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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
In patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), abnormal expansion of myeloid cells is maintained by expression of the p210(bcr-abl) fusion protein. Thus, this protein and its mRNA represent primary targets to inhibit proliferation of these cells. Here we describe the properties of a ribozyme against the bcr-abl mRNA, expressed as a fusion transcript with the human U1 small nuclear RNA or the adenovirus VA1 RNA and delivered to the cells through retroviral vectors. These fusion ribozymes are specifically localized in the nucleus or in the cytoplasm, respectively. Transduction of 32D-LG7 myeloid cells, whose growth is IL-3 independent thanks to deregulated bcr-abl expression, imposed strong negative selective pressure on cell growth and induced restoration of an IL-3-dependent phenotype. Although expressed at a level similar to that of the U1-fusion ribozyme, the cytoplasmic VA1 ribozyme was a more powerful inhibitor of p210(bcr-abl) gene expression. In cells transduced with the vector expressing this ribozyme, the levels of the bcr-abl transcript were reduced up to 10(4)-fold, the p210(bcr-abl) protein became undetectable, and the cells underwent massive apoptosis when cultured in the absence of IL-3. Transduction of primary hematopoietic cells obtained from bone marrow of patients with CML resulted in remarkable reduction of bcr-abl mRNA levels, starting a few days after transduction. These results show the feasibility and efficacy of vector-expressed anti-bcr-abl ribozymes for purging of CML cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0929-1903
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
71-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Bone Marrow, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Cell Compartmentation, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-RNA, Catalytic, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-RNA, Small Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Retroviridae, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11916246-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Purging of chronic myelogenous leukemia cells by retrovirally expressed anti-bcr-abl ribozymes with specific cellular compartmentalization.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Medicine Laboratory, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article