AIM: To obtain an efficient delivery system for transportingendostatin gene to mouse liver tumor xenografts byadministration of aerosol.METHODS: Recombinant plasmid pcDNA3.0/endostatincontaining human endostatin gene ...AIM: To obtain an efficient delivery system for transportingendostatin gene to mouse liver tumor xenografts byadministration of aerosol.METHODS: Recombinant plasmid pcDNA3.0/endostatincontaining human endostatin gene together with signalpeptide from alkaline phosphatase were transferred intohuman umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) by transfenin(TF)-liposome-endostatin complex. Western blot was usedto detect the expression of human endostatin in transfectedHUVEC cells and its medium. After the tumor-bearing micewere administrated with TF-liposome-endostatin complex,the lung tissue was analyzed by immunohistochemicalmethod for expression of endostatin and the tumors weretreated with CD-31 antibody to detect the density ofmicrovesseles in tumor tissues. The inhibition of tumorgrowth was estimated by the weight of tumors from groupstreated with different dos es of TF-liposome-endostatincomplex. DNA fragmentation assay was used to detect theapoptosis of the cells from primary liver tumor.RESULTS: Western blot analysis and immunohistochemicalmethod confirmed the expression of endostatin proteininvitro and in vivo. After the tumor sections were treated withCD-31 antibody, the positive reaction cells appeared brownwhile the negative cells were colorless. The positively stainedarea of the TF-liposome-endostatin treated group wassignificantly smaller (P＜0.01, 645.8+55.2 μm2) than that ofthe control group (1325.4+198.5 μm2). The data showed asignificant inhibition of angiogenesis. After administrationof TF-liposome-endostatin, comparing with the control groupadministrated with TF-liposome-pcDNA3.0, liver tumorgrowth in the mice treated with 50, 250 and 500 mg DNA/kg was inhibited by 36.6 %, 40.8 %, and 72.8 %, respectively(P＜0.01). And a typical DNA fragmentation of apoptosis wasfound in the cells from tumor tissues of the mice treatedwith TF-liposome-endostatin but none in the control group.CONCLUSION: Endostatin gene could be efficientlytransported into the mice with TF-liposome-DNA deliverysystem by administration of aerosol. TF-liposome-mediatedendostatin gene therapy strongly inhibited angiogenesis andthe growth of mouse xenograft liver tumors. It also couldpromote the development of apoptosis of tumors withoutdirect influence on tumor cells.展开更多
基金Jiangsu Natural Science Fund(China),BK20000001the National Natural Science Foundation of China,30070250the"985 Project"from Nanjing University
文摘AIM: To obtain an efficient delivery system for transportingendostatin gene to mouse liver tumor xenografts byadministration of aerosol.METHODS: Recombinant plasmid pcDNA3.0/endostatincontaining human endostatin gene together with signalpeptide from alkaline phosphatase were transferred intohuman umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) by transfenin(TF)-liposome-endostatin complex. Western blot was usedto detect the expression of human endostatin in transfectedHUVEC cells and its medium. After the tumor-bearing micewere administrated with TF-liposome-endostatin complex,the lung tissue was analyzed by immunohistochemicalmethod for expression of endostatin and the tumors weretreated with CD-31 antibody to detect the density ofmicrovesseles in tumor tissues. The inhibition of tumorgrowth was estimated by the weight of tumors from groupstreated with different dos es of TF-liposome-endostatincomplex. DNA fragmentation assay was used to detect theapoptosis of the cells from primary liver tumor.RESULTS: Western blot analysis and immunohistochemicalmethod confirmed the expression of endostatin proteininvitro and in vivo. After the tumor sections were treated withCD-31 antibody, the positive reaction cells appeared brownwhile the negative cells were colorless. The positively stainedarea of the TF-liposome-endostatin treated group wassignificantly smaller (P＜0.01, 645.8+55.2 μm2) than that ofthe control group (1325.4+198.5 μm2). The data showed asignificant inhibition of angiogenesis. After administrationof TF-liposome-endostatin, comparing with the control groupadministrated with TF-liposome-pcDNA3.0, liver tumorgrowth in the mice treated with 50, 250 and 500 mg DNA/kg was inhibited by 36.6 %, 40.8 %, and 72.8 %, respectively(P＜0.01). And a typical DNA fragmentation of apoptosis wasfound in the cells from tumor tissues of the mice treatedwith TF-liposome-endostatin but none in the control group.CONCLUSION: Endostatin gene could be efficientlytransported into the mice with TF-liposome-DNA deliverysystem by administration of aerosol. TF-liposome-mediatedendostatin gene therapy strongly inhibited angiogenesis andthe growth of mouse xenograft liver tumors. It also couldpromote the development of apoptosis of tumors withoutdirect influence on tumor cells.
