Adenovirus-mediated ribozyme targeting of HER-2/neu inhibits in vivo growth of breast cancer cells
- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- acquired diseases
- Published by Springer Nature in Gene Therapy
- Vol. 7 (3) , 241-248
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.gt.3301065
Abstract
HER-2/neu is overexpressed in 25–30% of human breast cancers. We prepared an anti-HER-2/neu hammerhead ribozyme expressed by a recombinant adenovirus (rAdHER-Rz). Human breast cancer cell lines were transduced with high efficiency, resulting in decreased HER-2/neu expression. In vivo injections of rAdHER-Rz into BT-474 tumors established in nude mice inhibited tumor growth to 20% of mock-treated controls. Similar in vivo effects were shown in MCF-7 cells, which do not overexpress HER-2/neu. The growth inhibitory effects of rAdHER-Rz were greater than those of an antisense-expressing vector. These results suggest the utility of anti-HER-2/neu ribozymes as a rational strategy for gene therapy of breast cancer.Keywords
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