Abstract
Gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT), or suicide gene therapy, has shown promise in clinical trials. In this preclinical study using stable cell lines and xenograft tumor models, we show that a triple-suicide-gene GDEPT approach produce enhanced therapeutic efficacy over previous methods. Importantly all the three genes (thymidine kinase, cytosine deaminase, and uracil phosphoribosyltransferase) function simultaneously as effectors for GDEPT and markers for multimodality molecular imaging (MMI), using positron-emission-tomography (PET), magnetic resonance-spectroscopy (MRS), and optical (fluorescent and bioluminescent) techniques. It was demonstrated that MMI can evaluate the distribution and function/activity of the triple-suicide-gene. The concomitant expression of these genes significantly enhances prodrug cytotoxicity and radiosensitivity in vitro and in vivo.
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