Combination treatment for osteosarcoma with baculoviral vector mediated gene therapy (p53) and chemotherapy (adriamycin).
- Author:
Sun U SONG
1
;
Frederick M BOYCE
Author Information
1. Clinical Research Center, College of Medicine, Inha University, Inchon, Korea. sunuksong@inha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
- Keywords:
combination therapy;
baculoviral vector;
p53 tumor suppressor gene;
chemotherapeutic drug
- MeSH:
Animal;
Antineoplastic Agents/*pharmacology;
Apoptosis/genetics;
Baculoviridae/genetics;
Bone Neoplasms/*therapy/virology;
Doxorubicin/*pharmacology;
Gene Therapy/*methods;
Genetic Vectors;
Human;
Osteosarcoma/*therapy/virology;
Protein p53/genetics/metabolism;
Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.;
Tumor Cells, Cultured
- From:Experimental & Molecular Medicine
2001;33(1):46-53
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The insect baculovirus Autographa californica multiple nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) has been evaluated as a vector for gene delivery to human tumor cells. A human osteogenic sarcoma cell line, Saos-2, was found to be highly susceptible to infection with a baculoviral vector, with nearly 100% of Saos-2 cells being able to express a lacZ reporter gene after a brief exposure to the virus at a m.o.i. of 30 pfu/cell. The production of beta-galactosidase protein was 18-times greater than that in HepG2 cells which were previously thought to be the mammalian cells most susceptible to the baculovirus. The possibility of developing a baculovirus as a cytotoxic vector for p53-defective cancer was tested by destruction of Saos-2 cells (p53-/-) with a recombinant baculovirus containing the wild type p53 gene (BV-p53) in vitro. The p53 baculovirus induced apoptotic cell death in tumor cells in a dose-dependent manner with approximately 60% killing at an m.o.i. of 160 pfu/cell. Combined treatments of gene therapy (p53) and chemotherapy (adriamycin) resulted in synergistic and potent killing of the osteogenic sarcoma cells. For example, greater than 95% of Saos-2 cells were killed by the combination of BV-p53 (m.o.i. of 100) and adriamycin (35 ng/ml), whereas approximately 50% and approximately 55% cells were killed by BV-p53 and adriamycin alone, respectively. These results indicate that a baculoviral gene delivery vector can be used to efficiently target certain types of mammalian cells and the combination treatment of gene-therapy mediated by a baculovirus and chemotherapy may enhance induction of apoptosis in cancer cells.
