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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-21
pubmed:abstractText
Radioresistant cells have been shown to correlate with poor outcome after radiotherapy. Here, we found that human telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter (hTERTp) had lower activity in laryngeal squamous carcinomas cells than in radioresistant variant cells. Combining radiotherapy with plasmid phTERTp-HRP, in which expression of enzyme horseradish peroxidase (HRP) controlled by hTERTp, resulted in increased apoptosis and necrosis of tumor cells after prodrug indole-3-acetic acid (IAA; converted by HRP into a cytotoxin) incubation. Volume and wet weight of xenograft tumor were reduced more in the combination groups. These data suggest that hTERTp has potential use in targeted cancer gene therapy, especially for radioresistant tumors. Combining radiotherapy with hTERTp-HRP/IAA may overcome radioresistance in laryngeal squamous carcinomas cells and amplify the killing effect in targeted cancer cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1872-7980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
283
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
20-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Genes, Transgenic, Suicide, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Laryngeal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Radiation Tolerance, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Radiotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Telomerase, pubmed-meshheading:19375219-Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Radiation enhances suicide gene therapy in radioresistant laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma via activation of a tumor-specific promoter.
pubmed:affiliation
Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behaviors, Department of Radiochemotherapy, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Hubei Province, Wuhan 430071, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't