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ArticleInternational journal of cancer2010

Targeted knockdown of Bcl2 in tumor cells using a synthetic TRAIL 3'-UTR microRNA.

Jianjun Zhang, Shenglin Huang, He Zhang, Haibo Wang, Haiyan Guo, Guanxiang Qian, Xianqun Fan, Jian Lu, Andrew R Hoffman, Ji-Fan Hu and 1 more

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Article in International journal of cancer, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jianjun ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Shenglin Huang
He Zhang
Haibo Wang
Haiyan Guo
Guanxiang Qian
Xianqun Fan
Jian Lu
Andrew R Hoffman
Ji-Fan Hu
Shengfang Ge
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNStanford University · USVA Palo Alto Health Care System · US

Funding

Targeted Silencing of Bcl-2 for Tumor TherapyR43CA103553 · NCI · GMR EPIGENETICS CORPORATION · PI HU, JIFAN · 2003 to 2003
$100k
NCI NIH HHS 1R43 CA103553-01NCI NIH HHS R43 CA103553
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeting tumor-related overexpression of anti-apoptotic Bcl2 protein by RNAi has been suggested as a potential treatment for cancer. However, the stability of RNAi and its delivery are still major obstacles to the clinical testing of Bcl2 RNAi. Here, we explore a novel strategy of expressing a synthetic Bcl2 microRNA (smRNA) in the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of the tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), an apoptosis-inducing protein without apparent toxic effects in normal cells. TRAIL was specifically expressed from the human telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter (pTRT) that is active in many human tumors. Using this approach, we demonstrated that pTRT drove the tumor-specific expression of Bcl2 smRNA, which was processed by the host RNAi machinery and silenced endogenous Bcl2 expression in tumor cells. Bcl2 smRNA induced tumor cell apoptosis by activating caspase-3 and led to significant sensitization of tumor cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis, while normal cells were spared. We also showed that the combined therapy of TRAIL-induced apoptosis and Bcl2 downregulation was superior to the mono-therapy of TRAIL or Bcl2 smRNA alone. This study proves a general paradigm for cancer therapy by using 3' UTR microRNA technology.

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3' Untranslated RegionsApoptosisCell Line, TumorHumansMicroRNAsNeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2RNA InterferenceTNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand3' Untranslated RegionsMicroRNAsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing LigandTNFSF10 protein, human

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PMID19676053
PMCPMC2924819
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