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  2. Ad-VT enhances the sensitivity of chemotherapy-resistant lung adenocarcinoma cells to gemcitabine and paclitaxel in vitro and in vivo

Ad-VT enhances the sensitivity of chemotherapy-resistant lung adenocarcinoma cells to gemcitabine and paclitaxel in vitro and in vivo

  • Invest New Drugs. 2022 Apr;40(2):274-289. doi: 10.1007/s10637-021-01204-4.
Gaojie Song 1 2 3 Chao Shang 2 Lili Sun 4 Yiquan Li 3 Yilong Zhu 3 Zhiru Xiu 3 Zirui Liu 2 Yaru Li 3 Xia Yang 3 Chenchen Ge 3 Jinbo Fang 5 Ningyi Jin 6 7 8 Xiao Li 9 10
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Medical College, Yanbian University, Yanji, China.
  • 2 Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China.
  • 3 Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China.
  • 4 Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tumor Hospital of Jilin Province, Changchun, China.
  • 5 Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. fangjb@ccucm.edu.cn.
  • 6 Medical College, Yanbian University, Yanji, China. ningyik@126.com.
  • 7 Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China. ningyik@126.com.
  • 8 Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. ningyik@126.com.
  • 9 Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China. lixiao06@mails.jlu.edu.cn.
  • 10 Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China. lixiao06@mails.jlu.edu.cn.
Abstract

Background One of the main challenges in the clinical treatment of lung Cancer is resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs. P-glycoprotein (P-gp)-mediated drug resistance is the main obstacle to successfully implementing microtubule-targeted tumor chemotherapy. Purpose In this study, we explored the effect of Ad-hTERTp-E1a-Apoptin (Ad-VT) on drug-resistant cell lines and the molecular mechanism by which Ad-VT combined with chemotherapy affects drug-resistant cells and parental cells. Methods In vitro, cell proliferation, colony formation, resistance index (RI), Apoptosis and Autophagy assays were performed. Protein expression was analyzed by Western blotting. Finally, a xenograft tumor model in nude mice was used to detect tumor growth and evaluate histological characteristics. Results Our results showed that Ad-VT had an obvious killing effect on A549, A549/GEM and A549/Paclitaxel Cancer cells, and the sensitivity of drug-resistant cell lines to Ad-VT was significantly higher than that of parental A549 cells. Compared with A549 cells, A549/GEM and A549/Paclitaxel cells had higher Autophagy levels and higher viral replication ability. Ad-VT decreased the levels of p-PI3k, p-Akt and p-mTOR and the expression of P-gp. In vivo, Ad-VT combined with chemotherapy can effectively inhibit the growth of chemotherapy-resistant tumors and prolong the survival of mice. Conclusions Thus, the combination of Ad-VT and chemotherapeutic drugs will be a promising strategy to overcome chemoresistance.

Keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Lung cancer cells; Oncolytic virus; P-gp.

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