title: Obligate anaerobicSalmonella typhimuriumstrain YB1 treatment on xenograft tumor in immunocompetent mouse model.
abstract: The present authors have previously reported a novel approach to genetically engineerSalmonella typhimuriumfor the medically important therapeutic strategy of using bacterial agents to target malignant tumors in a breast cancer tumor-bearing nude mouse model. However, studying an immunocompromised mouse model for cancer therapy is insufficient, as certain crucial information about the influence of the immune system may be missing. In the present study, inoculation of theSalmonellastrain, YB1, into a colon cancer tumor-bearing immunocompetent mouse model was investigated. The present study determined the tumor targeting efficiency, antitumor potential, the effects of multiple treatments and the systemic toxicity. Intravenous inoculation of YB1 in BALB/c mice exhibited high antitumor effects and also greatly increased the tumor targeting ability and safety compared with the previously-reported nude mouse model. In addition, repeated administration of YB1 further enhanced this effect. Furthermore, no marked toxicity was observed with YB1 treatment, while the VNP20009 and SL7207 strains demonstrated certain adverse effects. The findings of the present study indicate that the YB1 strain is effective and safe in targeting a colon cancer tumor in an immunocompetent mouse model.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, P.R. China ; Department of Biochemistry, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Bao-Zhong
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, P.R. China.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Han-Ben
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jun-LE
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Qu
keywords: Salmonella; YB1 strain; bacterial cancer therapy; synthetic biology