Gene Therapy of HSV-TK Transferred by the EBV based Expression Vector on Experimental Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Author:
Qingqing DING
1
;
Zaide WU
;
Xiaoping CHEN
;
H.M.Musa ABDELWAHAB
;
Junbo HU
;
Yongqiang ZHAN
Author Information
1. Tongji Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- From:
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences)
2001;21(2):122-125
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
To study the therapeutic effects of herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) gene transferred by the EBV-based expression vector (pDR2) on experimental hepatocellular carcinoma, pDR2-TK gene was delivered into human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC-7721 by using liposome-mediated transfection technique，and then gene expression was detected by RT-PCR, and the killing effects were examined through MTT method. In the nude mice hepatoma model，the antitumor effects of pDR2-TK /GCV system was evaluated in terms of tumor growth. MTT results showed that the pDR2-TK /GCV had cytotoxic effect and about 70 % SMMC-7721 cells were killed when GCV was at 1000 μmol/L. In vivo experiment showed that the tumor size in nude mice with transferred pDR2-TK gene was significantly smaller than that in control group (P<0.01). On the 10th day the tumor in 3 mice (60 %） disappeared completely after GCV treatment. It is concluded that the pDR2-TK/GCV system has marked killing effects on the experimental hepatocellular carcinoma.
