Juming Ma

Publications (3)14.35 Total impact

• Article: P16 reactivation induces anoikis and exhibits antitumour potency by downregulating Akt/survivin signalling in hepatocellular carcinoma cells.

  Huanzhang Hu, Zhigang Li, Jie Chen, Duanming Wang, Juming Ma, Weiguo Wang, Jiang Li, Hongping Wu, Linfang Li, Mengchao Wu, Qijun Qian, Jingbo Chen, Changqing Su
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  ABSTRACT: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most malignant tumours with high rate of recurrence and metastasis. In HCC, deficiency of the P16/CDK4/Rb pathway is a frequent molecular event, and transferring the P16 gene into cancer cells can induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, suggesting that the P16 gene is a good target in cancer gene therapy. The previous study demonstrated that P16 re-expression mediated by adenovirus within cancer cells can induce cell apoptosis and exert potent antitumour efficacy in cancer xenografts in nude mice. However, the molecular mechanism of P16-induced apoptosis in cancer cells is not clear yet. In this resulting study, we found that P16 re-expression can downregulate survivin expression in HCC cells. As a member of the inhibitors of the apoptotic gene family, survivin has been reported to be overexpressed in most common human cancers and present multiple physiological and pathological functions including cell cycle control, inhibition of cell apoptosis, regulation of cell division and induction of angiogenesis, etc. Further investigation found that P16 reactivation led to a decrease of phosphorylated Akt on Thr308 and phosphorylated survivin on Thr34, then downregulated survivin expression. The P16-mediated decrease of nuclear survivin in cancer cells limited CDK4 import into nuclei, which restrained CDK4 functions of promoting cell proliferation, then exhibited the effect of cell cycle arrest and induction of detachment-induced apoptosis (anoikis). The antitumor potency of P16 by downregulating the Akt/survivin signalling was also demonstrated in HCC xenograft models in nude mice. This new insight into P16 function would help in designing better strategies for cancer gene therapy.
  Gut 10/2010; 60(5):710-21. · 10.11 Impact Factor
• Article: E2F Promoter-Regulated Oncolytic Adenovirus with p16 Gene Induces Cell Apoptosis and Exerts Antitumor Effect on Gastric Cancer.

  Juming Ma, Xiaoping He, Weiguo Wang, Yao Huang, Lin Chen, Wenming Cong, Jianzhong Gu, Huizhen Hu, Jianguo Shi, Linfang Li, Changqing Su
  Digestive Diseases and Sciences 06/2009; · 2.12 Impact Factor
• Article: E2F promoter-regulated oncolytic adenovirus with p16 gene induces cell apoptosis and exerts antitumor effect on gastric cancer.

  Juming Ma, J Ma, Xiaoping He, X He, Weiguo Wang, W Wang, Yao Huang, Y Huang, Lin Chen, L Chen, [......], Jianzhong Gu, J Gu, Huizhen Hu, H Hu, Jianguo Shi, J Shi, Linfang Li, L Li, Changqing Su, C Su
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  ABSTRACT: Replication-competent adenovirus (RCAd) constitutes an alternative in cancer therapy. For obtaining advanced RCAd generations with high oncolytic capability and a good safety profile, we constructed an E2F promoter-regulated RCAd carrying p16 gene, AdE2F-p16, in which the E1a gene was controlled by the E2F promoter. The experimental data showed that the E2F promoter endowed AdE2F-p16 with high specificity in cancer cells. While rarely replicating in normal cells, AdE2F-p16 could replicate in p16-deficient cancer cells, with 2,937- to 160,000-fold increased replicative capability in different cancer cell lines. AdE2F-p16 expressed p16 within cancer cells and led to potent antitumor efficacy in gastric cancer xenografts in nude mice, with a tumor inhibition rate of 59.14%. Due to the combined effects of cancer cell apoptosis induced by p16 expression and oncolysis by virus replication, the E2F promoter-regulated, p16-armed RCAd provides a promising strategy for cancer gene therapy.
  Digestive Diseases and Sciences 12/2008; 54(7):1425-31. · 2.12 Impact Factor