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Combined antitumor effects of an adenoviral cytosine deaminase/thymidine kinase fusion gene in rat C6 glioma

Authors
 Jin Woo Chang  ;  Heuiran Lee  ;  Eunhee Kim  ;  Yong Lee  ;  Sang Sup Chung  ;  Joo-Hang Kim 
Citation
 Neurosurgery, Vol.47(4) : 931-939, 2000 
Journal Title
NEUROSURGERY
ISSN
 0148-396X 
Issue Date
2000
MeSH
Adenoviridae/genetics* ; Animals ; Antimetabolites/therapeutic use ; Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use ; Artificial Gene Fusion* ; Brain Neoplasms/metabolism ; Brain Neoplasms/therapy* ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Cytosine Deaminase ; Feasibility Studies ; Female ; Flucytosine/therapeutic use ; Ganciclovir/therapeutic use ; Glioma/metabolism ; Glioma/therapy* ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; Nucleoside Deaminases/genetics* ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Thymidine Kinase/genetics* ; Transduction, Genetic ; Tumor Cells, Cultured
Keywords
Adenoviridae ; genetics ; Animals ; Antimetabolites ; therapeutic use ; Antiviral Agents ; Artificial Gene Fusion ; Brain Neoplasms ; metabolism ; therapy ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Cytosine Deaminase ; Feasibility Studies ; Female ; Flucytosine ; Ganciclovir ; Glioma ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; Nucleoside Deaminases ; Rats ; Rats ; Wistar ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins ; Thymidine Kinase ; Transduction ; Genetic ; Tumor Cells ; Cultured
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:

In this study, we investigated the feasibility of a double-suicide gene/prodrug therapy, involving direct introduction of the herpes simplex virus Type 1 thymidine kinase (TK) gene and the Escherichia coli cytosine deaminase (CD) gene, via a recombinant adenoviral vector, and ganciclovir (GCV) and/or 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) treatment, in a rat C6 glioma model.

METHODS:

Efficient gene transfer and transduction of C6 glioma cells via a recombinant adenovirus were evaluated by infecting cells with adenovirus bearing the beta-galactosidase gene and then staining cells with X-5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-13-D-galactoside. CD/TK expression in cells infected with adenovirus bearing the CD/TK gene (ad-CD/TK) was examined by immunoblotting analysis. For in vitro cytotoxicity experiments, the cells were infected with ad-CD/TK or ad-deltaE1 (as a control). After the addition of a variety of concentrations of GCV and 5-FC, either separately or in combination, cell viability was determined by staining the cells with crystal violet solution 6 days after infection. For in vivo antitumor experiments, 1x10(5) cells were stereotactically injected into the right caudate-putamen of female Wistar rat brains. At 3 days after implantation, 1x10(8) plaque-forming units of ad-CD/TK or ad-deltaE1 (as a control) were stereotactically injected into the tumors and GCV (25 mg/kg) and 5-FC (250 mg/kg), alone or in combination, were intraperitoneally administered. Animals were then killed, and tumor volumes were measured by determining the tumor area in every fifth section, using a light microscope.

RESULTS:

C6 glioma cells were efficiently transduced with recombinant adenoviral vector at multiplicities of infection of 200 or more. In vitro cytotoxicity of GCV and/or 5-FC, either alone or in combination, was exclusively observed in the cells transduced with ad-CD/TK. Obvious cytotoxicity (>50% inhibition) was observed in the presence of 5-FC at concentrations greater than 30 microg/ml or GCV at concentrations greater than 0.3 microg/ml at a multiplicity of infection of 100. Additionally, cytotoxicity in the presence of both GCV and 5-FC was greater than that after single-prodrug treatments, indicating additive effects of the prodrug treatments. In in vivo experiments, the tumor volumes of the rats treated with GCV or 5-FC alone after ad-CD/TK injection (59.1+/-4.6 and 57.4+/-7.1 mm3, respectively) were significantly smaller than that of the control rats (157+/-8.9 mm3, P<0.05). Furthermore, the tumor volume of the rats treated with GCV and 5-FC in combination was 14.7+/-1.8 mm3.

CONCLUSION:

These results demonstrated the efficient transduction of C6 glioma cells with a recombinant adenovirus and the additive effects of CD/TK fusion gene/GCV/5-FC treatment, compared with single-gene therapy with the TK or CD gene. Therefore, our data suggest that the direct administration of a double-suicide gene/prodrug therapy has great potential in the treatment of brain tumors.
Full Text
https://academic.oup.com/neurosurgery/article/47/4/931/2748520
DOI
10.1097/00006123-200010000-00026
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Joo Hang(김주항)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/171822
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