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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2009

Suppression of cancer growth by nonviral gene therapy based on a novel reactive oxygen species-responsive promoter.

Lucía L Policastro, Irene L Ibañez, Hebe A Durán, Gastón Soria, Vanesa Gottifredi, Osvaldo L Podhajcer

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lucía L PolicastroDepartment of Radiobiology, National Atomic Energy Commission-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Irene L Ibañez
Hebe A Durán
Gastón Soria
Vanesa Gottifredi
Osvaldo L Podhajcer
Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica · ARUniversity of Buenos Aires · ARConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · AR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production has been reported as a distinctive feature of different pathologies including cancer. Therefore, we assessed whether increased ROS production in the cancer microenvironment could be selectively exploited to develop a selective anticancer therapy. For this purpose, we constructed a novel chimeric promoter, based on a ROS-response motif located in the VEGF gene promoter placed, in turn, downstream of a second ROS-response motif obtained from the early growth response 1 (Egr-1) gene promoter. The activity of the chimeric promoter was largely dependent on variations in intracellular ROS levels and showed a high inducible response to exogenous H(2)O(2). Transient expression of the thymidine kinase (TK) gene driven by the chimeric promoter, followed by gancyclovir (GCV) administration, inhibited human colorectal cancer and melanoma cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, electrotransfer of the TK gene followed by GCV administration exerted a potent therapeutic effect on established tumors. This response was improved when combined with chemotherapeutic drugs. Thus, we show for the first time that a distinctive pro-oxidant state can be used to develop new selective gene therapeutics for cancer.

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Genetic TherapyAnimalsAntiviral AgentsCell LineCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationColorectal NeoplasmsEarly Growth Response Protein 1GanciclovirHumansHydrogen PeroxideMelanomaMiceMice, NudeNeoplasmsPromoter Regions, GeneticAntiviral AgentsEarly Growth Response Protein 1GanciclovirHydrogen PeroxideThymidine KinaseVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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PMID19436270
PMCPMC2835249
OpenAlexW2023639419

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