Reprogramming a Doxycycline-Inducible Gene Switch System for Bacteria-Mediated Cancer Therapy

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to World Molecular Imaging Society..

PURPOSE: Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium is a potential biotherapeutic antitumor agent because it can colonize tumors and inhibit their growth. The present study aimed to develop a doxycycline (Doxy)-inducible gene switch system in attenuated S. typhimurium and assess its therapeutic efficacy in various tumor-bearing mice models.

PROCEDURES: A Doxy-inducible gene switch system comprising two plasmids was engineered to trigger the expression of cargo genes (Rluc8 and clyA). Attenuated S. typhimurium carrying Rluc8 were injected intravenously into BALB/c mice bearing CT26 tumors, and bioluminescence images were captured at specified intervals post-administration of doxycycline. The tumor-suppressive effects of bacteria carrying clyA were evaluated in BALB/c mice bearing CT26 tumors and in C57BL/6 mice bearing MC38 tumors.

RESULTS: Expression of the fimE gene, induced only in the presence of Doxy, triggered a unidirectional switch of the POXB20 promoter to induce expression of the cargo genes. The switch event was maintained over a long period of bacterial culture. After intravenous injection of transformed Salmonella into mice bearing CT26 tumors, the bacteria transformed with the Doxy-inducible gene switch system for Rluc8 targeted only tumor tissues and expressed the payloads 2 days after Doxy treatment. Notably, bacteria carrying the Doxy-inducible gene switch system for clyA effectively suppressed tumor growth and prolonged survival, even after just one Doxy induction.

CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that attenuated S. typhimurium carrying this novel gene switch system elicited significant therapeutic effects through a single induction triggering and were a potential biotherapeutic agent for tumor therapy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Molecular imaging and biology - 26(2024), 1 vom: 29. Feb., Seite 148-161

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ngo, Hien Thi-Thu [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Dinh-Huy [VerfasserIn]
You, Sung-Hwan [VerfasserIn]
Van Nguyen, Khuynh [VerfasserIn]
Kim, So-Young [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Yeongjin [VerfasserIn]
Min, Jung-Joon [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

DNA recombinase
Doxycycline
Doxycycline-inducible gene switch
Journal Article
N12000U13O
Salmonella-mediated cancer therapy
Synthetic biology
Tet promoter

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.02.2024

Date Revised 01.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11307-023-01879-6

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365085200