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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
To evaluate the concept that transfer of the human carboxylesterase (CE) gene will overcome the drug resistance of a solid tumor to CPT-11 (irinotecan), we used an adenovirus vector (AdCMV.CE) carrying human CE cDNA to infect CPT-11-resistant A549 human adenocarcinoma cells (A549/CPT) in vitro and in vivo and evaluated cell growth over time. The A549/CPT cells, selected by stepwise and continuous exposure of parental A549 cells to CPT-11 over 10 months, had a 6-fold resistance to CPT-11 and 42% CE activity in comparison with parental A549 cells. AdCMV.CE infection resulted in an increase in functional CE protein in resistant cells in vitro that was sufficient to convert CPT-11 to its active metabolite, SN-38, and effectively suppressed resistant cell growth in vitro in the presence of CPT-11. When AdCMV.CE was directly injected into established s.c. resistant A549-based tumors in nude mice receiving CPT-11, there was a 1.8-fold reduction in tumor size at day 20 compared to that of controls (P < 0.05). These observations suggest that adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of the human CE gene and concomitant administration of CPT-11 may have potential as a strategy for local control of acquired CPT-11 resistance of solid tumors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4368-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Adenoviruses, Human, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Camptothecin, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Carboxylesterase, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-DNA Topoisomerases, Type I, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:9766666-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Reversal of CPT-11 resistance of lung cancer cells by adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of the human carboxylesterase cDNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York 10021, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't