Radioiodide concentrating activity in the thyroid, mediated by human Na + /I − symporter (hNIS), provides a mechanism for effective radioiodide treatment for patients who have invasive, recurrent, and metastatic thyroid cancers after total thyroidectomy. In an attempt to develop hNIS gene transfer for radioiodide therapy for patients with brain tumors, we have constructed recombinant adenoviruses, rAd-CMVhNIS#9 and rAd-CMV-FLhNIS, to express exogenous hNIS in U1240 and U1240Tag human glioma cells. U1240Tag differs from U1240 glioma cells in that it expresses the SV40 large T antigen oncoprotein. In both U1240 and U1240Tag
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