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JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-172
Keywords
beta-glucuronidase; oncolytic virus; cancer; reporter; fluorescent probe
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- Genelux Corporation (R&D facility in San Diego, CA, USA)
- Genelux GmbH
- Genelux Corp., San Diego, USA
- Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung in the MoBiTech initiative [13N4051]
- Genelux Corporation, San Diego
- Research and Development Division of Genelux Corp., San Diego, USA
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Background: Oncolytic viral tumor therapy is an emerging field in the fight against cancer with rising numbers of clinical trials and the first clinically approved product (Adenovirus for the treatment of Head and Neck Cancer in China) in this field. Yet, until recently no general (bio)marker or reporter gene was described that could be used to evaluate successful tumor colonization and/or transgene expression in other biological therapies. Methods: Here, a bacterial glucuronidase (GusA) encoded by biological therapeutics (e. g. oncolytic viruses) was used as reporter system. Results: Using fluorogenic probes that were specifically activated by glucuronidase we could show 1) preferential activation in tumors, 2) renal excretion of the activated fluorescent compounds and 3) reproducible detection of GusA in the serum of oncolytic vaccinia virus treated, tumor bearing mice in several tumor models. Time course studies revealed that reliable differentiation between tumor bearing and healthy mice can be done as early as 9 days post injection of the virus. Regarding the sensitivity of the newly developed assay system, we could show that a single infected tumor cell could be reliably detected in this assay. Conclusion: GusA therefore has the potential to be used as a general marker in the preclinical and clinical evaluation of (novel) biological therapies as well as being useful for the detection of rare cells such as circulating tumor cells.
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