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ArticleCancer gene therapy2009

Suppression of N-Ras by shRNA-expressing plasmid increases sensitivity of HepG2 cells to vincristine-induced growth inhibition.

H-x Sun, H-w He, S-h Zhang, T-g Liu, K-h Ren, Q-y He, R-g Shao

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Article in Cancer gene therapy, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

H-x SunDepartment of Oncology, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100050, China.
H-w He
S-h Zhang
T-g Liu
K-h Ren
Q-y He
R-g Shao
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oncogenic ras genes relate to the development of human cancers. In this study, we used a plasmid-mediated short-hairpin RNA (shRNA) targeting N-ras gene to combine with clinical drug vincristine (VCR) for the treatment of human hepatoma cells. Our results showed that anti-N-Ras shRNA expression vector (pCSH1-shNR) knocked down the target mRNA and protein. Higher efficacy on growth inhibition was observed when pCSH1-shNR was combined with VCR. This synergistic effect was associated with abrogation of VCR-induced overexpressions of P-glycoprotein and multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 by pCSH1-shNR through downregulations of N-Ras and total Ras. Western blot analysis showed that pCSH1-shNR-induced downregulations of N-Ras and total Ras were potentiated by VCR. Following Ras downregulation, phosphorylations of ERK1/2 and Akt were dramatically inhibited by combinatory treatment. The data showed that pCSH1-shNR-induced inhibition of nuclear factor-kappaB was enhanced by VCR. In addition, the combination of pCSH1-shNR and VCR synergistically inhibited the growth of human hepatoma HepG2 in vivo. Our findings suggested that combination of gene-specific therapeutics and appropriate chemotherapeutic agents might be a promising approach for the treatment of human hepatocellular carcinoma.

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PlasmidsAnimalsAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCombined Modality TherapyDown-RegulationFemaleGene ExpressionGenes, rasGenetic TherapyHumansLiver NeoplasmsMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiceAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicVincristine

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