The growth and metastasis of solid tumors are dependent on angiogenesis. An endogenous angiogenesis inhibitor, vasostatin, is the proteolytic fragment derived from the N-terminal 180 residues of calreticulin. Previous studies indicated that vasostatin specifically inhibits endothelial cell proliferation, angiogenesis and tumor growth. However, continuous administration of vasostatin is difficult and expensive to facilitate, thereby underscoring the need to develop gene delivery approach. Adenovirus vectors possess advantages for gene delivery including high titer, high infection efficiency and broad host range. The aim of the present study was to generate and characterize recombinant adenovirus vectors encoding vasostatin (Ad-VS) or Igk-fused vasostatin (Ad-Igk-VS), thereby to evaluate the efficacy of anti-angiogenesis gene therapy for tumor suppression. Recombinant Ad-VS and Ad-Igk-VS were generated and verified by PCR and western blot analysis. In addition, adenovirus encoding angiostatin was also produced as positive control for angiogenesis assays. Adenovirus-mediated vasostatin gene delivery specifically inhibited the proliferation of bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC), but not non-endothelial cells such as Hela or NIH3T3 cells. Moreover, vasostatin gene delivery potently inhibited the proliferation, migration and tube formation, but not secretion of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), in endothelial cells. Flow cytometry analysis indicated that vasostatin gene delivery induced apoptosis in BAEC. Using western blot analysis, it was revealed that gene delivery of vasostatin increased the levels of Fas and FADD in BAEC. In conclusion, adenovirus-mediated vasostatin gene delivery inhibited various angiogenesis processes at least via induction of Fas/FasL pathway and may hold potential for cancer therapy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0829105-122014 |
| Date | 29 August 2005 |
| Creators | Chen, Li-Feng |
| Contributors | none, Ming-Hong Tai, nonne, none |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0829105-122014 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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