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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
38
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor (uPAR) play an important role in the invasiveness of gliomas and other infiltrative tumors. In glioma cell lines and tumors, high grade correlates with increased expression of uPAR and uPA. We report here the downregulation of uPAR and uPA by delivery of antisense sequences of uPAR and uPA in a single adenoviral vector, Ad-uPAR-uPA (Ad, adenovirus). The bicistronic construct (Ad-uPAR-uPA) infected glioblastoma cell line had significantly reduced levels of uPAR, uPA enzymatic activity and immunoreactivity for these proteins when compared to controls. The Ad-uPAR-uPA infected cells showed a markedly lower level of invasion in the Matrigel invasion assays, and their spheroids failed to invade the fetal rat brain aggregates in the coculture system. Intracranial injection of SNB19 cells with the Ad-uPAR-uPA antisense bicistronic construct showed inhibited invasiveness and tumorigenicity. Subcutaneous injections of bicistronic antisense constructs into established tumors (U87 MG) caused regression of those tumors. Our results support the therapeutic potential of targeting the individual components of the uPAR-uPA system by using a single adenovirus construct for the treatment of glioma and other invasive cancers.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5967-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Carcinogenicity Tests, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Central Nervous System Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-DNA, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Glioma, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12955075-Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of antisense uPAR and antisense uPA from a bicistronic adenoviral construct inhibits glioma cell invasion, tumor growth, and angiogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cancer Biology, Department of Biomedical and Therapeutic Sciences, University of Illinois, Peoria, IL, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.