title: The effect of endostatin mediated by human mesenchymal stem cells on ovarian cancer cells in vitro.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Endostatin is the most potent inhibitor of tumor angiogenesis. However, endostatin protein has a short half-time and virus-mediated endostatin gene therapy has serious toxicity, which limits the application of endostatin in clinical therapy. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are considered to be able to accumulate at the site of cancers with high specificity and may be used as a new delivery of endostatin.
  
  
  METHODS
  The MSCs from the human bone marrow were transfected with recombinant adenovirus encoding endostatin and EGFP (MSC-EN cells). The tropism capacity of MSCs was quantitatively assayed in vitro using the Millicell system. To investigate the impact of secreted endostatin on cancer cells, SKOV3 cells were co-cultured with MSC-EN cells in Millicell for 48 h, then apoptosis and cell cycle were analyzed on a flow cytometer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In contrast with 293 cells and saline, SKOV3 cells significantly stimulated migration of MSCs, the number reached 919.67 +/- 19.96 (P < 0.05). The endostatin produced by MSC-EN cells made 13.08 +/- 0.21% SKOV3 cells undergo early stage apoptosis (control 3.23 +/- 0.73%, P < 0.05) and 82.05 +/- 2.65% SKOV3 cells accumulate in the G0/G1 phase (control 66.51 +/- 2.91%, P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found that MSCs possessed great migratory capacity in vitro and the human ovarian adenocarcinoma cell line SKOV3 could significantly induce the migration of MSCs. Our results provided evidence that MSCs could be utilized as a powerful delivery system of endostatin. The endostatin produced by MSC-EN cells could inhibit the proliferation of SKOV3 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No 246, Xue Fu Road, Nan Gang District, 150001 Harbin, Hei Longjiang, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Rujin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Tiefang
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Peiling
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D000256:Adenoviridae; D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D043169:Endostatins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors; D043169:Endostatins