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Padget RL, Zeitz MJ, Blair GA, Wu X, North MD, Tanenbaum MT, Stanley KE, Phillips CM, King DR, Lamouille S, Gourdie RG, Hoeker GS, Swanger SA, Poelzing S, Smyth JW. Acute Adenoviral Infection Elicits an Arrhythmogenic Substrate Prior to Myocarditis. Circ Res 2024; 134:892-912. [PMID: 38415360 PMCID: PMC11003857 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.122.322437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Viral cardiac infection represents a significant clinical challenge encompassing several etiological agents, disease stages, complex presentation, and a resulting lack of mechanistic understanding. Myocarditis is a major cause of sudden cardiac death in young adults, where current knowledge in the field is dominated by later disease phases and pathological immune responses. However, little is known regarding how infection can acutely induce an arrhythmogenic substrate before significant immune responses. Adenovirus is a leading cause of myocarditis, but due to species specificity, models of infection are lacking, and it is not understood how adenoviral infection may underlie sudden cardiac arrest. Mouse adenovirus type-3 was previously reported as cardiotropic, yet it has not been utilized to understand the mechanisms of cardiac infection and pathology. METHODS We have developed mouse adenovirus type-3 infection as a model to investigate acute cardiac infection and molecular alterations to the infected heart before an appreciable immune response or gross cardiomyopathy. RESULTS Optical mapping of infected hearts exposes decreases in conduction velocity concomitant with increased Cx43Ser368 phosphorylation, a residue known to regulate gap junction function. Hearts from animals harboring a phospho-null mutation at Cx43Ser368 are protected against mouse adenovirus type-3-induced conduction velocity slowing. Additional to gap junction alterations, patch clamping of mouse adenovirus type-3-infected adult mouse ventricular cardiomyocytes reveals prolonged action potential duration as a result of decreased IK1 and IKs current density. Turning to human systems, we find human adenovirus type-5 increases phosphorylation of Cx43Ser368 and disrupts synchrony in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes, indicating common mechanisms with our mouse whole heart and adult cardiomyocyte data. CONCLUSIONS Together, these findings demonstrate that adenoviral infection creates an arrhythmogenic substrate through direct targeting of gap junction and ion channel function in the heart. Such alterations are known to precipitate arrhythmias and likely contribute to sudden cardiac death in acutely infected patients.
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- Rachel L. Padget
- Graduate Program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Center for Vascular and Heart Research, FBRI at VTC, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Center for Vascular and Heart Research, FBRI at VTC, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
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- Graduate Program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Center for Vascular and Heart Research, FBRI at VTC, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Center for Vascular and Heart Research, FBRI at VTC, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
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- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
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- Graduate Program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Center for Vascular and Heart Research, FBRI at VTC, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Center for Vascular and Heart Research, FBRI at VTC, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
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- Graduate Program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Center for Vascular and Heart Research, FBRI at VTC, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Center for Vascular and Heart Research, FBRI at VTC, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Center for Vascular and Heart Research, FBRI at VTC, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Center for Vascular and Heart Research, FBRI at VTC, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Center for Vascular and Heart Research, FBRI at VTC, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Center for Vascular and Heart Research, FBRI at VTC, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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Orbay-Cerrato ME, Nilsen RA, Gottdenker N, McManamon R, Elbert JA, Stilwell JM, Ard MB, Ritchie BW, McHale B. Detection of skunk adenovirus-1 in domestic ferrets ( Mustela putorius). Vet Pathol 2024; 61:135-139. [PMID: 37545123 DOI: 10.1177/03009858231189722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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We describe gross pathology, histopathology, ultrastructure, and molecular characterization of skunk adenovirus 1 (SkAdV-1) in 3 ferrets (Mustela putorius) submitted to the Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Zoo and Exotic Animal Pathology Service at the University of Georgia. Case 1 came from a cohort with a 6-week history of multiple ferrets with respiratory disease and mortality. Cases 2 and 3 were submitted 19 days later; they died 3 days after arrival at the vendor's facility. Histopathological evaluation found evidence of suppurative bronchopneumonia, with intralesional gram-positive cocci in case 1. The others had evidence of subacute multifocal histiocytic and lymphoplasmacytic interstitial pneumonia. Viral isolation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and DNA sequencing identified SkAdV-1 in lung tissue. In situ hybridization confirmed adenovirus within the lung lesion, and adenovirus particles were visible under an electron microscope. This is the seventh species in which SkAdV-1 has been identified. Cross-species transmission events have important implications for wildlife management and multispecies facilities.
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Zoo and Exotic Animal Pathology Service, Infectious Diseases Laboratory and the Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
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- Georgia Electron Microscopy, Office of Research, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Zoo and Exotic Animal Pathology Service, Infectious Diseases Laboratory and the Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Zoo and Exotic Animal Pathology Service, Infectious Diseases Laboratory and the Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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Mattison CP, Dunn M, Wikswo ME, Kambhampati A, Calderwood L, Balachandran N, Burnett E, Hall AJ. Non-Norovirus Viral Gastroenteritis Outbreaks Reported to the National Outbreak Reporting System, USA, 2009-2018. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 27:560-564. [PMID: 33496216 PMCID: PMC7853577 DOI: 10.3201/eid2702.203943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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During 2009–2018, four adenovirus, 10 astrovirus, 123 rotavirus, and 107 sapovirus gastroenteritis outbreaks were reported to the US National Outbreak Reporting System (annual median 30 outbreaks). Most were attributable to person-to-person transmission in long-term care facilities, daycares, and schools. Investigations of norovirus-negative gastroenteritis outbreaks should include testing for these viruses.
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Wang Q, Yang M, Zhang Y, Zhong L, Zheng X. Novel Combination Oncolytic Adenoviral Gene Therapy Armed with Dm-dNK and CD40L for Breast Cancer. Curr Gene Ther 2020; 19:54-65. [PMID: 30848201 DOI: 10.2174/1566523219666190307094713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 02/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Both Drosophila melanogaster deoxyribonucleoside kinase (Dm-dNK) suicide gene therapy and exogenous CD40 ligand (CD40L)-CD40 interaction in cancer via conditionally replicating adenovirus can selectively kill tumors without damaging normal tissues. OBJECTIVE To further improve the cancer killing effect, we investigated the therapeutic effect of combined cancer gene therapy based on a selective oncolytic adenovirus vector containing Dm-dNK suicide gene and exogenous CD40L on breast carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo. METHODS A series of conditionally replicating adenoviruses using adenovirus vector P74 were generated: P74-dNK, P74-CD40L (expressing Dm-dNK or CD40L respectively), and P74-dNK-CD40L (expressing combined Dm-dNK and CD40L). Breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231, MCF-7) and non-tumor cell line (MRC5) were treated with adenovirus and cytotoxicity determined by MTT assay, and apoptosis assessed by flow cytometry after 72h. We also assessed in vivo cell killing efficiency using a mouse xenograft model with MDA-MB-231 cells. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Co-expression of Dm-dNK and CD40L reduced cell proliferation of MDAMB- 231 or MCF7 cancer cells, and induced more apoptosis in TERT and CD40 positive cancer cells, but not normal MRC5 cells. Significant reduction in tumor volume was also seen in combined treatment arms as compared to any single treatment. CONCLUSION Our data suggest enhanced, selective tumor cell killing using combined gene therapy with conditionally replicating adenovirus containing Dm-dNK suicide gene and exogenous CD40 ligation (CD40L-CD40).
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- Qiuli Wang
- Department of Breast Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Lab 1, Cancer Institute, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Hebei University College of Life Sciences, Baoding, Hebei, China.,College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, United States
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- Department of Breast Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.,Lab 1, Cancer Institute, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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González-Vicent M, Verna M, Pochon C, Chandak A, Vainorius E, Brundage T, Mozaffari E, Nichols G, Rao K. Current practices in the management of adenovirus infection in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients in Europe: The AdVance study. Eur J Haematol 2019; 102:210-217. [PMID: 30418684 PMCID: PMC6850370 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Objective Adenovirus (AdV) infections are potentially life‐threatening for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo‐HCT) recipients. The AdVance study aimed to evaluate the incidence, management, and outcomes of AdV infections in European allo‐HCT recipients. Methods As part of the study, physician surveys were conducted to determine current AdV screening and treatment practices at their center. Results All of the 28 respondents who treat pediatric patients reported routine AdV screening practices, with 93% screening all allo‐HCT recipients and others screening those with transplant‐related risk factors. Nearly all centers take a pre‐emptive approach to AdV treatment in both high‐ (89%) and low‐risk patients (75%). Among the 14 respondents who treat adult patients, 5 (36%) reported routine screening practices and few (21%) screen all allo‐HCT recipients unless risk factors are present. In adults, pre‐emptive AdV treatment is uncommon and quantitative AdV thresholds are rare. Typical treatment for all patients with symptomatic AdV infection is off‐label intravenous cidofovir. Conclusions Our findings confirm that screening for AdV is more common in pediatric patients. Antiviral treatment is employed in both pediatric and adult patients, although adults are generally treated when AdV disease is diagnosed. The approach to AdV screening and treatment is risk‐based and consistent with clinical guidelines.
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- Pediatric Hematology, MBBM Foundation, Monza, Italy
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- Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Pediatric Oncohematology, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Coble JP, Johnson RF, Cassell MD, Johnson AK, Grobe JL, Sigmund CD. Activity of protein kinase C-α within the subfornical organ is necessary for fluid intake in response to brain angiotensin. Hypertension 2014; 64:141-8. [PMID: 24777977 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.114.03461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Angiotensin-II production in the subfornical organ acting through angiotensin-II type-1 receptors is necessary for polydipsia, resulting from elevated renin-angiotensin system activity. Protein kinase C and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways have been shown to mediate effects of angiotensin-II in the brain. We investigated mechanisms that mediate brain angiotensin-II-induced polydipsia. We used double-transgenic sRA mice, consisting of human renin controlled by the neuron-specific synapsin promoter crossed with human angiotensinogen controlled by its endogenous promoter, which results in brain-specific overexpression of angiotensin-II, particularly in the subfornical organ. We also used the deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt model of hypertension, which exhibits polydipsia. Inhibition of protein kinase C, but not extracellular signal-regulated kinases, protein kinase A, or vasopressin V₁A and V₂ receptors, corrected the elevated water intake of sRA mice. Using an isoform selective inhibitor and an adenovirus expressing dominant negative protein kinase C-α revealed that protein kinase C-α in the subfornical organ was necessary to mediate elevated fluid and sodium intake in sRA mice. Inhibition of protein kinase C activity also attenuated polydipsia in the deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt model. We provide evidence that inducing protein kinase C activity centrally is sufficient to induce water intake in water-replete wild-type mice, and that cell surface localization of protein kinase C-α can be induced in cultured cells from the subfornical organ. These experimental findings demonstrate a role for central protein kinase C activity in fluid balance, and further mechanistically demonstrate the importance of protein kinase C-α signaling in the subfornical organ in fluid intake stimulated by angiotensin-II in the brain.
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- Jeffrey P Coble
- From the Departments of Pharmacology (J.P.C., J.L.G., C.D.S.), Psychology (R.F.J., A.K.J.), and Anatomy and Cell Biology (M.D.C.), Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
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- From the Departments of Pharmacology (J.P.C., J.L.G., C.D.S.), Psychology (R.F.J., A.K.J.), and Anatomy and Cell Biology (M.D.C.), Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
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- From the Departments of Pharmacology (J.P.C., J.L.G., C.D.S.), Psychology (R.F.J., A.K.J.), and Anatomy and Cell Biology (M.D.C.), Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
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- From the Departments of Pharmacology (J.P.C., J.L.G., C.D.S.), Psychology (R.F.J., A.K.J.), and Anatomy and Cell Biology (M.D.C.), Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
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- From the Departments of Pharmacology (J.P.C., J.L.G., C.D.S.), Psychology (R.F.J., A.K.J.), and Anatomy and Cell Biology (M.D.C.), Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
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- From the Departments of Pharmacology (J.P.C., J.L.G., C.D.S.), Psychology (R.F.J., A.K.J.), and Anatomy and Cell Biology (M.D.C.), Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa.
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Viruses are the leading causes of acute lower respiratory-tract infection in infancy. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common pathogen in severe disease, with hMPV, PIV-3, influenza viruses, and rhinoviruses accounting for the majority of the remainder of acute viral respiratory infections. Humans generally do not develop lifelong immunity to reinfection with these viruses; rather, specific immunity protects against severe and lower respiratory-tract disease.
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Vellinga J, De Vrij J, Myhre S, Uil T, Martineau P, Lindholm L, Hoeben RC. Efficient incorporation of a functional hyper-stable single-chain antibody fragment protein-IX fusion in the adenovirus capsid. Gene Ther 2007; 14:664-70. [PMID: 17268536 PMCID: PMC2233715 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2006] [Revised: 12/03/2006] [Accepted: 12/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Recombinant adenoviruses are frequently used as gene transfer vehicles for therapeutic gene delivery. Strategies to amend their tropism include the incorporation of polypeptides with high affinity for cellular receptors. Single-chain antibodies have a great potential to achieve such cell type specificity. In this study, we evaluated the efficiency of incorporation of a single-chain antibody fused with the adenovirus minor capsid protein IX in the capsid of adenovirus type 5 vectors. To this end, the codons for the single-chain antibody fragments (scFv) 13R4 were fused with those encoding of pIX via a 75-Angstrom spacer sequence. The 13R4 is a hyper-stable single-chain antibody directed against beta-galactosidase, which was selected for its capacity to fold correctly in a reducing environment such as the cytoplasm. A lentiviral vector was used to stably express the pIX.flag.75.13R4.MYC.HIS fusion gene in 911 helper cells. Upon propagation of pIX-gene deleted human adenovirus-5 vectors on these cells, the pIX-fusion protein was efficiently incorporated in the capsid. Here, the 13R4 scFv was functional as was evident from its capacity to bind its ligand beta-galactosidase. These data demonstrate that the minor capsid protein IX can be used as an anchor for incorporation of single-chain antibodies in the capsids of adenovirus vectors.
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- Jort Vellinga
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology,
Leiden University Medical CenterDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg
20, 2300 RC Leiden,The Netherlands,FR
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology,
Leiden University Medical CenterDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg
20, 2300 RC Leiden,The Netherlands,FR
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology,
Leiden University Medical CenterDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg
20, 2300 RC Leiden,The Netherlands,FR
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- CPBS, Centre de pharmacologie et biotechnologies pour la santé
CNRS : UMR5160BIO-RADUniversité Montpellier IUniversité Montpellier II - Sciences et Techniques du LanguedocFaculté de Pharmacie - bat. I
15 Av Charles Flahault - BP 14491
34093 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5,FR
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology,
Leiden University Medical CenterDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg
20, 2300 RC Leiden,The Netherlands,FR
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The human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) promoter can be used for the tumor-specific expression of transgenes in order to induce selective cancer cell death. The hTERT core promoter is active in cancer cells but not in normal cells. To examine whether the combination of TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) treatment and cancer cell-selective expression of the TRAIL-death receptor could induce cell death in TRAIL-resistant cancer cells, we generated a death receptor-4 (DR4)-expressing adenovirus (Ad-hTERT-DR4), in which the expression of DR4 is driven by the hTERT promoter. Upon infection, DR4 expression was slightly increased in cancer cell lines, and cell death was observed in TRAIL-resistant cancer cell lines but not in normal human cells when DR4 infection was combined with TRAIL treatment. We also generated an adenovirus that expresses a secretable isoleucine zipper (ILZ)-fused, extracellular portion of TRAIL (Ad-ILZ- TRAIL). In cells infected with Ad-ILZ-TRAIL, TRAIL was expressed, secreted, oligomerized and biologically active in the induction of apoptosis in TRAIL-sensitive cancer cells. When Ad-hTERT-DR4 infected TRAIL-resistant HCE4 cells and Ad-ILZ-TRAIL infected TRAIL-resistant HCE7 cells were co-cultured, cell deaths were evident 24 h after co-culture. Taken together, our results reveal that the combination of TRAIL and cancer cell-specific expression of DR4 has the potential to overcome the resistance of cancer cells to TRAIL without inducing significant cell death in normal cells.
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- Eunah Choi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science of Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science of Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science of Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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Tralhão JG, Schaefer L, Micegova M, Evaristo C, Schönherr E, Kayal S, Veiga-Fernandes H, Danel C, Iozzo R, Kresse H, Lemarchand P. In vivo selective and distant killing of cancer cells using adenovirus-mediated decorin gene transfer. FASEB J 2003; 17:464-6. [PMID: 12631584 PMCID: PMC5913819 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0534fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Decorin is a well-known, ubiquitous proteoglycan that is a normal component of the ECM. Upon transgenic expression of decorin, tumor cells with diverse histogenetic background overexpress p21WAF1, a potent inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase activity, become arrested in G1, and fail to generate tumors in immunocompromised animals. Because decorin is a secreted protein, it has been recently suggested that decorin could act as an autocrine and paracrine regulator of tumor growth. Here, we demonstrate that adenovirus (Ad)-mediated transfer and expression of human decorin cDNA induced in vivo apoptosis of xenograft tumor cells in nude mice. This oncolytic activity was observed when the Ad vector encoding the decorin cDNA was injected intratumorally (i.t.) or i.v. Importantly, i.t. injection of the decorin Ad vector led to growth inhibition of the injected tumor associated with similar growth inhibition of a distant contralateral tumor, demonstrating a distant decorin antitumoral effect. Immunochemistry against human decorin and decorin quantitation in tumors confirmed that decorin migrated to the tumor distant site. Furthermore, decorin effect was specific to tumor cells, because neither apoptosis nor growth inhibition were observed in nontumoral human cells such as hepatocytes, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts, despite p21 overexpression.
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- José Guilherme Tralhão
- INSERM E0016 - Développement artériel [Paris]
Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - E0016AP-HP Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades [Paris]12 rue de l'école de médecine 75270 Paris cedex 06.
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- Department of Internal Medicine [Münster, Germany]
University of Münster - Schlossplatz 2, 48149 Münster.
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- Department of Internal Medicine [Münster, Germany]
University of Münster - Schlossplatz 2, 48149 Münster.
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- INSERM E0016 - Développement artériel [Paris]
Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - E0016AP-HP Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades [Paris]12 rue de l'école de médecine 75270 Paris cedex 06.
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry [Münster, Germany]
University of Münster - Schlossplatz 2, 48149 Münster.
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- Physiopathologie moléculaire des infections microbiennes
Institut Pasteur [Paris]INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - U411156 rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex
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- INEM, Inserm U345 [AP-HP Necker Enfants Malade]
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - U345AP-HP Hôpital Necker - Enfants Malades [Paris] - 149 Rue de Sèvres, 75015 Paris.
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- INSERM E0016 - Développement artériel [Paris]
Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - E0016AP-HP Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades [Paris]12 rue de l'école de médecine 75270 Paris cedex 06.
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- Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA]
Thomas Jefferson University - Cancer Cell Biology and Signaling Program, Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19107
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry [Münster, Germany]
University of Münster - Schlossplatz 2, 48149 Münster.
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- INSERM E0016 - Développement artériel [Paris]
Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - E0016AP-HP Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades [Paris]12 rue de l'école de médecine 75270 Paris cedex 06.
- Institut du thorax [Nantes]
Université de Nantes - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - U1087Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UMR6291Institut de Recherche en Santé de l'Université de Nantes - 8 quai Moncousu - BP 70721 - 44007 Nantes Cedex 1
- * Correspondence should be addressed to Patricia Lemarchand
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Recent studies indicate that the expression of ER beta in breast cancer is lower than in the normal breast, suggesting that ER beta could play an important role in carcinogenesis. To investigate this hypothesis, we engineered ER-negative MDA-MB-231 (human breast cancer cells) to reintroduce either ER alpha or ER beta protein with an adenoviral vector. In these cells, ER beta (as ER alpha) expression was monitored using RT-PCR and Western blot. ER beta protein was localized in the nucleus (immunocytochemistry) and able to transactivate estrogen-responsive reporter constructs in the presence of E2. ER beta and ER alpha induced the expression of several endogenous genes such as pS2, TGF alpha, or the cyclin kinase inhibitor p21 but, in contrast to ER alpha, ER beta was unable to regulate c-myc proto-oncogene expression. The pure antiestrogen ICI 164, 384 completely blocked ER alpha and ER beta estrogen-induced activities. ER beta inhibited MDA-MB-231 cell proliferation in a ligand-independent manner, whereas ER alpha inhibition of proliferation is hormone dependent. Moreover, ER beta and ER alpha decreased cell motility and invasion. Our data bring the first evidence that ER beta is an important modulator of proliferation and invasion of breast cancer cells and support the hypothesis that the loss of ER beta expression could be one of the events leading to the development of breast cancer.
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- G Lazennec
- INSERM U540 Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology of Cancers, 34090 Montpellier, France.
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Asada‐Mikami R, Heike Y, Kanai S, Azuma M, Shirakawa K, Takaue Y, Krasnykh V, Curiel DT, Terada M, Abe T, Wakasugi H. Efficient gene transduction by RGD-fiber modified recombinant adenovirus into dendritic cells. Jpn J Cancer Res 2001; 92:321-7. [PMID: 11267943 PMCID: PMC5926705 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2001.tb01098.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DC) are important antigen-presenting cells in the development of an anti-tumor T cell response. To extend the range of current immuno / gene therapies, we tested luciferase-expressing RGD-adenovirus (Ad) (Ad5lucRGD)-mediated transduction into DC. Phenotypically characterized DC were generated from peripheral blood CD14(+) cells by incubation with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin-4 and tumor necrosis factor alpha. On the 7th day of culture, the cells became mature DC with a CD1a(+), CD11c(+), CD80(+), CD83(+), CD86(+), human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR(+), CD14- phenotype. The expression of alpha( v)beta(3) integrin was enhanced on day 3 and returned to the basal level on day 7. We then compared the transduction efficiency of an Ad5lucRGD system to that using conventional Ad, in cells harvested on days 1, 3 and 7 of culture. Luciferase activity was negligible in AdCMVLuc, but remarkable in cells processed with Ad5lucRGD. Activity was maximal in cells that had been cultured for 3 days. Recombinant Ad5 fiber knob protein blocked AdCMVLuc- and Ad5lucRGD-mediated gene transduction by 90% and 20%, respectively. Surface markers and cytokine production were not affected by Ad5lucRGD-mediated transduction.
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- Rumiko Asada‐Mikami
- Pharmacology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5‐1‐1 Tsukiji, Chuo‐ku, Tokyo 104‐0045
- Department of Hygiene, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii‐cho, Kawaramachi‐Hirokoji, Kamigyo‐ku, Kyoto 602‐8566
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Clinical Research National Shikoku Cancer Center, 13 Horino‐uchi, Matsuyama, 790‐0007
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- Pharmacology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5‐1‐1 Tsukiji, Chuo‐ku, Tokyo 104‐0045
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- Pharmacology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5‐1‐1 Tsukiji, Chuo‐ku, Tokyo 104‐0045
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- Pharmacology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5‐1‐1 Tsukiji, Chuo‐ku, Tokyo 104‐0045
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant/Immuno Therapy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5‐1‐1 Tsukiji, Chuo‐ku, Tokyo 104‐0045
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- Gene Therapy Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Gene Therapy Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Genetic Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5‐1‐1 Tsukiji, Chuo‐ku, Tokyo 104‐0045
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- Department of Hygiene, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii‐cho, Kawaramachi‐Hirokoji, Kamigyo‐ku, Kyoto 602‐8566
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- Pharmacology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5‐1‐1 Tsukiji, Chuo‐ku, Tokyo 104‐0045
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Chen JP, Lin C, Xu CP, Zhang XY, Wu M. The therapeutic effects of recombinant adenovirus RA538 on human gastric carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo. World J Gastroenterol 2000; 6:855-860. [PMID: 11819708 PMCID: PMC4728274 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v6.i6.855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2000] [Revised: 04/19/2000] [Accepted: 04/26/2000] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM:To evaluate the potential of RA-538 gene therapy for gastric carcinoma.METHODS:Human gastric carcinoma cell line SGC7901 treated with Ad-RA538 or Ad-LacZ were analysed by X-gal stain, MTT, DNA ladder, Tunel, flow cytometric analysis, PCR, and Western Blot in vitro. The tumorigenicity and experimental therapy in nude mice model were assessed in vivo.RESULTS:Ad-LacZ could efficiently transfer the LacZ gene into SGC7901 cells. X-gal-positive cells at MOI 25, 50, 100, and 200 were 90%, 100%, 100%, and 100% respectively. Ad-RA538 could strongly inhibit cell growth and induced apoptosis in SGC7901 cells.The proliferation of the Ad-RA538-infected SGC7901 cells was reduced by 76.3%.The mechanism of killing of gastric carcinoma cells by Ad-RA538 was found to be apoptosis by DNA ladder,Tunel and flow cytometric analysis.The tumorigenicity in nude mice using Ad-RA538 showed that all three mice failed to form tumor from 7 to 30 days compared with Ad-LacZ and parent SGC7901 cells. Experimental therapy on the nude mice model bearing subcutaneous tumor of SGC7901 cells showed that intratumor instillation of Ad-RA538 inhibited the growth of the tumors. Ad-RA538-treated tumors were inhibited by 60.66%, compared with that of the tumor injected with Ad-LacZ and mock.CONCLUSION: The expression of Ad RA538 can inhibit growth and induce apoptosis of gastric cancer cell in vitro and in vivo. Ad RA538 can be used potentially in gene therapy for gastric carcinoma.
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