Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. With current therapeutic approaches the prognosis of gastric cancer is very poor, as gastric cancer accounts for the second most common cause of death i...Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. With current therapeutic approaches the prognosis of gastric cancer is very poor, as gastric cancer accounts for the second most common cause of death in cancer related deaths. Gastric cancer like almost all other cancers has a molecular genetic basis which relies on disruption in normal cellular regulatory mechanisms regarding cell growth, apoptosis and cell division. Thus novel therapeutic approaches such as gene therapy promise to become the alternative choice of treatment in gastric cancer. In gene therapy, suicide genes, tumor suppressor genes and anti-angiogenesis genes among many others are introduced to cancer cells via vectors. Some of the vectors widely used in gene therapy are Adenoviral vectors. This review provides an update of the new developments in adenoviral cancer gene therapy including strategies for inducing apoptosis, inhibiting metastasis and targeting the cancer cells.展开更多
A complementary DNA (cDNA) encoding human hepatocyte growth factor was intro-duced into a replication-defective type 5 adenovirus (lacking E1, E3 domains) vector by homolo-gous recombination of intracellular plasmid D...A complementary DNA (cDNA) encoding human hepatocyte growth factor was intro-duced into a replication-defective type 5 adenovirus (lacking E1, E3 domains) vector by homolo-gous recombination of intracellular plasmid DNA, thus a recombinant vector containing HGF (Ad-HGF) was obtained. Ad-HGF and Ad-GFP (adenovirus vector carrying green fluorescence protein gene) were expanded in 293 cells and purified by cesium chloride gradient centrifugation for large-scale preparation, then were infected to the primarily cultured scar fibroblast of rabbit ear to observe the transfer efficiency and expression level of HGF in vitro. To evaluate the effect of Ad-HGF on established scar Ad-HGF solution was injected into excessively formed scar, which bears some clinical and histologic similarities to human hypertrophic scars. The results showed that: (i) the transfer efficiency was 36.8%±14.1% on day 3 in primarily cultured scar fibroblasts treated with Ad-GFP and lasted more than 20 d; (ii) high-level expression of HGF protein was de-tected by means of ELISA in supernatant of scar fibroblasts treated with Ad-HGF, the amount of expression was 76 ng/4.0×105 cells on day 3; (iii) on day 32 after a single intradermal injection of Ad-HGF at different doses (8.6×109 pfu, 8.6×108 pfu, 8.6×107 pfu, 8.6×106 pfu) per scar, most of the scars in the former two dose groups were dramatically flattened, some were even similar to that of the normal skin. The value of HI (hypertrophic index) showed that there was a therapeutic effect of Ad-HGF on scars at the dose of 109 pfu and 108 pfu. Whereas no therapeutic effects were seen at lower dose (107 pfu and 106 pfu of Ad-HGF) groups. In addition, clusters of hair were ob-served to different extent on healed wound treated with Ad-HGF. Histopathologic examination re-vealed that in most healed wounds of Ad-HGF treated group, the dermal layer was thinner, the amount of fibrous tissue was much fewer, and hair follicles growth and sebaceous glands were observed. In Sirius red-stained sections the amo展开更多
AIM To clone core gene cDNA of Chinesehepatitis C virus(HCV)into eukaryoticexpression vector cosmid pTM3 and to expressHCV core antigen in HepG2 cells.METHODS Core gene cDNA of HCV wasintroduced into eukaryotic expres...AIM To clone core gene cDNA of Chinesehepatitis C virus(HCV)into eukaryoticexpression vector cosmid pTM3 and to expressHCV core antigen in HepG2 cells.METHODS Core gene cDNA of HCV wasintroduced into eukaryotic expression vectorcosmid pTM3.Using vaccinia virus/bacteriophage T7 hybrid expression system,HepG2 cells were transfected with therecombinant plasmid pTM3-Q534 by lipofectin.RESULTS From the transfected bacteriaTop10F’,2 pTM3-Q534 clones containing therecombinant plasmid were identified fromrandomly selected 10 ampicillin-resistantcolonies.By reverse transcription PCR andindirect immunofluorescence technique,HCVRNA and core protein was identified in HepG2cells transfected with the recombinant plasmid.CONCLUSION The construction of arecombinant plasmid and the expression of coregene cDNA of HCV in HepG2 was successful.展开更多
文摘Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. With current therapeutic approaches the prognosis of gastric cancer is very poor, as gastric cancer accounts for the second most common cause of death in cancer related deaths. Gastric cancer like almost all other cancers has a molecular genetic basis which relies on disruption in normal cellular regulatory mechanisms regarding cell growth, apoptosis and cell division. Thus novel therapeutic approaches such as gene therapy promise to become the alternative choice of treatment in gastric cancer. In gene therapy, suicide genes, tumor suppressor genes and anti-angiogenesis genes among many others are introduced to cancer cells via vectors. Some of the vectors widely used in gene therapy are Adenoviral vectors. This review provides an update of the new developments in adenoviral cancer gene therapy including strategies for inducing apoptosis, inhibiting metastasis and targeting the cancer cells.
基金supported by the State High Technology Development Program(Grant No.2001AA217061).
文摘A complementary DNA (cDNA) encoding human hepatocyte growth factor was intro-duced into a replication-defective type 5 adenovirus (lacking E1, E3 domains) vector by homolo-gous recombination of intracellular plasmid DNA, thus a recombinant vector containing HGF (Ad-HGF) was obtained. Ad-HGF and Ad-GFP (adenovirus vector carrying green fluorescence protein gene) were expanded in 293 cells and purified by cesium chloride gradient centrifugation for large-scale preparation, then were infected to the primarily cultured scar fibroblast of rabbit ear to observe the transfer efficiency and expression level of HGF in vitro. To evaluate the effect of Ad-HGF on established scar Ad-HGF solution was injected into excessively formed scar, which bears some clinical and histologic similarities to human hypertrophic scars. The results showed that: (i) the transfer efficiency was 36.8%±14.1% on day 3 in primarily cultured scar fibroblasts treated with Ad-GFP and lasted more than 20 d; (ii) high-level expression of HGF protein was de-tected by means of ELISA in supernatant of scar fibroblasts treated with Ad-HGF, the amount of expression was 76 ng/4.0×105 cells on day 3; (iii) on day 32 after a single intradermal injection of Ad-HGF at different doses (8.6×109 pfu, 8.6×108 pfu, 8.6×107 pfu, 8.6×106 pfu) per scar, most of the scars in the former two dose groups were dramatically flattened, some were even similar to that of the normal skin. The value of HI (hypertrophic index) showed that there was a therapeutic effect of Ad-HGF on scars at the dose of 109 pfu and 108 pfu. Whereas no therapeutic effects were seen at lower dose (107 pfu and 106 pfu of Ad-HGF) groups. In addition, clusters of hair were ob-served to different extent on healed wound treated with Ad-HGF. Histopathologic examination re-vealed that in most healed wounds of Ad-HGF treated group, the dermal layer was thinner, the amount of fibrous tissue was much fewer, and hair follicles growth and sebaceous glands were observed. In Sirius red-stained sections the amo
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.39500129
文摘AIM To clone core gene cDNA of Chinesehepatitis C virus(HCV)into eukaryoticexpression vector cosmid pTM3 and to expressHCV core antigen in HepG2 cells.METHODS Core gene cDNA of HCV wasintroduced into eukaryotic expression vectorcosmid pTM3.Using vaccinia virus/bacteriophage T7 hybrid expression system,HepG2 cells were transfected with therecombinant plasmid pTM3-Q534 by lipofectin.RESULTS From the transfected bacteriaTop10F’,2 pTM3-Q534 clones containing therecombinant plasmid were identified fromrandomly selected 10 ampicillin-resistantcolonies.By reverse transcription PCR andindirect immunofluorescence technique,HCVRNA and core protein was identified in HepG2cells transfected with the recombinant plasmid.CONCLUSION The construction of arecombinant plasmid and the expression of coregene cDNA of HCV in HepG2 was successful.
