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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway is crucial in growth and patterning during embryonic development. Recent data have shown an association of its activation with cancer formation and maintenance. A ligand-dependent activation, where Hh components (SHH, PTCH1, Smo and GLi1) are aberrantly expressed with PTCH1 being a negative feedback regulator, is a newly identified mechanism for pancreatic carcinogenesis. In this study, we developed a cell-specific cytotoxic model for the treatment of human pancreatic cancer (HPC) in which expression of antisense Smo (SAS) was under the control of the PTCH1 promoter (ptch/p) delivered by an adenoviral vector (Ad-ptch/p-SAS). We observed that the cell-specific cytotoxicity in HPC cells depended on the expressions of inherent PTCH1, Smo and GLi1 in the target cells in which the Hh pathway was presumed to be activated. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis indicated that the cell death was apoptosis. Western blot showed that Smo protein in the infected cells significantly decreased. Furthermore, an in vivo experiment demonstrated that such Hh activity-cell-specific cytotoxicity was achieved by daily intratumoral injection of Ad-ptch/p-SAS (10(9) plaque-forming unit) for 5 days. Our study suggests that targeting at the Hh signaling pathway may be an effective novel gene therapeutic strategy alone or in combination with other agents for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0969-7128
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1587-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Genetic Engineering, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Oligonucleotides, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Pancreatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:16826192-Transduction, Genetic
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Antisense Smo under the control of the PTCH1 promoter delivered by an adenoviral vector inhibits the growth of human pancreatic cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't