncology, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, D.C. 20007 [X-M. X., J. C., N. F., C. B. U., K. C., L. Z.], and The Key Laboratory of China Education Ministry on Cell Biology and Tumor Cell Engineering, Xiamen University, Fujian 361005, People’s Republic of China [Y. C., S. H.]

Tachyplesin is an antimicrobial peptide present in leukocytes of the horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus). In this study, a synthetic tachyplesin conjugated to the integrin homing domain RGD was tested for antitumor activity. The in vitro results showed that RGD-tachyplesin inhibited the proliferation of both cultured tumor and endothelial cells and reduced the colony formation of TSU prostate cancer cells. Staining with fluorescent probes of FITC-annexin V, JC-1, YO-PRO-1, and FITC-dextran indicated that RGD-tachyplesin could induce apoptosis in both tumor and endothelial cells. Western blotting showed that treatment of cells with RGD-tachyplesin could activate caspase 9, caspase 8, and caspase 3 and increase the expression of the Fas ligand, Fas-associated death domain, caspase 7, and caspase 6, suggesting that apoptotic molecules related to both mitochondrial and Fas-dependent pathways are involved in the induction of apoptosis. The in vivo studies indicated that the RGD-tachyplesin could inhibit the growth of tumors on the chorioallantoic membranes of chicken embryos and in syngenic mice.

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