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ArticleCancer gene therapy2012

Mc-hES, a novel plasmid carrying human endostatin gene, inhibits nasopharyngeal carcinoma growth.

B-L Xu, L Yuan, J-X Wu, N Xu, W-J Fang, P Zhao, W-L Huang

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Article in Cancer gene therapy, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

B-L XuThe Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PRC.
L Yuan
J-X Wu
N Xu
W-J Fang
P Zhao
W-L Huang
First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNHangzhou First People's Hospital · CNInstitute of Physics · CNSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center · CNZhengzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional plasmids for gene therapy produce low-level and short-term gene expression. Here, we first created minicircle carrying endostatin (mc-hES) for measurement of transfection efficiency. Compared with pcDNA-hES, MC-mediated endostatin gene transfer in vitro resulted in seven-fold greater endostatin expression levels in transfected cells and inhibited the growth of Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) more efficiently. HUVEC cell migration and tube-formation assays suggested that MC-mediated endostatin gene has significant anti-migration and anti-tube-formation capacity than that in pcDNA-hES. In vivo experiments showed that after transfection, mc-hES inhibited the growth of nasopharyngeal carcinoma xenografts. The tumor inhibition rates of mc-hES and pcDNA-hES were 60.8% and 26.9%, respectively (P<0.05). MC-mediated intratumoral endostatin expression in vivo was 2.2-17.9 times higher than pcDNA-hES in xenografted mice and lasted for 20 days. Our results suggest that minicircle DNA vectors might be a promising vector for biotherapy and should be further investigated.

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AnimalsCarcinomaCell Growth ProcessesCell Line, TumorCell MovementDNA, CircularEndostatinsGene ExpressionGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHep G2 CellsHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeDNA, CircularEndostatins

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