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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
To develop a novel therapeutic strategy for ovarian cancer, we constructed a recombinant adenovirus which highly expresses pro-apoptotic Bax protein and examined its therapeutic effect on a series of ovarian cancer cell lines: A2780, A2780/cDDP, OVCAR-3 and SK-OV-3. A recombinant adenovirus carrying the Bax-alpha gene (AxCALNKYbax) induced high expression of the Bax-alpha protein in all the cell lines. The cytotoxic effect of Bax was observed in three ovarian cancer cell lines: the per cent reduction in the number of cells was 40.0% for cisplatin-sensitive A2780, 50.0% for cisplatin-resistant A2780/cDDP, and 64.8% for marginally cisplatin-resistant OVCAR-3. In contrast, it was only 12.3% for cisplatin-resistant SK-OV-3. Cisplatin-resistant A2780/cDDP had a p53 mutation and exhibited attenuated Bax induction after cisplatin treatment, which may explain why supplementation of Bax was effective in this chemoresistant ovarian cancer. Combination with cisplatin or paclitaxel enhanced the cytotoxic effect of Bax induction in all but one cell line including cisplatin-resistant A2780/cDDP. It appears that adenovirus-mediated Bax induction, with or without combination with conventional chemotherapy, useful strategy for the treatment of ovarian cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
531-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Cisplatin, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Paclitaxel, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11267864-bcl-2-Associated X Protein
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Combination effect of adenovirus-mediated pro-apoptotic bax gene transfer with cisplatin or paclitaxel treatment in ovarian cancer cell lines.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, 606-8507, Kyoto, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't