Experimental research into the inhibitory effect of 131I-recombinant human epidermal growth factor on the growth of breast cancer in vivo / 生物医学工程学杂志

ABSTRACT

This experiment was designed to study the effect of 131I-recombinant human epidermal growth factor (131I-rhEGF) on the growth of tumor in nude mice loaded with human breast cancer. Bioactivity of 131I-rhEGF and uptake of 131I-rhEGF in breast cancer tissue were verified using biodistribution experiment of 131I-rhEGF in the nude mice loaded with human breast cancer. The effect of 131I-rhEGF on the growth of tumor was assessed via the growth experiment of tumor in the nude mice loaded with human breast cancer. The ultrastructural change of the tumor cell treated with 131I-rhEGF was observed under transmission electron microscope, and the pathological change of the tumor tissue treated with 131I-rhEGF was detected by biopsy. The results showed that the tumor tissue of nude mice bearing human breast cancer obviously takes in 131I-rhEGF; that intravenous administration and intratumoral administration of 131I-rhEGF both obviously inhibit the growth of tumor, the inhibition rates (82.00% and 80.70%) being remarkably higher than that of 131I (7.49%) and that of 131I-HSA (6.91%) (P<0.05); and that intravenous and intratumoral administration of 131I-rhEGF both obviously damage and kill tumor cells. Therefore, 131I-rhEGF can inhibit the growth of human breast cancer cell in nude mice; it is a potential receptor-mediated radioactivity targeting drug for treating breast cancer.