RRC ID 45479
Author Mitsui K, Ide K, Takayama A, Wada T, Irie R, Kosai K.
Title Conditionally replicating adenovirus prevents pluripotent stem cell-derived teratoma by specifically eliminating undifferentiated cells.
Journal Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev
Abstract Incomplete abolition of tumorigenicity creates potential safety concerns in clinical trials of regenerative medicine based on human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). Here, we demonstrate that conditionally replicating adenoviruses that specifically target cancers using multiple factors (m-CRAs), originally developed as anticancer drugs, may also be useful as novel antitumorigenic agents in hPSC-based therapy. The survivin promoter was more active in undifferentiated hPSCs than the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter, whereas both promoters were minimally active in differentiated normal cells. Accordingly, survivin-responsive m-CRA (Surv.m-CRA) killed undifferentiated hPSCs more efficiently than TERT-responsive m-CRAs (Tert.m-CRA); both m-CRAs exhibited efficient viral replication and cytotoxicity in undifferentiated hPSCs, but not in cocultured differentiated normal cells. Pre-infection of hPSCs with Surv.m-CRA or Tert.m-CRA abolished in vivo teratoma formation in a dose-dependent manner following hPSC implantation into mice. Thus, m-CRAs, and in particular Surv.m-CRAs, represent novel antitumorigenic agents that could facilitate safe clinical applications of hPSC-based regenerative medicine.
Volume 2
Pages 15026
Published 2015-1-1
DOI 10.1038/mtm.2015.26
PII S2329-0501(16)30038-9
PMID 26269798
PMC PMC4533615
IF 4.533
Times Cited 11
WOS Category MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL
Resource
Human and Animal Cells 201B7(HPS0063) 253G1(HPS0002)