Efficacy of systemic temozolomide-activated phage-targeted gene therapy in human glioblastoma
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most lethal primary intracranial malignant neoplasm in adults and most resistant to treatment. Integration of gene therapy and chemotherapy, chemovirotherapy, has the potential to improve treatment. We have introduced an intravenous bacteriophage (phage) vector for dual targeting of therapeutic genes to glioblastoma. It is a hybrid AAV/phage, AAVP, designed to deliver a recombinant adeno‐associated virus genome (rAAV) by the capsid of M13 phage. In this vector, dual tumor targeting is first achieved by phage capsid display of the RGD4C ligand that binds the αvβ3 integrin receptor. Second, genes are expressed from a tumor‐activated and temozolomide (TMZ)‐induced promoter of the glucose‐regulated protein, Grp78. Here, we investigated systemic combination therapy using TMZ and targeted suicide gene therapy by the RGD4C/AAVP‐Grp78. Firstly, in vitro we showed that TMZ increases endogenous Grp78 gene expression and boosts transgene expression from the RGD4C/AAVP‐Grp78 in human GBM cells. Next, RGD4C/AAVP‐Grp78 targets intracranial tumors in mice following intravenous administration. Finally, combination of TMZ and RGD4C/AAVP‐Grp78 targeted gene therapy exerts a synergistic effect to suppress growth of orthotopic glioblastoma.
Date Issued
2019-02-26
Date Acceptance
2019-02-04
Citation
EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2019, 11 (2), pp.1-21
ISSN
1757-4676
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
1
End Page
21
Journal / Book Title
EMBO Molecular Medicine
Volume
11
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
©2019 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY4.0 license. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sponsor
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Cancer Research UK
Identifier
https://www.embopress.org/doi/epdf/10.15252/emmm.201708492
Grant Number
G0701159
16584
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Research & Experimental Medicine
bacteriophage
glioblastoma
Grp78
targeting
temozolomide
ENDOPLASMIC-RETICULUM STRESS
ADENOASSOCIATED VIRUS/PHAGE
INTEGRIN ALPHA-V-BETA-3
PROTEIN GRP78
CANCER
EXPRESSION
DELIVERY
INDUCTION
APOPTOSIS
ANGIOGENESIS
Grp78
bacteriophage
glioblastoma
targeting
temozolomide
Animals
Bacteriophages
Brain Neoplasms
Cell Line, Tumor
Combined Modality Therapy
Dependovirus
Gene Expression
Genetic Therapy
Genetic Vectors
Glioblastoma
Heat-Shock Proteins
Herpesvirus 1, Human
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Nude
Peptides
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Temozolomide
Thymidine Kinase
Unfolded Protein Response
Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
Cell Line, Tumor
Animals
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Humans
Mice
Mice, Nude
Bacteriophages
Herpesvirus 1, Human
Dependovirus
Glioblastoma
Brain Neoplasms
Thymidine Kinase
Peptides
Heat-Shock Proteins
Combined Modality Therapy
Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
Gene Expression
Genetic Vectors
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Unfolded Protein Response
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Genetic Therapy
Temozolomide
06 Biological Sciences
11 Medical and Health Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-02-26