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High Efficacy of Recombinant Methioninase on Patient-Derived Orthotopic Xenograft (PDOX) Mouse Models of Cancer

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Methionine (MET) is a general target in cancer due to the excess requirement of MET by cancer cells. MET has been effectively restricted by recombinant methioninase (rMETase) in mouse models of cell-line tumors. This chapter reviews the efficacy of rMETase on patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) mouse models of human cancer. Ewing’s sarcoma is a recalcitrant disease even though development of multimodal therapy has improved patients’ outcome. A Ewing’s sarcoma was implanted in the right chest wall of nude mice to establish a PDOX model. rMETase effectively reduced tumor growth compared to the untreated control. The MET level both of plasma and supernatants derived from sonicated tumors was lower in the rMETase treatment group. Body weight did not significantly differ at any time points between the two groups. A PDOX nude mouse model of a BRAF V600E-mutant melanoma was established in the chest wall of nude mice and also tested with rMETase in combination with a first-line melanoma drug, temozolomide (TEM). Combination therapy of TEM and rMETase was significantly more efficacious than either monotherapy. The results reviewed in this chapter demonstrate the clinical potential of rMETase.

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    Robert M. Hoffman, Takashi Murakami, Kei Kawaguchi, Kentaro Igarashi, Yuying Tan, Shukuan Li & Qinghong Han

  2. Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

    Robert M. Hoffman, Takashi Murakami, Kei Kawaguchi & Kentaro Igarashi

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Hoffman, R.M. et al. (2019). High Efficacy of Recombinant Methioninase on Patient-Derived Orthotopic Xenograft (PDOX) Mouse Models of Cancer. In: Hoffman, R. (eds) Methionine Dependence of Cancer and Aging. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1866. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8796-2_12

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