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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
Endostatin, a 20-kDa carboxy-terminal fragment of collagen XVIII, is the leading member of a class of physiologic inhibitors of angiogenesis with potent antitumor activity. Repeated subcutaneous administration of recombinant endostatin in mice led to permanent regression of established tumors to a microscopic dormant state and prompted the initiation of human clinical trials. However, a discrepancy remained unresolved: sustained tumor regression has only been observed with a non-soluble, precipitated form of recombinant endostatin produced in bacteria. To shed light on this question and establish a model of systemic anti-angiogenic gene therapy of cancer that may surmount obstacles in protein production and delivery, we transduced murine hematopoietic stem cells with a retrovirus encoding a secretable form of endostatin. Despite continuous, high-level secretion of endostatin in the vasculature of all transplanted mice, we detected neither inhibition of in vivo neoangiogenesis nor antitumor activity. Resolution of this paradox may come from human trials of endostatin now underway.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1525-0016
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
345-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Angiogenesis Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Bone Marrow Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Collagen Type XVIII, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Cornea, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Endostatins, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Fibrosarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Transduction, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11945060-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Continuous intravascular secretion of endostatin in mice from transduced hematopoietic stem cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Health Sciences & Technology, Harvard-MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.