Review Article

Stem Cell Based Gene Therapy in Prostate Cancer

Table 1

Studies with stem cell-based gene therapy in prostate cancer.

StudyStem cellAnimalCancer cellTransplantation Prodrug injectionin vivo tracking Prodrug systemInjected dose of therapeutic stem cellsTransductionTherapeutic stem cell

Lee et al., [23]Human NSCC57BL/6 miceTRAMPC2Left ventricle injection, 5 weeks after injection of cancer cellsIntraperitoneally, 500  g/kg/day in three rounds of 5 consecutive days with a break of 2 daysMNPBacterial CD/5-FC cells/100  L salineRetrovirusHB1.F3.CD

Song et al., [51]Rat BM-MSCNude micePC3Intravenous, 10 and 20 days after injection of cancer cellsIntramuscularly, 30 mg/kg each time for 5 consecutive days for 2 cycles, GFPHSV-tk/GCV cells/kgLentivirusTK-BMSC

Cavarretta et al., [32]Human AT-MSCNude miceDu145, PC3 
LNCaP 
PC3 (only for in vivo)
Intravenous, same time with cancer cell injectionIntraperitoneally, 500  g/kg/day daily, starting on second day after tumor appearance up to 27 or 32 days Noneyeast CD: UPRT/5-FC cells/200  L PBSRetrovirusCDy-AT-MSC

Ren et al., [52]Mice BM-MSCC57BL/6 miceTRAMPC2Intravenous, twice, 10 days after injection of cancer cellsNoneGFPNone cells/200  L salineAdenoassociated virusMSC-AAV-IFN-

Yi et al., [46]Human NSCNoneLNCaP NoneNoneNoneBacterial CD/5-FC, Rabbit CE/CPT-11, Bacterial CD/Human IFN- NoneLeukemia virusHB1.F3.CE, HB1.F3.CD, HB1.F3.CD.IFN-

Lee et al.,   Immortalized [39]Human BMSCNude miceDu145, PC3Intravenous, 10 days after injection of cancer cellsIntraperitoneally, 30 mg/kg in every round for 5 consecutive daysGFPHSV-tk/GCV cells/kgLentivirusSV40-TK-hfBMSC

NSC: neural stem cell; AT-MSC: adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cell; MNP: magnetic nanoparticles; BM-MSC: bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cell; BMSC: bone marrow stromal cell; GFP: green fluorescent protein; UPRT: uracil phosphoribosyltransferase; CD: cytosine; CD/5-FC: cytosine deaminase/5-fluorocytosine; HSV-tk/GCV: herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase/ganciclovir.