健脾化瘀中药提高胞嘧啶脱氨酶/单纯疱疹病毒胸苷激酶基因治疗肝细胞癌的实验研究

目的:观察健脾化瘀中药提高胞嘧啶脱氨酶/单纯疱疹病毒胸苷激酶基因治疗肝细胞癌的作用。方法:脂质体lipofectamine将含有双自杀基因的腺病毒载体pAd-CD/TK导人293细胞,收集病毒上清转染人肝癌细胞BEL7402,MTT法测定BEL7402细胞存活率。裸鼠人肝癌模型转染CD/TK双自杀基因后,给予5-FC500mg/kg,GCV 100mg/kg腹腔注射,同时予健脾化瘀中药960复方灌胃。观察肿瘤生长情况。结果:给予前体药物5-FC和GCV后,CD/TK转染细胞被杀死。并表现出较强的旁观者效应。转染细胞比例达到10%即表现出较强的杀伤作用(P<0.01)。健脾化瘀中药960复方具有提高旁观者效应作用,1.67ml/kg和2.5ml/kg960复方含药血清组细胞存活率显著低于对照组(P<0.01)。转染基因组应用5-FC和GCV治疗后,裸鼠肝癌的生长明显受到抑制(P<0.05),抑瘤率39.42%,单用中药组抑瘤率18.04%,中药与CD/TK 5-FC/GCV联合运用组,较单纯CD/5-FC/HSV-tk/GCV对裸鼠肿瘤模型的生长抑制作用更加明显(P<0.05),抑瘤率55.10%。结伦:腺病毒介导CD/TK自杀基因可有效地杀死人肝癌BEL7402细胞,健脾化瘀中药960复方具有显著提高CD/TK双自杀基因对人肝癌细胞的抑杀作用。     

带HSV-tk基因的重组腺病毒基因治疗小鼠B16黑色素瘤的实验研究

我们成功开展了携带单纯疱疹Ⅰ型病毒胸腺嘧啶激酶基因(Herpes simplex virus thy-midine kinase,HSV-tk)的复制缺陷型重组腺病毒Ad(HSV-tk)结合使用GCV治疗C 57 BL/6小鼠B 16黑色素瘤的离体及动物试验。导入了HSV-tk基因的B16细胞对GCV的杀伤作用高度敏感,IC_(50)约为0.1μg/ml;感染与未感染Ad(HSV-tk)的B 16细胞混合后,可观察到显著的细胞毒杀伤作用——“旁观者效应”。Ad(HSV-tk)直接注入C57BL/6小鼠已建成的B16黑色素瘤内,结合连续6 d腹腔给予GCV,肿瘤结节出现萎缩坏死现象,大小仅为对照组的1/25。灵敏的RT-PCR检测结果表明:瘤内注射Ad(HSV-tk)后,腺病毒的扩散范围是有限的,HSV-tk基因的表达局限于肿瘤组织内。因此,Ad(HSV-tk)/GCV疗法可能为黑色素瘤等恶性实体瘤的治疗提供了一种较为有效、安全的选择方案。     

携带靶向性可调控自杀基因的重组相关腺病毒载体的构建及其活性检测

目的:构建携带受Tet-On以及VEGF启动子双调控自杀基因HSVtk的重组腺相关病毒载体,研究其在乳腺癌细胞MCF-7中的可调控表达.方法:用PCR方法扩增VEGF启动予,将其插入pAAV/TRE/HSVtk/Tet-On中形成重组载体pAAV/VEGF/TRE/HSVtk/Tet-On质粒.进行病毒包装后得到了rAAV/VEGF/TRE/HSVtk/Tet-On重组腺相关病毒.用重组腺相关病毒感染乳腺癌细胞株MCF-7和正常乳腺HBL-100细胞,用MTT法及RT-PCR检测在Dox诱导下,GCV对rAAV感染的MCF-7细胞和HBL-100细胞的杀伤作用以及HSVtk基因在MCF-7细胞内的表达情况.结果:在rAAV+Dox+GCV组,GCV对rAAV感染的MCF-7细胞的杀伤作用明显高于rAAV+Dox组,rAAV+Dox组以及HBL-100组,并且RT-PCR结果显示经Dox诱导HSVtk表达较明显.结论:成功构建了携带双调控自杀基因的重组腺相关病毒载体,该病毒载体能有效的感染乳腺癌细胞MCF-7,并能联合GCV治疗,抑制肿瘤细胞生长,而且具有靶向性.     

HSV-tk基因在基因治疗中的应用研究进展

近年来,对恶性肿瘤的基因治疗已提出了多种方案,其中,向肿瘤细胞内导入“自杀基因(Suicide gene)”随之激活自杀机制的策略在某些实体瘤的治疗中受到重视,这类“自杀基因”包括Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型单纯疱疹病毒胸苷激酶基因(HSV1-tk,HSV2-tk)、水痘带状疱疹病毒胸苷激酶基因(VZV-tk)、大肠杆菌胞嘧啶脱氨酶基因(EC-cd)等。目前最常用的“自杀基因”是HSV1-tk基因。截至1995年2月,美国NIH已通过了4项用HSV1-tk基因转移联合抗病毒药物Ganciclovir(GCV)     

小鼠ALB启动子/增强子驱动HSV-tk 对肝脏细胞的杀伤效应

利用小鼠白蛋白(ALB)启动子／增强子及单纯疱疹病毒胸苷嘧啶激酶(HSV-tk)DNA构建了载体pLLTK,以研究该载体对肝脏细胞的特异性杀伤效应。首先,为了比较载体的肝脏细胞特异转录活性,以绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)基因为报告基因构建了载体pLE(仅含小鼠ALB启动子)、pLLE(含小鼠ALB启动子和上游增强子)和pLEL(含小鼠ALB启动子和下游增强子),分别转染到人肝细胞株Hep—G2与小鼠乳腺上皮细胞株HC-11,荧光显微镜与流式细胞术分析GFP的表达。然后将载体pLLTK转染到Hep-G2研究对细胞的杀伤效应。结果发现：小鼠ALB启动子／增强子能驱动GFP肝脏特异表达;HSV-tk在Hep-G2表达使细胞具有更昔洛韦(GCV)敏感性,在GCV作用7d后,MTT分析细胞的生存率,pLLTK转染细胞表现明显的细胞死亡(53％),而阴性对照组pcDNA3．1转染细胞没有明显变化(仅2％细胞死亡)。以上结果表明所有的载体具有肝脏细胞特异性,为利用该载体产生肝脏损伤的转基因小鼠提供了细胞水平的实验依据。     

转TK基因的人结肠癌细胞对多种原药敏感性的研究

构建了含有单纯疱疹病毒胸苷激酶基因（HSV-TK）的重组逆转录病毒载体LTKSN．经PA317细胞包装后,感染人结肠癌细胞株LoVo．用G418筛选到稳定表达HSV-TK基因的细胞克隆LoVo／LTKSN．LoVo／LTKSN与野生型LoVo细胞相比,生长曲线无明显差异,细胞形态亦无改变．细胞毒试验证明LoVo／LTKSN对GCV的敏感性很高,半杀伤浓度IC50为0.5μmol/L,比野生型细胞提高了4000倍以上．三种不同的原药GCV,ACV和BVDU对LoLo／LTKSN具有效果不等的杀伤作用．BVDU和GCV联合作用效果更好．旁杀伤效果十分明显,低浓度GCV就可以将合10%LoVo／LTKSN的混合细胞中的大部分肿瘤细胞杀死．     

CEA启动子控制HSV-TK基因表达对人结直肠癌细胞的杀伤作用

构建了以CEA启动子控制的HSV-TK基因表达质粒pCEA-TK。转染pCEA-TK的人结肠癌细胞LoVo对GCV的敏感性提高了1300倍。同样条件下,人宫颈癌细胞HeLa对GCV的敏感性仅提高8倍,且对低于血药浓度(20μmol/L)的GCV不敏感。以上结果显示在GCV存在时,CEA启动子控制下HSV-TK基因的表达使CEA阳性的人结直肠癌细胞获得专一性杀伤。此外,DNA片段分析和电镜观察表明GCV诱导转染pCEA-TK的LoVo细胞发生凋亡可能是这个系统杀死肿瘤细胞的机制之一。本工作还讨论了癌胚抗原(CEA)基因启动子用于人结直肠癌专一性自杀基因治疗的可能性。     

单纯疱疹病毒胸苷激酶基因对人胶质母细胞瘤细胞的杀伤效应研究

目的　研究单纯疱疹病毒胸苷激酶 (HSV1 TK)基因转染并联合抗病毒药更昔洛韦 (Ganciclovir ,GCV)对人胶质母细胞瘤细胞的杀伤效应。方法　采用基因工程技术构建带HSV1-TK基因的逆转录病毒重组体pLX SN TK ,采用脂质体介导入PA317包装细胞 ,建立重组逆转录病毒载体分泌细胞株PA317 TK ;用该细胞上清液转导人胶质母细胞瘤细胞 ,用不同浓度GCV作用人胶质母细胞瘤细胞SW0 38 C2 TK和野生型SW0 38 C2 ,采用噻唑蓝(MTT)比色法检测 72h后细胞存活率 ,并求出半杀伤浓度。结果　重组逆转录病毒载体pLXSN TK能有效地将TK基因导入SW0 38-C2细胞内 ,并使其获得对GCV的敏感性 ;体外细胞毒实验 :在 2 0 μmol LGCV存在的情况下 ,野生型细胞无明显改变 ,而实验组细胞明显死亡 ,半杀伤浓度IC50 为 0 8μmol L ,与SW0 38 C2相比 ,对GCV的敏感性提高了 6 0 0倍 ,旁杀效果也较明显。结论　SW0 38 C2转染TK基因后 ,能有效地被GCV杀灭。显示了其潜在的临床应用价值     

电离辐射调控脂质体介导的CDglyTK基因杀伤人肝癌细胞

利用EGR 1启动子、CDglyTK构建pcDNA3 EGR CDglyTK重组载体 ,以pcDNA3 CMV CDglyTK质粒为对照 ,经阳离子脂质体LipofectAMINE介导转染人肝癌 740 2细胞株 ,给予不同剂量 γ射线照射 ,通过Northern印迹、Western印迹分析 ,结果表明电离辐射可诱导转染pcDNA3 EGR CDglyTK肿瘤细胞中CDglyTK的表达 ,并呈剂量依赖性 ;而在pcDNA3 CMV CDglyTK实验组中无此诱导特性。转染pcDNA3 EGR CDglyTK的肿瘤细胞单独给予 8Gy的 γ 射线处理未见细胞明显死亡 ,而电离辐射与前药 [5 FC(fluorocytosine) GCV]的联合大大增强了杀伤肿瘤细胞的作用。研究结果证实EGR 1启动子具有电离辐射诱导特性 ,同时提示CMV启动子无此特性 ;5 FC与GCV的配伍有协同效应 ,电离辐射可明显增强肿瘤细胞对 5 FC、GCV的敏感性 ,其细胞毒性大于单独自杀基因或单独放疗。     

I型单纯疱疹病毒胸苷激酶真核表达载体的构建及其表达鉴定

为构建单纯疱疹病毒I型胸苷激酶(HSV1TK)的真核表达载体pcDNA3.1-EGFP/HSV1TK,鉴定其在真核细胞中的表达和功能.以pORF-HSV1TK为模板,PCR扩增的目的基因HSV1TK片段与pMD18-T载体相连接构建重组克隆pMD18-T/HSV1TK.再双酶切出HSV1TK片段,插入pcDNA3.1-EGFP多克隆位点,构建pcDNA3.1-EGFP/ HSV1TK真核表达载体并进行酶切、测序鉴定[1].分别用荧光显微镜观察和RT-PCR方法检测脂质体介导pcDNA3.1-EGFP/ HSV1TK在卵巢癌细胞SKOV3的表达;分别用MTT法和光镜检测胸苷激酶/丙氧鸟苷(HSV1TK/GCV)系统对SKOV3体外杀伤作用及旁观者效应.结果表明,重组载体酶切鉴定结果与预期结果一致,基因序列与GenBank上报道的HSV1TK基因序列完全一致.荧光显微镜观察转染后的细胞发出绿色荧光;RT-PCR结果表明HSV1TK基因能在SKOV3内有效表达.MTT和光镜结果显示转染HSV1TK基因的SKOV3细胞,加入前体药物丙氧鸟苷(GCV)处理后对其有明显的杀伤作用和旁观者效应.成功构建的真核表达载体pcDNA3.1-EGFP/ HSV1TK能在SKOV3细胞中稳定表达,且HSV1TK对卵巢癌细胞株SKOV3体外有强大的杀伤作用和旁观者效应.     

Replication-competent, oncolytic herpes simplex virus type 1 mutants induce a bystander effect following ganciclovir treatment

Cells expressing herpes simplex virus (HSV) thymidine kinase (tk) are killed by ganciclovir (GCV). Adjacent cells without HSV-tk also die, a phenomenon known as the 'bystander effect'. However, there is no evidence that replication-competent HSV induces a bystander effect in the presence of GCV. Therefore, we investigated the bystander effect in HEp-2 cells infected with replication-competent, oncolytic HSV-1 mutants, hrR3 and HF10. In cells infected at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 3, GCV did not induce apoptosis. At low MOIs of 0.3 and 0.03, however, a number of adjacent, uninfected cells apoptosed following GCV treatment. Irrespective of GCV treatment, HEp-2 cells expressed minimal levels of connexin 43 (Cx43). However, Cx43 expression was enhanced by GCV in response to infection with HF10 at an MOI of 0.3, but not at an MOI of 3. Expression of other proteins involved in gap junctions, including Cx26 and Cx40, was not augmented under these conditions. The PKA and PI3K signal transduction pathways are likely involved in enhanced Cx43 expression as inhibitors of these pathways prevented Cx43 upregulation. These results suggest that infection with replication-competent HSV-1 induces the bystander effect in cells treated with GCV because of efficient intercellular transport of active GCV through abundant gap junctions.     

Transfer of genes to Chinese hamster ovary cells by DNA-mediated transformation

We have transferred DNa to Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells by DNA-mediated transformation. CHO tk- cells were transformed with the clones gene for herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) and were found to have a 50-fold lower frequency of transformation than mouse Ltk- cells at the same DNA dosage. By altering the amount of tk gene and carrier DNA present, frequencies of up to 5 x 10(-5) were obtained. CHO HSV-tk+ transformants were very stable, and in several clones the HSV-tk gene copies integrated in higher-molecular-weight DNA. These cells also exhibited cotransformation for unselected markers. CHO lines were also transformed at a frequency of 10(-4) with the bacterial gene Ecogpt in a SV40-pBR322 vector. CHO tk-cells could be transformed at a frequency of 10(-7) with cellular DNA isolated from CHO tk+ cells. CHO cells offer a well-defined genetic system within which to transfer either cloned or whole cellular DNAs.     

Retrovirus—mediated herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene therapy approach for hepatocellular carcinoma

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Tanshinone IIA Increases the Bystander Effect of Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase/Ganciclovir Gene Therapy via Enhanced Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication

The bystander effect is an intriguing phenomenon by which adjacent cells become sensitized to drug treatment during gene therapy with herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase/ganciclovir (HSV-tk/GCV). This effect is reported to be mediated by gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC), and therefore, we postulated that upregulation of genes that facilitate GJIC may enhance the HSV-tk/GCV bystander effect. Previous findings have shown Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA), a chemical substance derived from a Chinese medicine herb, promotes the upregulation of the connexins Cx26 and Cx43 in B16 cells. Because gap junctions are formed by connexins, we hypothesized that Tan IIA might increase GJIC. Our results show that Tan IIA increased GJIC in B16 melanoma cells, leading to more efficient GCV-induced bystander killing in cells stably expressing HSV-tk. Additionally, in vivo experiments demonstrated that tumors in mice with 10% HSV-tk positive B16 cells and 90% wild-type B16 cells became smaller following treatment with the combination of GCV and Tan IIA as compared to GCV or Tan IIA alone. These data demonstrate that Tan IIA can augment the bystander effect of HSV-tk/GCV system through increased gap junction coupling, which adds strength to the promising strategy that develops connexins inducer to potentiate the effects of suicide gene therapy.     

In vivo antitumor effect of herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene therapy in rat hepatocellular carcinoma: feasibility of adenovirus-mediated intra-arterial gene delivery

Transfer of the herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase gene, followed by the administration of ganciclovir (HSV-tk/GCV), has been a major approach for cancer gene therapy. We investigated the antitumor effect of the HSV-tk/GCV strategy with the rat orthotopic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) model and the tumor-selective gene delivery by an adenovirus-mediated gene transfer through the hepatic artery. The complete antitumor effect was demonstrated, after the treatment with GCV in rat HCC established by the implantation of HSV-tk transferred rat HCC cells. The in vivo bystander effect was also observed. The marked infiltration of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes, macrophages and NK cells were found in the tumor area. After the injection of adenovirus carrying the LacZ gene into the hepatic artery, the selective expression of transgene in the tumor cell was achieved. These findings indicate that the HSV-tk/GCV strategy, using an adenoviral vector, could be a promising avenue for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.     

带HSV—tk基因的重组腺病毒基因治疗小鼠B16黑色素瘤的实验研究

我父成功开展了携带单纯疹疹Ⅰ型病毒胸腺嘧啶激酶基因（Ｈｅｒｐｅｓｓｉｍｐｌｅｘｖｉｒｕｓｔｈｙ－ｍｎｉｄｉｎｅｋｉｎａｓｅ,ＨＳＶ－ｔｋ）的复制缺陷型重组腺病毒Ａｄ（ＨＳＶ－ｔｋ）结合使用ＧＣＶ治疗Ｃ５７ＢＬ／６小鼠Ｂ１６黑色素瘤的离体及动物试验。     

Transfection of oral cancer cells mediated by transferrin-associated lipoplexes: mechanisms of cell death induced by herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase/ganciclovir therapy

The Herpes Simplex Virus thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) suicide gene/ganciclovir (GCV) approach has been used for the treatment of a variety of cancers. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the cytotoxic effect of ganciclovir in oral squamous cancer cells, previously transfected with HSV-tk gene delivered by transferrin-associated complexes (Tf-lipoplexes), as well as to investigate the mechanisms involved in the bystander effect and in the process of cell death. The delivery of HSV-tk gene to the oral cancer cells, HSC-3 and SCC-7, mediated by Tf-lipoplexes followed by ganciclovir treatment resulted in essentially 100% cytotoxicity, the observed toxic effect being dependent both on GCV dose and incubation time. Cell death was shown to occur mainly by an apoptotic process. Different experimental approaches demonstrated that the observed cytotoxicity was mainly due to diffusion of the toxic agent into neighbouring, non-transfected cells, via gap junctions. Preliminary in vivo studies in a murine model for oral squamous cell carcinoma have shown a significant inhibition of tumor growth upon injection of Tf-lipoplexes carrying HSV-tk followed by intraperitonal injection of GCV, as compared to controls.     

Transfection of oral cancer cells mediated by transferrin-associated lipoplexes: Mechanisms of cell death induced by herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase/ganciclovir therapy

The Herpes Simplex Virus thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) suicide gene/ganciclovir (GCV) approach has been used for the treatment of a variety of cancers. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the cytotoxic effect of ganciclovir in oral squamous cancer cells, previously transfected with HSV-tk gene delivered by transferrin-associated complexes (Tf-lipoplexes), as well as to investigate the mechanisms involved in the bystander effect and in the process of cell death. The delivery of HSV-tk gene to the oral cancer cells, HSC-3 and SCC-7, mediated by Tf-lipoplexes followed by ganciclovir treatment resulted in essentially 100% cytotoxicity, the observed toxic effect being dependent both on GCV dose and incubation time. Cell death was shown to occur mainly by an apoptotic process. Different experimental approaches demonstrated that the observed cytotoxicity was mainly due to diffusion of the toxic agent into neighbouring, non-transfected cells, via gap junctions. Preliminary in vivo studies in a murine model for oral squamous cell carcinoma have shown a significant inhibition of tumor growth upon injection of Tf-lipoplexes carrying HSV-tk followed by intraperitonal injection of GCV, as compared to controls.     

胸苷激酶基因治疗胃癌的体外实验

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