RRC ID 38862
著者 Murai N, Ueba T, Takahashi JA, Yang HQ, Kikuchi H, Hiai H, Hatanaka M, Fukumoto M.
タイトル Apoptosis of human glioma cells in vitro and in vivo induced by a neutralizing antibody against human basic fibroblast growth factor.
ジャーナル J Neurosurg
Abstract Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is mitogenic to neuroectoderm- and mesoderm-derived cells and is a potent angiogenic factor. Abundant amounts of this factor and its receptor are detected in human glioma tissues and cells, and bFGF in glioma is thought to be involved in autonomous cell growth as an autocrine growth factor. A neutralizing mouse monoclonal antibody (MAb) against bFGF, 3H3 MAb, has been shown to inhibit both in vitro and in vivo growth of human glioma cell lines. This study shows that the human glioma cell lines U-87MG and U-251MG, which express high levels of bFGF and its receptor, can be induced to undergo apoptosis when cultured with 3H3 MAb. It is also demonstrated that 3H3 MAb can cause apoptosis in the same glioma cells that were transplanted into nude mice. Furthermore, enforced overexpression of bcl-2 protein by gene transfection prevented 3H3 MAb-induced apoptosis of glioma cells. It is concluded that induction of apoptosis by the neutralizing antibody is a promising therapeutic strategy for glioma.
巻・号 85(6)
ページ 1072-7
公開日 1996-12-1
DOI 10.3171/jns.1996.85.6.1072
PMID 8929497
MeSH Antibodies / pharmacology* Apoptosis* Brain Neoplasms / immunology Brain Neoplasms / pathology* Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / antagonists & inhibitors* Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / immunology Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / metabolism* Gene Expression Glioma / immunology* Glioma / pathology* Humans Neutralization Tests Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / genetics Transfection Tumor Cells, Cultured
IF 3.968
引用数 42
WOS 分野 SURGERY CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 U251(RCB0461)