Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and B7-2 combination immunogene therapy in an allogeneic Hu-PBL-SCID/beige mouse-human glioblastoma multiforme model

Ian F. Parney, Kenneth C. Petruk, Chengsheng Zhang, Maxine Farr-Jones, David B. Sykes, Lung Ji Chang

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Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common primary central nervous system neoplasm. Its dismal prognosis has led to investigation of new treatment strategies such as immunogene therapy. We transduced the human glioblastoma cell line D54MG in vitro with genes encoding the proinflammatory cytokine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), the T cell co-stimulatory molecule B7-2, or both (in a bicistronic vector) via retroviral vectors. Therapeutic gene expression by D54MG was high after transduction and selection (30 ng/106 cells/day for GM-CSF and > 2 orders of magnitude fluorescence shift on flow cytometry for B7-2). The effect of GM-CSF and/or B7-2 transducion on D54MG tumor growth in vivo was monitored in a novel allogeneic human peripheral blood lymphocyte-severe combined inmunodeficiency mouse (Hu-PBL-SCID) model. GM-CSF- or B7-2-transduced tumors showed growth suppression in hu-PBL-reconstituted mice compared to untransduced and/or unreconstituted controls. Growth suppression was greatest for B7-2. Furthermore, vaccination with irradiated GM-CSF/B7-2-transduced tumor cells markedly inhibited growth of wild-type tumors at distant sites. Thus, this study illustrates a potential gene therapy strategy for glioblastoma multiforme patients using GM-CSF and/or B7-2 transduced tumor vaccines. Although extension of these allogeneic studies to an autologous system is critical, this is the first demonstration of in vivo efficacy of combination GM-CSF and B7-2 immunogene therapy for human glioblastoma multiforme.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1073-1085
Number of pages13
JournalHuman gene therapy
Volume8
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 10 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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