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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-6-28
pubmed:abstractText
A critical issue in adenovirus (Ad)-based cancer gene therapy is to improve the specificity of gene delivery to cancer cells for better efficacy and safety. We explored methods of retargeting Ad vectors for selective gene therapy of human biliary cancers using the Ad incorporating an IgG Fc-binding motif (Z33) from the Staphylococcus protein A (Ad-FZ33) combined with tumor-specific antibodies. Flow cytometry analysis revealed high-expression levels of epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on human biliary cancer cells. Ad-FZ33 expressing LacZ combined with antibodies against EpCAM or EGFR, followed by ?-gal assay, demonstrated highly efficient gene transduction in these biliary cancer cells, compared to the treatment with control antibody or without antibody. Ad-FZ33 expressing uracil phosphoribosyl transferase (UPRT), an enzyme which greatly enhances the toxicity of 5-fluorouracil (FU), combined with antibodies against EpCAM or EGFR, remarkably enhanced the sensitivity of biliary cancer cells to 5-FU. By contrast, the treatment did not affect the 5-FU sensitivity of the cells not expressing EpCAM or EGFR including normal hepatocytes. Finally, treatments with the UPRT-expressing Ad-FZ33 with antibodies against EpCAM or EGFR, followed by 5-FU administration, significantly suppressed the growth of biliary cancer xenografts in nude mice. These results indicate that the gene therapy mediated by the Z33 fiber modified Ad with anti-EpCAM or anti-EGFR antibodies offers a potentially effective therapeutic modality against biliary cancers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibodies, Monoclonal, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, Neoplasm, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Adhesion Molecules, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/EGFR protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/EPCAM protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fluorouracil, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Immunoglobulin G, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Staphylococcal Protein A, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/tumor-associated antigen GA733
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1097-0215
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 UICC.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
129
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1244-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Biliary Tract Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Staphylococcal Protein A, pubmed-meshheading:21710497-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
EpCAM- and EGFR-targeted selective gene therapy for biliary cancers using Z33-fiber-modified adenovirus.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't