title: Gene therapy of HSV-TK transferred by the EBV based expression vector on experimental hepatocellular carcinoma.
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 mumol/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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Musa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015870:Gene Expression; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000201:enzymology*; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D013937:Thymidine Kinase