lipofectamine and Burkitt-Lymphoma

Topics: Base Sequence; Burkitt Lymphoma; Cation Exchange Resins; Cell Survival; Drug Carriers; Humans; Lipids; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense; Thionucleotides; Tumor Cells, Cultured

Burkitt's lymphoma is characterized by a translocation of the c-myc gene with one of the immunoglobulin loci which activates overexpression of the c-myc oncogene. Antisense-oligodeoxynucleotides (AS-ODNs) offer the potential to block specific c-myc gene expression within lymphoma cells, but often exhibit a low efficiency of AS-ODN uptake. In this study, a polycationic lipid reagent, Lipofectamine (LFM), was utilized as a vehicle to increase efficiency of delivery, decrease the time needed to observe an inhibitory effect, and decrease the AS-ODN dose. The objective was to develop a more efficient and rapid in vitro AS-ODN strategy to inhibit proliferation of c-myc-dependent lymphoma cells and to test the specificity of Burkitt's lymphoma cell line-directed AS-ODNs for potential use as molecular purging agents in bone marrow transplantation. Proliferation assays were performed to determine the inhibitory effect of the AS-ODNs on two Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines with different chromosomal translocations, Daudi and ST486, in medium containing 8.5 microM LFM. AS-ODNs at a concentration of 0.36 microM induced a significant decrease in proliferation for both cell lines using the specific AS-ODN for each respective translocation. Within 5 h, Daudi responded to its specific AS-ODN/lipid complexes with a 35% decrease in proliferation, compared to cells which received no treatment or Daudi-specific AS-ODN without LFM (P = 0.0001). Daudi showed an insignificant decrease in proliferation when treated with an AS-ODN specific for the ST486 translocation (4%, P = 0.26). ST486 proliferation was decreased by 52% when treated with the specific antisense for ST486 compared to no treatment or ST486-specific AS-ODN without LFM (P < 0.003). Treatment with the AS-ODN specific for Daudi showed an insignificant 4% decrease (P = 0.42). Controls, including sense ODN for structure, reverse AS-ODN for structure and base composition, and AS-ODN without LFM, did not produce a significant change in cells treated with LFM alone or cells receiving no treatment. Clonogenic assays of both Daudi and ST486 treated with their specific AS-ODNs revealed a 50% inhibition of colony formation after the 5 h incubation as compared to no treatment. Confocal laser scanning microscopy verified that cellular uptake of AS-ODN was enhanced by cationic lipids. Immunoblot analysis showed a 63 +/- 5% and a 50 +/- 3% reduction in intracellular c-myc levels for Daudi and ST486, respectively, when their respecti

Topics: Adult; Animals; Burkitt Lymphoma; Cation Exchange Resins; Cations; Cell Division; Cell Line; Drug Administration Schedule; Drug Synergism; Genes, myc; Humans; Kinetics; Lipids; Oligonucleotides, Antisense; Sensitivity and Specificity; Translocation, Genetic