表达端粒酶逆转录酶siRNA的溶瘤腺病毒对裸鼠肾癌移植瘤的治疗作用

Objective To investigate the antitumor effect of oncolytic adenovirus armed with small interference RNA targeting hTERT gene for renal cancer therapy. Methods Nude mice were divid-ed randomly into 4 groups (8 mice/group),and were treated by intratumoral injections of ZD55-hTERT ( an oncolytic adenovirus armed with small interference RNA targeting hTERT gene) ,ZD55-EGFP ( an on-colytic adenovirus) and Ad-hTERT (replication-defective adenovirus armed with small interference RNA targeting hTERT gene) with three consecutive daily at 7 × 108 pfu/day or treated with PBS as a control. The expression of E1A and hTERT, and apoptosis of tumor xenografts were assessed by immunohistochemi-cal technique at the 7th day after injections. The tumor volume was measured at the 50th day after injec-tions. Results The tumor volume in ZD55-hTERT treatment group ( 124.1±27.5) was significantly less than that in ZD-EGFP (499.8±77.1 ) and Ad-hTERT ( 609.0±102.5 ) treatment groups. The E 1A pos-itive expression in ZD55-hTERT treatment group was significantly higher than that in Ad-hTERT treatment group. The hTERT positive expression in ZD55-hTERT treatment group was significantly lower than that in Ad-hTERT treatment group. ZD55-hTERT treatment of tumor xenografts resulted in an increased apoptotie cell death as compared with ZD55-EGFP and Ad-hTERT treatment. Conclusion The antitumor effect of ZD55-hTERT was more potent than oneolytie adenovirus ZD55-EGFP and Ad-hTERT.

The antitumor effects of oncolytic adenovirus armed with small interference RNA targeting hTERT gene for renal cancer therapy in nude mouse model