Abstract:
:Advanced prostate cancer is invariably lethal once it becomes androgen independent (AI). With the aim of developing a new treatment we have used the human androgen-independent prostate cancer cell line, PC-3, to evaluate the effectiveness of two enzyme-directed prodrug therapy (EPT) systems as a novel means for promoting tumor cell destruction in vivo. We have confined our study to the use of a PSA promoter, in a preliminary attempt to achieve prostate specificity. The two EPT systems used were the HSVTK/GCV and PNP/6MPDR systems. These were chosen for their differential dependence on DNA replication for their mechanism of action. In the present work, either the HSVTK or PNP gene, each controlled by a PSA promoter fragment, was delivered by an E1-, replication-deficient human adenovirus (Ad5) into PC-3 tumors growing subcutaneously in BALB/c nude mice. Tumors were injected with a single dose of recombinant Ad5 and mice were treated intraperitoneally with the appropriate prodrug, twice daily, for 6 days thereafter. The growth of established PC-3 tumors was significantly suppressed and host survival increased with a single course of HSVTK/GCV or PNP/6MPDR treatment. HSVTK/GCV-treated PC-3 tumor growth was 80% less than that of control treatments on day 33, while PNP/6MPDR-treated tumor growth was approximately 75% less than that of control treatments on day 52. Survival data showed that 20% of HSVTK/GCV- or PNP/6MPDR-treated animals lived >45 and >448 days, respectively, longer than control animals. These results demonstrate that both HSVTK/GCV and PNP/6MPDR therapies interrupt the growth of an aggressive human prostate cancer cell line in vivo.
journal_name
Hum Gene Therjournal_title
Human gene therapyauthors
Martiniello-Wilks R,Garcia-Aragon J,Daja MM,Russell P,Both GW,Molloy PL,Lockett LJ,Russell PJdoi
10.1089/hum.1998.9.11-1617subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-07-20 00:00:00pages
1617-26issue
11eissn
1043-0342issn
1557-7422journal_volume
9pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Genetically modified lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCL) have been shown to be an attractive alternative source of antigen-presenting cells for cancer vaccination in vitro. We tested their application in patients with pancreatic cancer in a phase I clinical trial. As a model tumor antigen, we selected the point-mutated (c...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2011.153
更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Urocortin-2 (UCn2) peptide infusion increases cardiac function in patients with heart failure, but chronic peptide infusion is cumbersome, is costly, and provides only short-term benefits. Gene transfer would circumvent these shortcomings. We previously showed that a single intravenous (IV) injection of AAV8.UCn2 incr...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2014.157
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::RNA interference (RNAi) is a form of posttranscriptional gene silencing mediated by short double-stranded RNA, known as small interfering RNA (siRNA). These siRNAs are capable of binding to a specific mRNA sequence and causing its degradation. The recent demonstration of a plasmid vector that directs siRNA synthesis i...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/104303402320987888
更新日期:2002-12-10 00:00:00
abstract::A human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-based retroviral vector pseudotyped with HIV envelope containing the herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) gene under the control of the HIV LTR promoter (pHXTKN) was constructed and stably transferred into human CD4(+) H9, CEM, and U937 cells. RNase protection as...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/10430340150218378
更新日期:2001-02-10 00:00:00
abstract::Glaucoma, a group of optic neuropathies, is the leading cause of irreversible blindness. Neuronal apoptosis in glaucoma is primarily associated with high intraocular pressure caused by chronically impaired outflow of aqueous humor through the trabecular meshwork, a reticulum of mitotically inactive endothelial-like ce...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/10430340152677449
更新日期:2001-11-20 00:00:00
abstract::Rat myoblast primary cultures were tested as a model for proinsulin synthesis and processing and unregulated insulin delivery for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) gene therapy. Three human proinsulin cDNA constructs containing genetically engineered furin endoprotease cleavage sites between the B-chain and C...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.1996.7.1-71
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Niemann-Pick type C (NP-C) disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized neuropathologically by ballooned neurons distended with lipid storage and widespread neuronal loss. Neural stem cells (NSC) derived from NP-C disease models have decreased ability for self-renewal and neuronal differentiation. Investigati...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2013.001
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Efficient DNA electrotransfer can be achieved with combinations of short high-voltage (HV) and long low voltage (LV) pulses that cover two effects of the pulses, namely, target cell electropermeabilization and DNA electrophoresis within the tissue. Because HV and LV can be delivered with a lag up to 3000 sec between t...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2005.16.1194
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Trans-dominant mutants of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Tat and Rev are attractive candidates for use in gene therapy in the treatment of HIV-1 infections because both are essential for viral replication. Retroviral vectors were constructed to allow either Tat-inducible or Tat- and Rev-inducible expressi...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.1993.4.5-625
更新日期:1993-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Gene therapy for heart diseases requires availability of an efficient vector for gene transfer into myocardium. Recombinant adenovirus expressing the Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase (beta-Gal) gene was shown to infect rat cardiocytes efficiently in vivo. However, a time course of gene expression showed that transg...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.1995.6.10-1265
更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cell-based gene transfer using a stent platform would provide a significant advantage in terms of site-specific gene expression in the vasculature. The current study presents a novel stent design that allows stable in vivo transgene expression over a 4-week period in the vasculature. A mesh-stent coated with fibronect...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/10430340252792567
更新日期:2002-02-10 00:00:00
abstract::Successful gene therapy approaches for metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), based either on hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) or direct central nervous system (CNS) gene transfer, highlighted a requirement for high levels of arylsulfatase A (ARSA) expression to achieve correction of disease manifestations in ...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2007.048
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Overexpression of human manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) activity has been demonstrated to suppress malignancy in human melanoma and breast carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo. To study its effects on human oral squamous carcinoma cells, stable transfection and expression of MnSOD in SCC-25 cells hav...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.1997.8.5-585
更新日期:1997-03-20 00:00:00
abstract::Recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) holds much promise for human gene therapy. While evidence indicates that AAV mediates long-term gene transfer in several different tissues, difficulty in preparing and purifying this viral vector in large quantities remains a major obstacle for evaluating AAV vectors in clinica...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/104303400750001390
更新日期:2000-10-10 00:00:00
abstract::Systemic administration of adenoviral vectors leads to activation of innate and antigen-specific immunity. In an attempt to diminish T and B cell-specific immune responses to E1-deleted adenoviral vectors, capsid proteins were modified with various activated monomethoxypolyethylene glycols (MPEGs). The impact of this ...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/104303402760372972
更新日期:2002-10-10 00:00:00
abstract::Transferring therapeutic genes into the nociceptive system, including dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) and the spinal cord, is potentially a powerful approach for the treatment of chronic pain in humans. Adeno-associated viral vectors (AAVs) are particularly useful in delivering foreign genes to targeted tissues because the...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/104303403765701187
更新日期:2003-06-10 00:00:00
abstract::CRISPR-based technology has been adapted to achieve a wide range of genome modifications including transcription regulation. The focus of this review is on the application of CRISPR-based platforms such as nuclease-deficient Cas9 and Cas12a, to achieve targeted gene activation. We review studies to date that have empl...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2020.241
更新日期:2021-01-15 00:00:00
abstract::Due to both the avascularity of the cornea and the relatively immune-privileged status of the eye, corneal transplantation is one of the most successful clinical transplant procedures. However, in high-risk patients, which account for >20% of the 180,000 transplants carried out worldwide each year, the rejection rate ...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2017.184
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Peritoneal compartmentalization of advanced stage ovarian cancer provides a rational scenario for gene therapy strategies. Several groups are exploring intraperitoneal administration of adenoviral (Ad) vectors for this purpose. We examined in vitro gene transfer in the presence of ascites fluid from ovarian cancer pat...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/10430340050111313
更新日期:2000-08-10 00:00:00
abstract::Atrogin-1 or muscle atrophy F-box (MAFbx) is a major atrophy-related E3 ubiquitin ligase highly expressed in skeletal muscle during muscle atrophy and other disease states such as sepsis, cancer cachexia, and fasting. In this paper, we report experiments inhibiting MAFbx activity in fasting mice and in the skeletal my...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2010.057
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::To develop a potential gene therapy strategy for the treatment of hemophilia A, we constructed several retroviral vectors expressing a B-domain-deleted factor VIII (FVIII) cDNA. We confirmed previous reports that when the FVIII cDNA is inserted into a retroviral vector, the vector mRNA is decreased resulting in signif...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.1995.6.11-1363
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The use of viral thymidine kinase (TK) gene coupled with the administration of ganciclovir to render cancer cell death has been studied extensively. Many of these experiments utilized retrovirus to transfer the TK gene under the control of a nonspecific promoter. Because nonspecific expression of the viral TK gene may...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.1996.7.4-463
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Traditionally, skeletal muscle and liver are the preferred target organs for gene transfer to supply a transgene product into the systemic circulation. In this respect, adipose tissue presents a number of attractive features. However, adipose tissue transduction in vivo has not been feasible by conventional methods. T...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2006.17.921
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are poorly transduced by vectors based on adenovirus serotype 5 (Ad5). This is primarily due to the paucity of the coxsackievirus-Ad receptor on these cells. In an attempt to change the tropism of Ad5, we constructed a series of chimeric E1-deleted Ad5 vectors in which the shaft a...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/104303401753204562
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Diabetes mellitus derives from either insulin deficiency (type I) or resistance (type II). Homozygous mutations in the insulin receptor (IR) gene cause the rare leprechaunism and Rabson-Mendenhall syndromes, severe forms of hyperinsulinemic insulin resistance for which no therapy is currently available. Systems have b...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2004.15.1101
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection represents one of the most challenging systems for gene therapy. Thanks to the extended knowledge of the molecular biology of the HIV life cycle, many different strategies have been developed including transdominant modifications of HIV proteins, RNA decoys, antisense RNA, ...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.1998.9.5-621
更新日期:1998-03-20 00:00:00
abstract::Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is a naturally oncolytic virus that has been shown to be safe and effective for cancer therapy. Tumor virotherapy using NDV emerged in the 1950s and has advanced more recently by the increased availability of reverse genetics technology. In this study, we constructed a reverse genetics sy...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2011.207
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::In previous studies we showed that low-dose irradiation and immunosuppression with cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil prolonged in vivo persistence of gene-modified T cells but was unable to induce tolerance. We hypothesized that the lack of sustained antigen presentation because of the limited life span of the in...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2007.086
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Less than 20% of the protein coding genome is thought to be targetable using small molecules. mRNA therapies are not limited in the same way since in theory, they can silence or edit any gene by encoding CRISPR nucleases, or alternatively, produce any missing protein. Yet not all mRNA therapies are equally likely to s...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2020.137
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Aberrant JAK/STAT3 pathway has been reported to be related to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in many cell lines. In this study, a double-regulated oncolytic adenovirus vector that can replicate and induce a cytopathic effect in alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-positive HCC cell lines with p53 dysfunction was successfully const...
journal_title:Human gene therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1089/hum.2010.219
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00