Anti-tumor activity of an immunotoxin (TGFα-PE38) delivered by attenuated Salmonella typhimurium

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Title
Anti-tumor activity of an immunotoxin (TGFα-PE38) delivered by attenuated Salmonella typhimurium
Author(s)
D Lim; K S Kim; H J Kim; Kyong-Cheol KoJae Jun SongJong Hyun Choi; M Shin; J J Min; J H Jeong; H E Choy
Bibliographic Citation
Oncotarget, vol. 8, no. 23, pp. 37550-37560
Publication Year
2017
Abstract
The anticancer strategy underlying the use of immunotoxins is as follows: the cancer-binding domain delivers the toxin to a cancer cell, after which the toxin enters and kills the cell. TGFα-PE38 is an immunotoxin comprising transforming growth factor alpha (TGFα), a natural ligand of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and a modified Pseudomonas exotoxin A (PE38) lacking N terminal cell-binding domain, a highly potent cytotoxic protein moiety. Tumor cells with high level of EGFR undergo apoptosis upon treatment with TGFα-PE38. However, clinical trials demonstrated that this immunotoxin delivered by an intracerebral infusion technique has only a limited inhibitory effect on intracranial tumors mainly due to inconsistent drug delivery. To circumvent this problem, we turned to tumor-seeking bacterial system. Here, we engineered Salmonella typhimurium to selectively express and release TGFα-PE38. Engineered bacteria were administered to mice implanted with mouse colon or breast tumor cells expressing high level of EGFR. We observed that controlled expression and release of TGFα-PE38 from intra-tumoral Salmonellae by either an engineered phage lysis system or by a bacterial membrane transport signal led to significant inhibition of solid tumor growth. These results demonstrated that delivery by tumor-seeking bacteria would greatly augment efficacy of immunotoxin in cancer therapeutics
Keyword
Bacterial cancer therapyImmunotoxinSalmonellaTGFα-PE38
ISSN
1949-2553
Publisher
Impact Journals
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.17197
Type
Article
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Ochang Branch Institute > Division of National Bio-Infrastructure > Korea Preclinical Evaluation Center > 1. Journal Articles
Division of Bio Technology Innovation > SME Support Center > 1. Journal Articles
Jeonbuk Branch Institute > Microbial Biotechnology Research Center > 1. Journal Articles
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