title: A small interfering RNA targeting vascular endothelial growth factor as cancer therapeutics.
abstract: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a critical role during normal embryonic angiogenesis and also in the pathological angiogenesis that occurs in a number of diseases, including cancer. We developed a novel VEGF blockade system using RNA interference. The small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting human VEGF almost completely inhibited the secretion of VEGF in a human prostate cancer cell line, PC-3, whereas the control scramble siRNA showed no effects. The VEGF siRNA with atelocollagen dramatically suppressed tumor angiogenesis and tumor growth in a PC-3 s.c. xenograft model. Atelocollagen provided a beneficial delivering means by which stabilization and efficient transfection of the siRNA injected into the tumors were achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan. takei@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takei
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kadomatsu
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuzawa
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003094:Collagen / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
chemical_list: D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; C059821:atelocollagen; D003094:Collagen