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Greenall SA, Tyack SG, Johnson MA, Sapats SI. Antibody fragments, expressed by a fowl adenovirus vector, are able to neutralize infectious bursal disease virus. Avian Pathol 2011; 39:339-48. [PMID: 20954010 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2010.507239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Single-chain variable fragments (scFv) contain the heavy and light chain variable domains of immunoglobulin, joined by a short peptide linker. Previously, our laboratory has produced neutralizing scFv to epitopes of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). The in vitro delivery and expression of one of these scFv with and without the C(H)2-C(H)4 Fc domain of chicken IgY attached (scFv-Fc) by a serotype 8 fowl adenovirus (FAdV-8) vector was investigated in the present study. A panel of FAdV-8 vectors was constructed, each containing a different transgene (scFv or scFv-Fc), a different promoter to drive scFv and scFv-Fc transcription (CMVie or the fowl adenovirus major late promoter), and a different sized, right-hand end genomic deletion (52 bp or 2.3 kb). This panel was used to establish what effect these variables had on protein production, viral replication and scFv transcription, as measured by enzyme-linked imunosorbent assay and real-time polymerase chain reaction. Our results showed that, using a FAdV-8 vector containing the optimal CMVie promoter/2.3 kb deletion combination, we successfully expressed a secreted form of both scFv and scFv-Fc that were able to neutralize IBDV both in vitro and in ovo. These studies indicate that the FAdV-8 vector may be a promising candidate to deliver and express therapeutic molecules such as scFv and scFv-Fc in vivo in poultry.
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Gomez-Gutierrez JG, Garcia-Garcia A, Hao H, Rao XM, Montes de Oca-Luna R, Zhou HS, McMasters KM. Adenovirus-mediated expression of truncated E2F-1 suppresses tumor growth in vitro and in vivo. Cancer 2010; 116:4420-32. [PMID: 20549818 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adenovirus (Ad)-mediated E2F-1 gene transfer induces apoptosis in cancer cells in vitro and in vivo, but clinical application of E2F-1 in cancer gene therapy remains controversial because of the oncogenic potential of E2F-1. This barrier can be circumvented by using the truncated form of the E2F-1 gene (E2Ftr) (amino acids 1 through 375), which lacks the E2F-1 transactivation domain and cell cycle-promoting effects. METHODS The authors constructed 3 adenoviral vectors that expressed E2Ftr under regulation of the tetracycline (Tet)-off system (AdTet-E2Ftr1, AdTet-E2Ftr2, and AdTet-E2Ftr3). These vectors were compared for E2Ftr expression and apoptosis induction in cancer cells and normal cells. E2Ftr antitumor activity in vivo also was assessed in a melanoma xenograft model. RESULTS One of the 3 vectors, AdTet-E2Ftr3, had the highest E2Ftr protein expression levels, which were correlated with the greatest induction of apoptosis and inhibition of cancer cell growth. E2Ftr induced apoptosis in a variety of cancer cell lines independent of p53 status with little cytotoxicity in normal cell lines. In a mouse melanoma xenograft model, AdTet-E2Ftr3 exhibited an approximately 80% decrease in tumor size compared with controls in vivo. CONCLUSIONS The current results indicated that AdTet-E2Ftr3 is a novel anticancer agent that has significant therapeutic activity in vitro and in vivo.
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- Jorge G Gomez-Gutierrez
- Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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Pencavel T, Seth R, Hayes A, Melcher A, Pandha H, Vile R, Harrington KJ. Locoregional intravascular viral therapy of cancer: precision guidance for Paris's arrow? Gene Ther 2010; 17:949-60. [PMID: 20445580 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2010.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Viral therapy of cancer includes strategies such as viral transduction of tumour cells with 'suicide genes', using viral infection to trigger immune-mediated tumour cell death and using oncolytic viruses for their direct anti-tumour action. However, problems still remain in terms of adequate viral delivery to tumours. A role is also emerging for single-organ isolation and perfusion. Having begun with the advent of isolated limb perfusion for extremity malignancy, experimental systems have been developed for the perfusion of other organs, particularly the liver, kidneys and lungs. These are beginning to be adopted into clinical treatment pathways. The combination of these two modalities is potentially significant. Locoregional perfusion increases the exposure of tumour cells to viral agents. In addition, the avoidance of systemic elimination through the immune and reticulo-endothelial systems should provide a mechanism for increased transduction/infection of target cells. The translation of laboratory research to clinical practice would occur within the context of perfusion programmes, which are already established in the clinic. Many of these programmes include the use of vasoactive cytokines such as tumour necrosis factor-alpha, which may have an effect on viral uptake. Evidence of activation of specific anti-tumour immunological responses by intratumoural and other existing methods of viral administration raises the intriguing possibility of a locoregional therapy, with the ability to affect distant sites of disease. In this review, we examined the state of the literature in this area and summarized current findings before indicating likely areas of continuing interest.
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- T Pencavel
- Targeted Therapy Team, The Institute of Cancer Research, and Sarcoma/Melanoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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Revolutionizing the treatment of locally advanced extremity soft tissue sarcomas: a review on TNFα-based isolated limb perfusion. Eur Surg 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s10353-009-0479-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Soft tissue sarcomas, a rare and extremely low prevalence tumor, has no uniform treatment recommendation because there have been few randomized prospective trials to guide management. Recently, there have been surgical, medical, biologic, and genetic advances toward improved treatment. A multidisciplinary approach at specialized treatment centers should be sought because the skill set necessary to implement these advances can be provided and outcomes improved. Centralized care will be crucial to improving survival and functional outcome because it will allow for patients to be effectively entered into prospective randomized trials and create regional and national tissue banks to generate meaningful data.
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Kam PC, Thompson JF. Pharmacokinetics of Regional Therapy: Isolated Limb Infusion and Other Low Flow Techniques for Extremity Melanoma. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2008; 17:795-804, ix. [DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2008.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Dass CR, Choong PFM. Gene therapy for osteosarcoma: steps towards clinical studies. J Pharm Pharmacol 2008; 60:405-13. [PMID: 18380911 DOI: 10.1211/jpp.60.4.0001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Gene therapy, an applied form of biotechnology, relies on the delivery of foreign DNA into cells. More than 50% of all reported clinical trials for gene therapy are for cancer, though only a scant number for osteosarcoma. Osteosarcoma is a neoplasm afflicting young adults, who in their prime years of life suffer debilitation if not death. The disease is not entirely curable, even with surgery combined with aggressive chemotherapy. Thus, other forms of therapies are being evaluated, including gene therapy. There exist two major forms of gene transfer: viral and non-viral. This review only covers proof-of-principle work carried out in cancer beyond the cell culture stage, in animals. Drawing from the experiences of gene therapy against other cancers, studies for which have already reached the clinical phase, the review discusses potential pitfalls and solutions to enhance gene therapy for osteosarcoma.
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- Crispin R Dass
- Department of Orthopaedics, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia.
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Hannay J, Davis JJ, Yu D, Liu J, Fang B, Pollock RE, Lev D. Isolated limb perfusion: a novel delivery system for wild-type p53 and fiber-modified oncolytic adenoviruses to extremity sarcoma. Gene Ther 2007; 14:671-81. [PMID: 17287860 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Isolated limb perfusion (ILP) is a limb salvage surgical modality used to deliver chemotherapy and biologic agents to locally advanced and recurrent extremity soft tissue sarcoma (STS), and may be readily tailored for delivery of gene therapy. We set out to test the feasibility of delivering AdFLAGp53 (replication incompetent adenovirus bearing FLAG-tagged wild-type p53) and Ad.hTC.GFP/E1a.RGD (a fiber-modified, replication selective oncolytic adenovirus) into human leiomyosarcoma xenografts by ILP. Nude rats bearing SKLMS-1 tumors in their hind limbs underwent ILP with escalating doses of AdLacZ or AdFLAGp53 (study 1), or with Ad.CMV.GFP.RGD or Ad.hTC.GFP/E1a.RGD (study 2) following in vitro confirmation of therapeutic potential in STS cell lines and strains. Seventy-two hours after delivery, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction confirmed FLAGp53 expression, and immunohistochemistry confirmed diffuse upregulation of p21CIP1/WAF1 in ILP-treated tumors. Ad.hTC.GFP/E1a.RGD perfused tumors demonstrated robust macroscopic transgene expression throughout their substance, but not in perfused normal tissues, 21 days after delivery. Intra-tumoral viral replication was confirmed by immunohistochemical staining for early (E1a) and late (hexon) viral protein expression. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated-digoxigenin nick end-labeling staining identified foci of cell death within regions of viral replication. In conclusion, therapeutic adenoviral gene therapy against limb borne human STS can be successfully delivered by ILP and warrants further investigation.
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- J Hannay
- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Mocellin S, Rossi CR, Brandes A, Nitti D. Adult soft tissue sarcomas: Conventional therapies and molecularly targeted approaches. Cancer Treat Rev 2006; 32:9-27. [PMID: 16338075 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2005.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2005] [Revised: 09/21/2005] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The therapeutic approach to soft tissue sarcomas (STS) has evolved over the past two decades based on the results from randomized controlled trials, which are guiding physicians in the treatment decision-making process. Despite significant improvements in the control of local disease, a significant number of patients ultimately die of recurrent/metastatic disease following radical surgery due to a lack of effective adjuvant treatments. In addition, the characteristic chemoresistance of STS has compromised the therapeutic value of conventional antineoplastic agents in cases of unresectable advanced/metastatic disease. Therefore, novel therapeutic strategies are urgently needed to improve the prognosis of patients with STS. Recent advances in STS biology are paving the way to the development of molecularly targeted therapeutic strategies, the efficacy of which relies not only on the knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer development/progression but also on the personalization of the therapeutic regimen according to the molecular features of individual tumours. In this work, we review the state-of-the-art of conventional treatments for STS and summarize the most promising findings in the development of molecularly targeted therapeutic approaches.
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- Simone Mocellin
- Surgery Branch, Department of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy.
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van Etten B, Eggermont AMM, Ambagtsheer G, van Tiel ST, ten Hagen TLM. Impaired neutralising antibody formation and high transduction efficacy after isolated hepatic perfusion with adenoviral vectors. Br J Cancer 2004; 91:1610-3. [PMID: 15480435 PMCID: PMC2409916 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Local adenoviral gene transfer can be performed by means of isolated hepatic perfusion (IHP). This methodology is a very effective and safe way to deliver adenoviral vectors. We studied the immune response after IHP. A decreased neutralising antibody formation was observed, offering possibilities for further research in the field of gene therapy in isolated perfusion settings.
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- B van Etten
- Erasmus University Medical Centre-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, Department of Surgical Oncology, PO Box 5201, 3008 AE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus University Medical Centre-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, Department of Surgical Oncology, PO Box 5201, 3008 AE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Erasmus University Medical Centre-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, Department of Surgical Oncology, PO Box 5201, 3008 AE Rotterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail:
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- Erasmus University Medical Centre-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, Department of Surgical Oncology, PO Box 5201, 3008 AE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus University Medical Centre-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, Department of Surgical Oncology, PO Box 5201, 3008 AE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus University Medical Centre-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, Department of Surgical Oncology, PO Box 5201, 3008 AE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Matsunobu T, Tanaka K, Matsumoto Y, Nakatani F, Sakimura R, Hanada M, Li X, Oda Y, Naruse I, Hoshino H, Tsuneyoshi M, Miura H, Iwamoto Y. The prognostic and therapeutic relevance of p27kip1 in Ewing's family tumors. Clin Cancer Res 2004; 10:1003-12. [PMID: 14871979 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-0788-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Ewing's family tumors (EFTs) display the characteristic fusion gene EWS-Fli1. We have reported EWS-Fli1 may promote the cell cycle progression accompanied by the suppression of the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(kip1) in EFT cells. Here, we describe the prognostic and therapeutic relevance of p27 in EFTs. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We examined tumor samples taken from 21 patients with primary EFTs for the expression of p27 protein immunohistochemically and evaluated its correlation with clinical outcome. We also investigated the usefulness of p27 as a therapeutic strategy in vitro and in vivo using p27 expression adenovirus. Finally, we examined the process of EWS-Fli1-mediated reduction of p27 expression. RESULTS Immunohistochemical analysis showed that a low expression level of p27 protein was related to poor event-free survival in an univariate analysis and that the expression level of p27 correlated more significantly with patient survival than several clinical factors in a multivariate survival analysis. Overexpression of p27 with the adenoviral vector remarkably inhibited the cell growth in all EFT cells tested and further induced apoptosis in the wild-type p53 EFT cells. In vivo studies demonstrated a reduction in tumor growth of EFT xenograft in nude mice treated with the intratumoral injection of p27-expressing adenovirus. EWS-Fli1 did not significantly affect the p27 promoter activity and p27 mRNA levels. However, the challenge of the proteasome inhibitor caused accumulation of p27 protein in EFT cells. These data strongly suggest EWS-Fli1 might attenuate p27 protein level via activation of the proteasome-mediated degradation pathway. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide the first evidence of the prognostic relevance of p27 expression in EFTs. We propose p27 as a novel and powerful therapeutic factor for the molecular target therapy of EFTs.
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MESH Headings
- Adenoviridae/genetics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Cycle Proteins/biosynthesis
- Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Child
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27
- Cysteine Endopeptidases/metabolism
- DNA Fragmentation
- Disease-Free Survival
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Luciferases/metabolism
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Nude
- Middle Aged
- Multienzyme Complexes/metabolism
- Multivariate Analysis
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Oligonucleotides/chemistry
- Prognosis
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Recurrence
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sarcoma, Ewing/diagnosis
- Sarcoma, Ewing/genetics
- Sarcoma, Ewing/mortality
- Time Factors
- Treatment Outcome
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/biosynthesis
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics
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- Tomoya Matsunobu
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-5488, Japan
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Thompson JF, Kam PCA. Isolated limb infusion for melanoma: A simple but effective alternative to isolated limb perfusion. J Surg Oncol 2004; 88:1-3. [PMID: 15384062 DOI: 10.1002/jso.20112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Calvo E, Arcas R, Brugarolas A, Crespo A, Ten-Hagen T, Eggermont A. Perfusión de extremidad aislada en sarcomas de partes blandas irresecables: un nuevo estándar. Rev Esp Cir Ortop Traumatol (Engl Ed) 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1888-4415(04)76168-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Eggermont AMM, van Geel AN, de Wilt JHW, ten Hagen TLM. The role of isolated limb perfusion for melanoma confined to the extremities. Surg Clin North Am 2003; 83:371-84, ix. [PMID: 12744614 DOI: 10.1016/s0039-6109(02)00095-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Isolated limb perfusion with Melphalan is the best treatment option to control symptomatic multiple small in-transit metastases. When lesions are bulky, Isolated Limb Perfusion (ILP) with Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) + Melphalan is superior as in soft tissue sarcoma. TNF changes the pathophysiology, greatly enhances the uptake of Melphalan and destructs selectively the vasculature of large tumors. To date, ILP is not indicated in an adjuvant setting.
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- Alexander M M Eggermont
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Eggermont AM. Isolated limb perfusion in the management of locally advanced extremity soft tissue sarcoma. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2003; 12:469-83. [PMID: 12916464 DOI: 10.1016/s1055-3207(03)00012-7] [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: 11/18/2022]
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In conclusion, ILP is an interesting and important treatment option in the management of locally advanced extremity soft tissue sarcomas. Large medical centers, dealing with referrals and an important caseload of STS patients, should develop this treatment option and have it readily available to offer patients the best chances for limb salvage. In Europe, the success of TNF-based ILP has lead to the training, accreditation, and activation of TNF-based ILP programs in over 30 cancer centers since the approval of TNF for this indication in 1999. Thus, country by country centers for referral programs are established to deal with those categories of patients that can greatly benefit from the availability and integration of this treatment option in the STS treatment programs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexander M Eggermont
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center-Daniel Den Hoed Cancer Center, 301 Groene Hilledijk, 3075 EA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. eggermont.@chih.azr.nl
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Lans TE, ten Hagen TLM, van Horssen R, Wu PC, van Tiel ST, Libutti SK, Alexander HR, Eggermont AMM. Improved antitumor response to isolated limb perfusion with tumor necrosis factor after upregulation of endothelial monocyte-activating polypeptide II in soft tissue sarcoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2002; 9:812-9. [PMID: 12374666 DOI: 10.1007/bf02574505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Experiments with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) in rodents have shown that a high dose can lead to hemorrhagic necrosis in tumors. Endothelial monocyte-activating polypeptide II (EMAP-II) is a novel tumor-derived cytokine, and its expression increases the TNF-1 receptor on tumor endothelium, enhances the induction of tissue factor on tumor endothelial cells, and has an antiangiogenic effect. It has recently been shown that in vivo sensitivity of tumor vasculature to TNF is determined by tumor production of EMAP-II. METHODS We measured the level of EMAP-II in a TNF-resistant soft tissue sarcoma. We subsequently stabile-transfected this cell line with a retroviral construct containing the EMAP gene. In an extremity perfusion model in tumor-bearing rats, we measured response rates to TNF therapy. RESULTS Functional EMAP-II production was increased after this transfection. Immunostaining of paraffin-embedded tumor tissue sections in rats showed an overexpression of human EMAP-II. Results of the TNF perfusions in rats suggest that this tumor is more sensitive to TNF therapy. CONCLUSIONS EMAP-II is produced in various levels. One can increase the sensitivity of tumor for TNF therapy in vivo by upregulating the EMAP-II production. This result leaves an opportunity for enhanced TNF response of tumors in future settings.
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- T E Lans
- University Hospital Rotterdam-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, Department of Surgical Oncology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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van Etten B, ten Hagen TLM, de Vries MR, Ambagtsheer G, Huet T, Eggermont AMM. Prerequisites for effective adenovirus mediated gene therapy of colorectal liver metastases in the rat using an intracellular neutralizing antibody fragment to p21-Ras. Br J Cancer 2002; 86:436-42. [PMID: 11875712 PMCID: PMC2375217 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2001] [Revised: 11/02/2001] [Accepted: 11/15/2001] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Ras mutations are present in 40-50% of colorectal cancers. Inactivating this oncogene may therefore reduce proliferation capacity. In order to target ras we studied the transduction efficacy and anti tumour activity of an adenoviral vector expressing an intracellular, neutralizing single chain antibody to p21-ras (Y28). In in vitro studies transfection levels of the K-ras mutated rat colon carcinoma cell line CC531 were studied using the LacZ marker gene. In our in vivo liver metastases model different routes of administration were evaluated to determine which regimen resulted in the best transfection levels and tumour responses: intravenous injection, intratumoural injection, isolated liver perfusion, or hepatic artery infusion. CC531 cells are readily transfected in vitro, resulting in significant inhibition of tumour cell proliferation by the Y28 construct. Intravenous injection did not result in any measurable transfection. Intratumoural injection resulted only in the transfection of tumour cells along the needle track. IHP as well as single HAI achieved low transfection levels of tumour tissue. Expression of Y28 was demonstrated in tumours after IT injection, HAI and IHP. Whereas, repeated HAI's clearly achieved expression in and around tumour associated vessels. Only five times repeated HAI's with Y28 resulted in a tumour response: in all animals tumour growth was inhibited, and in three rats out of eight a complete regression of the liver tumours was observed.
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- B van Etten
- University Hospital Rotterdam-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, Department of Surgical Oncology, Room Ee 102, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Lejeune FJ, Kroon BB, Di Filippo F, Hoekstra HJ, Santinami M, Liénard D, Eggermont AM. Isolated Limb Perfusion. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s1055-3207(18)30034-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Eggermont AM, ten Hagen TL. Isolated limb perfusion for extremity soft-tissue sarcomas, in-transit metastases, and other unresectable tumors: credits, debits, and future perspectives. Curr Oncol Rep 2001; 3:359-67. [PMID: 11389822 DOI: 10.1007/s11912-001-0090-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Isolated limb perfusion (ILP) with melphalan is effective against melanoma in-transit metastases but has failed in the treatment of limb-threatening extremity sarcomas. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) has changed this situation completely. Now, ILP with TNF + melphalan is a very successful treatment to prevent amputation. In a multicenter European trial, ILP with TNF + melphalan resulted in a 76% response rate and a 71% limb salvage rate in patients with limb-threatening soft-tissue sarcomas, deemed unresectable by independent review committees, leading to approval of TNF in Europe. We have also reported on the success of this regimen against bulky melanomas, multifocal skin cancers, and drug-resistant bony sarcomas. High-dose TNF destructs tumor vasculature, and, most importantly, it enhances tumor-selective drug uptake (ie, melphalan and doxorubicin) by threefold to sixfold. Similar synergy is observed in well-vascularized liver metastases after isolated hepatic perfusion with TNF and melphalan. New (vasoactive) drugs and mechanisms of action and interaction with chemotherapy are in development. ILP is also a promising treatment modality for adenoviral vector-mediated gene therapy. Many clinical phase I/II evaluations in ILP are now underway.
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- A M Eggermont
- Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital Rotterdam, Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, 301 Groene Hilledijk, 3075 EA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail:
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de Roos WK, de Wilt JH, van Der Kaaden ME, Manusama ER, de Vries MW, Bout A, ten Hagen TL, Valerio D, Eggermont AM. Isolated limb perfusion for local gene delivery: efficient and targeted adenovirus-mediated gene transfer into soft tissue sarcomas. Ann Surg 2000; 232:814-21. [PMID: 11088076 PMCID: PMC1421274 DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200012000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the potential of isolated limb perfusion (ILP) for efficient and tumor-specific adenovirus-mediated gene transfer in sarcoma-bearing rats. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA A major concern in adenovirus-mediated gene therapy in cancer is the transfer of genes to organs other than the tumor, especially organs with a rapid cell turnover. Adjustment of the vector delivery route might be an option creating tumor specificity in therapeutic gene expression. METHODS Rat hind limb sarcomas (5-10 mm) were transfected with recombinant adenoviruses. Intratumoral luciferase expression after ILP was compared with systemic administration, regional infusion, or intratumoral injection using a similar dose of adenoviruses carrying the luciferase marker gene. Localization studies using lacZ as a marker gene were performed to evaluate the intratumoral distribution of transfected cells after both ILP and intratumoral injection. RESULTS Intratumoral luciferase activity after ILP or intratumoral administration was significantly higher compared with regional infusion or systemic administration. After ILP, luciferase gene expression was minimal in extratumoral organs, whether outside or inside the isolated circuit. Localization studies demonstrated that transfection was confined to tumor cells lying along the needle track after intratumoral injection, whereas after ILP, lacZ expression was found in viable tumor cells and in the tumor-associated vasculature. CONCLUSIONS Using ILP, efficient and tumor-specific gene transfection can be achieved. The ILP technique might be useful for the delivery of recombinant adenoviruses carrying therapeutic gene constructs to enhance tumor control.
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Affiliation(s)
- W K de Roos
- Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital Rotterdam/Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, and IntroGene B. V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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