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Suicide gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma cells by survivin promoter-driven expression of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene

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    • Lili Qu
    • Yanyun Wang
    • Lailing Gong
    • Jin Zhu
    • Rujun Gong
    • Jin Si
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    Affiliations: Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210011, P.R. China, Huadong Medical Institute of Biotechniques, Nanjing 210002, P.R. China, Department of Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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       https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2248
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The aim of this study was to investigate the selective killing effect of the herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase/ganciclovir (TK/GCV) suicide gene system controlled by the survivin promoter on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells in vitro. Recombinant plasmid vectors driven by the survivin promoter were constructed. HepG2 HCC and LO2 normal human liver cells were transfected with the recombinant plasmids, green fluorescent protein (GFP)/pSURV, TK/pSURV and TAT-TK/pSURV. GFP expression was detected by fluoroscopy and flow cytometry (FCM). TK gene expression was detected using RT-PCR and western blot analysis. The selective killing effects after GCV application were evaluated by tetrazolium assay, FCM and western blot analysis. Statistical analysis was performed by ANOVA. After transfection with GFP/pSURV, TK/pSURV and TAT-TK/pSURV for 48 h, GFP expression was observed in the HepG2 cells, but not in the L02 cells and TK gene expression was evidently detected by RT-PCR and western blot analysis in the HepG2 cells. Three stably transfected cell lines (HepG2/pSURV, HepG2/TK/pSURV and HepG2/TAT-TK/pSURV) were successfully established. Compared with the HepG2/TK/pSURV group, a significant ‘bystander effect’ was observed in the HepG2/TAT-TK/pSURV group with the incorporation of unmodifed HepG2 cells at different ratios. Following transfection with TK/pSURV and TAT-TK/pSURV, the growth of HepG2 cells in the presence of GCV was markedly inhibited. This finding was further corroborated by FCM and immunoblot analysis revealed the repressed expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Our results showed that the plasmid vectors carrying the TK and TAT-TK fusion protein gene driven by the survivin promoter were successfully constructed and their specific expression in HepG2 cells provided the basis for the targeted gene therapy of HCC.
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Qu L, Wang Y, Gong L, Zhu J, Gong R and Si J: Suicide gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma cells by survivin promoter-driven expression of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene. Oncol Rep 29: 1435-1440, 2013.
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Qu, L., Wang, Y., Gong, L., Zhu, J., Gong, R., & Si, J. (2013). Suicide gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma cells by survivin promoter-driven expression of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene. Oncology Reports, 29, 1435-1440. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2248
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Qu, L., Wang, Y., Gong, L., Zhu, J., Gong, R., Si, J."Suicide gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma cells by survivin promoter-driven expression of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene". Oncology Reports 29.4 (2013): 1435-1440.
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Qu, L., Wang, Y., Gong, L., Zhu, J., Gong, R., Si, J."Suicide gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma cells by survivin promoter-driven expression of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene". Oncology Reports 29, no. 4 (2013): 1435-1440. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2248
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Qu L, Wang Y, Gong L, Zhu J, Gong R and Si J: Suicide gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma cells by survivin promoter-driven expression of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene. Oncol Rep 29: 1435-1440, 2013.
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Qu, L., Wang, Y., Gong, L., Zhu, J., Gong, R., & Si, J. (2013). Suicide gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma cells by survivin promoter-driven expression of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene. Oncology Reports, 29, 1435-1440. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2248
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Qu, L., Wang, Y., Gong, L., Zhu, J., Gong, R., Si, J."Suicide gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma cells by survivin promoter-driven expression of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene". Oncology Reports 29.4 (2013): 1435-1440.
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Qu, L., Wang, Y., Gong, L., Zhu, J., Gong, R., Si, J."Suicide gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma cells by survivin promoter-driven expression of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene". Oncology Reports 29, no. 4 (2013): 1435-1440. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2248
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