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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
Heparan sulfate proteoglycans is a major component of the cell surface and extracellular matrix and functions as a barrier against cationic molecules and macromolecules. Heparanase is an endoglucuronidase capable of specifically degrading heparan sulfate, and its activity is associated with the metastatic potential of tumor cells. To inhibit human heparanase expression in human cancer cells, we constructed an adenoviral vector carrying a full-length human heparanase cDNA in an antisense orientation (Ad-AS/hep). Increased heparanase expression in T.Tn human esophageal cancer cells and A549 human lung cancer cells after infection with an adenovirus vector expressing the human heparanase gene (Ad-S/hep) was specifically inhibited by simultaneous infection with Ad-AS/hep in a dose-dependent manner. A modified Boyden chamber assay demonstrated that infection with Ad-AS/hep significantly inhibited in vitro invasion of A549 cells after Ad-S/hep infection. Moreover, intrathoracic administration of Ad-AS/hep reduced the number and size of heparanase-expressing A549 tumors implanted intrathoracically into BALB/c-nu/nu mice. Our results suggest that heparanase contributes to the invasive phenotype of tumor cells, and that antisense-mediated inhibition of heparanase activity may be efficacious in the prevention of pleural dissemination.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7855-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-DNA, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Esophageal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Glucuronidase, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Pleural Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11691803-Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Antisense-mediated suppression of human heparanase gene expression inhibits pleural dissemination of human cancer cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't