| Literature DB >> 11386407 |
T Kokunai1, S Urui, H Tomita, N Tamaki.
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Malignant gliomas are highly resistant tumors against gamma-irradiation and contained overexpression of p21WAF1/CIP1 (p21). Overexpression of p21 enhanced clonogenic survival and suppressed apoptosis after gamma-irradiation in human brain tumor cell lines with or without p53 protein deficiency. The effect of antisense oligonucleotide to p21 against the gamma-irradiation-induced apoptosis and cytotoxicity in malignant glioma cell lines was examined. Antennapedia homeodomain internalization peptide was used as an insertion vector. The high transfection efficiency of Antennapedia homeodomain internalization peptide joined with antisense oligonucleotide was observed. The pretreatment with antisense oligonucleotide enhanced the gamma-irradiation-induced apoptosis and cytotoxicity in radioresistant glioma cells. p21 may represent an important new target for radiosensitization protocols, possibly involving antisense oligonucleotide directed against p21.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11386407 DOI: 10.1023/a:1010645205169
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurooncol ISSN: 0167-594X Impact factor: 4.130