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Gene delivery to hypoxic cells in vitro.
- Source :
- British Journal of Cancer; 9/1/2000, Vol. 83 Issue 5, p662-667, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- Hypoxia in solid tumours has been correlated with poor prognosis and resistance to radiation and chemotherapy. Hypoxia is also a strong stimulus for gene expression. We previously proposed a gene therapy approach which exploits the presence of severe hypoxia in tumours for the induction of therapeutic genes. Hypoxic cells are known to have a reduced metabolic rate, transcription and translation. These facts may prevent gene transfer and therefore warranted further investigation. In this paper the feasibility of gene delivery in vitro under tumour conditions was demonstrated. DNA was delivered in vitro using a peptide-mediated non-viral system. Across a range of oxygen tensions and mammalian cell lines (including human tumour and endothelial cells) it was shown that hypoxic cells could be transfected. Transfection efficiencies varied depending on the level of hypoxia, cell characteristics and gene promoters used. An in vitro model of hypoxia/reoxygenation, designed to mimic the variable nature of tumour hypoxia, showed that hypoxic preconditioning and reoxygenation alone did not reduce transfection efficiency significantly; only chronic anoxia reduced transfection. The fact that neither intermediate hypoxia nor intermittent anoxia significantly reduced transfection is promising for future hypoxia-targeted gene therapy strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HYPOXEMIA
TUMORS
GENE transfection
GENETIC transformation
GENE therapy
OXYGEN metabolism
ANIMAL experimentation
CELL lines
CELL separation
COMPARATIVE studies
FLOW cytometry
GENES
GENETIC techniques
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
MICE
PEPTIDES
PHOSPHOLIPIDS
RESEARCH
TIME
PILOT projects
EVALUATION research
CANCER cell culture
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00070920
- Volume :
- 83
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Cancer
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8876752
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2000.1318