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Intratumoral 5-fluorouracil produced by cytosine deaminase/5-fluorocytosine gene therapy is effective for experimental human glioblastomas.

Abstract
5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a potent antimetabolite used for chemotherapy of gastrointestinal (GI), breast, and head and neck malignancies. Although clinical trials have been conducted, the poor therapeutic index of 5-FU has precluded its clinical use for a number of other tumor types. It is unclear whether this lack of utility is due to problems with drug delivery or inherent insensitivity. Adenovirus (Ad) vector-mediated cytosine deaminase (CD)/5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) gene therapy has the potential to overcome pharmacokinetic issues associated with systemic 5-FU and is particularly well suited to use with tumors in which local control is paramount, such as recurrent, localized prostate cancer and malignant gliomas. In this study, the in vitro response by a panel of human tumor cell lines derived from both GI (colon, pancreas) and non-GI (prostate, glioma) tumors to 5-FU and to AdCMVCD (an Ad encoding Escherichia coli CD)/5-FC was examined. Whereas the sensitivity (IC(50)) of individual cell lines to these agents varied, no significant difference in median IC(50) for either 5-FU or AdCMVCD/5-FC was evident for the four tumor types tested (P > 0.1). The relevant contributions of Ad gene transfer efficiency and inherent 5-FU sensitivity in determining response to AdCMVCD/5-FC were then assessed. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that whereas both factors significantly contribute to the response, inherent 5-FU sensitivity was substantially more important (beta= 0.78 versus 0.48; P < 0.001). Finally, the therapeutic efficacy of a single intratumoral injection of AdCMVCD followed by systemic 5-FC was assessed in three intracranial C.B17 severe combined immunodeficient mouse models of human glioma. AdCMVCD/5-FC efficacy was specific, virus dose-dependent, and closely paralleled in vitro 5-FU and CD/5-FC sensitivity in two of three models tested. These results reveal that glioma cells are as sensitive as GI tumor cells to the antineoplastic effects of 5-FU, identify inherent 5-FU sensitivity as an important factor in determining CD/5-FC efficacy, and confirm previous findings in rat models that demonstrate the potential clinical utility of AdCMVCD/5-FC gene therapy for gliomas.
AuthorsC Ryan Miller, Christopher R Williams, Donald J Buchsbaum, G Yancey Gillespie
JournalCancer research (Cancer Res) Vol. 62 Issue 3 Pg. 773-80 (Feb 01 2002) ISSN: 0008-5472 [Print] United States
PMID11830532 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Prodrugs
  • Flucytosine
  • Nucleoside Deaminases
  • Cytosine Deaminase
  • Fluorouracil
Topics
  • Adenoviridae (genetics)
  • Animals
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic (pharmacokinetics, pharmacology)
  • Brain Neoplasms (drug therapy, genetics, therapy)
  • Cytosine Deaminase
  • Flucytosine (administration & dosage, pharmacokinetics)
  • Fluorouracil (pharmacokinetics, pharmacology)
  • Genetic Therapy (methods)
  • Genetic Vectors (administration & dosage, genetics)
  • Glioblastoma (drug therapy, genetics, therapy)
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intralesional
  • Mice
  • Mice, SCID
  • Nucleoside Deaminases (genetics, metabolism)
  • Prodrugs (pharmacokinetics)
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays

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