Vaccinia virus-mediated melanin production allows MR and optoacoustic deep tissue imaging and laser-induced thermotherapy of cancer
We reported earlier the delivery of antiangiogenic single chain antibodies by using oncolytic vaccinia virus strains to enhance their therapeutic efficacy. Here, we provide evidence that gene-evoked production of melanin can be used as a therapeutic and diagnostic mediator, as exemplified by inserti...
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Published in | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 110; no. 9; pp. 3316 - 3320 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
National Academy of Sciences
26.02.2013
National Acad Sciences |
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Summary: | We reported earlier the delivery of antiangiogenic single chain antibodies by using oncolytic vaccinia virus strains to enhance their therapeutic efficacy. Here, we provide evidence that gene-evoked production of melanin can be used as a therapeutic and diagnostic mediator, as exemplified by insertion of only one or two genes into the genome of an oncolytic vaccinia virus strain. We found that produced melanin is an excellent reporter for optical imaging without addition of substrate. Melanin production also facilitated deep tissue optoacoustic imaging as well as MRI. In addition, melanin was shown to be a suitable target for laser-induced thermotherapy and enhanced oncolytic viral therapy. In conclusion, melanin as a mediator for thermotherapy and reporter for different imaging modalities may soon become a versatile alternative to replace fluorescent proteins also in other biological systems. After ongoing extensive preclinical studies, melanin overproducing oncolytic virus strains might be used in clinical trials in patients with cancer. |
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Bibliography: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1216916110 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Author contributions: J.S., M.S., N.C.D., and V.N. designed research; J.S., L.K., M.S., N.C.D., S.M., P.S., K.S., M.H., and U.D. performed research; J.S., L.K., M.S., N.C.D., S.M., P.S., Q.Z., L.B., U.D., and V.N. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; J.S., L.K., M.S., N.C.D., S.M., P.S., K.S., and A.A.S. analyzed data; and J.S., M.S., N.C.D., S.M., Q.Z., W.G.B., and A.A.S. wrote the paper. Edited* by Roger Y. Tsien, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, and approved January 14, 2013 (received for review October 1, 2012) |
ISSN: | 0027-8424 1091-6490 |
DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.1216916110 |