title: [Study on inhibitory effect of antisense VEGF RNA on the growth of hepatocellular in vitro in vivo].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effects of PCMV-FGEV transfection on the profile of SMMC-7721 hepatocellular in vitro in vivo.
  
  
  METHODS
  SMMC-7721 hepatocellular was transfected with PCMV-FGEV antisense, PCMV-VEGF sense and empty vector plasmid encapsulated by lipofectamine. The positive cell clones were selected with G418. The stable transfection and expression of VEGF in the SMMC-7721 hepatocellular were determined by in situ hybridization and immunochemical analysis. The effect of PCMV-FGEV transfection on SMMC-7721 hepatocellular proliferation was observed by MTT colorimetric assay. Flow cytometry was used to determine the effects of PCMV-FGEV transfection on cell apoptosis of SMMC-7721. The growth of transfected cells was also observed in nude mice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was reduced VEGF expression in SMMC-7721 transfected with PCMV-FGEV confirmed by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical analysis. There was no effect of PCMV-FGEV transfection on cell proliferation and cell apoptosis of SMMC-7721 in vitro. The growth of cell with PCMV-FGEV transfected was slow in nude mice (vivo) and accompanied with obvious apoptosis. The latent time of tumor in the antisense mice group was 25.0+/-1.8 days, which was longer than that in sense and control group significantly (F=19.455, P<0.01). On the other hand, the average tumor weight in antisense group (0.96 g+/-0.28 g) was the smallest among the three groups (F=21.501, P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The expression of VEGF was inhibited by PCMV-FGEV. There was no effect on cell proliferation and cell apoptosis of SMMC-7721 by transferring PCMV-FGEV gene into SMMC-7721 cells in vitro. But in vivo it can inhibit tumor growth and induce cell apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Surgery, Tianjin Cancer Hospital, Tianjin 300060, China.
authors.forename: Ji-hui
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yu-rong
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xi-shan
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Hao
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D002455:Cell Division; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016372:RNA, Antisense / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014162:Transfection; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D016372:RNA, Antisense; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A