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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Engineered Genetic Circuits Activated by Bezafibrate Improve ESC-Based TAA Cancer Vaccine Efficacy and PD-L1 Nanobody Therapy.

Meiling Jin, Shuzhen Liu, Mingshuo Zhan, Jian-Dong Huang

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors.

Meiling JinChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
Shuzhen LiuChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
Mingshuo ZhanChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
Jian-Dong HuangChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7531-2816

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of China 32101225
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy targeting tumor antigens and immune checkpoint inhibitors has garnered significant attention in cancer treatment. Synthetic gene circuits are developed, encoded in plasmids, which regulate the expression of tumor antigens shared with embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and PD-L1 nanobody (PD-L1 nb) in response to bezafibrate stimulation. This approach significantly minimizes side effects and improved therapeutic efficacy. The transcriptional switches leverage the interaction between the bezafibrate-responsive transcriptional activator PPARγ and RXRα, which are fused with the VPR/VP64/p65 activation domains (AD) and the Gal4 DNA-binding domain (DBD), respectively. These synthetic constructs are validated and their ability to modulate gene expression upon bezafibrate treatment are confirmed. Notably, the gene expression is precise and tunable in response to bezafibrate administration. HEK293T cells or ESCs are employed to deliver this gene circuit, or the plasmids containing the circuit into the tumor are directly injected. Administration of bezafibrate reduces tumor growth, increases specific CD8

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Antigens, NeoplasmB7-H1 AntigenBezafibrateCancer VaccinesGene Regulatory NetworksSingle-Domain AntibodiesAnimalsCell Line, TumorHEK293 CellsHumansImmunotherapyMiceAntigens, NeoplasmB7-H1 AntigenBezafibrateCancer VaccinesCD274 protein, humanSingle-Domain Antibodiesbezafibratecancerembryonic stem cellepitopesGal4‐UASimmunotherapysynthetic genetic circle

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PMID40245119
PMCPMC12199315

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