title: Development of peritoneal tumor-targeting vector by in vivo screening with a random peptide-displaying adenovirus library.
abstract: The targeting of gene transfer at the cell-entry level is one of the most attractive challenges in vector development. However, attempts to redirect adenovirus vectors to alternative receptors by engineering the capsid-coding region have shown limited success, because the proper targeting ligands on the cells of interest are generally unknown. To overcome this limitation, we have constructed a random peptide library displayed on the adenoviral fiber knob, and have successfully selected targeted vectors by screening the library on cancer cell lines in vitro. The infection of targeted vectors was considered to be mediated by specific receptors on target cells. However, the expression levels and kinds of cell surface receptors may be substantially different between in vitro culture and in vivo tumor tissue. Here, we screened the peptide display-adenovirus library in the peritoneal dissemination model of AsPC-1 pancreatic cancer cells. The vector displaying a selected peptide (PFWSGAV) showed higher infectivity in the AsPC-1 peritoneal tumors but not in organs and other peritoneal tumors as compared with a non-targeted vector. Furthermore, the infectivity of the PFWSGAV-displaying vector for AsPC-1 peritoneal tumors was significantly higher than that of a vector displaying a peptide selected by in vitro screening, indicating the usefulness of in vivo screening in exploring the targeting vectors. This vector-screening system can facilitate the development of targeted adenovirus vectors for a variety of applications in medicine.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gene and Immune Medicine, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimoto
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kimiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Shumpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohnami
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoki
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D061505:Cell Surface Display Techniques; D005260:Female; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D014161:Transduction, Genetic
chemical_list: D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides