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J Control Release ; 332: 517-528, 2021 04 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33675877

RESUMO

Tumor targeting and intratumoral virus spreading are key features for successful oncolytic virotherapy. VCN-11 is a novel oncolytic adenovirus, genetically modified to express hyaluronidase (PH20) and display an albumin-binding domain (ABD) on the hexon. ABD allows the virus to self-coat with albumin when entering the bloodstream and evade neutralizing antibodies (NAbs). Here, we validate VCN-11 mechanism of action and characterize its toxicity. VCN-11 replication, hyaluronidase activity and binding to human albumin to evade NAbs was evaluated. Toxicity and efficacy of VCN-11 were assessed in mice and hamsters. Tumor targeting, and antitumor activity was analyzed in the presence of NAbs in several tumor models. VCN-11 induced 450 times more cytotoxicity in tumor cells than in normal cells. VCN-11 hyaluronidase production was confirmed by measuring PH20 activity in vitro and in virus-infected tumor areas in vivo. VCN-11 evaded NAbs from different sources and tumor targeting was demonstrated in the presence of high levels of NAbs in vivo, whereas the control virus without ABD was neutralized. VCN-11 showed a low toxicity profile in athymic nude mice and Syrian hamsters, allowing treatments with high doses and fractionated administrations without major toxicities (up to 1.2x1011vp/mouse and 7.5x1011vp/hamster). Fractionated intravenous administrations improved circulation kinetics and tumor targeting. VCN-11 antitumor efficacy was demonstrated in the presence of NAbs against Ad5 and itself. Oncolytic adenovirus VCN-11 disrupts tumor matrix and displays antitumor effects even in the presence of NAbs. These features make VCN-11 a safe promising candidate to test re-administration in clinical trials.


Assuntos
Terapia Viral Oncolítica , Vírus Oncolíticos , Adenoviridae , Animais , Anticorpos Neutralizantes , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Cricetinae , Hialuronoglucosaminidase , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Vírus Oncolíticos/genética , Replicação Viral , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto
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J Immunother Cancer ; 9(11)2021 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35149591

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by dense desmoplastic stroma that limits the delivery of anticancer agents. VCN-01 is an oncolytic adenovirus designed to replicate in cancer cells with a dysfunctional RB1 pathway and express hyaluronidase. Here, we evaluated the mechanism of action of VCN-01 in preclinical models and in patients with pancreatic cancer. METHODS: VCN-01 replication and antitumor efficacy were evaluated alone and in combination with standard chemotherapy in immunodeficient and immunocompetent preclinical models using intravenous or intratumoral administration. Hyaluronidase activity was evaluated by histochemical staining and by measuring drug delivery into tumors. In a proof-of-concept clinical trial, VCN-01 was administered intratumorally to patients with PDAC at doses up to 1×1011 viral particles in combination with chemotherapy. Hyaluronidase expression was measured in serum by an ELISA and its activity within tumors by endoscopic ultrasound elastography. RESULTS: VCN-01 replicated in PDAC models and exerted antitumor effects which were improved when combined with chemotherapy. Hyaluronidase expression by VCN-01 degraded tumor stroma and facilitated delivery of a variety of therapeutic agents such as chemotherapy and therapeutic antibodies. Clinically, treatment was generally well-tolerated and resulted in disease stabilization of injected lesions. VCN-01 was detected in blood as secondary peaks and in post-treatment tumor biopsies, indicating virus replication. Patients had increasing levels of hyaluronidase in sera over time and decreased tumor stiffness, suggesting stromal disruption. CONCLUSIONS: VCN-01 is an oncolytic adenovirus with direct antitumor effects and stromal disruption capabilities, representing a new therapeutic agent for cancers with dense stroma. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: EudraCT number: 2012-005556-42 and NCT02045589.


Assuntos
Adenoviridae/genética , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/terapia , Terapia Viral Oncolítica/métodos , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/terapia , Células Estromais/efeitos dos fármacos , Albuminas/administração & dosagem , Animais , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/genética , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/patologia , Terapia Combinada , Desoxicitidina/administração & dosagem , Desoxicitidina/análogos & derivados , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Mesocricetus , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Paclitaxel/administração & dosagem , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/genética , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/patologia , Prognóstico , Gencitabina
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Plant Signal Behav ; 10(10): e1073871, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26357865

RESUMO

A simple and reproducible method for the treatment of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves with rotenone is presented. Rosette leaves were incubated with rotenone and Triton X-100 for at least 15 h. Treated leaves showed increased expression of COX19 and BCS1a, 2 genes known to be induced in Arabidopsis cell cultures after rotenone treatment. Moreover, rotenone/Triton X-100 incubated leaves presented an inhibition of oxygen uptake. The simplicity of the procedure shows this methodology is useful for studying the effect of the addition of rotenone to a photosynthetic tissue in situ.


Assuntos
Arabidopsis/efeitos dos fármacos , Biologia Celular , Mitocôndrias/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Oxigênio/metabolismo , Folhas de Planta/efeitos dos fármacos , Rotenona/farmacologia , Arabidopsis/citologia , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Botânica , Técnicas de Cultura de Células , Complexo I de Transporte de Elétrons/metabolismo , Genes de Plantas , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Octoxinol , Fotossíntese/efeitos dos fármacos , Folhas de Planta/metabolismo
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PLoS One ; 10(10): e0141443, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26517126

RESUMO

Frataxin plays a key role in eukaryotic cellular iron metabolism, particularly in mitochondrial heme and iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster biosynthesis. However, its precise role has yet to be elucidated. In this work, we studied the subcellular localization of Arabidopsis frataxin, AtFH, using confocal microscopy, and found a novel dual localization for this protein. We demonstrate that plant frataxin is targeted to both the mitochondria and the chloroplast, where it may play a role in Fe-S cluster metabolism as suggested by functional studies on nitrite reductase (NIR) and ferredoxin (Fd), two Fe-S containing chloroplast proteins, in AtFH deficient plants. Our results indicate that frataxin deficiency alters the normal functioning of chloroplasts by affecting the levels of Fe, chlorophyll, and the photosynthetic electron transport chain in this organelle.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Arabidopsis/fisiologia , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Cloroplastos/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação ao Ferro/fisiologia , Proteínas Ferro-Enxofre/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/análise , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Clorofila/análise , Cloroplastos/química , Ferredoxinas/genética , Ferredoxinas/metabolismo , Deleção de Genes , Proteínas de Ligação ao Ferro/análise , Proteínas de Ligação ao Ferro/genética , Microscopia Confocal , Mitocôndrias/química , Proteínas Mitocondriais/fisiologia , Nitrito Redutases/genética , Nitrito Redutases/metabolismo , Plantas Geneticamente Modificadas , Protoplastos/metabolismo , Protoplastos/ultraestrutura , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA de Plantas/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real
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FEBS J ; 278(3): 470-81, 2011 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21166997

RESUMO

Frataxin, a conserved mitochondrial protein implicated in cellular iron homeostasis, has been involved as the iron chaperone that delivers iron for the Fe-S cluster and heme biosynthesis. However, its role in iron metabolism remains unclear, especially in photosynthetic organisms. In previous work, we found that frataxin deficiency in Arabidopsis results in decreased activity of the mitochondrial Fe-S proteins aconitase and succinate dehydrogenase, despite the increased expression of the respective genes, indicating an important role for Arabidopsis thaliana frataxin homolog (AtFH). In this work, we explore the hypothesis that AtFH can participate in heme formation in plants. For this purpose, we used two Arabidopsis lines, atfh-1 and as-AtFH, with deficiency in the expression of AtFH. Both lines present alteration in several transcripts from the heme biosynthetic route with a decrease in total heme content and a deficiency in catalase activity that was rescued with the addition of exogenous hemin. Our data substantiate the hypothesis that AtFH, apart from its role in protecting bioavailable iron within mitochondria and the biogenesis of Fe-S groups, also plays a role in the biosynthesis of heme groups in plants.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Arabidopsis/fisiologia , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Heme/biossíntese , Proteínas Mitocondriais/fisiologia , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Ferro/metabolismo , Proteínas Mitocondriais/genética , Proteínas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Fenótipo , Plantas Geneticamente Modificadas/metabolismo , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo
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Protein Expr Purif ; 51(2): 157-61, 2007 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16879981

RESUMO

Frataxin, a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial protein, has been proposed to participate in Fe-S cluster assembly, mitochondrial energy metabolism, respiration, and iron homeostasis. However, its precise function remains elusive. Frataxin is highly conserved in living organisms with no major structural changes, in particular at the C-terminal protein domain, suggesting that it plays a key function in all organisms. Recently, a plant gene, AtFH, with significant homology to other members of the frataxin family has been described. To gain insight on the frataxin role in plants, the frataxin domain was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21-codonPlus (DE3)-RIL cells and purified using a Ni-chelating column. The purified protein, added to a mixture containing Fe(II) and H2O2, attenuates the Fenton reaction indicating that the recombinant plant frataxin is functional. The procedure described here produced high yield of 99% pure protein through only one chromatographic step, suitable for further structure-function studies.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Arabidopsis/biossíntese , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas de Ligação ao Ferro/biossíntese , Proteínas de Ligação ao Ferro/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas Mitocondriais/biossíntese , Proteínas Mitocondriais/isolamento & purificação , Arabidopsis/química , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Clonagem Molecular , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Peróxido de Hidrogênio/química , Ferro/química , Proteínas de Ligação ao Ferro/metabolismo , Proteínas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Frataxina
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Plant J ; 48(6): 873-82, 2006 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17092311

RESUMO

Frataxin, a protein crucial for the biogenesis of mitochondria in different organisms, was recently identified in Arabidopsis thaliana. To investigate the role of frataxin in higher plants, we analyze two knock-out and one knock-down T-DNA insertion mutants. The knock-out mutants present an embryo-lethal phenotype, indicating an essential role for frataxin. The knock-down mutant has reduced frataxin mRNA and protein levels. This mutant also presents retarded growth, reduced fresh weight of fruits and reduced number of seeds per fruit. Surprisingly, transcription of aconitase and the Fe-S subunit of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH2-1) are increased in mutant plants; however, the activity of these proteins is reduced, indicating a role for frataxin in Fe-S cluster assembly or insertion of Fe-S clusters into proteins. Mutant plants also have increased CO(2) assimilation rates, exhibit increased formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and have increased levels of transcripts for proteins known to be involved in the ROS stress responses. These results indicate that frataxin is an essential protein in plants, required for full activity of mitochondrial Fe-S proteins and playing a protective role against oxidative damage.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/fisiologia , Proteínas de Ligação ao Ferro/metabolismo , Proteínas Ferro-Enxofre/metabolismo , Proteínas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Estresse Oxidativo , Arabidopsis/embriologia , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Dióxido de Carbono/metabolismo , Genes de Plantas , Mutação , Oxidantes/metabolismo , Oxigênio/metabolismo
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