Abstract:
The present invention discloses a modified interleukin 12 (nsIL-12) and its gene, recombinant vector and use in manufacture of a medicament for treatment of tumors. When the oncolytic adenovirus vector carrying the modified interleukin 12 gene targets tumor tissue, the modified interleukin 12 is continuously expressed at a low level and mainly distributed in the local tumor tissue, which improves the specificity to tumor cells and reduces the systemic toxicity of interleukin 12; the modified interleukin 12 shows stronger inhibitory effect on tumor growth in intraperitoneally disseminated tumors and orthotopic tumors, and has low toxicity. The modified interleukin 12 armed oncolytic viruses show excellent antitumor effects, with a significant regression of tumors and lower toxicity compared with the existing IL-12 armed virus.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a modified interleukin 12 (nsIL-12) and its gene, recombinant vector and use in manufacture of a medicament for treatment of tumors. When the oncolytic adenovirus vector carrying the modified interleukin 12 gene targets tumor tissue, the modified interleukin 12 is continuously expressed at a low level and mainly distributed in the local tumor tissue, which improves the specificity to tumor cells and reduces the systemic toxicity of interleukin 12; the modified interleukin 12 shows stronger inhibitory effect on tumor growth in intraperitoneally disseminated tumors and orthotopic tumors, and has low toxicity. The modified interleukin 12 armed oncolytic viruses show excellent antitumor effects, with a significant regression of tumors and lower toxicity compared with the existing IL-12 armed virus.
Abstract:
An oncolytic adenovirus vector and its potential application in cancer treatment and vaccination. The inventive vector (named Ad-TD-hIL12) is derived from the human adenovirus group C type 5, more particularly including deletion of three adenovirus genes E1A-CR2, E1B19K and E3gp-19K, and a fused cDNA sequence of p35 and p40 subunit of human IL12 placed under the control of the E3gp-19K promoter. The invention also includes a method to construct the triple gene-deleted vector (Ad-TD). The Ad-TD-hIL12 and Ad-TD-shIL12 (with a short p40 sequence of human IL 12) vectors can be used as targeted, genetically engineered agents for treatment of various solid tumors, via not only intratumoral injection, and also in intraperitoneal injection, without causing significant side effects, showing a superior antitumor efficacy and safety.