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ArticleGastroenterology research and practice2012

E. coli-produced BMP-2 as a chemopreventive strategy for colon cancer: a proof-of-concept study.

Saravanan Yuvaraj, Sa'ad H Al-Lahham, Rajesh Somasundaram, Patrick A Figaroa, Maikel P Peppelenbosch, Nicolaas A Bos

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Article in Gastroenterology research and practice, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Saravanan YuvarajDepartment of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
Sa'ad H Al-Lahham
Rajesh Somasundaram
Patrick A Figaroa
Maikel P Peppelenbosch
Nicolaas A Bos
University of Groningen · NLUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colon cancer is a serious health problem, and novel preventive and therapeutical avenues are urgently called for. Delivery of proteins with anticancer activity through genetically modified bacteria provides an interesting, potentially specific, economic and effective approach here. Interestingly, bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) is an important and powerful tumour suppressor in the colon and is thus an attractive candidate protein for delivery through genetically modified bacteria. It has not been shown, however, that BMP production in the bacterial context is effective on colon cancer cells. Here we demonstrate that transforming E. coli with a cDNA encoding an ileal-derived mature human BMP-2 induces effective apoptosis in an in vitro model system for colorectal cancer, whereas the maternal organism was not effective in this respect. Furthermore, these effects were sensitive to cotreatment with the BMP inhibitor Noggin. We propose that prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer using transgenic bacteria is feasible.

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PMID22315590
PMCPMC3270523
OpenAlexW2141156676

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