AIM: To characterize the anticancer function of cytokine-induced killer cells (CIK) and develop an adoptive immunotherapy for the patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we evaluated the proliferation ra...AIM: To characterize the anticancer function of cytokine-induced killer cells (CIK) and develop an adoptive immunotherapy for the patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we evaluated the proliferation rate, phenotype and the antitumor activity of human CIK cells from healthy donors and HCC patients in vitro and in vivo. METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from healthy donors and patients with primary HCC were incubated in vitro and induced into CIK cells in the presence of various cytokines such as interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-2 and monoclonal antibody (mAb) against CD3. The phenotype and characterization of CIK cells were identified by flow cytometric analysis. The cytotoxicity of CIK cells was determined by (51)Cr release assay. RESULTS: The CIK cells were shown to be a heterogeneous population with different cellular phenotypes. The percentage of CD3+/CD56+ positive cells, the dominant effector cells, in total CIK cells from healthy donors and HCC patients, significantly increased from 0.1-0.13% at day 0 to 19.0-20.5% at day 21 incubation, which suggested that the CD3+ CD56+ positive cells proliferated faster than other cell populations of CIK cells in the protocol used in this study. After 28 day in vitro incubation, the CIK cells from patients with HCC and healthy donors increased by more than 300-fold and 500-fold in proliferation cell number, respectively. CIK cells originated from HCC patients possessed a higher in vitro antitumor cytotoxic activity on autologous HCC cells than the autologous lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and PBMC cells. In in vivo animal experiment, CIK cells had stronger effects on the inhibition of tumor growth in Balb/c nude mice bearing BEL-7402-producing tumor than LAK cells (mean inhibitory rate, 84.7% vs 52.8%, P【0.05) or PBMC (mean inhibitory rate, 84.7% vs 37.1%, P【0.01). CONCLUSION: Autologous CIK cells are of highly efficient cytotoxic effector cells against primary hepatocellular carcinoma cells and might 展开更多
AIM: To investigate the role of DNA-PKcs subunits inradiosensitization by hyperthermia on hepatocellularcarcinoma HepG2 cell lines.METHODS: Hep G2 cells were exposed to hyperthermiaand irradiation. Hyperthermia was gi...AIM: To investigate the role of DNA-PKcs subunits inradiosensitization by hyperthermia on hepatocellularcarcinoma HepG2 cell lines.METHODS: Hep G2 cells were exposed to hyperthermiaand irradiation. Hyperthermia was given at 45.5 ℃Cellsurvival was determined by an in vitro clonogenic assay forthe cells treated with or without hyperthermia at varioustime points. DNA DSB rejoining was measured usingasymmetric field inversion gel electrophoresis (AFIGE). TheDNA-PKcs activities were measured using DNA-PKcs enzymeassay system.RESULTS: Hyperthermia can significantly enhanceirradiation-killing cells. Thermal enhancement ratio ascalculated at 10 % survival was 2.02. The difference inradiosensitivity between two treatment modes manifestedas a difference in the α components and the almost sameβ components, which α value was considerably higher inthe cells of combined radiation and hyperthermia ascompared with irradiating cells (1.07 Gy-1 versus 0.44 Gy1). Survival fraction showed 1 logarithm increase after an8-hour interval between heat and irradiation, whereas DNA-PKcs activity did not show any recovery. The cells wereexposed to heat 5 minutes only, DNA-PKcs activity wasinhibited at the nadir, even though the exposure time waslengthened. Whereas the ability of DNA DSB rejoining wasinhibited with the increase of the length of hyperthermictime. The repair kinetics of DNA DSB rejoining aftertreatment with Wortmannin is different from thehyperthermic group due to the striking high slow rejoiningcomponent.CONCLUSION: Determination with the cell extracts andthe peptide phosphorylation assay, DNA-PKcs activity wasinactivated by heat treatment at 45.5 C, and could notrestore. Cell survival is not associated with the DNA-PKcsinactivity after heat. DNA-PKcs is not a unique factor affectingthe DNA DSB repair. This suggests that DNA-PKcs do notplay a crucial role in the enhancement of cellularradiosensitivity by hyperthermia.展开更多
基金Science and Technology Development Foundation of Beijing Institute of Infectious Diseases,No.01 Z094
文摘AIM: To characterize the anticancer function of cytokine-induced killer cells (CIK) and develop an adoptive immunotherapy for the patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we evaluated the proliferation rate, phenotype and the antitumor activity of human CIK cells from healthy donors and HCC patients in vitro and in vivo. METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from healthy donors and patients with primary HCC were incubated in vitro and induced into CIK cells in the presence of various cytokines such as interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-2 and monoclonal antibody (mAb) against CD3. The phenotype and characterization of CIK cells were identified by flow cytometric analysis. The cytotoxicity of CIK cells was determined by (51)Cr release assay. RESULTS: The CIK cells were shown to be a heterogeneous population with different cellular phenotypes. The percentage of CD3+/CD56+ positive cells, the dominant effector cells, in total CIK cells from healthy donors and HCC patients, significantly increased from 0.1-0.13% at day 0 to 19.0-20.5% at day 21 incubation, which suggested that the CD3+ CD56+ positive cells proliferated faster than other cell populations of CIK cells in the protocol used in this study. After 28 day in vitro incubation, the CIK cells from patients with HCC and healthy donors increased by more than 300-fold and 500-fold in proliferation cell number, respectively. CIK cells originated from HCC patients possessed a higher in vitro antitumor cytotoxic activity on autologous HCC cells than the autologous lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and PBMC cells. In in vivo animal experiment, CIK cells had stronger effects on the inhibition of tumor growth in Balb/c nude mice bearing BEL-7402-producing tumor than LAK cells (mean inhibitory rate, 84.7% vs 52.8%, P【0.05) or PBMC (mean inhibitory rate, 84.7% vs 37.1%, P【0.01). CONCLUSION: Autologous CIK cells are of highly efficient cytotoxic effector cells against primary hepatocellular carcinoma cells and might
文摘AIM: To investigate the role of DNA-PKcs subunits inradiosensitization by hyperthermia on hepatocellularcarcinoma HepG2 cell lines.METHODS: Hep G2 cells were exposed to hyperthermiaand irradiation. Hyperthermia was given at 45.5 ℃Cellsurvival was determined by an in vitro clonogenic assay forthe cells treated with or without hyperthermia at varioustime points. DNA DSB rejoining was measured usingasymmetric field inversion gel electrophoresis (AFIGE). TheDNA-PKcs activities were measured using DNA-PKcs enzymeassay system.RESULTS: Hyperthermia can significantly enhanceirradiation-killing cells. Thermal enhancement ratio ascalculated at 10 % survival was 2.02. The difference inradiosensitivity between two treatment modes manifestedas a difference in the α components and the almost sameβ components, which α value was considerably higher inthe cells of combined radiation and hyperthermia ascompared with irradiating cells (1.07 Gy-1 versus 0.44 Gy1). Survival fraction showed 1 logarithm increase after an8-hour interval between heat and irradiation, whereas DNA-PKcs activity did not show any recovery. The cells wereexposed to heat 5 minutes only, DNA-PKcs activity wasinhibited at the nadir, even though the exposure time waslengthened. Whereas the ability of DNA DSB rejoining wasinhibited with the increase of the length of hyperthermictime. The repair kinetics of DNA DSB rejoining aftertreatment with Wortmannin is different from thehyperthermic group due to the striking high slow rejoiningcomponent.CONCLUSION: Determination with the cell extracts andthe peptide phosphorylation assay, DNA-PKcs activity wasinactivated by heat treatment at 45.5 C, and could notrestore. Cell survival is not associated with the DNA-PKcsinactivity after heat. DNA-PKcs is not a unique factor affectingthe DNA DSB repair. This suggests that DNA-PKcs do notplay a crucial role in the enhancement of cellularradiosensitivity by hyperthermia.
