Membrane-localized activation of glucuronide prodrugs by β-glucuronidase enzymes
| Autor: | Zeljko M. Prijovich, Yu-Ling Leu, Chih Hung Chuang, Kai-Chuan Chen, Bing-Mae Chen, Ta-Chun Cheng, Steve R. Roffler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Cancer Research
DNA Complementary Blotting Western Pharmacology Mice Glucuronides Therapeutic index In vivo Cell Line Tumor Animals Humans Prodrugs Aniline Mustard Molecular Biology Glucuronidase chemistry.chemical_classification Chemistry 3T3 Cells Prodrug Flow Cytometry Recombinant Proteins In vitro Enzyme Molecular Medicine Glucuronide |
| Zdroj: | Cancer Gene Therapy. 14:187-200 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5500 0929-1903 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.cgt.7700999 |
| Popis: | Gene-mediated enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT) seeks to increase the therapeutic index of anti-neoplastic agents by promoting selective activation of relatively nontoxic drug derivatives at sites of specific enzyme expression. Glucuronide prodrugs are attractive for GDEPT due to their low toxicity, bystander effect in the interstitial tumor space and the large range of possible glucuronide drug targets. In this study, we expressed human, murine and Esherichia coli beta-glucuronidase on tumor cells and examined their in vitro and in vivo efficacy for the activation of glucuronide prodrugs of 9-aminocamptothecin and p-hydroxy aniline mustard. We show that (1) fusion of beta-glucuronidase to the Ig-like C(2)-type and Ig-hinge-like domains of the B7-1 antigen followed by the B7-1 transmembrane domain anchored high levels of active murine and human beta-glucuronidase on cells, (2) strong bystander killing of tumor cells was achieved in vitro by murine beta-glucuronidase activation of prodrug, (3) potent in vivo anti-tumor activity was achieved by prodrug treatment of tumors that expressed murine beta-glucuronidase and (4) the p-hydroxy aniline prodrug was more effective in vivo than the 9-aminocamptothecin prodrug. Our results demonstrate that surface expression of murine beta-glucuronidase for activation of a glucuronide prodrug of p-hydroxy aniline mustard may be useful for more selective therapy of cancer. |
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