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- Title
Enhanced antitumor effects of a bicistronic adenovirus vector expressing both herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 against hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Authors
Tsuchiyama, Tomoya; Kaneko, Shuichi; Nakamoto, Yasunari; Sakai, Yoshio; Honda, Masao; Mukaida, Naofumi; Kobayashi, Kenichi
- Abstract
The efficacy of the suicide gene therapy using the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase/ganciclovir (HSV-tk/GCV) system for the treatment of cancer is limited because of the insufficient gene transfer and the low killing activity. To enhance the antitumor activity, we determined whether recombinant adenovirus vector (rAd)s expressing both HSV-tk and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) genes could potentiate the destruction of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The rAd Ad-tk-MCP1 harboring HSV-tk and MCP-1 genes in sequence under the universal CAG promoter was constructed with a bicistronic unit including the encephalomyocarditis virus-internal ribosomal entry site. The levels of HSV-tk expression and GCV-sensitive tumoricidal activity of Ad-tk-MCP1 were comparable to those of rAd expressing HSV-tk alone. The growth of subcutaneous tumors in athymic nude mice was markedly suppressed when tumors were treated with Ad-tk-MCP1 as opposed to another bicistronic vector Ad-MCP1-tk, rAd expressing either HSV-tk or MCP-1, or both of these vectors. The antitumor effects of Ad-tkMCP1 may be dependent on the activation of macrophages, since the recruitment of macrophages was observed tumor necrosis factor-α production was enhanced in the tumor tissue. Furthermore, the enhanced antitumor effect was abolished by inactivating macrophages with carrageenan treatment. These results demonstrated that a bicistronic rAd harboring both suicide and chemokine genes in sequence exerted the enhanced, macrophage-dependent, antitumor effects in a model of HCC and support the use of this strategy for the treatment of HCC.
- Subjects
GENE therapy; HERPES simplex virus; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; ADENOVIRUSES
- Publication
Cancer Gene Therapy, 2003, Vol 10, Issue 4, p260
- ISSN
0929-1903
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.cgt.7700571