Abstract |
The aim of the present study was to determine whether a prostate-specific amplicon, containing a probasin-derived promoter (ARR(2)PB) upstream of an essential Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) viral gene, infected-cell polypeptide 4 (ICP4), could complement an HSV-1 helper virus with this gene deleted (ICP4-) and cause lytic replication specifically in prostate cancer cells. Two amplicon constructs, CMV-ICP4 and ARR(2)PB-ICP4, were packaged by a replication-deficient ICP4- helper virus. The amplicon viruses could complement ICP4- helper viruses to efficiently replicate and cause cell lysis in prostate cancer cells. Intratumoral injection of LNCaP human prostate cancer xenografts with either amplicon/helper virus resulted in >75% reduction in tumor volume and serum prostate specific antigen (PSA). Histological and Q-PCR (quantitative PCR) analyses indicated that the toxicity in nontumor tissues was much lower with ARR(2)PB-ICP4 than with CMV-ICP4 amplicon/helper virus. In conclusion, a replication-deficient HSV-1 virus could be complemented by an amplicon virus to restore its oncolytic activity in a tissue-specific and low toxicity fashion, illustrating that this approach could be a potentially useful strategy for developing an oncolytic viral therapy for prostate cancer.
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Authors | C Y-F Lee, L X Bu, P S Rennie, W W-G Jia |
Journal | Cancer gene therapy
(Cancer Gene Ther)
Vol. 14
Issue 7
Pg. 652-60
(Jul 2007)
ISSN: 0929-1903 [Print] England |
PMID | 17479106
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Immediate-Early Proteins
- RNA, Viral
- herpes simplex virus, type 1 protein ICP4
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Topics |
- Animals
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Survival
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Gene Amplification
- Genetic Therapy
- Helper Viruses
(genetics)
- Herpesvirus 1, Human
(genetics, physiology)
- Humans
- Immediate-Early Proteins
(genetics)
- Male
- Prostatic Neoplasms
(pathology, therapy)
- RNA, Viral
(genetics, isolation & purification)
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Vero Cells
- Virus Replication
(physiology)
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