1.SPIDR significantly suppressed in tissues of small cell lung cancer promotes NCI-H446 cells proliferation by reducing serum dependence
ZHANG Zezhong ; JIA Yulin ; QILGER Bao1 ; FANG Yi1 ; LI Chunhui1 ; LI Jianlei1 ; GU Ye2a ; DENG Zixin1 ; ZHANG Haiping2b ; MA Wei1
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2018;25(10):1026-1033
Objective: The present study was aimed to explore the role and distinctive mechanism of SPIDR, the key regulatory protein of homologous recombination pathway, in progression of small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Methods: 60 SCLC specimens and 44 normal lung tissues were collected from the patients undergoing tumor resection and bronchoscopic puncture in Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University from January 2013 to January 2015. The expression of SPIDR in clinical samples and NCIH446 (SCLC cell line) and MRC-5 (normal cell line) were assayed by Real-time PCR. The role of SPIDR in SCLC was investigated in vivo and in vitro by the expression of SPIDR were artificially modified in NCI-H446. Results: Smoking was significantly associated with the occurrence of SCLC (P<0.01). The expression of SPIDR mRNAin SCLC tissues was lower than that of normal lung tissues (P <0.01), and the SPIDR transcriptional and translational levels of NCI-H446 cells were also lower than that of MRC-5.Although there is no significant changes of cell growth rate and susceptibility to cisplatin and etoposide in the NCI-H446 cells overexpressing SPIDR. However, the volume of xenograft tumors of overexpressed SPIDR group decreased by 58.99% (P<0.01) and 61.84% (P<0.01) than that of the original NCI-H446 cells and the NCI-H446 cells transfected with vector (pMSCV) and the average tumor mass decreased by 61.70% (P<0.01) and 70.25% (P<0.01) respectively. When the fetal bovine serum content in the medium was reduced to 3%, the growth rate of NCI-H446 cells overexpressing SPIDR was 22.33% (P<0.01) and 20.24% (P<0.05) lower than that of the original NCIH446 cells and control group, the similar results were obtained from the 1% serum concentration experiment as well. Conclusion: The expression of SPIDR, the key regulatory protein in the DNAdouble strand break homologous recombination repair pathway, was significantly suppressed in SCLC tissues, which markedly accelerated the growth of NCI-H446 cells in vivo and reduced the reliance of NCIH446 cells to the serum. The detailed mechanism is worthy of further investigation.
2.TGF-β2 enhances invasion ability of glioma stem cell through matrix metalloproteinase pathway
ZHANG Dongyong ; WANG Yiwei2 ; ZHANG Luyang1 ; WANG Wei1 ; LIU Qiang1 ; LI Zhenhang1 ; WANG Yunjie1 ; QIU Bo1
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2018;25(4):357-362
[Abstract] Objective: To study the effect and possible mechanism of TGF-β2 on the invasion of glioma stem cells (GSCs). Methods: Tumor tissues of 8 patients with glioblastoma multiforme, who underwent resection at Department of Neurosurgery of the FirstAffiliated Hospital of China Medical University duringApril 2016 toApril 2017, were collected. The primary culture of glioma cells were conducted with trypsin digestion. Partial primary glioma cells were seeded into serum-free DMEM/F12 culture medium containing EGF, bFGF and B27 to obtain suspension of tumor spheres. Immunoflurenscent staining and differentiation assay were used to detect whether the tumor spheres were GSCs. TGF-β2 secretion ability of GSCs was determined by ELISAassay.After transfection of TGF-β2 siRNA, the invasion ability of glioma stem cells was determined by Transwell assay. Western blotting was used to examine the effect of TGF-β2 on expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) in glioma stem cells. Results: The suspended tumor spheres were proved to be GSCs by immunofluorescent staining and differentiation assay; the tumor spheres expressed the marker of GSCs(CD133)and had the ability to multi-differentiate (glia and neuronal cells). Compared with the primary glioma cells, Glioma stem cells exerted significantly improved TGF-β2 secretion ability ([74.13±3.63] vs [46.13±2.61] pg/ml, P<0.05); and TGF-β2 silencing significantly reduced the invasion ability of glioma stem cells ([105.71±8.69] vs [63.67±5.93], P<0.05) and inhibited MMP-2 and MMP-9 expressions. Conclusion: TGF-β2 can promote the invasiveness of glioma stem cells through MMP-2 and MMP-9 pathway.
3.Tumor-killing effects of CD19 and CD22 bi-specific CAR-T cells on tumor cells
LI Wei1 ; ZENG Weijie2△ ; PENG Hao2 ; LIU Can1 ; LIU Guanghua1 ; XIAO Feidi2 ; ZENG Guifang2 ; LIANG Xiao2 ; CAI Cheguo2 ; HU Juanyuan2 ; ZHOU Ming1
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2022;29(7):623-630
[摘 要] 目的:设计并制备一种分别靶向B细胞表面抗原CD19和CD22的CAR-T细胞,检测其对肿瘤细胞的体内外杀伤效果。方法:将含有人源化 CD19 ScFv的二代CAR分子和带有CD3ε链作为共刺激结构域的CD22 ScFv CAR分子以P2A自剪切肽连接,序列连接于慢病毒载体pLTR-CMV-MCS中,以HEK-293T细胞包装相应的慢病毒载体,感染健康志愿者提供的T细胞制备CAR-19-22-T细胞,同时以相同二代结构分别构建单靶向CAR-T细胞作为参照。构建表达荧光素酶、CD19和/或CD22的前列腺癌3M细胞(靶细胞)。将各种CAR-T细胞与靶细胞共同培养,采用荧光素酶化学发光法和ELISA法检测其对靶细胞的杀伤能力和细胞因子的分泌水平。通过尾静脉注射Raji-Luc细胞构建NOD-SCID免疫缺陷小鼠白血病模型,分别注射各组CAR-T细胞进行治疗并评估其疗效。结果:培养7 d的CAR-19-22-T细胞的CAR-19表达率为13.7%,CAR-22表达率为14.3%。CAR-19-22-T细胞在10∶1效靶比时,对3M-CD19-Luc、3M-CD22-Luc和3M-CD19-CD22-Luc细胞的杀伤率均显著高于T细胞[(78.1±14.4)% vs (11.1±4.3)%、(46.7±10.7)% vs (12.4±2.7)%、(90.5±4.3)% vs (14.3±3.7)%,均P<0.01];与3M-CD19-Luc、3M-CD22-Luc、3M-CD19-CD22-Luc靶细胞共培养后,CAR-19-22-T细胞IFN-γ、TNF-α和IL-2水平均显著低于CAR-19-T和CAR-22-T细胞(P<0.05或P<0.01)。CAR-19-22-T细胞对移植Raji-Luc细胞模型小鼠治疗效果明显,其生存期显著长于T细胞组(P<0.01),与CAR-19-T组和CAR-22-T组荷瘤小鼠比较差异均无统计学意义(均P>0.05)。结论:成功设计并制备了一种双靶点CAR-19-22-T细胞,其能够有效杀伤表达CD19和/或CD22抗原的肿瘤细胞,对Raji-Luc细胞的白血病模型小鼠有显著的治疗效果。