Chemical Modification of Recombinant Human Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor by Polyethylene Glycol Increases its Biological Activity in vivo.

1 January 1992

journal article
Published by Japan Society for Cell Biology in Cell Structure and Function

Vol. 17 (3) , 157-160
https://doi.org/10.1247/csf.17.157

Abstract

Recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rHuG-CSF) produced in Escherichia coli was chemically modified by polyethylene glycol (PEG) of molecular weights 4,500 or 10,000. The neutrophils observed at 32 hours after intravenous injection of the rHuG-CSF modified with PEG (4,500) or PEG (10,000) to mice were, respectively, 2.5 times and 5 times more than that observed after the injection of the unmodified rHuG-CSF. These results show that the covalent attachment of PEG to rHuG-CSF enhanced its pharmacological activity in vivo and that the modification with the larger PEG molecule is more effective to enhance the in vivo activity of rHuG-CSF.

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