Korean J Nucl Med.
2004 Feb;38(1):62-73.
In Vitro Uptakes of Radiolabeled IVDU and IVFRU in Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 Thymidine Kinase (HSV1-tk) Gene Transduced Morris Hepatoma Cell Line
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- 1Laboratory of Cyclotron Application, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), Seoul, Korea. smlim328@kcch.re.kr
- 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), Seoul, Korea.
- 3Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
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The herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase gene (HSV1-tk) is an attractive candidate as a reporter gene in noninvasive reporter gene monitoring system. The HSV1-tk gene was chosen as a reporter gene, because it has been extensively studied, and there are appropriate reporter probes, substrates of HSV1-tk gene product, to apply for HSV1-tk gene imaging. We used radiolabeled 5-iodovinyl-2'-deoxyuridine (IVDU) and 5-Iodovinyl-2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (IVFRU) as reporter probes for HSV1-tk gene monitoring system. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We prepared HSV1-tk gene transduced Morris hepatoma cell line using retroviral vector, MOLTEN containing HSV1-tk gene. And we confirmed the HSV1-tk gene expression by Northern blotting and Western blotting. We compared in vitro uptakes of radioiodinated IVDU and IVFRU to monitor HSV1-tk gene expression in Morris hepatoma cell line (MCA) and HSV1-tk gene tranduced MCA (MCA-tk) cells until 480 minutes. We also performed correlation analysis between percentage of HSV1-tk gene tranduced MCA cell % (MCA-tk%) and uptakes of radiolabeled IVDU or IVFRU. RESULTS: MCA-tk cell expressed HSV1-tk mRNA and HSV1-TK protein. Two compounds showed minimal uptake in MCA, but increased uptake was observed in MCA-tk. IVDU showed 4-fold higher accumulation than IVFRU at 480 min in MCA-tk (p< 0.01). Both IVDU and IVFRU uptake were linearly correlated (R2> 0.96) with increasing MCA-tk%. CONCLUSION: The radiolabeld IVDU and IVFRU showed higher specific accumulation in retrovirally HSV1-tk gene transfected Morris hepatoma cell line. Both IVDU and IVFRU could be used as good substrates for evaluation of HSV1-tk gene expression.
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