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Int J Mol Sci ; 20(23)2019 Nov 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31801303

RESUMO

Nanoparticles are becoming an increasingly popular tool for biomedical imaging and drug delivery. While the prevalence of nanoparticle drug-delivery systems reported in the literature increases yearly, relatively little translation from the bench to the bedside has occurred. It is crucial for the scientific community to recognize this shortcoming and re-evaluate standard practices in the field, to increase clinical translatability. Currently, nanoparticle drug-delivery systems are designed to increase circulation, target disease states, enhance retention in diseased tissues, and provide targeted payload release. To manage these demands, the surface of the particle is often modified with a variety of chemical and biological moieties, including PEG, tumor targeting peptides, and environmentally responsive linkers. Regardless of the surface modifications, the nano-bio interface, which is mediated by opsonization and the protein corona, often remains problematic. While fabrication and assessment techniques for nanoparticles have seen continued advances, a thorough evaluation of the particle's interaction with the immune system has lagged behind, seemingly taking a backseat to particle characterization. This review explores current limitations in the evaluation of surface-modified nanoparticle biocompatibility and in vivo model selection, suggesting a promising standardized pathway to clinical translation.


Assuntos
Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos/métodos , Nanopartículas/uso terapêutico , Coroa de Proteína/química , Projetos de Pesquisa/tendências , Pesquisa Translacional Biomédica/métodos , Acromegalia/diagnóstico por imagem , Acromegalia/imunologia , Acromegalia/patologia , Acromegalia/terapia , Anemia/diagnóstico por imagem , Anemia/imunologia , Anemia/patologia , Anemia/terapia , Animais , Bibliometria , Diagnóstico por Imagem/métodos , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Vias de Administração de Medicamentos , Humanos , Interações Hidrofóbicas e Hidrofílicas , Esclerose Múltipla/diagnóstico por imagem , Esclerose Múltipla/imunologia , Esclerose Múltipla/patologia , Esclerose Múltipla/terapia , Nanopartículas/química , Nanopartículas/ultraestrutura , Neoplasias/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias/imunologia , Neoplasias/patologia , Neoplasias/terapia , Polietilenoglicóis/química , Coroa de Proteína/imunologia , Propriedades de Superfície
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Biochemistry ; 55(23): 3285-302, 2016 06 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27218139

RESUMO

Apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) plays a well-defined role in controlling cell death but is also a critical factor for maintaining mitochondrial energy homeostasis; how these dueling activities are balanced has remained largely elusive. To identify new AIF binding partners that may define the continuum of AIF cellular regulation, a biochemical screen was performed that identified the mitochondrial phosphoglycerate mutase 5 (PGAM5) as an AIF associated factor. AIF binds both the short and long isoforms of PGAM5 and can reduce the ability of PGAM5 to control antioxidant responses. Transient overexpression of either PGAM5 isoform triggers caspase activation and cell death, and while AIF could reduce this caspase activation neither AIF expression nor caspase activity is required for PGAM5-mediated death. PGAM5 toxicity morphologically and biochemically resembles mitophagic cell death and is inhibited by the AIF binding protein X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) in a manner that depends on the ubiquitin ligase activity of XIAP. The phosphatase activity of PGAM5 was not required for cell death, and comparison of phosphatase activity between short and long PGAM5 isoforms suggested that only the long isoform is catalytically competent. This property correlated with an increased ability of PGAM5L to form dimers and/or higher order oligomers in intact cells compared to PGAM5S. Overall this study identifies an AIF/PGAM5/XIAP axis that can regulate PGAM5 activities related to the antioxidant response and mitophagy.


Assuntos
Fator de Indução de Apoptose/metabolismo , Apoptose , Ligases/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/patologia , Proteínas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Fosfoproteínas Fosfatases/metabolismo , Ubiquitinas/metabolismo , Proteínas Inibidoras de Apoptose Ligadas ao Cromossomo X/metabolismo , Caspases/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Potencial da Membrana Mitocondrial , Microscopia Eletrônica de Transmissão , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Isoformas de Proteínas , Ubiquitinação
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PLoS One ; 18(11): e0289183, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37963142

RESUMO

Clostridium novyi has demonstrated selective efficacy against solid tumors largely due to the microenvironment contained within dense tumor cores. The core of a solid tumor is typically hypoxic, acidic, and necrotic-impeding the penetration of current therapeutics. C. novyi is attracted to the tumor microenvironment and once there, can both lyse and proliferate while simultaneously re-activating the suppressed immune system. C. novyi systemic toxicity is easily mitigated by knocking out the phage DNA plasmid encoded alpha toxin resulting in C. novyi-NT; but, after intravenous injection spores are quickly cleared by phagocytosis before accomplishing significant tumor localization. C. novyi-NT could be designed to accomplish intravenous delivery with the potential to target all solid tumors and their metastases in a single dose. This study characterizes CRISPR/Cas9 modified C. novyi-NT to insert the gene for RGD, a tumor targeting peptide, expressed within the promoter region of a spore coat protein. Expression of the RGD peptide on the outer spore coat of C. novyi-NT indicates an increased capacity for tumor localization of C. novyi upon intravenous introduction based on the natural binding of RGD with the αvß3 integrin commonly overexpressed on the epithelial tissue surrounding a tumor, and lead to immune stimulation.


Assuntos
Clostridium botulinum , Neoplasias Pancreáticas , Humanos , Esporos Bacterianos/genética , Clostridium/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/genética , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/terapia , Oligopeptídeos/metabolismo , Microambiente Tumoral
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Pharmaceutics ; 15(7)2023 Jul 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37514190

RESUMO

Oncolytic bacteria are a classification of bacteria with a natural ability to specifically target solid tumors and, in the process, stimulate a potent immune response. Currently, these include species of Klebsiella, Listeria, Mycobacteria, Streptococcus/Serratia (Coley's Toxin), Proteus, Salmonella, and Clostridium. Advancements in techniques and methodology, including genetic engineering, create opportunities to "hijack" typical host-pathogen interactions and subsequently harness oncolytic capacities. Engineering, sometimes termed "domestication", of oncolytic bacterial species is especially beneficial when solid tumors are inaccessible or metastasize early in development. This review examines reported oncolytic bacteria-host immune interactions and details the known mechanisms of these interactions to the protein level. A synopsis of the presented membrane surface molecules that elicit particularly promising oncolytic capacities is paired with the stimulated localized and systemic immunogenic effects. In addition, oncolytic bacterial progression toward clinical translation through engineering efforts are discussed, with thorough attention given to strains that have accomplished Phase III clinical trial initiation. In addition to therapeutic mitigation after the tumor has formed, some bacterial species, referred to as "prophylactic", may even be able to prevent or "derail" tumor formation through anti-inflammatory capabilities. These promising species and their particularly favorable characteristics are summarized as well. A complete understanding of the bacteria-host interaction will likely be necessary to assess anti-cancer capacities and unlock the full cancer therapeutic potential of oncolytic bacteria.

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Front Microbiol ; 12: 624618, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33854487

RESUMO

The tumor microenvironment is characterized by anomalous vascularization, hypoxia, and acidity at the core of solid tumors that culminates in concentrated necrosis and immune system dysregulation among other effects. While this environment presents several challenges for the development of oncotherapeutics that deliver their activity via the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect of the leaky blood vessels around a tumor, oncolytic bacteria, or a class of bacteria with a noted capacity to lyse solid tumors, are attracted to the very environment found at the center of solid tumors that confounds other therapeutics. It is this capacity that allows for a potent, active penetration from the tumor margins into the core, and subsequent colonization to facilitate lysis and immune reactivation. Clostridium novyi in particular has recently shown great promise in preclinical and clinical trials when administered directly to the tumor. These studies indicate that C. novyi is uniquely poised to effectively accomplish the long sought after "holy grail" of oncotherapeutics: selective tumor localization via intravenous delivery. This study reports the development of efficient methods that facilitate experimental work and therapeutic translation of C. novyi including the ability to work with this obligate micro-anaerobe on the benchtop. Additionally, this study seeks to utilize this newfound experimental flexibility to address several gaps in the current knowledge regarding the efficacy of CRIPSR/Cas9-mediated gene insertion in this species to further develop this oncolytic bacteria and the genetic customization of bacteria in general.

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Future Microbiol ; 16: 341-368, 2021 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33754804

RESUMO

The development of a 'smart' drug capable of distinguishing tumor from host cells has been sought for centuries, but the microenvironment of solid tumors continues to confound therapeutics. Solid tumors present several challenges for current oncotherapeutics, including aberrant vascularization, hypoxia, necrosis, abnormally high pH and local immune suppression. While traditional chemotherapeutics are limited by such an environment, oncolytic microbes are drawn to it - having an innate ability to selectively infect, colonize and eradicate solid tumors. Development of an oncolytic species would represent a shift in the cancer therapeutic paradigm, with ramifications reaching from the medical into the socio-economic. Modern genetic engineering techniques could be implemented to customize 'Frankenstein' bacteria with advantageous characteristics from several species.


Lay abstract Side effects of chemotherapeutics are thought to often be a reflection of our inability to target these toxic substances to only cancer cells; hence, scientists have spent centuries searching for alternative treatments that would confine their actions to tumor cells, sparing healthy tissue. Unfortunately, the dense nature of tumor tissue along with altered blood vessels, that lead to diminished tumor tissue oxygenation, altered tissue pH and cellular metabolic inactivity or even cell death have proven challenging. Importantly, these barriers have contributed to local and even sometimes systemic suppression of the patient's immune system that can allow the tumor to grow and progress unchecked. While most non-cancer cells are inhibited by the local tumor environment, certain microbes, including some bacteria and viruses, are drawn to it, possessing a natural ability to selectively infect, colonize and eradicate solid tumors. These microbes may also restore the patient's immune balance. However, use of these microbes is not without its own problems; nevertheless, modern genetic engineering techniques could be implemented to develop customized, safe, effective bacteria with advantageous characteristics. The development and clinical translation of cancer-fighting bacteria would represent a shift in cancer therapeutics and would have ramifications that reach beyond medical efficacy into the realm of socioeconomics. This review seeks to marry the current field of oncolytic bacteria with the expanding field of modern bacterial genetic engineering techniques in prospect of such a therapeutic.


Assuntos
Bactérias , Terapia Biológica , Engenharia Genética , Neoplasias/terapia , Animais , Bactérias/classificação , Bactérias/genética , Fenômenos Fisiológicos Bacterianos , Genoma Bacteriano/genética , Interações entre Hospedeiro e Microrganismos , Humanos , Neoplasias/microbiologia , Microambiente Tumoral
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Nanomaterials (Basel) ; 11(11)2021 Nov 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34835785

RESUMO

While many classes of chemotherapeutic agents exist to treat solid tumors, few can generate a lasting response without substantial off-target toxicity despite significant scientific advancements and investments. In this review, the paths of development for nanoparticles, oncolytic viruses, and oncolytic bacteria over the last 20 years of research towards clinical translation and acceptance as novel cancer therapeutics are compared. Novel nanoparticle, oncolytic virus, and oncolytic bacteria therapies all start with a common goal of accomplishing therapeutic drug activity or delivery to a specific site while avoiding off-target effects, with overlapping methodology between all three modalities. Indeed, the degree of overlap is substantial enough that breakthroughs in one therapeutic could have considerable implications on the progression of the other two. Each oncotherapeutic modality has accomplished clinical translation, successfully overcoming the potential pitfalls promising therapeutics face. However, once studies enter clinical trials, the data all but disappears, leaving pre-clinical researchers largely in the dark. Overall, the creativity, flexibility, and innovation of these modalities for solid tumor treatments are greatly encouraging, and usher in a new age of pharmaceutical development.

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