双靶向溶瘤腺病毒MD55对肿瘤细胞与正常细胞的杀伤作用比较

应用分子克隆和同源重组技术构建双靶向溶瘤腺病毒MD55.分析MD55病毒在细胞中的复制能力,并用MTT和结晶紫方法检测MD55对肿瘤细胞和正常细胞生长的影响,West-ern印迹检测病毒感染后细胞中E1A蛋白和多聚ADP核糖聚合酶(PARP)片断的表达.结果显示,MD55能在MN/CA9阳性的肿瘤细胞SW620和OSRC-2中特异性表达E1A蛋白.并且在这些细胞中的复制能力和对这些细胞的杀伤性与对照病毒ZD55基本相同,而其在正常细胞中的复制能力很弱,对正常细胞的伤害很小;同时MD55可诱导肿瘤细胞SW620和OSRC-2的凋亡,而对正常细胞的凋亡无影响.实验结果表明双靶向溶瘤腺病毒MD55靶向性和安全性比单靶向病毒ZD55更高,有望成为一种很好的肿瘤靶向基因一病毒治疗载体.     

雷帕霉素联合ZD55-TRAIL病毒对肿瘤抑制及其机制探讨

溶瘤腺病毒的肿瘤靶向性研究一直是一个热点。目前已有商业化的ONYX-015、H101溶瘤腺病毒。在此基础上,科学家又进一步发展形成基因-病毒治疗方案,如文中应用的ZD55-TRAIL病毒。本研究利用刘新垣实验室提供的携带TRAIL(TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand,TNF相关的凋亡诱导配体)的溶瘤腺病毒ZD55-TRAIL联合雷帕霉素杀伤肿瘤     

溶瘤腺病毒ZD55对类肝癌干细胞的抑制效应

溶瘤腺病毒能够靶向和杀死癌症干细胞,被认为是一种很有前景的抗癌药物.已有研究表明,溶瘤腺病毒ZD55能够靶向肝癌,并且表现出明显的细胞毒性效应.然而,其对肝癌干细胞是否具有同样地杀伤效力仍需进一步探讨.利用悬浮培养富集类肝癌干细胞,并验证其肝癌干细胞的特征.进一步通过MTT、结晶紫染色、Hoechst染色、Western blot和流式细胞术等检测ZD55对类肝癌干细胞的细胞存活率、凋亡诱导和病理效应等.结果发现,悬浮培养的类肝癌干细胞具有自我更新和分化能力、高表达干细胞相关转录因子(如NANOG和OCT4)、处于静息状态和具有耐药性等特性,溶瘤腺病毒处理后表现出明显的细胞毒性效应和杀伤特性,类肝癌干细胞的最低生存率仅为26.7%.ZD55能够非常明显地诱导类肝癌干细胞凋亡,其凋亡率最高达到60%.因此,ZD55可能会成为靶向肝癌干细胞的一种很有前景的治疗药物,对肝癌的临床治疗具有一定的应用价值.     

盐酸阿霉素增强溶瘤腺病毒ZD55-TRAIL抑制肝癌细胞生长的研究

盐酸阿霉素(DOX)作为一种抗肿瘤抗生素,通过抑制癌细胞遗传物质的合成,对多种肿瘤均有杀伤作用,然而,其单独作用疗效有限,且加大剂量时其副作用较强。目前,携带抗癌基因的溶瘤腺病毒在肿瘤治疗中的作用日渐显现,溶瘤腺病毒ZD55-Trail联合DOX治疗肝癌的研究鲜有报道。通过MTT和结晶紫染色试验检测DOX药物处理对肝癌细胞系Bel-7404存活率的变化情况;Hoechst33342染色和流式细胞术检测肝癌细胞的凋亡;Western blot检测Trail蛋白和凋亡相关蛋白的表达;免疫荧光和流式细胞术检测凋亡相关受体表达的情况。结果显示,ZD55-Trail与DOX联合使用能够有效抑制肝癌细胞增长并诱导其凋亡,并且联合处理能增加Trail受体DR4和DR5的表达。初步探讨了DOX与ZD55-Trail两者协同诱导肝癌细胞凋亡的机制,为利用ZD55-Trail与DOX联合治疗肝癌提供依据。     

构建溶瘤腺病毒的策略

溶瘤腺病毒是通过遗传工程改造的腺病毒,具有溶细胞复制周期的特性和特异靶向肿瘤细胞和裂解肿瘤细胞的功能。溶瘤腺病毒通过复制、释放子代病毒感染邻近肿瘤细胞。现在对腺病毒生活周期的认识水平,可以对其基因组进行改造从而使其特异性裂解肿瘤细胞而不杀伤正常细胞,并且构建了多种溶瘤腺病毒。本文主要概述了溶瘤腺病毒的三种构建策略:剔除腺病毒在正常细胞中复制所必需而在肿瘤细胞中不需要的某些基因;利用肿瘤特异性启动子控制病毒复制所必需的基因;对腺病毒衣壳蛋白进行基因修饰,达到特异性结合肿瘤细胞的目的。     

溶瘤腺病毒ZD55-IL24联合雷帕霉素协同抑制Hep3B细胞生长的研究

PI3K/AKT/m TOR信号通路的激活能引发人体细胞发生癌变,哺乳动物靶标m TOR作为PI3K/AKT信号通路下游的一个效应分子,被视为针对肿瘤发生和形成的关键治疗靶点,因此阻断该信号通路的相关靶点可以作为恶性肿瘤治疗的一个策略。白细胞介素24(interleukin 24,IL24)是一个选择性诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡的重要抑癌基因。该研究分别利用MTT法和实时无标记细胞功能分析仪检测携带IL24基因的溶瘤腺病毒ZD55-IL24与m TOR抑制剂雷帕霉素(rapamycin)单独或联合作用对多种肝癌细胞的体外杀伤效果;倒置显微镜分别观察ZD55-IL24、雷帕霉素单独作用及两者联合作用引起的细胞形态学变化;Hoechst 33342、流式细胞术和TUNEL染色检测各处理组细胞的凋亡情况;Western blot检测IL24、AKT以及凋亡相关蛋白Bax和Bcl-2的蛋白质水平。结果显示,溶瘤腺病毒ZD55-IL24与雷帕霉素联合作用较两者单独作用更显著地抑制了肝癌细胞Hep3B的生长并诱导了肝癌细胞的凋亡;此外,两者联合作用更有效地上调了肝癌细胞Hep3B中的细胞因子IL24和促凋亡蛋白Bax的表达,同时下调了PI3K/AKT/m TOR信号通路关键蛋白AKT和抗凋亡蛋白Bcl-2的表达。该研究结果表明,雷帕霉素很可能在一定程度上促进了ZD55-IL24病毒介导的IL24表达而增强对肝癌细胞的杀伤作用,进而为肝癌治疗研究提供了一条新型有效的方案。     

杂合启动子HREAF的构建及其肝癌特异性分析

本研究将在几乎所有肝癌细胞中均有高特异性的杂合启动子HREAF用于构建肝癌特异性溶瘤腺病毒。根据献报道的缺氧应答元件(HRE)和人甲胎蛋白(AFP)核心启动子(AF0.3)基因序列,设计并合成2对引物,采用PCR方法从肝癌细胞基因组DNA中扩增获得大小分别约为560bp的HRE DNA片段和310bp的AF0.3DNA片段,连接到pGEM—T Easy载体进行测序,证明获得了HRE和AF0.3的基因片段。将HRE和AF0．3的PCR产物分别进行PstI和SspI酶切并末端补平后直接连接,将此约700bp的连接产物克隆到pGEM—T Easy载体进行测序,证明杂合启动子HREAF构建成功。将HREAF亚克隆至腺病毒穿梭载体pShuttle并在其后克隆入受其调控的腺病毒早期基因E1,构建成肝癌特异性溶瘤腺病毒穿梭载体pShuttle—HREAF—E1,经PCR及酶切鉴定。将pShuttle—HREAF—E1转染肺癌细胞株及AFP产量不等的不同人肝癌细胞株,经Ela的RT—PCR检测证实杂合启动子HREAF可调控目的基因在AFP产量不等的不同人肝癌细胞系中特异性高表达。杂合启动子HREAF及腺病毒穿梭载体pShuttle—HREAF—E1的构建为进一步研制肝癌特异性重组溶瘤腺病毒及其体内外肝癌特异杀伤作用的研究打下了基础。     

静脉输注新型溶瘤腺病毒在体内复制活性与抑瘤的关系*

目的:观察新型溶瘤腺病毒M1在体内代谢的时间及对肿瘤生长的抑制作用。方法:建立人胃癌裸鼠原位移植瘤动物模型,在指定时间点处死动物,观察瘤体大小,分离原发瘤及转移瘤进行病毒滴度测定,采用免疫组化及原位杂交来检测病毒的分布和活性复制。结果:在人胃癌裸鼠原位模型上,M1经静脉输注后不仅分布于胃原发瘤,而且存在于转移灶,但用M1静脉内给药可以减缓肿瘤生长速度。结论:静脉内输注溶瘤腺病毒可以选择性的作用于肿瘤及转移灶,并发挥溶瘤和靶向灭活plk1的双重效应。     

猪Ⅱ型圆环病毒ORF2与猪GM-CSF基因重组腺病毒共表达及免疫效果分析

旨在构建含融合基因pGMCSF-ORF2的重组腺病毒,并对其表达水平和免疫效果进行分析.运用PCR方法扩增PCV2 ORF2和pGM-CSF基因,拼接后克隆入pMD18-T载体,然后再亚克隆入腺病毒穿梭质粒pShuttle-CMV中,阳性穿梭质粒经PmeⅠ酶线性化后电转化含腺病毒基因组(AdEasy-1)的大肠杆菌细胞BJ5183-Ad-1,成功获得了重组腺病毒DNA.将纯化后的重组腺病毒DNA转染AD293细胞,经过病毒基因组的PCR和转录水平的RT-PCR及Western blot等方面对融合蛋白的表达进行了鉴定.以该病毒免疫Babl/c小白鼠,对免疫小鼠血清中PCV2抗体进行检测.结果显示,获得了pGMCSF-ORF2重组基因,重组腺病毒载体构建成功,获得了表达pGMCSF-ORF2融合蛋白的重组腺病毒.该病毒免疫小鼠后,在小鼠血清中检测到了PCV2的特异性抗体.获得的重组腺病毒能有效表达pGMCSF-ORF2融合蛋白,且可诱导小鼠产生针对PCV2的特异性抗体.     

二氯乙酸钠和氯喹联合整合素亚单位的shRNA的协同抗肿瘤作用

目的:探究二氯乙酸钠、氯喹和表达整合素β3、β5亚单位的shRNA的重组病毒协同抗肿瘤作用。方法:探究二氯乙酸钠、氯喹和表达整合素β3、β5亚单位的shRNA的重组病毒对肝癌细胞株HepG2皮下异种移植瘤生长的影响,通过免疫组化试验检测药物对肿瘤血管生成、肿瘤细胞凋亡、增殖的影响。结果:在小鼠HepG2皮下移植瘤体内试验中可见单用氯喹对肿瘤生长抑制作用明显弱于单用二氯乙酸钠或两者合用,两药联合使用对肝癌细胞株HepG2产生的小鼠皮下移植瘤具有良好的抑制生长作用,并且使得小鼠能够很好地耐受氯喹,荷瘤所致的小鼠体重下降也得到缓解。单用表达整合素β3、β5亚单位的shRNA腺病毒对肿瘤抑制作用弱,合用两个化合物和表达整合素β3、β5亚单位的shRNA腺病毒则对小鼠HepG2移植瘤生长产生持续抑制作用,并减少单用表达整合素β3、β5亚单位的shRNA腺病毒对体重的影响。HE染色结果显示,给药后各组细胞结构被破坏,CD31和Ki67染色显示用药各组同步减少,TUNEL染色显示用药后各组细胞凋亡增加,其中二氯乙酸钠/氯喹/整合素β5和β3 shRNA腺病毒组最为明显,结果表明二氯乙酸钠/氯喹/整合素β5和β3 shRNA腺病毒联用具有显著的抗肿瘤生长作用,其机制是降低肿瘤的微血管密度、抑制肿瘤细胞的增殖和增加肿瘤细胞凋亡。结论:二氯乙酸钠、氯喹和表达整合素亚单位的shRNA的重组病毒进行组合具有协同抗肿瘤作用,为联合用药的设计及应用提供了参考。     

A double-regulated oncolytic adenovirus with improved safety for adenocarcinoma therapy

Safety and efficiency are equally important to be considered in developing oncolytic adenovirus. Previously, we have reported that ZD55, an oncolytic adenovirus with the deletion of E1B-55K gene, exhibited potent antitumor activity. In this study, to improve the safety of ZD55, we utilized MUC1 promoter to replace the native promoter of E1A on the basis of ZD55, and generated a double-regulated adenovirus, named MUD55. Our data demonstrated that the expression of early and late genes of MUD55 was both reduced in MUC1-negative cells, resulting in its stricter glandular-tumor selective progeny production. The cytopathic effect of MUD55 was about 10-fold lower than mono-regulated adenovirus ZD55 or Ad.MUC1 in normal cells and not obviously attenuated in glandular tumor cells. Moreover, MUD55 showed the least liver toxicity when administrated by intravenous injection in nude mice. These results indicate that MUD55 could be a promising candidate for the treatment of adenocarcinoma.     

Synergistic antitumor effect of TRAIL and IL-24 with complete eradication of hepatoma in the CTGVT-DG strategy

The ZD55-tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) and ZD55-interleukin (IL)-24 were constructed by inserting TRAIL or IL-24 gene separately into the oncolytic adenovirus named ZD55 (with adenovirus E1B-55kD deletion). The resulting ZD55-TRAIL and ZD55-IL-24 were used in combination to treat xenograft tumors in nude mice model. The results showed that it can not only completely eliminate BEL7404 hepatoma xenograft but also have excellent antitumor effect against gaster, lung, prostate, and breast carcinomas. It was also found that ZD55-TRAIL could not only suppress the tumor growth promoting effect by ZD55-IL-24 at lower dosage, but also substantially reduce the cancer cell viability in their combined use. This is because ZD55-IL-24 and ZD55-TRAIL could mutually enhance each other's antitumor effect greatly. All these findings conspicuously showed the synergistic antitumor effect of TRAIL and IL-24, which is also the reason for the antitumor effect by the combined use of TRAIL and IL-24 in vitro and also in vivo.     

Targeting lung cancer stem‐like cells with TRAIL gene armed oncolytic adenovirus

Lung cancer stem cell (LCSC) is critical in cancer initiation, progression, drug resistance and relapse. Disadvantages showed in conventional lung cancer therapy probably because of its existence. In this study, lung cancer cell line A549 cells propagated as spheroid bodies (named as A549 sphere cells) in growth factors‐defined serum‐free medium. A549 sphere cells displayed CSC properties, including chemo‐resistance, increased proportion of G0/G1 cells, slower proliferation rate, ability of differentiation and enhanced tumour formation ability in vivo. Oncolytic adenovirus ZD55 carrying EGFP gene, ZD55‐EGFP, infected A549 sphere cells and inhibited cell growth. Tumour necrosis factor‐related apoptosis‐inducing ligand (TRAIL) armed oncolytic adenovirus, ZD55‐TRAIL, exhibited enhanced cytotoxicity and induced A549 sphere cells apoptosis through mitochondrial pathway. Moreover, small molecules embelin, LY294002 and resveratrol improved the cytotoxicity of ZD55‐TRAIL. In the A549 sphere cells xenograft models, ZD55‐TRAIL significantly inhibited tumour growth and improved survival status of mice. These results suggested that gene armed oncolytic adenovirus is a potential approach for lung cancer therapy through targeting LCSCs.     

Dichloroacetate (DCA) enhances tumor cell death in combination with oncolytic adenovirus armed with MDA-7/IL-24

Dichloroacetate (DCA) is a metabolic modulator for the treatment of lactic acidosis and inherited mitochondrial diseases. A recent study showed that DCA treatment could induce apoptosis in many kinds of tumor cell lines via mitochondrial apoptotic pathway while sparing normal cells. ONYX-015 (dl 1520) is one of the oncolytic adenoviruses developed by the deletion of E1B-55kD gene of type 5 adenoviral DNA, and it replicates efficiently and selectively in tumor cells. ZD55-IL-24, an E1B-55kD deleted oncolytic adenovirus carrying interleukin-24 (IL-24, also called melanoma differentiation associated gene-7), had showed potent antitumor efficacy in a variety of tumor cells and exerted no apparent toxicity on normal cells. Given both the good therapeutic effect and low toxicity of these agents, here we investigated whether DCA in combination with ZD55-IL-24 or ONYX-015 could have more efficient antitumor activity in vitro experiments. Therefore, we tested the cytotoxicity of combination therapy in normal hepatic cells L-02 and QSG-7701 using the MTT assay. Our results showed that DCA combined with ONYX-015 or ZD55-IL-24 exhibited more potent antitumor activity than DCA or virus alone, and the combination treatment did not have superimposed toxicities in normal cells. Thus, a novel combination therapy associating oncolytic adenoviruses with relatively low toxic drug without severe side effects was proposed.     

Cancer targeting gene-viro-therapy for pancreatic cancer using oncolytic adenovirus ZD55-IL-24 in immune-competent mice

Cancer targeting gene-viro-therapy (CTGVT) may prove to be an effective treatment for pancreatic cancer (PC). This study was intended to explore the anti-tumor effect of ZD55-IL-24 (oncolytic adenovirus ZD55 harboring IL-24) on PC in immune-competent mice. The expression of gene harbored by oncolytic adenovirus ZD55 in PC cells was detected by reporter-gene assays. The in vitro anti PC ability of ZD55-IL-24 was tested by MTT, crystal violet staining and apoptosis assays. The in vivo anti PC effect of ZD55-IL-24 was further observed in an immune-competent mice model by detecting anti-tumor immunity and induction of apoptosis. The expression of gene harbored by ZD55 in PC cells was significantly higher than that harbored by the replicated-deficient adenovirus, and the amount of gene expression was time-dependent and dose-dependent. Both ZD55-IL-24 and ZD55 inhibited PC cells growth, but the anti-tumor effect of ZD55-IL-24 was significantly stronger than that of ZD55, and the ability of ZD55-IL-24 in inducing PC apoptosis was significantly stronger than that of ZD55. The tumor-forming rate of group ZD55-IL-24 was the lowest, and the tumor-growing rate was also significantly lower than that of group ZD55 in immune-competent PC models. Moreover, ZD55-IL-24 mediated more anti-cancer immunity effects by induction of stronger T-lymphocytes response to PC cells, higher levels of γ-IFN and IL-6 cytokines. ZD55-IL-24-mediated CTGVT could inhibit PC growth not only by inducing oncolysis and apoptosis but enhancing the anti-cancer immune effects by inducing T cell response to PC and up-regulating γ-IFN and IL-6 cytokine in immune-competent mice. This may serve as a candidate therapeutic approach for the treatment of PC.     

An armed oncolytic adenovirus system, ZD55-gene, demonstrating potent antitumoral efficacy

ONYX-015 is an attractive therapeutic adenovirus for cancer because it can selectively replicate in tumor cells and kill them. To date, clinical trials of this adenovirus have demonstrated marked safety but not potent enough when it was used alone. In this paper, we put forward a novel concept of Gene-ViroTherapy strategy and in this way, we constructed an armed therapeutic oncolytic adenovirus system, ZD55-gene, which is not only deleted of E1B 55-kD gene similar to ONYX-015, but also armed with foreign antitumor gene. ZD55-gene exhibited similar cytopathic effects and replication kinetics to that of ONYX-015 in vitro. Importantly, the carried gene is expressed and the expression level can increase with the replication of virus. Consequently, a significant antitumoral efficacy was observed when ZD55-CD/5-FU was used as an example in nude mice with subcutaneous human SW620 colon cancer. Our data demonstrated that ZD55-gene, which utilizing the Gene-Viro Therapy strategy, is more efficacious than each individual component in vivo.     

A proteoliposome containing apolipoprotein A-I mutant (V156K) enhances rapid tumor regression activity of human origin oncolytic adenovirus in tumor-bearing zebrafish and mice

We recently reported that the efficiency of adenoviral gene delivery and virus stability are significantly enhanced when a proteoliposome (PL) containing apolipoprotein (apo) A-I is used in an animal model. In the current study, we tested tumor removal activity of oncolytic adenovirus (Ad) using PL-containing wildtype (WT) or V156K. Oncolytic Ad with or without PL was injected into tumors of zebrafish and nude mice as a Hep3B tumor xenograft model. The V156K-PL-Ad-injected zebrafish, group showed the lowest tumor tissue volume and nucleic acids in the tumor area, whereas injection of Ad alone did not result in adequate removal of tumor activity. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) contents increased two-fold in tumor-bearing zebrafish; however, the V156K-PL-Ad injected group showed a 40% decrease in ROS levels compared to that in normal zebrafish. After reducing the tumor volume with the V156K-PL-Ad injection, the swimming pattern of the zebrafish changed to be more active and energetic. The oncolytic effect of PL-Ad containing either V156K or WT was about two-fold more enhanced in mice than that of Ad alone 34 days after the injection. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the PL-Ad-injected groups showed enhanced efficiency of viral delivery with elevated Ad-E1A staining and a diminished number of proliferating tumor cells. Thus, the antitumor effect of oncolytic Ad was strongly enhanced by a PL-containing apoA-I and its mutant (V156K) without causing side effects in mice and zebrafish models.     

Targeting gene-virotherapy of cancer

Our purpose is to completely elimination of xenograft tumor in animal tumor model in order to work out a protocal for the cure of patient. Gene therapy and viral therapy for cancer have got some therapeutic effects, but both have no great breakthrough. Therefore, we worked out a new strategy called Targeting Gene-Virotherapy of Cancer which is a combination of the advantage of gene therapy and virotherapy. This new strategy has stronger antitumor effect than either of them alone. A tumor specific replicative adenovirus vector ZD55 (E1B 55KD deleted Adv.) which is similar to ONYX-015 in targeting fuction but significant different in construction was produced and various single therapeutic gene was inserted into ZD55. Now such a conception as Targeting Gene-Virotherapy of Cancer was raised and systemically studied before, although there are some works on ONYX-015-tk, -cd or cd/-tk etc. separately. The antitumor effect of ZD55-Gene (for example IL-24 gene) is much better than ZD55 (virotherapy) alone and hundred fold high than that of Ad-IL-24 (gene therapy) alone. ZD55-IL-24 was in preclinal studying in the ZD55-IL-24 therapy, completely elimination of tumor mass was occurred in some mice but not in all mice, that means one gene was not effictive enough to eliminate all the tumor mass in all mice. Therefore two genes with compensative or synergetic effect were inserted into ZD55 separately and used in combination. This strategy was called Targeting Dual Gene-Virotherapy of Cancer (with PCT patent). Then much better results were obtained and all the xenograft tumor masses were completely eliminated in all mice, if two suitable genes were chosen. On the basis of the initiation of two gene results, it was thought about that using two tumors promoter to control the virus vector will be better for the targeting effect and the safty of the drugs. Then double tumor controlled virus vector harboring two genes for cancer therapy was worked out. Better results have been obtained and another patent has been applied. This antitumor strategy could be used to kill all the tumor cells completely in all mice with minimum damage to normal cells.     

Increased suppression of oncolytic adenovirus carrying mutant k5 on colorectal tumor

Angiogenesis plays a key role in the development of a wide variety of malignant tumors. The approach of targeting antiangiogenesis has become an important field of cancer gene therapy. In this study, the antiangiogenesis protein K5 (the kringle 5 of human plasminogen) has been mutated by changing leucine71 to arginine to form mK5. Then the ZD55-mK5, which is an oncolytic adenovirus expressing mK5, was constructed. It showed stronger inhibition on proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cell. Moreover, in tube formation and embryonic chorioallantoic membrane assay, ZD55-mK5 exhibited more effective antiangiogenesis than ZD55-K5. In addition, ZD55-mK5 generated obvious suppression on the growth of colorectal tumor xenografts and prolonged the life span of nude mice. These results indicate that ZD55-mK5 is a potent agent for inhibiting the tumor angiogenesis and tumor growth.