Abstract:
The present invention relates to gram-negative bacterial mutants resistant to one or more stress conditions, e.g., CO2, acid pH, and high osmolarity. Gram-negative bacterial mutants with reduced TNF-alpha induction having a lipid biosynthesis gene mutation, including, but not limited to msbB, are rendered stress-resistant by a zwf mutation. The stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants are preferably attenuated, and may be used for prophylaxis or treatment of a virally induced disease by administering stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants. Methods for prophylaxis or treatment of a virally induced disease in a subject are provided comprising administering to said subject one or more stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants as vectors for the delivery of one or more therapeutic molecules. The methods of the invention provide more efficient delivery of therapeutic molecules by stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants engineered to express said therapeutic molecules.
Abstract:
The present application generally discloses delivery of an agent which can be therapeutic or prophylactic and, more particularly, the preparation and use of attenuated bacteria, such as Salmonella , containing a bacteriophage in which the genome of the bacteriophage has been modified to encode for a gene product of interest, e.g., an antigen or an anti-tumor protein. The bacteria functions as a vector for delivering the bacteriophage encoded gene product of interest to an appropriate site of action, e.g., the site of a solid tumor.
Abstract:
The present application generally discloses delivery of an agent which can be therapeutic or prophylactic and, more particularly, the preparation and use of attenuated bacteria, such as Salmonella , containing a bacteriophage in which the genome of the bacteriophage has been modified to encode for a gene product of interest, e.g., an antigen or an anti-tumor protein. The bacteria functions as a vector for delivering the bacteriophage encoded gene product of interest to an appropriate site of action, e.g., the site of a solid tumor.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses CO 2 resistant msbB mutant Salmonella comprising a mutation of a gene encoding an enzyme in the pentose-phosphate pathway. In one embodiment, the mutation is in the zwf gene encoding glucose-6-dehydrogenase. The invention also discloses a method of using the CO 2 resistant msbB mutant Salmonella to inhibit the growth of or reducing the volume of a solid tumor.
Abstract:
Compositions which comprise a liposomal water-soluble camptothecin and optionally a liposomal fluoropyrimidine in combination with a vascular epithelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor such as cetuximab or an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor such as bevacizumab are useful in achieving enhanced therapeutic effects for the treatment of cancer.
Abstract:
The present application generally discloses delivery of an agent which can be therapeutic or prophylactic and, more particularly, the preparation and use of attenuated bacteria, such as Salmonella , containing a bacteriophage in which the genome of the bacteriophage has been modified to encode for a gene product of interest, e.g., an antigen or an anti-tumor protein. The bacteria functions as a vector for delivering the bacteriophage encoded gene product of interest to an appropriate site of action, e.g., the site of a solid tumor.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to gram-negative bacterial mutants resistant to one or more stress conditions, e.g., CO2, acid pH, and high osmolarity. Gram-negative bacterial mutants with reduced TNF-alpha induction having a lipid biosynthesis gene mutation, including, but not limited to msbB, are rendered stress-resistant by a zwf mutation. The stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants are preferably attenuated, and may be used for prophylaxis or treatment of a virally induced disease by administering stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants. Methods for prophylaxis or treatment of a virally induced disease in a subject are provided comprising administering to said subject one or more stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants as vectors for the delivery of one or more therapeutic molecules. The methods of the invention provide more efficient delivery of therapeutic molecules by stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants engineered to express said therapeutic molecules.
Abstract:
The present application discloses the preparation and use of attenuated tumor-targeted bacteria vectors for the delivery of one or more primary effector molecule(s) to the site of a solid tumor. The primary effector molecule(s) of the invention is used in the methods of the invention to treat a solid tumor cancer such as a carcinoma, melanoma, lymphoma, or sarcoma. The invention relates to the surprising discovery that effector molecules, which may be toxic when administered systemically to a host, can be delivered locally to tumors by attenuated tumor-targeted bacteria with reduced toxicity to the host. The application also discloses the delivery of one or more optional effector molecule(s) (termed secondary effector molecules) which may be delivered by the attenuated tumor-targeted bacteria in conjunction with the primary effector molecule(s).