Abstract |
Reovirus has gained much attention as an anticancer agent; however, the mechanism of the tumor cell-specific replication of reovirus is not fully understood. Although Ras activation is known to be crucial for tumor cell-specific replication of reovirus, it remains controversial which cellular factors are required for the reovirus-mediated tumor cell killing. In this study, we systematically investigated which cellular factors determined the efficiencies of reovirus-mediated tumor cell killing in various human cultured cell lines. The efficiency of reovirus-mediated cell killing varied widely among the cell lines. Junction adhesion molecule-A, a reovirus receptor, was highly expressed in almost all cell lines examined. Ras activation levels were largely different between the cell lines; however, there were no apparent correlations among the reovirus-mediated cell killing efficiencies and Ras activation status. On the other hand, activity levels of the cysteine proteases cathepsins B and L, which are crucial for proteolytic disassembly of the outer capsid proteins of reovirus, showed a tendency to be correlated with the efficiency of reovirus-mediated cell killing. These results indicate that the activity of cathepsins B and L is the most suitable as a biomarker for the efficacy of reovirus-mediated oncolysis among the factors examined in this study.
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Authors | Y Terasawa, T Hotani, Y Katayama, M Tachibana, H Mizuguchi, F Sakurai |
Journal | Cancer gene therapy
(Cancer Gene Ther)
Vol. 22
Issue 4
Pg. 188-97
(Mar 2015)
ISSN: 1476-5500 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 25633482
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Capsid Proteins
- RNA, Viral
- CTSB protein, human
- Cathepsin B
- CTSL protein, human
- Cathepsin L
- ras Proteins
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Topics |
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Biomarkers, Tumor
(metabolism)
- Capsid Proteins
(metabolism)
- Cathepsin B
(metabolism)
- Cathepsin L
(metabolism)
- Cell Survival
- Enzyme Activation
- HEK293 Cells
- Hep G2 Cells
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate
- MCF-7 Cells
- Mice
- Orthoreovirus, Mammalian
(immunology, physiology)
- Proteolysis
- RNA, Viral
(genetics, metabolism)
- Virus Attachment
- Virus Internalization
- ras Proteins
(metabolism)
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