Inhibitory effect of VEGF antisense oligonucleotides on synthesis of VEGF by Lewis lung cancer cells / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To study the inhibitory effect of VEGF antisense oligonucleotides (ASODN) on growth of Lewis lung cancer in C57BL/6 mice.Methods: Lewis lung cancer cells were cultured and implanted subcutaneously into 40 C57BL/6 mice, which were then divided into 4 groups VEGF-ASODN treatment group, VEGF-SODN treatment group, BEGF-MODN treatment,and control group (normal saline). Mice in different groups were treated 24 hours after cell inoculation. The weight and volume of subcutaneous tumors was measured and the morphological changes of tumor cells was observed under microscope. VEGF protein and microvessel density were examined by immunohistochemistry.Partial tumor tissues were kept in liguid nitrogon.Results: The average tumor weights of the control, VEGF-ASODN, VEGF-SODN and VEGF-MODN groups were (7.33?0.71)g, (4.56?0.38) g, (7.59?0.32) g, and (7.62?0.39) g, respectively. The inhibition rates of tumor growth in VEGF-ASODN, VEGF-SODN and VEGF-MODN group were 43.8%, 5.5% and 3.1%, respectively. VEGF-ASPODN obviously inhibited the tumor cell growth and decelerated the tumor cell proliferation. Immunohistochemistry results showed that the expression of VEGF in ASODN group was remarkly lower than those in SODN group, MODN group and control group (P