TY - JOUR
T1 - Prolonged and effective blockade of tumor necrosis factor activity through adenovirus-mediated gene transfer
AU - Kolls, J.
AU - Peppel, K.
AU - Silva, M.
AU - Beutler, B.
PY - 1994/1/4
Y1 - 1994/1/4
N2 - A chimeric protein capable of binding and neutralizing tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and lymphotoxin was expressed in mice transduced with a replication-incompetent adenoviral vector into which a TNF inhibitor gene had been engineered. Within 3 days following the injection of 109 infectious particles, the TNF inhibitor concentration exceeded 1 mg/ml of plasma; this level of expression was maintained for at least 4 weeks, and detectable TNF inhibitory activity was measured 6 weeks after injection of the recombinant virus. Introduction of the artificial gene produced a phenotypic effect comparable to homozygous deletion of the 55-kDa TNF receptor, in that animals were rendered highly susceptible to infection by Listeria monocytogenes, whereas control animals receiving a replication-incompetent virus coding for β-galactosidase were capable of resisting Listeria challenge. Adenovirus- mediated transfer of a gene encoding a TNF inhibitor offers a practical means of imposing effective, long-term blockade of TNF activity in vivo for investigational and therapeutic purposes.
AB - A chimeric protein capable of binding and neutralizing tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and lymphotoxin was expressed in mice transduced with a replication-incompetent adenoviral vector into which a TNF inhibitor gene had been engineered. Within 3 days following the injection of 109 infectious particles, the TNF inhibitor concentration exceeded 1 mg/ml of plasma; this level of expression was maintained for at least 4 weeks, and detectable TNF inhibitory activity was measured 6 weeks after injection of the recombinant virus. Introduction of the artificial gene produced a phenotypic effect comparable to homozygous deletion of the 55-kDa TNF receptor, in that animals were rendered highly susceptible to infection by Listeria monocytogenes, whereas control animals receiving a replication-incompetent virus coding for β-galactosidase were capable of resisting Listeria challenge. Adenovirus- mediated transfer of a gene encoding a TNF inhibitor offers a practical means of imposing effective, long-term blockade of TNF activity in vivo for investigational and therapeutic purposes.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.91.1.215
DO - 10.1073/pnas.91.1.215
M3 - Article
C2 - 8278368
AN - SCOPUS:0028117228
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 91
SP - 215
EP - 219
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 1
ER -