Introduction of antisense CD44s cDNA down-regulates expression of overall CD44 isoforms and inhibits tumor growth and metastasis in highly metastatic colon carcinoma cells
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- 8 December 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Cancer
Abstract
We created antisense CD44 transfectants using LS174T, a colon adenocarcinoma cell line and assessed the effects of overall CD44 down‐regulation on colorectal tumor growth and metastasis. The expression of antisense CD44s (the standard form of CD44) cDNA markedly inhibited the overall expression of CD44 variants. In vitro studies showed a significantly reduced ability of the stable antisense transfectants (LS174TAS1 and LS174TAS2) to bind hyaluronate and osteopontin, ligands for CD44. These cells developed tumors more slowly than controls (parental LS174T and mock transfectants) when the cells were subcutaneously injected into SCID mice. However, in vitro proliferation assays demonstrated no significant difference between the antisense transfectants and the controls on a hyaluronate‐coated surface, suggesting the participation of ligands other than hyaluronate in tumor growth in vivo. Intrasplenic injection of parental LS174T cells produced colonies in the liver in 10 of 11 mice, whereas mice injected with the antisense transfectants were completely free of metastasis. In peritoneal dissemination, the weight of nodules and amount of ascites were significantly reduced in LS174TAS1 and AS2 compared with the controls. In vitro adhesion assays between the transfectants or controls and human peritoneal mesothelial cells revealed that the binding of LS174T cells to mesothelial cells was partly mediated by CD44‐hyaluronate interaction. These data suggest that CD44‐hyaluronate interaction plays a crucial role in peritoneal dissemination in colorectal carcinoma. The results of our study demonstrate the possible application of antisense CD44s to the treatment of colorectal carcinoma. Int. J. Cancer 91:67–75, 2001.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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