GM-CSF基因转染增强经肿瘤抗原刺激的树突细胞的体内抗肿瘤作用

为探讨GM-CSF基因转染的树突细胞的生物学特性及其抗肿瘤作用,GM-CSF重组腺病毒感染小鼠脾脏树突细胞后,FACS分析表明其B7-1且和B7-2表达水平明显提高,混合淋巴细胞培养反应显示其对T淋巴细胞具有更强的刺激作用;树突细胞体外经放射线灭活的B16肿瘤细胞刺激后免疫正常同系小鼠,能诱导出显著的CTL活性.使免疫小鼠对野生型B16肿瘤细胞的攻击具有一定抵抗作用;这种经瘤苗刺激的树突细胞导入GM-CSF基因后,体内可诱导更强的CTL活性,更有效地抵抗肿瘤细胞的攻击,并且对肺转移荷瘤小鼠具有更强的治疗作用,使肺转移结节明显减少,60%的荷瘤小鼠长期存活.结果提示体外经瘤苗刺激、GM-CSF基因转染的树突细胞可望成为肿瘤免疫基因治疗的新途径.     

肿瘤抗原致敏的GM-CSF基因转染巨噬细胞对实验性肺转移肿瘤的治疗作用

研究将对巨噬细胞双重功能均具有激活作用的细胞因子GM-CSF的基因转染小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞,再经肿瘤抗原致敏后通过静脉注射用于实验性CT26结肠癌肺转移小鼠的治疗.结果表明,腺病毒介导的GM-CSF基因转染小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞在转染后4h即可分泌较高水平的GM-CSF.转染后10d仍可有效表达;转染后16h左右小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞MHCⅡ类分子的表达明显增强,其抗原提呈能力也达最高水平;对肿瘤细胞的杀伤活性显著增高;荷瘤3d的实验性CT26结肠癌肺转移小鼠经肿瘤抗原致敏的GM-CSF基因转染巨噬细胞治疗后第16天肺部转移结节数明显减少;经治疗小鼠脾细胞经诱导的CTL杀伤活性也明显升高.以上结果提示,GM-CSF基因转染及表达能有效增强小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞的抗原提呈能力及效应功能;经肿瘤抗原刺激后其对转移性肿瘤也有明显的治疗作用.     

Enhanced antitumor effects of tumor antigen-pulsed dendritic cells by their transfection with GM-CSF gene

To investigate the biological characterization and antitumor activitites of GM-CSF gene-transfected dendritic cells, the splenic dendritic cells were infected with GM-CSF recombinant replication-deficient adenoviruses in vitro . Their enhanced expression of B7 was demonstrated by FACS analysis, and more potent stimulatory activity was confirmed by allogeneic MLR. Immunization of dendritic cells pulsed with irradiated B16 melanoma cells induced sig-nificant CTL and enabled host to resist the challenge of wild-type B16 cells. When they were transfected with GM-CSF gene subsequently, the induced CTL activity was higher, and the produced protection against B16 cell challenge and therapeutic effect on the mice with preestablished pulmonary melastases more effective. These data suggest that the dendritic cells pulsed with tumor antigen then transfected with GM-CSF gene can be used as an effective vaccine in tumor immunotherapy.     

JNK信号转导与细胞凋亡

JNK是一类MAPK蛋白,介导细胞的信号转导,通过启动细胞中的胱天蛋白酶家族蛋白激酶,诱导细胞凋亡。本文主要就JNK信号转导在细胞凋亡中的作用及其机制进行阐述。     

基因修饰的肝细胞脾内移植后体内分布和基因表达的实验研究

为探讨基因修饰的肝细胞经脾内移植途径介导肝脏基因治疗的可行性和有效性,体外用NeoR基因或IL-2基因修饰小鼠正常胚胎肝细胞BNL CL.2,经脾内移植至正常同系小鼠体内(2×10⁶/只),观察NeoR和IL-2基因在不同脏器的表达.结果发现脾内移植NeoR基因修饰的肝细胞后24h,即可通过RT-PCR在肝脏中检测出NeoR基因mRNA的表达,持续表达11周以上;此外,NeoR基因在脾脏中短暂表达(24h至1周),在肺组织中也有一过性表达(48～96h).脾内移植IL-2基因修饰的肝细胞后,肝脏中可检测到稳定表达的IL-2mRNA(24h至11周),外周血中维持一定水平(5～40pg/mL)的IL-2,能增强肝脏Kupffer细胞Ia抗原的表达及脾细胞的NK杀伤活性.提示基因修饰的肝细胞脾内移植后能定向分布至肝脏,并同化入肝组织中长期存活,有效地表达外源基因,可成为肝脏靶向性基因治疗的可行途径.     

IL-3基因转染的瘤苗与IL-2、低剂量环磷酰胺的联合抗肿瘤作用

用IL-3基因转染的瘤苗治疗实验性肺转移荷瘤小鼠,结果发现能使其肺转移性肿瘤结节比常规瘤苗治疗明显减少、存活期明显延长,而且当与IL-2或低剂量Cy合用后,可使荷瘤小鼠的肺转移结节更少,存活期更长,特别是当IL-3基因转移的瘤苗、IL-2、低剂量Cy三者合用时抗肿瘤转移作用最强,免疫学研究表明,经IL-3基因转染瘤苗治疗后,荷瘤小鼠脾脏CIL活性、NK活性、IL-2诱导的LAK活性均显著增强,脾细胞体外分泌IFN-γ和TNF水平显著升高;当与IL-2或低剂量Cy合用时,上述抗肿瘤免疫功能升高得更加明显,并且以三者联合应用后免疫功能增强最为明显,可见IL-3基因转染的瘤苗能有效地激活体内抗肿瘤免疫功能,具有显著的抗肿瘤作用.     

In vivo distribution and gene expression of genetically modified hepatocytes after intrasplenic transplantation

To investigate the feasibility and efficacy of liver gene therapy mediated by intrasplenic transplanta-tion of genetically modified hepatocytes, the normal mouse liver cell line BNL CL. 2 cells were introduced with Neo-re-sistant (NeoR) gene or interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene in vitro, and transplanted intrasplenically into normal syngeneic mice (2 × 106 cell/mouse); subsequently, the expressions of the introduced genes in vivo were detected. The RT-PCR results showed that NeoR mRNA expressions were detectable in livers 24 h after transplantation and lasted over 11 weeks. Moreover, The NeoR mRNA was detected to be expressed temporarily in spleens (24 h- 1 week) and lungs (24-96 h) after transplantation. After intrasplenic transplantation of IL-2 gene-modified BNL CL.2 cells, the stable expressions of IL-2 mRNA in the livers of transplanted mice were detectable by RT-PCR (24 h-11 weeks), and certain levels of IL-2 (5-40 pg/mL) remained in the peripheral blood. When IL-2 gene-modified BNL CL. 2 cells were tran     

Therapeutic effects on experimental metastatic tumor-bearing mice by vaccination with GM-CSF gene-modified and tumor antigen-pulsed macrophages

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