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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-6
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies have shown that CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) have substantial immunostimulatory effects with anticancer applications. The antitumor applications that have been described previously are mediated through the CpG-induced activation of the host immune system, not through direct antitumor effects. Using cytostasis and cell proliferation assays, we demonstrated that specific ODNs inhibit the proliferation of RM-1 cells, a murine prostate cancer cell line. Flow cytometry analysis using propidium iodide (PI) nuclear staining confirmed the direct proapoptotic effect of ODNs on prostate cancer cells. This effect was dose dependent. Further studies using Western blot analysis and electrophoresis mobility shift assay (EMSA) revealed that the treatment of prostate cancer cells with specific ODNs activated the caspase pathway(s) and decreased the binding activities of AP-1 and NF-kappaB in a time-dependent manner. Evaluation of a panel of ODNs containing different DNA motifs demonstrated that the optimal proapoptotic sequences required polyG sequences but that CpG motifs were not essential. Finally, in vivo antitumor studies showed that the proapoptotic polyG motifs significantly inhibited prostate tumor growth. PolyG motifs inhibited tumor growth, and the effects were enhanced by CpG immune activating sequences. ODN containing both polyG and CpG motifs may have enhanced efficacy in tumor therapy through multiple mechanisms of action, including direct antitumor activities and immune activation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1087-2906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-CpG Islands, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Poly G, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Transcription Factor AP-1, pubmed-meshheading:12162698-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Antitumor mechanisms of oligodeoxynucleotides with CpG and polyG motifs in murine prostate cancer cells: decrease of NF-kappaB and AP-1 binding activities and induction of apoptosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.