Combined delivery of an antiangiogenic protein (angiostatin) and an immunomodulatory gene (interleukin-12) in the treatment of murine cancer
Wilczyńska, U.; Kucharska, A.; Szary, J.; Szala, S.
Acta Biochimica Polonica 48(4): 1077-1084
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-527X PMID: 11995969 Document Number: 538285
We investigated the feasibility of a novel therapeutic approach to treat neoplastic diseases in mice. This novel strategy consists in delivering a protein (angiostatin) with strong antiangiogenic properties, followed by administration of the interleukin 12 gene that is strongly immunomodulatory and has also some antiangiogenic effects. When angiostatin-mediated antiangiogenic therapy was used in combination with intratumor delivery of the IL-12 gene (a strategy much safer than IL-12 protein administration), this produced a synergistic therapeutic effect.