A new molecular targeted therapeutic approach for renal cell carcinoma with a p16 functional peptide using a novel transporter system

Oncol Rep. 2011 Aug;26(2):327-33. doi: 10.3892/or.2011.1290. Epub 2011 Apr 29.

Abstract

Molecular targeting agents have become formidable anticancer weapons showing much promise against refractory tumors and functional peptides and are among the more desirable of these nanobio-tools. Intracellular delivery of multiple functional peptides forms the basis for a potent, non-invasive mode of delivery, providing distinctive therapeutic advantages. We examine the growth suppression efficiency of human renal cell carcinoma (RCC) by single-peptide targeting. We simultaneously introduced p16INK4a tumor suppressor peptides by Wr-T-mediated peptide delivery. Wr-T-mediated transport of p16INK4a functional peptide into 10 RCC lines, lacking expression of the p16INK4a molecule, reversed the specific loss of p16 function, thereby drastically inhibiting tumor growth in all but 3 lines by >95% within the first 96 h. In vivo analysis using SK-RC-7 RCC xenografts in nude mice demonstrated tumor growth inhibition by the p16INK4a peptide alone, however, inoculation of Wr-T and the p16INK4a functional peptide mixture, via the heart resulted in complete tumor regression. Thus, restoration of tumor suppressor function with Wr-T peptide delivery represents a powerful approach, with mechanistic implications for the development of efficacious molecular targeting therapeutics against intractable RCC.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 / metabolism
  • Cysteamine / analogs & derivatives
  • Drug Delivery Systems / methods*
  • Female
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Membrane Transport Proteins / administration & dosage
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Targeted Therapy / methods*
  • Peptides / administration & dosage
  • Peptides / pharmacology*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays

Substances

  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Pep-1 peptide
  • Peptides
  • Cysteamine