title: Adenovirus-mediated suppression of HMGI(Y) protein synthesis as potential therapy of human malignant neoplasias.
abstract: High mobility group I (HMGI) proteins are overexpressed in several human malignant tumors. We previously demonstrated that inhibition of HMGI synthesis prevents thyroid cell transformation. Here, we report that an adenovirus carrying the HMGI(Y) gene in an antisense orientation (Ad-Yas) induced programmed cell death of two human thyroid anaplastic carcinoma cell lines (ARO and FB-1), but not normal thyroid cells. The Ad-Yas virus led to death of lung, colon, and breast carcinoma cells. A control adenovirus carrying the lacZ gene did not inhibit the growth of either normal or neoplastic cells. Ad-Yas treatment of tumors induced in athymic mice by ARO cells caused a drastic reduction in tumor size. Therefore, suppression of HMGI(Y) protein synthesis by an HMGI(Y) antisense adenoviral vector may be a useful treatment strategy in a variety of human malignant neoplasias, in which HMGI(Y) gene overexpression is a general event.
authors.affiliation: Centro di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche c/o Dipartimento di Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Napoli, 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scala
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Portella
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fedele
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chiappetta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fusco
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017931:DNA Primers; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D025741:HMGA1a Protein; D006609:High Mobility Group Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000235:genetics; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D006609:High Mobility Group Proteins; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D014157:Transcription Factors; D025741:HMGA1a Protein