Synthetic engineered bacteria for cancer therapy

INTRODUCTION: Cancer mortality worldwide highlights the urgency for advanced therapeutic methods to fill the gaps in conventional cancer therapies. Bacteriotherapy is showing great potential in tumor regression due to the motility and colonization tendencies of bacteria. However, the complicated in vivo environment and tumor pathogenesis hamper the therapeutic outcomes. Synthetic engineering methods endow bacteria with flexible abilities both at the extracellular and intracellular levels to meet treatment requirements. In this review, we introduce synthetic engineering methods for bacterial modifications. We highlight the recent progress in engineered bacteria and explore how these synthetic methods endow bacteria with superior abilities in cancer therapy. The current clinical translations are further discussed. Overall, this review may shed light on the advancement of engineered bacteria for cancer therapy.

AREAS COVERED: Recent progress in synthetic methods for bacterial engineering and specific examples of their applications in cancer therapy are discussed in this review.

EXPERT OPINION: Bacteriotherapy bridges the gaps of conventional cancer therapies through the natural motility and colonization tendency of bacteria, as well as their synthetic engineering. Nevertheless, to fulfill the bacteriotherapy potential and move into clinical trials, more research focusing on its safety concerns should be conducted.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Expert opinion on drug delivery - 20(2023), 7 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 993-1013

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gong, Tong [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jinhui [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Bacteria
Bacteriotherapy
Cancer therapy
Delivery
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Synthetic engineering methods

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.11.2023

Date Revised 02.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/17425247.2023.2241367

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359976379