Genetically Engineered Microvesicles Carrying Suicide mRNA/Protein Inhibit Schwannoma Tumor Growth
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Microvesicles (MVs) play an important role in intercellular communication by carrying mRNAs, microRNAs (miRNAs), non-coding RNAs, proteins, and DNA from cell to cell. To our knowledge, this is the first report of delivery of a therapeutic mRNA/protein via MVs for treatment of cancer. We first generated genetically engineered MVs by expressing high levels of the suicide gene mRNA and protein-cytosine deaminase (CD) fused to uracil phosphoribosyltransferase (UPRT) in MV donor cells. MVs were isolated from these cells and used to treat pre-established nerve sheath tumors (schwannomas) in an orthotopic mouse model. We demonstrated that MV-mediated delivery of CD-UPRT mRNA/protein by direct injection into schwannomas led to regression of these tumors upon systemic treatment with the prodrug (5-fluorocytosine (5-FC)), which is converted within tumor cells to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-an anticancer agent. Taken together, these studies suggest that MVs can serve as novel cell-derived "liposomes" to effectively deliver therapeutic mRNA/proteins to treatment of diseases.
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This study demonstrates the effectiveness of MV in delivering therapeutic proteins and mRNAs to treat various diseases.
“This study demonstrates the effectiveness of MV in delivering therapeutic proteins and mRNAs to treat various diseases [125].”
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Injection of MV containing CD-UPRT mRNA/protein directly into schwannomas resulted in significantly high expression of functional proteins and inhibition of tumor growth following systemic treatment with prodrug 5-FC.
“The injection of this system directly into schwannomas resulted in significantly high expression of functional proteins and inhibition of tumor growth following systemic treatment with the prodrug 5-FC.”
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- Authors
- Mizrak, A., Bolukbasi, M. F., Ozdener, G. B., Brenner, G. J., Madlener, S., Erkan, E. P., Ströbel, T., Breakefield, X. O., & Saydam, O.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
- Corresponding author
- Saydam, Okay
- ORCID
- Venue
- Molecular Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-01
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 101-108
- ISSN
- 1525-0016 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3538300
- OpenAlex
- W2103880807
- Cited by
- 337
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 39 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 7
- FWCI
- 4.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Molecular Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute (R01CA141150, CA141150)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS037409, P01NS037409)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Extracellular vesicles in disease
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
- Keywords
- microvesicles, suicide gene therapy, cytosine deaminase, uracil phosphoribosyltransferase, mRNA delivery, protein delivery, schwannoma, nerve sheath tumor, 5-fluorocytosine, 5-fluorouracil, tumor regression, orthotopic mouse model
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cell Line, Genetic Engineering, Humans, Neurilemmoma, Pentosyltransferases, RNA, Messenger, Injections, Intralesional, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Cytosine Deaminase, Mice
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