Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of carbon-beam irradiation on adenovirus-mediated p53 transfer in human cervix adenocarcinoma.
Materials and methods
The HeLa cells pre-exposed to carbon-beam or γ-ray, were infected with replication-deficient adenovirus recombinant vectors, containing human wild-type p53 (AdCMV-p53) and green fluorescent protein (GFP) (AdCMV–GFP), respectively. The GFP transfer and p53 expression were detected by flow cytometric analysis.
Results
The GFP transfer frequency in C-beam with AdCMV-GFP groups was 38–50% more than that in γ-ray with AdCMV–GFP groups. The percentage of p53 positive cells in the C-beam with AdCMV–p53 groups was 34–55.6% more than that in γ-ray with AdCMV-p53 groups (p < 0.05), suggesting that subclinical-dose C-beam irradiation could significantly promote exogenous p53 transfer and p53 expression, and extend the duration of p53 expression in the HeLa cells. The expression of p21 increased with p53 expression in HeLa cells. The survival fractions for the 0.5–1.0 Gy C-beam with AdCMV-p53 groups were 38–43% less than those for the isodose γ-ray with AdCMV-p53 groups, and 31–40% less than those for the C-beam only groups (p < 0.05).
Conclusions
The subclinical-dose C-beam irradiation could significantly promote the transfer and expression of exogenous p53, extend the duration of p53 expression, and enhance the suppression of p53 on cervix adenocarcinoma cells.
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This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10675151) and the Key Scientific Technology Research Project of Gansu Province (2GS052-A43-008-02), and the Nature Science Foundation of Gansu Province (3ZS061-A25-021). We express our thanks to the accelerator crew at the HIRFL, National Laboratory of Heavy Ion Accelerator in Lanzhou, China.
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Liu, B., Zhang, H., Luo, X. et al. High-efficiency transfer and expression of AdCMV-p53 in human cervix adenocarcinoma cells induced by subclinical-dose carbon beam radiation. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 135, 925–932 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-008-0528-6
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