Potent growth-inhibitory effect of a dual cancer-specific oncolytic adenovirus expressing apoptin on prostate carcinoma

  • Authors:
    • Muchun Zhang
    • Jinhui Wang
    • Chang Li
    • Ningning Hu
    • Kai Wang
    • Huifan Ji
    • Dongyun He
    • Chengshi Quan
    • Xiao Li
    • Ningyi Jin
    • Yulin Li
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  • Published online on: January 21, 2013     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2013.1783
  • Pages: 1052-1060
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Abstract

Apoptin is a chicken anemia virus-derived, p53-independent, bcl-2-insensitive apoptotic protein with the ability to specifically induce apoptosis in various human tumor cells, but not in normal cells. To explore the use of apoptin in tumor gene therapy, we assessed a recombinant adenovirus expressing the apoptin protein (Ad-hTERTp-E1a-Apoptin) in order to determine its lethal and growth-inhibitory effects on PC-3 and RM-1 cells in vitro and its antitumor effect on solid tumors in vivo. 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), acridine orange (AO)/ethidium bromide (EB), 4'-6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), and Annexin V assays showed that Ad-hTERTp-E1a-Apoptin inhibited the proliferation of PC-3 and RM-1 cells in vitro by inducing apoptosis of prostate cancer cells, and that this inhibitory effect was dose and time-dependent. In the animal models, Ad-hTERTp-E1a-Apoptin significantly inhibited tumor growth and extended the lifespan of animals. Experimental results indicate that Ad-hTERTp-E1a-Apoptin has a potential application in tumor gene therapy.
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Zhang M, Wang J, Li C, Hu N, Wang K, Ji H, He D, Quan C, Li X, Jin N, Jin N, et al: Potent growth-inhibitory effect of a dual cancer-specific oncolytic adenovirus expressing apoptin on prostate carcinoma. Int J Oncol 42: 1052-1060, 2013
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Zhang, M., Wang, J., Li, C., Hu, N., Wang, K., Ji, H. ... Li, Y. (2013). Potent growth-inhibitory effect of a dual cancer-specific oncolytic adenovirus expressing apoptin on prostate carcinoma. International Journal of Oncology, 42, 1052-1060. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2013.1783
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Zhang, M., Wang, J., Li, C., Hu, N., Wang, K., Ji, H., He, D., Quan, C., Li, X., Jin, N., Li, Y."Potent growth-inhibitory effect of a dual cancer-specific oncolytic adenovirus expressing apoptin on prostate carcinoma". International Journal of Oncology 42.3 (2013): 1052-1060.
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Zhang, M., Wang, J., Li, C., Hu, N., Wang, K., Ji, H., He, D., Quan, C., Li, X., Jin, N., Li, Y."Potent growth-inhibitory effect of a dual cancer-specific oncolytic adenovirus expressing apoptin on prostate carcinoma". International Journal of Oncology 42, no. 3 (2013): 1052-1060. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2013.1783