PMID- 21567204 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120321 LR - 20211020 IS - 1573-4978 (Electronic) IS - 0301-4851 (Print) IS - 0301-4851 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 1 DP - 2012 Jan TI - A self-contained enzyme activating prodrug cytotherapy for preclinical melanoma. PG - 157-65 LID - 10.1007/s11033-011-0720-7 [doi] AB - Gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT) has been investigated as a means of cancer treatment without affecting normal tissues. This system is based on the delivery of a suicide gene, a gene encoding an enzyme which is able to convert its substrate from non-toxic prodrug to cytotoxin. In this experiment, we have developed a targeted suicide gene therapeutic system that is completely contained within tumor-tropic cells and have tested this system for melanoma therapy in a preclinical model. First, we established double stable RAW264.7 monocyte/macrophage-like cells (Mo/Ma) containing a Tet-On(R) Advanced system for intracellular carboxylesterase (InCE) expression. Second, we loaded a prodrug into the delivery cells, double stable Mo/Ma. Third, we activated the enzyme system to convert the prodrug, irinotecan, to the cytotoxin, SN-38. Our double stable Mo/Ma homed to the lung melanomas after 1 day and successfully delivered the prodrug-activating enzyme/prodrug package to the tumors. We observed that our system significantly reduced tumor weights and numbers as targeted tumor therapy after activation of the InCE. Therefore, we propose that this system may be a useful targeted melanoma therapy system for pulmonary metastatic tumors with minimal side effects, particularly if it is combined with other treatments. FAU - Seo, Gwi-Moon AU - Seo GM AD - Department of Anatomy and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, 1800 Denison Avenue, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA. FAU - Rachakatla, Raja Shekar AU - Rachakatla RS FAU - Balivada, Sivasai AU - Balivada S FAU - Pyle, Marla AU - Pyle M FAU - Shrestha, Tej B AU - Shrestha TB FAU - Basel, Matthew T AU - Basel MT FAU - Myers, Carl AU - Myers C FAU - Wang, Hongwang AU - Wang H FAU - Tamura, Masaaki AU - Tamura M FAU - Bossmann, Stefan H AU - Bossmann SH FAU - Troyer, Deryl L AU - Troyer DL LA - eng GR - R21 CA135599/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 CA135599-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 CA135599-02/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - 1R21CA135599/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110513 PL - Netherlands TA - Mol Biol Rep JT - Molecular biology reports JID - 0403234 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic) RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Prodrugs) RN - 7673326042 (Irinotecan) RN - EC 3.1.1.1 (Carboxylesterase) RN - XT3Z54Z28A (Camptothecin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/administration & dosage/metabolism/*therapeutic use MH - Camptothecin/analogs & derivatives/metabolism MH - Carboxylesterase/metabolism MH - Cell Transplantation/*methods MH - DNA Primers/genetics MH - Drug Carriers/*metabolism MH - Drug Evaluation, Preclinical MH - Female MH - Genes, Transgenic, Suicide/*genetics MH - Irinotecan MH - Lung Neoplasms/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Magnetics MH - Melanoma/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Monocyte-Macrophage Precursor Cells/*metabolism MH - Nanoparticles MH - Prodrugs/administration & dosage/metabolism/*therapeutic use PMC - PMC3222711 MID - NIHMS304695 EDAT- 2011/05/14 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/22 06:00 PMCR- 2013/01/01 CRDT- 2011/05/14 06:00 PHST- 2010/12/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/04/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/05/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/05/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s11033-011-0720-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Biol Rep. 2012 Jan;39(1):157-65. doi: 10.1007/s11033-011-0720-7. Epub 2011 May 13.