简介：Toinvestigatetheeffectsofantisenseoligonucleotidesontheexpressionofmacrophagemigrationinhibitoryfactor(MIF)onmacrophages,themousephosphorothioateoligonucleotidesweredesignedandsynthesizedwiththesequencesofantisense,5'-TACGGATACAAGTAGCAC-3'；Sense,5'-ATGC-CTATGTTCATCGTG-3'；Missense,5'-CTCTCAGACTCGATCTGT-3'.Thesephosphorothioateoligonucleotideswerethentransfectedintoculturedmacrophages(RAW264.7)byluciferasevector,andthetransfectedmacrophageswereincubatedwithLipopolysaccharide(LPS)(1ng/ml)forvariousperiodsoftimesandcollectedafterwards.ThecontentofMIFproteinintheculturalsupernatantswasdeterminedbyELISA,cellularRNAextractedandtheexpressionofMIFmRNAwasexaminedbyRT-PCRanalysis.TheexperimentalresultsshowedthatLPScouldinduceatime-dependentspecificexpressionofMIFonmacrophages,inwhichtheMIFmRNAincellsandtheMIFproteininculturalsupernatantsappearedafter3handreachedtheirhighestconcentrationat9-12hafterLPSstimulation.ThelevelsofmRNAandproteinsinthemacrophagestreatedwithantisenseolignucleotidesweredecreasedsignificantlyafterstimulationwithLPSincomparisonwiththatofstimulationwithLPSaloneorwiththatwithLPSplussenseormissenseoligonucleotides.TherewerenodifferencesamongthosewithoutLPSstimulation.ItisconcludedthatmacrophagesstimulatedwithLPSexpressMIF,andtheantisenseolignucleotidesofMIFinhibittheexpressionofMIFmRNAaswellasthesecretionofMIFproteinsinmacrophages.

简介：Objective:TostudytheeffectofantisenseVEGFRNAonratC6gliomasinvivoandfindoutthefeasibilityofantiangiogenesistherapywithantisenseVEGFRNAformalignantgliomas.Methods:ParentalratC6gliomacellsandC6cellstransfectedwithantisenseVEGFcDNAwereimplantedintracerebrallyandsubcutaneouslyintoSDratsascontrolandtransfectedgroup.RatsbearingcerebralandsubcutaneousC6gliomasweretreatedwithantisenseVEGFcDNAastreatedgroupandsenseVEGFcDNAandemptyvectorascontroloftreatedgroup.Thegeneralmanifestation,survivaltime,MRIandhistopathologicalchangesofallratswereobserved.Thevolumeofsubcutaneouslyimplantedtumorswasdeterminedregularly.InsituhybridizationandimmunohistochemicalstainingwereusedfordetectionofVEGFgeneexpressionofgliomaswhilePCNAimmunostainingandTUNELmethodforexaminationofproliferationactivityandapoptosisofgliomas,respectively.Results:Thesurvivaloftheratsintransfectedandtreatedgroupwasprolonged.Thereweretworatssurvivingover90dinthetreatedgroupandtheirtumorsdisappeared.TheVEGFgeneexpression,thenumberofmicrovesselsandtheproliferationactivityweredecreasedandalargeamountofapoptoticcellscouldbefoundincerebralandsubcutaneousgliomasintreatedandtransfectedgroups.Conclusion:VEGFisoneofthecandidategenesforgenetherapyofmalignantgliomas.AntisenseVEGFRNAcombinedwithothertherapiesshouldbestudiedfurtherforenhancingthetherapeuticeffectofmalignantgliomas.

简介：Objective:Toexploretheprobabilityofvascularendothelialgrowthfactor(VEGF)antisenseoligodeoxynucleotidesasadevelopingnewtherapeuticstrategyforglioma.Methods:VEGFproteinexpressionwasdetectedbyS-Pimmunohistochemicaltechnique.TumorcellapoptosiswasobservedbyTUNELmethod.Results:Comparedwithcontrol,VEGFproteinexpressionwasinhibitedbyantisenseoligodeoxynucleotidesinvitro.Andtheinhibitoryeffectsincreasedwiththeincreasingconcentration.VEGFpositiveratewas82.10%incontrolgroup,whilein2.5,5,10(mol/LAODNgroups,theywere70.00%,57.85%,53.20%respectively.Noinhibitioneffectwasfoundinthecelllinestreatedwithmissenseandsenseoligodeoxynucleotides.Invivo,antisenseoligodeoxy-nucleotidestherapyalsoinhibitedVEGFproteinexpressionandinducedtheincreaseofapoptotictumorcells.However,ithasnoeffectontumorcellproliferation.Conclusion:ItishopefulthatVEGFantisenseoligodeoxynucleotidesmaybeanewgenetherapymethodtogliomathroughitsantiangiogenesiseffectbyinhibitionofVEGF.

简介：Objective:TostudythedifferencesandsimilaritiesoftheantisensedrugswithdifferentstructuresonthebiologicalfunctionsofK562cells.Methods:Cytotoxiceffectsweremeasuredbyuseofacellviabilityassay.FlowcytometricanalysisandagarosegelelectrophoresisofDNAfragmentationwerealsoperformed.Theexpressionlevelofproteinwasassayedbyimmunofluorescenceusingfluoresceisothiocyanatelabel.Results:PNAtargetingthecodingregionoftheBcl-2messengerRNAcouldeffectivelyinhibitK562cellviability,down-regulatethesynthesisoftheBcl-2proteinandincreasecellapoptosis.By72haftertheBcl-2antisensePNAtreatment,K562cellsshowedmorereductioninthelevelofBcl-2proteincomparedwithcellstreatedwiththeantisenseODN.Aftertreatmentwith10μmol/LofBcl-2antisensePNAorantisenseODNfor72h,apoptoticratesofK562cellswere13.15±1.13and11.72±1.12,respectively.Furthermore,therewassignificantdifferenceinthepercentageofapoptoticcellsbetweenantisensePNAgroupandantisenseODNgroup.Conclusion:TheresultssuggestthatantisensePNAtargetingthecodingregionofBcl-2mRNAhasbetterantisenseeffectsthantheantisenseoligonucleotidesoninducingapoptosisofK562cells.

简介：ObjectToexploretileeffectoflipofectin-c-erbB2antisenseoligodeoxynucleotidesonradiosensitivityofhumanovariancancercellllne.MethodsTheexpressionofc-erbB2wasdetectedbymeansofRT-PCR,cellularresponsetoirradiationwasevaluatedbytilecolonyformingassay.ResultsLipofectin-c-erbB2antisenseoligodeoxynucleotides（AS-ODN)couldsuppresstheexpressionofc-erbB2,andsignificantlydecreasedthecolonyformingrateofhumanovariancancercellsafterionizingirradiation（P<0.01),whilenon-trean~entandthesenseoligodeoxynucleotides{S-ODN)groupsdidnotdecreaseontheradio-resistancelevelofSKOV3cellline{P>0.05).Condusionc-erbB2antisenseoligodeoxynueleotidessensitizedtheSKOV3toionizingirradiationthroughdecreasingtheexpressionofe-erbB2,whichmightbetheresultofthefactthatc-erbB2antisenseoligodeoxynueleotidesinhibittheeelluarsignaltransductionpathwayrelatingtotheradiation-resistantphenotype.

简介：Objective:ToinvestigatewhethertheBc1-2antisenseoligonucleotide(ASODN)mayenhanceradiation-inducedapoptosisinRajicellline.Methods:Cellsurvivingfractionwasdeterminedusingthetrypanbluedyeexclusionassay.Theexpressionlevelofbc1-2proteinwasassayedbyimmunofluorescenceusingfluoresceisothiocyanatelabel.ApoptosiswasdetectedbyGiemsastainingandflowcytomertriccellcycleanalysis.Results:ItwasfoundthatBc1-2ASODNcombinedwithradiationhadsignificantlyreducedthenumberofviablecells(P<0.05).TherewasnodifferenceoncellsurvivalbetweenmismatchBc1-2oligodeoxynucleotide/radiationcombinationandradiation-treatedcellsalone.Bc1-2ASODNcombinedwithradiationcouldsignificantlyinhibitexpressionofBc1-2proteininRajicells(P<0.05).CellstreatedwithBc1-2ASODNcombinedwithradiationat72hdisplayedclassicapoptoticchanges.ApoptosisratesofRajicellstreatedwithBc1-2oligodeoxynucleotide/radiationcombinationandradiation-treatedcellsalone,respectively.Conclusion:Bc1-2antisenseoligonucleotidecanenhanceradiation-inducedapoptosisinRajicellline.

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简介：AIM:Toinvestigatetheeffectsofc-mybantisenseRNAoncellproliferationandtheexpressionofc-myb,TGF-β1andα1-Ⅰcollageninculturedhepaticstellatecells(HSC)fromrats.METHODS:Recombinantretroviralvectorofc-mybantisensegene(pDOR-myb)wasconstructed,andthentransfectedintoretroviralpackagecelllinePA317bymeansofDOTAP.ThepseudovirusesproducedfromtheresistantPA317cellswereselectedwithG418toinfectHSCsisolatedfromratlivers.Thecellproliferationwasmeasuredby3-[4,5-Dimethylthiazolzyl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazo-diumbromide(MTT)method.Theexpressionofc-myb,α1-ⅠcollagenandTGF-β1rnRNA,andc-mybproteininHSCswasdetectedwithsemi-quantitivereversetranseription-polymerasechainreaction(RT-PCR)andWestern-blotrespectively.RESULTS:HSCsfromratswereisolatedsuccessfullywiththeviability>98%.InthepDOR-mybinfectedHSCs,thecmybproteinexpression,cellproliferation,andα1-ⅠcollagenandTGF-β1mRNAexpressionwererepressedsignificantlycomparedwiththeircorrespondingcontrolgroups(P<0.01).CONCLUSION:c-mybplaysakeyroleinactivationandproliferationofHSC.c-mybantisenseRNAcaninhibitcellproliferation,α1-ⅠcollagenandTGF-β1mRNAexpression,suggestingthatinhibitionofc-mybgeneexpressionmightbeapotentialwayforthetreatmentofliverfibrosis.

简介：AIM:Heatshockprotein(HSP)70isover-expressedinhumangastriccancerandplaysanimportantroleintheprogressionofthiscancer.WeinvestigatedtheeffectsofantisenseHSP70oligomeronhumangastriccancercelllineSGC-7901,anditspotentialroleingenetherapyforthiscancer.METHODS:HumangastriccancercelllineSGC-7901wastreatedinvitrowithvariousconcentrationsofantisenseHSP70oligonucleotidesatdifferentintervals.Growthinhibitionwasdeterminedaspercentagebytrypanbluedyeexclusiontest.ExtractedDNAwaselectrophoresedonagarosegel,anddistributionofcellcycleandkineticsofapoptosisinductionwereanalyzedbypropidiumiodideDNAincorporationusingflowcytometry,whichwasalsousedtodetecttheeffectsofantisenseoligomerpretreatmentonthesubsequentapoptosisinducedbyheatshockinSGC-7901cells.ProteinswereextractedforsimultaneousmeasurementofHSP70expressionlevelbySDS-PAGEWesternblotting.RESULTS:Thenumberofviablecellsdecreasedinadoseandtime-dependentmanner,andladder-likepatternsofDNAfragmentswereobservedinSGC-7901cellstreatedwithantisenseHSP70oligomersataconcentrationof10μmol/Lfor48hor8μmol/Lfor72h,whichwereconsistentwithinter-nucleosomalDNAfragmentation.Flowcytometricanalysisshowedadose-andtime-dependentincreaseinapoptoticratebyHSP70antisenseoligomers.ThisresponsewasaccompaniedwithadecreaseinthepercentageofcellsintheG1andSphasesofthecellcycle,suggestinginhibitionofcellproliferation.Inaddition,flowcytometryalsoshowedthatpretreatmentofSGC-7901cellswithHSP70antisenseoligomersenhancedthesubsequentapoptosisinducedbyheatshocktreatment.WesternblottingdemonstratedthatHSP70antisenseoligomersinhibitedHSP70expression,whichprecededapoptosis,andHSP70wasundetectableattheconcentrationof10μmol/Lfor48hor8μmol/Lfor72h.CONCLUSION:AntisenseHSP70oligomerscanabrogateHSP70expressioninSGC-7901cells,wh