PMID- 22402625 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121023 LR - 20131121 IS - 1476-5500 (Electronic) IS - 0929-1903 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 5 DP - 2012 May TI - Membrane-bound form of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 enhances antitumor effects of suicide gene therapy in a model of hepatocellular carcinoma. PG - 312-9 LID - 10.1038/cgt.2012.3 [doi] AB - Suicide gene therapy using the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase/ganciclovir (HSV-tk/GCV) system combined with monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) provides significant antitumor efficacy. The current study was designed to evaluate the antitumor immunity of a newly developed membrane-bound form of MCP-1 (mMCP-1) in an immunocompetent mouse model of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A recombinant adenovirus vector (rAd) harboring the human MCP-1 gene and the membrane-spanning domain of the CX3CL1 gene was used. Large amounts of MCP-1 protein were expressed and accumulated on the tumor cell surface. The growth of subcutaneous tumors was markedly suppressed when tumors were treated with mMCP-1, as compared with soluble MCP-1, in combination with the HSV-tk/GCV system (P<0.01). The numbers of Mac-1-, CD4- and CD8a-positive cells were significantly higher in tumor tissues (P<0.05), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) mRNA expression levels with mMCP-1 were almost five-fold higher than those with soluble MCP-1. These results indicate that the delivery of the mMCP-1 gene greatly enhanced antitumor effects following the apoptotic stimuli by promoting the recruitment and activation of macrophages and T lymphocytes, suggesting a novel strategy of immune-based gene therapy in the treatment of patients with HCC. FAU - Marukawa, Y AU - Marukawa Y AD - Department of Disease Control and Homeostasis, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan. FAU - Nakamoto, Y AU - Nakamoto Y FAU - Kakinoki, K AU - Kakinoki K FAU - Tsuchiyama, T AU - Tsuchiyama T FAU - Iida, N AU - Iida N FAU - Kagaya, T AU - Kagaya T FAU - Sakai, Y AU - Sakai Y FAU - Naito, M AU - Naito M FAU - Mukaida, N AU - Mukaida N FAU - Kaneko, S AU - Kaneko S LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120309 PL - England TA - Cancer Gene Ther JT - Cancer gene therapy JID - 9432230 RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Chemokine CX3CL1) RN - 0 (Cx3cl1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.1.21 (Thymidine Kinase) RN - P9G3CKZ4P5 (Ganciclovir) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Chemokine CCL2/biosynthesis/*genetics/metabolism MH - Chemokine CX3CL1/genetics MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Ganciclovir/pharmacokinetics/pharmacology MH - *Genes, Transgenic, Suicide MH - Genetic Therapy/*methods MH - Herpes Simplex/enzymology/genetics MH - Humans MH - Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/genetics/metabolism/*therapy MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Thymidine Kinase/biosynthesis/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2012/03/10 06:00 MHDA- 2012/10/24 06:00 CRDT- 2012/03/10 06:00 PHST- 2012/03/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/03/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/10/24 06:00 [medline] AID - cgt20123 [pii] AID - 10.1038/cgt.2012.3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Gene Ther. 2012 May;19(5):312-9. doi: 10.1038/cgt.2012.3. Epub 2012 Mar 9.