title: [Construction and activity of recombinant adeno-associated virus expressing vasostatin].
abstract: Vasostatin, a 180-amino acid fragment from the N-terminal domain of calreticulin, is a potent endogenous angiogenesis inhibitor, which can inhibit the growth of many kinds of experimental tumor. But a recent report that vasostatin can enhance the malignant behavior of neuroendocrine tumor reminds us to be cautious to develop it as an anti-tumor medicine. VAS cDNA was cloned into pAAV-2 expression vector; recombinant virus rAAV-VAS was generated by a three plasmids, helper free packaging method. MS1 mouse pancreatic endothelial cell and human colon tumor HCT-116 cell were infected with rAAV-VAS. Transgene expression was analyzed by Western blotting analysis; cell proliferation was determined by MTT assay. The therapeutic potential of rAAV-VAS was evaluated in subcutaneous HCT-116 xenograft mouse model. rAAV-VAS inhibited the proliferation of MS1 but not HCT-116 cell. HCT-116 cell infected with rAAV-VAS secreted VAS protein into the supernatant effectively. The intratumoral delivery of rAAV-VAS inhibited the xenograft growth and microvessel density in tumors significantly. Our results show the effectiveness of rAAV-VAS as an angiogenesis inhibitor in suppressing tumor growth, validating the application of rAAV-VAS gene therapy in treatment against colon cancer.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Medicine Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou 362021, China. diaoyong@hqu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Diao
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xinyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xueying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ruian
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D037282:Calreticulin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D000229:Dependovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors; D037282:Calreticulin; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C121986:vasostatin