title: [Effects of adenoviral-mediated melanoma differentiation associated gene-7/IL-24 on growth and apoptosis of breast cancer cells].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of adenovirus melanoma differentiation associated gene-7 (mda-7)/IL-24 on the growth and apoptosis of human breast cancer cells.
  
  
  METHODS
  Human breast cancer cells of the lines MCF-7 and MD-MBA-453 were cultured and transfected with purified adenovirus mda-7/IL-24. 48 h later, Western blotting was used to detect the protein expression of mda-7/IL-24 in the MCF-7 cells. The growth of Ad-mda-7/IL-24 in the MCF-7 cells was assayed by crystal violet staining and MTT method. The apoptotic effect of Ad-mda-7/IL-24 in the MCF-7 and MDA-MB-453 cells was detected by Hoechst staining and annexin V method. Nude mice were inoculated with MCF-7 cells and randomly divided into 2 groups to be injected with Ad-mda-7/IL-24 of PBS. The size of tumor was observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Western blotting showed that mda-7/IL-24 was expressed in the transfected MCF-7 cells. Crystal violet staining and MTT method showed that Ad-mda-7/IL-24 dose and time-dependently inhibited the growth of the MCF-7 and MDA-MB-453 cells. Hochst staining and annexin V test indicated obvious apoptosis of the breast cancer cells. The size of tumor of the nude mice injected with Ad-mda-7/IL-24 was significantly smaller than that of the control mice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ad-mda-7/IL-24 effectively inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells and induces its apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
authors.forename: Qi-chao
authors.initials: QC
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chun-hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hui-jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jian-fei
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D005260:Female; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D007378:Interleukins / Q000235:genetics*; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D000099180:Interleukin-24
chemical_list: D007378:Interleukins; D000099180:Interleukin-24