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Shi S, Zhang M, Guo R, Miao Y, Li B. Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Mediated Dual-Gene Therapy for Glioblastoma. Hum Gene Ther 2018; 30:106-117. [PMID: 29993289 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2018.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Bone-marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) have been used for systemic delivery of therapeutic genes to solid tumors. However, the optimal treatment time post-BMSC implantation and the assessment of the long-term fate of therapeutic BMSCs post-tumor treatment are critical if such promising therapies are to be translated into clinical practice. An efficient BMSC-based therapeutic strategy has been developed that simultaneously allows killing of tumor cells, inhibiting of tumor angiogenesis, and assessment and eradication of implanted BMSCs after treatment of glioblastoma. BMSCs were engineered to co-express the angiogenesis inhibitor kringle 5 (K5) of human plasminogen, under the control of the cytomegalovirus promoter (CMV) and the human sodium-iodide symporter (NIS), involved in uptake of radioisotopes, under the control of early growth response factor 1 (Egr1), a radiation-activated promoter. A significant decrease in tumor growth and tumor angiogenesis and a subsequent increase in survival were observed when mice bearing glioblastoma were treated with 188Re post-therapeutic intravenous BMSC implantation. Furthermore, the systemic administration of 188Re post-tumor treatment selectively eliminated therapeutic BMSCs expressing NIS, which was monitored in real time by 125I micro single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography imaging. Meanwhile, the Egr1 promoter induced a 188Re radiation positive feedback effect absorbed by NIS. After intravenous BMSC implantation, BMSCs levels in the tumor and lung both peaked on day 10 and decreased to the lowest levels on days 24 and 17, respectively. These findings suggest that day 17 post-BMSC implantation could be an optimal time for 188Re treatment. These results provide a new adjuvant therapy mediated by BMSCs for glioblastoma treatment.
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- Shuo Shi
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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Latronico S, Giordano ME, Urso E, Lionetto MG, Schettino T. Effect of the flame retardant tris (1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) on Na +-K +-ATPase and Cl - transport in HeLa cells. Toxicol Mech Methods 2018; 28:599-606. [PMID: 29783866 DOI: 10.1080/15376516.2018.1479908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Tris (1, 3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) is one of the most diffused phosphorus flame retardants in the environment and is highly persistent and abundant in residential dust samples. To date the cellular targets and mechanisms underlying its toxic effects are not completely understood. The aim of this work was to study the effects of TDCPP on ion transport mechanisms fundamental for the cellular ionic homeostasis, such as Na+-K+-ATPase and Cl- transport. HeLa cells were used as experimental model. TDCPP showed a dose-dependent effect on cell viability in cells exposed for 24 h as assessed by MTT test (IC50 = 52.5 µM). The flame retardant was able to exert a dose and time-dependent inhibition on the Na+-K+-ATPase activity. A short-term exposure (1 h) was able to exert a significant inhibition at 75 and 100 µM TDCPP, suggesting that TDCPP is able to directly interfere with the Na+-K+-ATPase phosphate catalytic activity. The sensitivity of the pump to lower TDCPP concentrations increased with the increase of the time of exposure. Following 24 h exposure a significant inhibition of about 40% was evident already at 10 µM and the IC50 value observed was 12.8 ± 6.0 µM. Moreover, TDCPP was also able to impair the NKCC mediated Cl- transport in HeLa cells, as assessed in YFP-H148Q/I152L-expressing HeLa cells. Following 1 h exposure TDCPP significantly inhibited the transport by about 30%. The kinetic analysis demonstrated a noncompetitive mechanism of inhibition. In conclusion, results demonstrated the impairment of ion transport mechanisms fundamental for ion homeostasis by TDCPP on HeLa cells.
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- Simona Latronico
- a Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali (DiSTeBA) , Università del Salento , Lecce , Italy
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- a Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali (DiSTeBA) , Università del Salento , Lecce , Italy
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- a Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali (DiSTeBA) , Università del Salento , Lecce , Italy
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- a Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali (DiSTeBA) , Università del Salento , Lecce , Italy
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- a Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali (DiSTeBA) , Università del Salento , Lecce , Italy
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Pan Y, Lv J, Pan D, Yang M, Ju H, Zhou J, Zhu L, Zhang Y. Retrofitting baculoviral vector with Sleeping Beauty transposon system: competent for long-term reporter gene imaging in vivo. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:1933-1943. [PMID: 29356866 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-8780-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Reporter gene imaging is widely used for non-invasively detecting tumorigenesis, trafficking therapeutic cells, and monitoring treatment effect. Baculoviral vectors (BVs) have been utilized as transgenic vectors in the reporter gene imaging systems in recent years. However, BV-mediated report gene imaging can only provide short-term investigation due to its transient transgene expression, which is incompetent for the long-term applications. In the current study, we reconstructed a series of hybrid BVs with several elements, to investigate the feasibility of this hybrid BV-mediated long-term reporter gene imaging in vivo. We showed that with the indispensable assistance of a positive-selection process, hybrid BV containing Sleeping Beauty 100× (SB) transposon system (BV-SB) could significantly prolong the enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) expression for at least 180 days in vitro at nearly 100% eGFP positive percentage and over 1011 arbitrary unit total fluorescence intensity, whereas other hybrid BV-mediated transgene expression gradually faded in only 20 days. Furthermore, BV-SB-mediated eGFP fluorescent reporter gene imaging monitored tumorigenesis in the nude mice for at least 35 days. In addition, we exploited the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (glp-1r) gene as a radionuclide reporter gene for in vivo micro-PET imaging. At 50th day post-tumor transplantation, the micro-PET imaging showed considerable radiotracer-receptor-binding in vivo, resulted by stable high level of BV-SB-mediated GLP-1R expression in tumor. In summary, we retrofitted BV with the SB transposon system to make it competent for the long-term reporter gene imaging in vivo, which might broaden the application scopes of BV in the long-term molecular imaging and other biomedicine research fields.
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- Yu Pan
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Rui Jin 2nd Road, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Rui Jin 2nd Road, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, 214063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, 214063, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Rui Jin 2nd Road, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Rui Jin 2nd Road, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Rui Jin 2nd Road, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Rui Jin 2nd Road, Shanghai, 200025, China.
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Use of rhenium-188 for in vivo imaging and treatment of human cervical cancer cells transfected with lentivirus expressing sodium iodide symporter. Oncol Rep 2016; 36:2289-97. [PMID: 27573304 DOI: 10.3892/or.2016.5034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Although survival rates for cervical cancer have improved, they need further improvement in patients with distant metastases. The sodium iodine symporter (NIS) gene has often been used in cancer therapy and imaging. We examined the therapeutic effects of rhenium-188 (188Re) in a cervical cancer xenograft model expressing the NIS gene under the control of the tumor-specific human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) promoter. We constructed two recombinant lentiviral vectors expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) or the NIS gene driven by the hTERT promoter. To determine the tumor-specific transcriptional activity of the hTERT promoter, the eGFP-expressing vector was stably transfected into tumor cells and normal cells. A cervical cancer HeLa cell line stably expressing NIS (HeLa-TERTNIS) was created and examined in a similar way. HeLa and HeLa-TERTNIS tumor xenografts were transplanted in nude mice, and in vivo 188Re distribution was measured using micro-SPECT/CT imaging. The therapeutic effects of 188Re were assessed over 21 days on the basis of tumor volume and the immunohistochemical findings of excised tumors. eGFP expression controlled by the hTERT promoter was substantially higher in the tumor cells than normal cells. Quantitative PCR and western blotting confirmed that HeLa-TERTNIS cells expressed high levels of NIS mRNA and protein, respectively. Further, 188Re uptake and accumulation were significantly higher in HeLa-TERTNIS cells and xenografts than HeLa cells and xenografts. In vitro and in vivo, 188Re significantly reduced the survival of HeLa-TERTNIS cells and inhibited the growth of HeLa-TERTNIS xenografts, respectively. Immunohistochemical staining showed that HeLa-TERTNIS xenograft tumors expressed higher levels of NIS and caspase-3 and lower levels of Ki-67 than HeLa xenograft tumors. Our findings indicated that hTERT promoter-driven expression of the NIS gene in HeLa cells led to 188Re uptake and therapeutic effects. Thus, NIS-based gene therapy and imaging using the hTERT promoter and 188Re may be possible.
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SHI SHUO, ZHANG MIN, GUO RUI, ZHANG MIAO, HU JIAJIA, XI YUN, MIAO YING, LI BIAO. 131I therapy mediated by sodium/iodide symporter combined with kringle 5 has a synergistic therapeutic effect on glioma. Oncol Rep 2015; 35:691-8. [DOI: 10.3892/or.2015.4420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Makarevich PI, Boldyreva MA, Gluhanyuk EV, Efimenko AY, Dergilev KV, Shevchenko EK, Sharonov GV, Gallinger JO, Rodina PA, Sarkisyan SS, Hu YC, Parfyonova YV. Enhanced angiogenesis in ischemic skeletal muscle after transplantation of cell sheets from baculovirus-transduced adipose-derived stromal cells expressing VEGF165. Stem Cell Res Ther 2015; 6:204. [PMID: 26503601 PMCID: PMC4620646 DOI: 10.1186/s13287-015-0199-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Introduction Cell therapy using adipose-derived stromal cells (ADSC) is an intensively developing approach to promote angiogenesis and regeneration. Administration technique is crucial and among others minimal constructs - cell sheets (CS) have certain advantages. Delivery of CS allows transplantation of cells along with matrix proteins to facilitate engraftment. Cells’ therapeutic potential can be also increased by expression of proangiogenic factors by viral transduction. In this work we report on therapeutic efficacy of CS from mouse ADSC transduced to express human vascular endothelial growth factor 165 a/a isoform (VEGF165), which showed potency to restore perfusion and protect tissue in a model of limb ischemia. Methods Mouse ADSC (mADSC) isolated from C57 male mice were expanded for CS formation (106cells per CS). Constructs were transduced to express human VEGF165 by baculoviral (BV) system. CS were transplanted subcutaneously to mice with surgically induced limb ischemia and followed by laser Doppler perfusion measurements. At endpoint animals were sacrificed and skeletal muscle was evaluated for necrosis and vessel density; CS with underlying muscle was stained for apoptosis, proliferation, monocytes and blood vessels. Results Using BV system and sodium butyrate treatment we expressed human VEGF165 in mADSC (production of VEGF165 reached ≈ 25-27 ng/ml/105 cells) and optimized conditions to ensure cells’ viability after transduction. Implantation of mock-transduced CS resulted in significant improvement of limb perfusion, increased capillary density and necrosis reduction at 2 weeks post-surgery compared to untreated animals. Additional improvement of blood flow and angiogenesis was observed after transplantation of VEGF165-expressing CS indicating enhanced therapeutic potential of genetically modified constructs. Moreover, we found delivery of mADSC as CS to be superior to equivalent dose of suspended cells in terms of perfusion and angiogenesis. Histology analysis of extracted CS detected limited proliferation and approximately 10 % prevalence of apoptosis in transplanted mADSC. Significant vascularization of CS and infiltration by monocytes were found in both – BV-transduced and control CS indicating graft and host interaction after transplantation. Conclusions Delivery of ADSC by subcutaneous transplantation of CS is effective for stimulation of angiogenesis and tissue protection in limb ischemia with a potential for efficacy improvement by BV transduction to express VEGF165. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13287-015-0199-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Pavel I Makarevich
- Laboratory of Angiogenesis, Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex, Moscow, 121552, Russia. .,Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine, Medical Research and Educational Centre of Moscow State University, Moscow, 119192, Russia.
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- Laboratory of Angiogenesis, Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex, Moscow, 121552, Russia.
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- Laboratory of Angiogenesis, Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex, Moscow, 121552, Russia. .,Faculty of Medicine, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119192, Russia.
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- Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine, Medical Research and Educational Centre of Moscow State University, Moscow, 119192, Russia. .,Faculty of Medicine, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119192, Russia.
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- Laboratory of Angiogenesis, Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex, Moscow, 121552, Russia.
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- Laboratory of Angiogenesis, Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex, Moscow, 121552, Russia.
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- Faculty of Medicine, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119192, Russia.
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- Faculty of Medicine, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119192, Russia.
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- Faculty of Medicine, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119192, Russia.
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- Faculty of Medicine, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119192, Russia.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan.
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- Laboratory of Angiogenesis, Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex, Moscow, 121552, Russia. .,Faculty of Medicine, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119192, Russia.
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Zhang M, Wang L, Guo R, Liang S, Jiang X, Zhang M, Li B. Molecular In Vivo Imaging Using a Noninvasive Cardiac-Specific MLC-2v Promoter Driven Dual-Gene Recombinant Lentivirus Monitoring System. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0133952. [PMID: 26230833 PMCID: PMC4521923 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Our study aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of using the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) to monitor vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF165) expression in vivo. Methods We constructed a recombinant lentivirus plasmid with the MLC-2v promoter driving the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) reporter gene linked to the VEGF165 gene. Expression of NIS and VEGF gene were identified by Western blot. On days 2 and 54, 99mTc-MIBI imaging was used to evaluate changes in myocardial ischemia. Noninvasive 125I micro-SPECT/CT imaging was used to assess the expression of NIS reporter gene dynamically over the next 2 months. Results Western blot analysis showed that both NIS and VEGF165 were highly expressed in rat cardiomyoblast H9C2 cells transduced with Lenti-MLC-2v-NIS--VEGF165. 125I micro-SPECT/CT reporter imaging showed higher uptake in mouse myocardium transduced with Lenti-MLC-2v-VEGF165-IRES-NIS. NIS expression peaked on day 1 after transduction followed by a progressive decline to negligible levels by day 21. On day 1, mean 125I activity value in group 1 was higher than that in group 2 (P<0.05). The mean 125I activity value in group 3 was statically lower than that in group 1 and 2 (P<0.01). On day 60, 125I uptakes in test and positive control groups became very low, and no significant differences in the mean 125I activity values were detected between group 1 and group 2 (P = 0.531 > 0.05). In group 1 (test group), 99mTc-MIBI SPECT/CT revealed improvements in perfusion and wall thickening in the apical anterior wall. Mean IOD values of NIS and CD34 were significantly higher in group 1 than group 3 (P<0.05). Our study proved mean I-125 uptake was significantly correlated with mean IOD value of NIS and CD34 (P<0.05). Conclusion This study demonstrates the feasibility of using the NIS gene to monitor VEGF165 expression in a mouse myocardial ischemia model.
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- Miao Zhang
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Xin Hua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Yao C, Pan Y, Li Y, Xu X, Lin Y, Wang W, Wang S. Effect of sodium/iodide symporter (NIS)-mediated radioiodine therapy on estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer. Oncol Rep 2015; 34:59-66. [PMID: 25955347 DOI: 10.3892/or.2015.3946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Since the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) stimulates the iodine uptake in normal lactating breast, our study aimed to study the effect of NIS-mediated radioiodide therapy on ER-negative breast cancers. A recombinant lentivirus plasmid encoding the human NIS (hNIS) gene and firefly luciferase (Fluc) was constructed. MDA-MB-231 cells were transfected with the recombinant lentivirus, and the hNIS gene expression was identified by western blot analysis and real-time PCR. Tissue-specific expression of the NIS gene was confirmed by immunohistochemical (IHC) staining. Functional NIS activity in the MDA-hNIS cells was confirmed by the uptake of 131I and cytotoxicity assays. The relative expression level of hNIS mRNA exhibited a 10-fold higher expression in the MDA-hNIS cells compared with the level in the control cells without the endogenous NIS gene. Abundant expression of hNIS protein was noted in the cell membrane compared to the cytoplasm which confirmed the efficient expression of the functional hNIS gene. Iodine uptake into the MDA-hNIS cells was rapid, reaching a maximum after 15 min, followed by a decline. Exposure of the MDA-hNIS cells with 131I resulted in a time-dependent reduction in colony formation compared with the survival of the control (MDA) cells. Our results confirmed that NIS overexpression enhances the sensitivity of ER-negative breast cancer cells to radioiodide therapy.
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- Chen Yao
- Department of Vascular, Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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- Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Vascular, Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Vascular, Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Vascular, Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of the Department of Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat‑sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Vascular, Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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Makkonen KE, Airenne K, Ylä-Herttulala S. Baculovirus-mediated gene delivery and RNAi applications. Viruses 2015; 7:2099-125. [PMID: 25912715 PMCID: PMC4411692 DOI: 10.3390/v7042099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2015] [Revised: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Baculoviruses are widely encountered in nature and a great deal of data is available about their safety and biology. Recently, these versatile, insect-specific viruses have demonstrated their usefulness in various biotechnological applications including protein production and gene transfer. Multiple in vitro and in vivo studies exist and support their use as gene delivery vehicles in vertebrate cells. Recently, baculoviruses have also demonstrated high potential in RNAi applications in which several advantages of the virus make it a promising tool for RNA gene transfer with high safety and wide tropism.
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- Kaisa-Emilia Makkonen
- Virtanen Institute, Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio 70211 Finland.
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- Virtanen Institute, Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio 70211 Finland.
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- Virtanen Institute, Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio 70211 Finland.
- Gene Therapy Unit, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio 70211, Finland.
- Science Service Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio 70211, Finland.
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