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Therapeutic Gene Delivery and Transfection in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells using Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-targeted Gelatin Nanoparticles
Published on: January 4, 2012
[A strategy for targeting gene therapy against cancer mediated by epidermal growth factor receptor]
Hua-Sheng Fang1, Mei Hong, Shu-Zheng Zhang
1National Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100005, China.
Objective:
To establish a protocol for the targeting gene therapy against cancer with rich epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR).
Methods:
A recombinant pcDNA3.1-PE III mut was constructed and combined with a non-viral vector, a fusion protein histone H1, epidermal growth factor C-loop previously expressed by us, to be a protein-DNA complex in vitro. Using the complex to treat BT-325 and Hela cancer cells with EGFR and JK cells without EGFR. The killing rates of the cells was calculated after 48 h of incubation at 37 degrees C.
Results:
To BT-325 and Hela cells, the killing rates were 46.03% and 48.12% respectively. To JK cells, the complex had no killing function.
Conclusion:
The protocol for targeting gene therapy against cancer with EGFR has been established successfully.
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