FIGURE 1 A) B) C) 500 500 Da13 Rc5II 400 0.20 Counts 10 % high Clonogenic capacity (%) 400 300 100 300 10 % low 200 200 0.15 mRNA expression 80 100 100 0 0 60 101 102 103 104 105 101 102 103 104 105 0.10 400 Co147 Co01 40 * 300 300 Counts 0.05 200 20 200 100 100 0 0 0 0 101 102 103 104 105 101 102 103 104 105 CXCR4 CXCR4 A) B) * FIGURE 2 N T22 DITOX H6 C * Internalization (a.u) Linker N T22 PE24 H6 C Linker KDEL T22: CXCR4 ligand and architectonic tag. Toxin domain: Cytotoxic protein. Histidine tag (H6): Architectonic tag. T22-DITOX-H6 T22-PE24-H6 CXCR4+ Da13 CXCR4- Co01 MW (kDa) 46.8 29.2 T22-PE24-H6* Size (nm) 38.45 ± 4.4 60.17 ± 5.03 T22-PE24-H6* + AMD3100 Zp (mV) -10.27 ± 0.25 -11.25 ± 0.75 T22-DITOX-H6* T22-DITOX-H6* + AMD3100 C) T22-PE24-H6* D) T22-DITOX-H6* CXCR4+ Da13 T22-DITOX-H6* T22-PE24-H6* CXCR4- Co01 A) B) FIGURE 3 * * T22-PE24-H6 IC50: 0.15 µM T22-DITOX-H6 IC50: 0.06 µM Cell viability (%) Cell viability (%) T22-PE24-H6 T22-PE24-H6 + AMD3100 T22-DITOX-H6 T22-DITOX-H6 + AMD3100 CXCR4+ Da13 CXCR4- Co01 Concentration (µM) C) D) 5-FU (1 µM) Cell survival (a.u) Untreated Oxaliplatin (1 µM) Cell viability (%) T22-DITOX-H6 (0.1 µM) Counts T22-DITOX-H6 (1 µM) CXCR4 WT Colon organoids Time (Days) A) B) FIGURE 4 Da13 CXCR4+ Co01 CXCR4- 50 Da13 CXCR4+ * Single cell deaths Co01 CXCR4- 40 30 * 20 * 10 0 CXCR4 1:100 control 5h 24h 48h C) Control 5h 24h 48h Da13 CXCR4+ Co01 CXCR4- A) FIGURE 5 Control 5h 24h 48h Da13 CXCR4+ 20 µ,* 18 µ,α,β Mitotic figures 16 14 12 *, α 10 *, β 8 6 Co01 CXCR4- 4 2 0 control 5h 24h 48h Da13 CXCR4+ Co01 CXCR4- α B) * • Control 5h 24h 48h % Ki67 expression Da13 CXCR4+ control 5h 24h 48h FIGURE 6 AB A) Control + Control (K) 5h 24h 48h CXCR4 (H-Score) CXCR4 H-score:46.5 H-score:45 H-score:73 H-score:94 B) Control + Control (K) 5h 24h 48h H2Gamma K 5h 24h 48h 8% 15% 27% 37% H2Gamma (%) * PARP *p=0.006 negative negative 5%, low intensity 7%, low intensity Caspase3 K 5h 24h 48h negative negative negative negative FIGURE 6 C C) Control 5h 24h 48h Caspase 11 (H-Score) α *p=0.007 Caspase 11 •p=0.02 αp=0.033 * • K 5h 24h 48h NLPR3 (H-Score) α *p=0.001 •p=0.008 NLPR3 αp=0.0001 • * K 5h 24h 48h FIGURE 7 A) C) Subcutaneous tumour volume (mm3) 900 Kidney Liver 800 Control 700 5-FU 600 T22-DITOX-H6 Control 500 p=0,014 400 p=0,026 300 200 100 T22-DITOX-H6 0 1 3 5 7 9 11 30 Time (days) B) 25 20 Body weigth (mg) 15 Control 5-FU 10 5-FU T22-DITOX-H6 5 0 1 3 5 7 9 11 Time (days) GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT