MDA-7 AND FREE RADICALS IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER

摘要

The present invention relates to methods of treating a cancer in a subject comprising generating within one or more cancer cells of a subject an effective amount of MDA-7 and an effective amount of one or more free radicals. The present invention further relates to methods of inhibiting proliferation or promoting death in a cancer cell of a subject comprising generating within one or more cancer cells of a subject an effective amount of MDA-7 and an effective amount of one or more free radicals. Generation of an effective amount of MDA-7 can occur by administering to the cancer cell an effective amount of an mda-7 nucleic acid, MDA-7 protein, functional equivalents of either of these molecules, by upregulation of the endogenous mda-7 gene, or by stabilization of the mda-7 mRNA. Generation of one or more free radicals in a cancer cell can occur by exposing the cancer cell to an effective amount of ionizing radiation, a free radical, a generator of a free radical, a ROS, a generator of a ROS, or a disruptor of mitochondrial membrane potential.