Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8768924 | Translational Research | 2018 | 36 Pages |
Abstract
Intravesical instillation of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) has been a first-line therapy for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer for the last 4 decades. However, this treatment causes serious adverse events in a significant number of patients and a substantial percentage of recurrence episodes. MTBVAC is a live-attenuated vaccine derived from a Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolate and is currently under evaluation in clinical trials to replace BCG as a tuberculosis vaccine. Here, we describe for the first time the potential of MTBVAC as a bladder cancer therapy in vitro and in vivo in a preclinical model. MTBVAC colonized human bladder tumor cells to a much greater extent than BCG via a mechanism mediated by macropinocytosis and induced cell growth inhibition after internalization. In vivo testing in an orthotopic murine model of bladder cancer demonstrated a higher antitumor effect of MTBVAC in experimental conditions in which BCG did not work. Our data encourage further studies to support the possible application of MTBVAC as a new immunotherapeutic agent for bladder cancer.
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Authors
Samuel Alvarez-Arguedas, Santiago Uranga, Manuel MartÃn, Javier Elizalde, Ana Belen Gomez, Esther Julián, Denise Nardelli-Haefliger, Carlos MartÃn, Nacho Aguilo,