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Adil MM, Levine RM, Kokkoli E. Increasing Cancer-Specific Gene Expression by Targeting Overexpressed α5β1 Integrin and Upregulated Transcriptional Activity of NF-κB. Mol Pharm 2014; 11:849-58. [DOI: 10.1021/mp400535v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Maroof M. Adil
- Department
of Chemical Engineering
and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering
and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering
and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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Mady MM, Ghannam M, Khalil W, Müller R, Fahr A. Efficiency of cytoplasmic delivery by non-cationic liposomes to cells in vitro: A confocal laser scanning microscopy study. Phys Med 2009; 25:88-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2008.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2007] [Revised: 04/23/2008] [Accepted: 05/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Lehtinen J, Hyvönen Z, Subrizi A, Bunjes H, Urtti A. Glycosaminoglycan-resistant and pH-sensitive lipid-coated DNA complexes produced by detergent removal method. J Control Release 2008; 131:145-9. [PMID: 18691618 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2008.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2008] [Revised: 07/08/2008] [Accepted: 07/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cationic polymers are efficient gene delivery vectors in in vitro conditions, but these carriers can fail in vivo due to interactions with extracellular polyanions, i.e. glycosaminoglycans (GAG). The aim of this study was to develop a stable gene delivery vector that is activated at the acidic endosomal pH. Cationic DNA/PEI complexes were coated by 1,2-dioleylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) and cholesteryl hemisuccinate (CHEMS) (3:2 mol/mol) using two coating methods: detergent removal and mixing with liposomes prepared by ethanol injection. Only detergent removal produced lipid-coated DNA complexes that were stable against GAGs, but were membrane active at low pH towards endosome mimicking liposomes. In relation to the low cellular uptake of the coated complexes, their transfection efficacy was relatively high. PEGylation of the coated complexes increased their cellular uptake but reduced the pH-sensitivity. Detergent removal was thus a superior method for the production of stable, but acid activatable, lipid-coated DNA complexes.
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- Julia Lehtinen
- Centre for Drug Research, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Egle R, Milek M, Mlinarič-Raščan I, Fahr A, Kristl J. A novel gene delivery system for stable transfection of thiopurine-S-methyltransferase gene in versatile cell types. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2008; 69:23-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2007.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2007] [Revised: 09/11/2007] [Accepted: 10/03/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Flenniken ML, Willits DA, Harmsen AL, Liepold LO, Harmsen AG, Young MJ, Douglas T. Melanoma and lymphocyte cell-specific targeting incorporated into a heat shock protein cage architecture. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 13:161-70. [PMID: 16492564 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2005.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2005] [Revised: 10/06/2005] [Accepted: 11/16/2005] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Protein cages, including viral capsids, ferritins, and heat shock proteins (Hsps), can serve as nanocontainers for biomedical applications. They are genetically and chemically malleable platforms, with potential as therapeutic and imaging agent delivery systems. Here, both genetic and chemical strategies were used to impart cell-specific targeting to the Hsp cage from Methanococcus jannaschii. A tumor vasculature targeting peptide was incorporated onto the exterior surface of the Hsp cage. This protein cage bound to alpha(v)beta(3) integrin-expressing cells. Cellular tropism was also imparted by conjugating anti-CD4 antibodies to the exterior of Hsp cages. These Ab-Hsp cage conjugates specifically bound to CD4(+) cells. Protein cages have the potential to simultaneously incorporate multiple functionalities, including cell-specific targeting, imaging, and therapeutic agent delivery. We demonstrate the simultaneous incorporation of two functionalities, imaging and cell-specific targeting, onto the Hsp protein cage.
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- Michelle L Flenniken
- Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, Gaines Hall, Bozeman, 59717, USA
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Tönges L, Lingor P, Egle R, Dietz GPH, Fahr A, Bähr M. Stearylated octaarginine and artificial virus-like particles for transfection of siRNA into primary rat neurons. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2006; 12:1431-8. [PMID: 16699166 PMCID: PMC1484438 DOI: 10.1261/rna.2252206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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RNA interference (RNAi) provides a powerful experimental tool for sequence-specific gene silencing, allowing efficient analysis of gene function in a multitude of cell types. However, application of RNAi in primary mammalian neurons has been limited by low-transfection efficiency and considerable toxicity of conventional transfection methods. In this study, we evaluated a peptide-mediated and a polymer/lipid-based cellular delivery method for siRNA into rat primary neurons and compared the results with a commonly used liposomal transfection reagent. Stearylated octaarginine (Stearyl-R8) was used as polypeptide and artificial virus-like particles (AVPs) were used as a combined liposomal-polymeric vector, since both reagents have been previously shown to successfully transfect DNA into cell lines. Stearyl-R8 and AVPs both promoted siRNA transfection into primary hippocampal neurons via the endosomal pathway. SiRNA-mediated gene silencing could be effectively induced in primary neuron cultures. In comparison with the commonly used cationic liposome transfection agent, both novel reagents were less detrimental to cell metabolic activity. We conclude that these novel transfection methods yield performances comparable to cationic liposome-mediated transfection for siRNA, while being less cytotoxic in primary neurons. Stearyl-R8 and AVPs may therefore represent novel and more cost-efficient alternatives to conventional siRNA-transfection reagents.
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- Lars Tönges
- Department of Neurology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Faculty of Medicine, Waldweg, Göttingen, Germany
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Morita N, Hiratsuka J, Kondoh H, Uno M, Asano T, Niki Y, Sakurai Y, Ono K, Harada T, Imajo Y. Improvement of the Tumor-Suppressive Effect of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy for Amelanotic Melanoma by Intratumoral Injection of theTyrosinaseGene. Cancer Res 2006; 66:3747-53. [PMID: 16585201 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-1742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is successful when there is a sufficient (10)B concentration in tumor cells. In melanoma, (10)B-para-boronophenylalanine (BPA) accumulation is proportional to melanin-producing activity. This study was done to confirm enhancement of the tumor-suppressive effect of BNCT on amelanotic melanoma by intratumoral injection of the tyrosinase gene. D178 or FF amelanotic melanomas were implanted s.c. in Syrian hamsters. One group of D178- or FF-bearing hamsters (TD178 or TFF group) received intratumoral injections of pcDNA-Tyrs constructed as a tyrosinase expression plasmid. The other hamsters (pD178 and pFF groups) were injected with pUC119, and control hamsters (D178 and FF groups) only with transfection reagents. All the groups underwent immunofluorescence analysis of tyrosinase expression and BPA biodistribution studies. BNCT experiments were done at the Kyoto University Research Reactor. Tyrosinase expression increased in the tumors of the TD178 and TFF groups but remained the same in the pD178 and pFF groups. Tumor boron concentrations in the TD178 and TFF groups increased significantly (TD178: 49.7 +/- 12.6 versus D178: 27.2 +/- 4.9 microg/g, P < 0.0001; TFF: 30.7 +/- 6.6 versus FF: 13.0 +/- 4.7 microg/g, P < 0.0001). The BNCT tumor-suppressive effect was marked in the TD178 and TFF groups. In vivo transfection with the tyrosinase gene increased BPA accumulation in the tumors, the BNCT tumor-suppressive effect on amelanotic melanoma being significantly enhanced. These findings suggest a potential new clinical strategy for the treatment of amelanotic melanoma with BNCT.
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- Norimasa Morita
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192 Okayama, Japan.
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Bartsch M, Weeke-Klimp AH, Meijer DKF, Scherphof GL, Kamps JAAM. Cell-specific targeting of lipid-based carriers for ODN and DNA. J Liposome Res 2005; 15:59-92. [PMID: 16194928 DOI: 10.1081/lpr-64961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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It is well recognized that there is an urgent need for non-toxic systemically applicable vectors for biologically active nucleotides to fully exploit the current potential of molecular medicine in gene therapy. Cell-specific targeting of non-viral lipid-based carriers for ODN and DNA is a prerequisite to attain the concentration of nucleic acids required for therapeutic efficacy in the target tissue. In this review we will address the most promising approaches to selective targeting of liposomal nucleic acid carriers in vivo. In addition, the routes of entry and intracellular processing of these carrier systems are discussed as well as physiological factors potentially interfering with the biological and/or therapeutic activity of their nucleotide pay-load.
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- Martin Bartsch
- Department of Cell Biology, Section Liposome Research, Groningen University Institute for Drug Exploration (GUIDE), Groningen, The Netherlands
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Temming K, Schiffelers RM, Molema G, Kok RJ. RGD-based strategies for selective delivery of therapeutics and imaging agents to the tumour vasculature. Drug Resist Updat 2005; 8:381-402. [PMID: 16309948 DOI: 10.1016/j.drup.2005.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 350] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2005] [Revised: 10/27/2005] [Accepted: 10/28/2005] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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During the past decade, RGD-peptides have become a popular tool for the targeting of drugs and imaging agents to alphavbeta3-integrin expressing tumour vasculature. RGD-peptides have been introduced by recombinant means into therapeutic proteins and viruses. Chemical means have been applied to couple RGD-peptides and RGD-mimetics to liposomes, polymers, peptides, small molecule drugs and radiotracers. Some of these products show impressive results in preclinical animal models and a RGD targeted radiotracer has already successfully been tested in humans for the visualization of alphavbeta3-integrin, which demonstrates the feasibility of this approach. This review will summarize the structural requirements for RGD-peptides and RGD-mimetics as ligands for alphavbeta3. We will show how they have been introduced in the various types of constructs by chemical and recombinant techniques. The importance of multivalent RGD-constructs for high affinity binding and internalization will be highlighted. Furthermore the in vitro and in vivo efficacy of RGD-targeted therapeutics and diagnostics reported in recent years will be reviewed.
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- Kai Temming
- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Delivery, Groningen University Institute for Drug Exploration (GUIDE), Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Molecular research has vastly advanced our understanding of the mechanism of cancer growth and spread. Targeted approaches utilizing molecular science have yielded provocative results in the treatment of cancer. Oncolytic viruses genetically programmed to replicate within cancer cells and directly induce toxic effect via cell lysis or apoptosis are currently being explored in the clinic. Safety has been confirmed and despite variable efficacy results several dramatic responses have been observed with some oncolytic viruses. This review summarizes results of clinical trials with oncolytic viruses in cancer.
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- Eugene Lin
- Mary Crowley Medical Research Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Mady MM, Ghannam MM, Khalil WA, Repp R, Markus M, Rascher W, Müller R, Fahr A. Efficient gene delivery with serum into human cancer cells using targeted anionic liposomes. J Drug Target 2004; 12:11-8. [PMID: 15203907 DOI: 10.1080/10611860410001683059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Success of human gene therapy depends upon the development of delivery vehicles or vectors, which can selectively deliver therapeutic genes to target cells with efficiency and safety. Previous studies have shown an efficient, systemic trans-gene expression in many cell lines (in vitro) by using an anionic liposomal vector, based on the composition of retroviral envelopes (artificial viral envelopes, AVEs). The AVE-liposomes and their complexes with plasmid (DNA) were characterized according to zeta potential measurements and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). We successfully demonstrated that AVE liposomes, dispersed in 10% serum-containing growth medium, efficiently delivered plasmid DNA to HuH-7 (human hepatoma cell line) cells. We assessed the utility of liver-targeted vesicles as a drug/gene delivery system for the treatment of liver diseases. We found that small unilamellar AVE vesicles containing 15 mol% digalactosyl diglyceride (DGDG) are efficiently targeted to the liver via the hepatic asialoglycoprotein receptor.
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- Mohsen M Mady
- Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
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Takamura S, Niikura M, Li TC, Takeda N, Kusagawa S, Takebe Y, Miyamura T, Yasutomi Y. DNA vaccine-encapsulated virus-like particles derived from an orally transmissible virus stimulate mucosal and systemic immune responses by oral administration. Gene Ther 2004; 11:628-35. [PMID: 14973544 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Delivery of foreign genes to the digestive tract mucosa by oral administration of nonreplicating gene transfer vectors would be a very useful method for vaccination and gene therapy. However, there have been few reports on suitable vectors. In the present study, we found that plasmid DNA can be packaged in vitro into a virus-like particle (VLP) composed of open reading frame 2 of hepatitis E virus, which is an orally transmissible virus, and that these VLPs can deliver this foreign DNA to the intestinal mucosa in vivo. The delivery of plasmid DNA to the mucosa of the small intestine was confirmed by the results of immunohistochemical analyses using an expression plasmid encoding human immunodeficiency virus env (HIV env) gp120. After oral administration of VLPs loaded with HIV env cDNA, significant levels of specific IgG and IgA to HIV env in fecal extracts and sera were found. Moreover, mice used in this study exhibited cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses specific to HIV env in the spleen, Payer's patches and mesenteric lymph nodes. These findings suggest that VLPs derived from orally transmissible viruses can be used as vectors for delivery of genes to mucosal tissue by oral administration for the purpose of DNA vaccination and gene therapy.
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- S Takamura
- Department of Bioregulation, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
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Heverhagen JT, Graser A, Fahr A, Müller R, Alfke H. Encapsulation of gadobutrol in AVE-based liposomal carriers for MR detectability. Magn Reson Imaging 2004; 22:483-7. [PMID: 15120167 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2004.01.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2003] [Accepted: 01/28/2004] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Artificial virus-like envelopes (AVEs) are liposomal carriers that may be useful for target-site-specific delivery of contrast agents. We speculated that T(1) relaxation times of a suspension of Gadolinium-filled AVEs might be shortened after internalization and lysosomal breakdown. To test this hypothesis we evaluated the T(1) relaxation times of Gadobutrol-containing AVEs before and after degradation in vitro and after receptor-mediated cellular uptake. AVEs were filled with 1 M Gadobutrol (Gadovist; Schering AG, Berlin, Germany) yielding Gd-chelate-AVEs. T(1)-relaxation times were calculated using an inversion recovery technique for different concentrations of the liposomal suspension. AVEs were degraded in vitro to mimic the release of the encapsulated Gadolinium in cells and to determine a putative increase of the T(1)-effect. Finally, Gd-chelate-AVEs where equipped with integrin-binding RGD ligands and the T1 relaxation times of these Gd-chelate-RDG-AVEs were determined after cellular uptake into endothelial or melanoma cells. Gadobutrol could be encapsulated into AVEs at a high concentration of 1 M (Gd-chelate-AVEs). The Gd-chelate-AVEs could be visualized by MRI. Concentrations down to 1:4 x 10(3) showed a significant T(1)-shortening effect. The degradation of the liposomes with Triton X-100 resulted in a further reduction down to concentrations of 1:10 x 10(3). In addition, cellular uptakes of Gd-chelate-RGD-AVEs also lead to a significant T(1)-shortening. Our study shows that Gadolinium can be efficiently encapsulated into AVEs and that Gd-chelate-AVEs can be detected by MRI T(1)-weighted measurements. The MRI detectability is enhanced by degradation. Gd-chelate-RGD-AVEs can be used to enhance the Gd uptake in cells expressing the alpha(v)beta(3) receptor.
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- Johannes T Heverhagen
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Medicine, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany.
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An international meeting was held on the development and application of replicating viruses for cancer therapy this past March in Banff, Alberta. In this review, using the presentations at this meeting as a backdrop, we discuss how recent scientific and clinical findings are reshaping the development of oncolytic virus therapeutics. Here we identify some of the obstacles that these therapeutics face and discuss evolving strategies, both preclinically and clinically, that are facilitating oncolytic virus development.
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- John C Bell
- Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, 503 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 1C4, Canada.
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Cancer gene therapy has been one of the most exciting areas of therapeutic research in the past decade. In this review, we discuss strategies to restrict transcription of transgenes to tumour cells. A range of promoters which are tissue-specific, tumour-specific, or inducible by exogenous agents are presented. Transcriptional targeting should prevent normal tissue toxicities associated with other cancer treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy. In addition, the specificity of these strategies should provide improved targeting of metastatic tumours following systemic gene delivery. Rapid progress in the ability to specifically control transgenes will allow systemic gene delivery for cancer therapy to become a real possibility in the near future.
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- Tracy Robson
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT37 0QB, Northern Ireland, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT37 0QB, Northern Ireland, UK
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Kaminski JM, Nguyen K, Buyyounouski M, Pollack A. Prostate cancer gene therapy and the role of radiation. Cancer Treat Rev 2002; 28:49-64. [PMID: 12027414 DOI: 10.1053/ctrv.2002.0250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Even though prostate cancer is detected earlier than in the pre-PSA era, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in the American male. Prostate cancer therapy is not ideal, especially for high-risk localized and metastatic cancer; therefore, investigators have sought new therapeutic modalities such as angiogenesis inhibitors, inhibitors of the cell signaling pathway, vaccines, and gene therapy. Gene therapy has emerged as potential therapy for both localized and systemic prostate cancer. Gene therapy has been shown to work supra-additively with radiation in controlling prostate cancer in vivo. With further technological advances in radiation therapy, gene therapy, and the understanding of prostate cancer biology, gene therapy will potentially have an important role in prostate cancer therapy.
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- J M Kaminski
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burolme Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
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Fahr A, Müller K, Nahde T, Müller R, Brüsselbach S. A new colloidal lipidic system for gene therapy. J Liposome Res 2002; 12:37-44. [PMID: 12604036 DOI: 10.1081/lpr-120004774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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A novel type of liposomal vector for gene therapy is described (Artificial Virus Particles; AVPs). This vector is based on the composition of retroviral envelopes, serum-resistant and non-toxic and smaller than 200 nm in size. The DNA is condensed using low molecular weight branched PEI. Equipment of these particles with a cyclic RGD peptide ligand as targeting device renders them selective for tumor endothelial and melanoma cells expressing high levels of alphavbeta3-integrins, and allows for an efficient delivery of the enclosed genetic material. The specificity of the vector system for melanoma cells could be further improved by using a melanocyte-specific tyrosinase promoter to drive transgene expression.
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- A Fahr
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Jena, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
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Rust WL, Carper SW, Plopper GE. The Promise of Integrins as Effective Targets for Anticancer Agents. J Biomed Biotechnol 2002; 2:124-130. [PMID: 12488576 PMCID: PMC161362 DOI: 10.1155/s1110724302204015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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This review will briefly describe integrin function, address why integrins are attractive targets for chemotherapeutic drug design, and discuss some ongoing studies aimed at inhibiting integrin activity. Integrins are cell surface heterodimeric receptors. They modulate many cellular processes including: growth, death (apoptosis), adhesion, migration, and invasion by activating several signaling pathways. Many potential chemotherapeutic agents target integrins directly (eg, polypeptides, monoclonal antibodies, adenovirus vectors). These agents may be clinically useful in controlling the metastatic spread of cancer.
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- William L. Rust
- UNLV Cancer Institute and Chemistry Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
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- UNLV Cancer Institute and Chemistry Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
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- Department of Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA
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