A Hybrid Vector for Ligand-Directed Tumor Targeting and Molecular Imaging

Amin Hajitou, Martin Trepel, Caroline E. Lilley, Suren Soghomonyan, Mian M. Alauddin, Frank C. Marini, Bradley H. Restel, Michael G. Ozawa, Catherine A. Moya, Roberto Rangel, Yan Sun, Karim Zaoui, Manfred Schmidt, Christof von Kalle, Matthew D. Weitzman, Juri G. Gelovani, Renata Pasqualini, Wadih Arap

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    Abstract

    Merging tumor targeting and molecular-genetic imaging into an integrated platform is limited by lack of strategies to enable systemic yet ligand-directed delivery and imaging of specific transgenes. Many eukaryotic viruses serve for transgene delivery but require elimination of native tropism for mammalian cells; in contrast, prokaryotic viruses can be adapted to bind to mammalian receptors but are otherwise poor vehicles. Here we introduce a system containing cis-elements from adeno-associated virus (AAV) and single-stranded bacteriophage. Our AAV/phage (AAVP) prototype targets an integrin. We show that AAVP provides superior tumor transduction over phage and that incorporation of inverted terminal repeats is associated with improved fate of the delivered transgene. Moreover, we show that the temporal dynamics and spatial heterogeneity of gene expression mediated by targeted AAVP can be monitored by positron emission tomography. This new class of targeted hybrid viral particles will enable a wide range of applications in biology and medicine. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)385-398
    Number of pages13
    JournalCell
    Volume125
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 21 Apr 2006

    Keywords

    • Animals
    • metabolism: Antiviral Agents
    • genetics: Bacteriophages
    • genetics: Dependovirus
    • Diagnostic Imaging
    • metabolism: Ganciclovir
    • Gene Transfer Techniques
    • Genetic Vectors
    • metabolism: Integrin alphaV
    • Ligands
    • Mice
    • Mice, Nude
    • methods: Molecular Biology
    • Neoplasm Transplantation
    • metabolism: Neoplasms
    • methods: Transduction, Genetic
    • Transgenes

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