Efficacy of tumor-targeting Salmonella typhimurium A1-R in combination with anti-angiogenesis therapy on a pancreatic cancer patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) and cell line mouse models

Oncotarget. 2014 Dec 15;5(23):12346-57. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.2641.

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to examine the efficacy of tumor-targeting Salmonella typhimurium A1-R treatment following anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy on VEGF-positive human pancreatic cancer. A pancreatic cancer patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) that was VEGF-positive and an orthotopic VEGF-positive human pancreatic cancer cell line (MiaPaCa-2-GFP) as well as a VEGF-negative cell line (Panc-1) were tested. Nude mice with these tumors were treated with gemcitabine (GEM), bevacizumab (BEV), and S. typhimurium A1-R. BEV/GEM followed by S. typhimurium A1-R significantly reduced tumor weight compared to BEV/GEM treatment alone in the PDOX and MiaPaCa-2 models. Neither treatment was as effective in the VEGF-negative model as in the VEGF-positive models. These results demonstrate that S. typhimurium A1-R following anti-angiogenic therapy is effective on pancreatic cancer including the PDOX model, suggesting its clinical potential.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / microbiology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Salmonella Infections*
  • Salmonella typhimurium*
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A