Mapping a novel cellular-senescence gene to human chromosome 2q37 by irradiation microcell-mediated chromosome transfer

To identify the subchromosomal region that carries the cellular-senescence–restoring program of the human cervical carcinoma cell line SiHa, we constructed by irradiation microcell-mediated chromosome transfer a library of mouse A9 cells containing various fragments of human chromosome 2 tagged with pSV2neo in 2p11-p12. Eighty-seven clones were isolated and screened for the presence of human sequences by inter-Alu and inter-L1 polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and six clones exhibiting PCR-laddering patterns that differed from those of the A9 cells containing an intact chromosome 2 were examined further. Chromosome analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using human-specific repetitive sequences revealed that four of these clones contained single subchromosomal transferable fragments (STFs). Southern blot hybridization of 14 cosmid markers revealed that the STFs in A9 cells were derived from human chromosome 2. These STFs were transferred into SiHa cells by microcell fusion, and one of the STFs restored the cellular-senescence program. The concordance of the cellular-senescence–restoring program with the presence or absence of specific DNA fragments of chromosome 2 indicated that the putative cellular-senescence gene was located in 2q32-qter. For more detailed mapping, we constructed mouse A9 cells containing STFs derived from human chromosome 2 tagged with pSTneo at different regions in 2q31-qter. PCR-laddering and FISH analyses were used to identify six clones that contained different STFs. These STFs were transferred into SiHa cells, and one of the three clones that restored cellular senescence contained a small fragment of human chromosome 2. This STF was shown by PCR analysis using 14 human chromosome 2–specific primer pairs to be smaller than 12.2 cM and was mapped to the 2q37 region by FISH anaysis with inter-Alu PCR. β-Galactosidase activity, which is a biomarker of senescent cells, and telomerase activity similar to that found in parental SiHa cells were detected in SiHa microcell hybrids, suggesting that the putative cellular-senescence gene was not involved in a telomerase pathway but rather in an alternate pathway of cellular senescence. Mol. Carcinog. 22:34–45, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

小鼠黑色素瘤B16F10-Red细胞株的建立与生物学特性分析

目的:构建表达香菇珊瑚红色荧光蛋白(discosomasp red fluorescent protein,DsRed)的小鼠黑色素瘤B16F10-Red细胞株,并检测其生物学特性.方法:用GenEscortTMⅡ转染试剂将pDsRed质粒导入小鼠黑色素瘤B16F10细胞,G418加压培养联合极限稀释法建立稳定、高水平表达DsRed的单克隆细胞系.FCM检测B16F10和B16F10-Red细胞的细胞周期.比较B16F10-Red和B16F10细胞的克隆球形成能力和小鼠体内致瘤能力.结果:稳定表达DsRed的小鼠黑色素瘤B16F10-Red细胞株基本保持了其亲代细胞的特征,能在C57BL/6小鼠腹部皮下形成肿瘤并继续生长和转移.结论:B16F10-Red细胞株构建成功,其移植瘤模型成瘤率和转移情况同B16F10肿瘤相比无明显差别.     

Normal human chromosome 11 suppresses tumorigenicity of human cervical tumor cell line SiHa

We examined the ability of human chromosome 11 derived from normal fibroblast cells to suppress the tumorigenicity of SiHa cells, a human cervical tumor cell line. Using DNA transfection, the human chromosome was tagged with a selectable marker (the pSV2neo gene, which encodes resistance to the antibiotic G418), transferred to mouse A9 cells by cell hybridization and microcell transfer techniques, and then transferred to SiHa cells by microcell transfer. These procedures resulted in the appearance of 15 independent, G418-resistant clones, 5 of which had one or two extra copies of an intact human chromosome 11. In situ chromosomal hybridization of these clones with the pSV2neo plasmid revealed the presence of a neo-tagged human chromosome 11 in all of the five SiHa-microcell hybrids. Two SiHa-microcell hybrids that contained a single copy of neo-tagged human chromosome 12 were also isolated by the same methods. The tumorigenicities of SiHa clones with one or two extra copies of chromosome 11 (SiHa-11) were suppressed; four of the five SiHa-11 clones formed no tumors in nude mice, whereas both parental SiHa cells and SiHa cells with an extra chromosome 12 formed tumors within 30 d. One SiHa-11 cell clone formed a single tumor 90 d after injection. This rare tumor had lost one copy of chromosome 11 and rapidly formed tumors when reinjected. These results indicate that the introduction of a single copy of normal human chromosome 11, but not chromosome 12, suppresses the tumorigenicity of SiHa cells, indicating the presence on human chromosome 11 of a putative tumor-suppressor gene (or genes) for human cervical tumors.     

B16-F10-luc-G5黑色素瘤细胞生物学特性的研究

目的：探讨B16-F10-luc-G5黑色素瘤细胞的生物学特性.方法：倒置荧光显微镜下连续观察B16-F10-luc-G5细胞生长动态.流式细胞术检测冻存复苏后、培养基漂浮细胞、胰酶消化损伤后的细胞死亡率以评价其对实验损伤的耐受性.1×104/孔B16-F10-luc-G5细胞按1∶2梯度稀释至0.78×102/孔,加入底物荧光素后检测其生物发光特性.Babl/C和C57 bl/6雄性小鼠各10只接种该细胞,目测肿瘤生长速度和活体成像监测Babl/C小鼠移植瘤生长动态以评价其成瘤特性.结果：B16-Fl0-luc-G5细胞生长动态符合典型B16-F10细胞特性,无自发及激发荧光.B16-F10-luc-G5细胞冻存、漂浮细胞及对数生长期细胞消化后死亡率分别为23.8％、35.8％和4.8％.B16-F10-luc-G5细胞数与实测平均光子数之间存在线性回归关系,检测光子数可反映细胞数目.两组小鼠移植成瘤率均为100％,平均肿瘤出现时间差异显著（t =9.05,P＜0.05）,移植瘤病理符合B16黑色素瘤典型生长特点;活体成像监测可灵敏监测移植瘤生长动态.结论：B16-F10-luc-G5细胞具有生长快、对各种实验操作耐受性好、标记生物发光基因易追踪等优点,且其一般特性与B16-F10细胞基本相同,是肿瘤学研究良好的实验材料.     

Multiple chromosomes carrying tumor suppressor activity for a uterine endometrial carcinoma cell line identified by microcell-mediated chromosome transfer

Putative tumor suppressor genes can be mapped to specific chromosomes by the introduction of individual chromosomes derived from normal cells via microcell fusion. We have examined whether a highly malignant human uterine endometrial carcinoma cell line, HHUA, can be suppressed by only one normal chromosome or by multiple chromosomes. A library of mouse A9 clones containing different human chromosomes tagged with the pSV2-neo plasmid DNA were constructed. Transfer by microcell fusion of either chromosome 1, 6, 9, 11, or 19 into the HHUA tumor cell line was performed, and the abilities of the microcell hybrids to form tumors in nude mice were examined. The introduction of a chromosome 19 had no effect on the tumorigenicity of the cells, whereas microcell-hybrid clones with an introduced chromosome 1, 6 or 9 were completely suppressed for tumorigenicity. A decrease in tumor-take incidence in some but not all clones was observed following the introduction of a chromosome 11. The nontumorigenic microcell hybrids with an introduced chromosome 1 differed from the nontumorigenic microcell hybrids with an introduced chromosome 6, 9, or 11. A large percentage of hybrids with chromosome 1 senesced and/or showed alterations in cellular morphology and transformed growth properties in vitro. No growth or morphology alterations were observed following transfer of the other chromosomes. These results may indicate that more than one chromosome carries a tumor suppressor gene(s) for this human uterine endometrial carcinoma cell line and support the hypothesis that multiple tumor suppressor genes control the tumorigenic phenotype in the multistep process of neoplastic development.     

三肽化合物酪丝缬肽对小鼠黑色素瘤细胞B16-F10侵袭和转移的抑制作用

背景与目的:三肽化合物酪丝缬肽(tyroservaltide,YSV)对实验性肝癌具有明显抑制作用,本研究观察YSV对小鼠黑色素瘤细胞B16-F10侵袭和转移的抑制作用。方法:MTT法检测YSV对B16-F10的细胞毒作用;利用基质胶Matrigel研究YSV对细胞粘附能力的影响;用Transwell小室侵袭模型研究YSV对肿瘤细胞侵袭能力的改变;经C57/BL6小鼠尾静脉注射B16-F10细胞,建立人工肺转移模型,观察YSV对B16-F10肺转移的影响;免疫组化方法观察YSV对细胞间粘附分子(intercellularadhesionmolecule-1,ICAM-1)在肺组织中表达水平的影响。结果:100μg/mlYSV作用48h对B16-F10细胞的增殖抑制率为24.36%;作用24h对B16-F10细胞在Matrigel胶上的粘附抑制率为36.51%;10μg/mlYSV作用48h对B16-F10细胞的侵袭抑制率为36.53%;640μg·(kg·d)-1YSV抑制B16-F10的肺转移,抑制率为62.21%;YSV组ICAM-1的组织量明显少于生理盐水组。结论:YSV具有抑制B16-F10生长和侵袭转移的作用。     

Identification of tumor suppressive activity by irradiation microcell-mediated chromosome transfer and involvement of alpha B-crystallin in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

In previous studies, we successfully refined nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) critical regions (CRs) mapping to chromosome 11q13 and 11q22-23. The chromosome 11 fragment containing the 1.8 Mb NPC CR at 11q13 (CR1), the CR at 11q22.3 mapped near D11S2000 (CR2), part of the CR at 11q23.1-11q23.2 overlapping with D11S1300 and D11S1391 (CR3), and the CR at cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1) locus (CR4), was chosen as the chromosome 11 donor cell line for the present study. Gamma irradiation was applied to cleave this truncated chromosome into smaller fragments and a new panel of donor cells containing further deleted fragments was produced. Subclones XMCH3.2 and XMCH3.4 were chosen for subsequent transfer to HONE1 cells; each contains a single copy of deleted chromosome 11 fragment with or without CR2 and the THY1 locus, previously shown to be involved in NPC. Both resultant chromosome 11 fragments in XMCH3.2 and XMCH3.4 caused tumor suppression. The association of alpha B-crystallin (CRYAB), a gene identified as being differentially expressed by gene profiling of NPC and an immortalized nasopharyngeal epithelial cell line, and which is located near CR3, was found to be associated with tumor suppression in all the tumor-suppressive hybrids. In addition, the expression level of this gene was down-regulated in the 7 NPC cell lines and in 5 out of 14 normal/tumor tissue pairs in the present study. Both promoter hypermethylation and allelic loss may be involved in the inactivation of this gene, suggesting its possible role in NPC development.     

Suramin augments the antitumor and antimetastatic activity of pentoxifylline in B16F10 melanoma

Rapid tumor growth and metastasis are 2 major problems associated with treatment of malignant melanoma. Therefore, drugs that can intervene these processes are of clinical importance. Pentoxifylline (PTX), a methyl xanthine derivative, has been shown to inhibit B16F10 melanoma tumor growth and metastasis. We hypothesized that suramin when combined with PTX enhances its antineoplastic effects, which we have examined using the B16F10 mouse melanoma model. Suramin in simultaneous or sequential combination potentiated the cytotoxic effects of PTX on B16F10 cells. PTX arrested cells in the G0-G1 phase and suramin augmented the effects. Both the drugs inhibited F10 adhesion to laminin, matrigel and collagen type IV and showed enhanced inhibition in combination The combination also demonstrated significantly higher inhibition in cell motility (p = 0.002) and invasion through matrigel (p = 0.005) as compared to the single agents. Suramin synergized with PTX in its effects on secretion of MMP-9 gelatinase. DBA2/J mice implanted with intradermal B16F10 tumor were used as a model to study tumor growth. Animals were intratumorally treated with 50 mg/kg of PTX, 10 mg/kg of suramin and their combinations. Simultaneous administration of the drugs inhibited tumor growth by 5- to 6-folds. Tumor growth was completely blocked in sequential regimen with regression in some cases. The number and size of metastatic nodules on lung was also reduced significantly by the combination treatment. In conclusion, the novel combination of PTX and suramin has synergistic antitumor and antimetastatic activity in B16F10 melanoma and may be a promising approach in treatment of patients suffering from malignant melanoma.     

Noggin blocks invasive growth of murine B16-F1 melanoma cells in the optic cup of the chick embryo

Melanoma cells originate from the neural crest and are characterized by high migratory potential and invasive growth. After transplantation into the neural tube of the chick embryo, melanoma cells spontaneously emigrate along the neural crest pathways without tumor formation or malignant growth. This emigration depends on the constitutive over-expression of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) and can be ablated by the BMP-antagonist noggin. When transplanted into the embryonic optic cup, melanoma cells invade the host tissue and form malignant tumors. Here, we asked if the invasive growth of melanoma cells in the optic cup could be influenced by BMP-2 or noggin. Mouse B16-F1 cells were grown as aggregates, treated with BMP-2 or noggin during aggregation and transplanted into the optic cup of 3-day chick embryos. After 3 days of subsequent incubation, embryos were evaluated for melanoma cell invasiveness. Immunohistochemical examination revealed that untreated and BMP-2-treated melanoma cells had grown malignantly into the host tissue. However, noggin pretreatment of the aggregates had blocked melanoma cell invasiveness and tumor formation. We conclude that invasive growth of melanoma cells in vivo is BMP-dependent and can be ablated by noggin, thus rendering noggin a promising agent for the treatment of BMP-over-expressing melanoma.     

表达单纯疱疹病毒受体HVEM的黑色素瘤B16-ova-HVEM细胞系的构建及成瘤后oHSV2治疗效果初探

目的：构建可被单纯疱疹病毒感染的新型细胞系B16-ova-HVEM,体外验证目的基因的表达并初步探究其成瘤后,应用Ⅱ型溶瘤单纯疱疹病毒（oHSV2）的治疗效果。方法构建表达单纯疱疹病毒受体（HVEM）的质粒载体,脂质体转染B16-ova细胞,嘌呤霉素筛选表达HVEM的阳性克隆。体外验证后进行体内检测,B16-ova-HVEM荷瘤C57BL/6小鼠,成瘤后分为两组,每组5只小鼠,给予oHSV2治疗为oHSV2治疗组,荷瘤未治疗的小鼠为对照组。治疗后测量肿瘤大小,观察小鼠生存期;流式细胞术检测两组小鼠外周血中CD4+、CD8+T细胞和髓系来源的抑制性细胞（MDSC）比例变化。结果质粒DNA测序和酶切鉴定结果均显示成功构建含HVEM的质粒;荧光显微镜下可观察到筛选后细胞发绿色荧光;流式细胞术检测筛选后细胞GFP阳性率为98.3%;RT-PCR验证结果显示筛选后细胞含有目的基因HVEM;oHSV2在感染复数（MOI）为0.1、0.5和1的情况下均能明显感染筛选出的细胞;动物实验显示,oHSV2体内治疗后抑瘤效果显著（P﹤0.001）;流式检测结果显示oHSV2治疗后小鼠外周血中CD4+、CD8+T细胞比例明显高于对照组（P﹤0.01）,而MDSC比例明显低于对照组（P﹤0.01）。结论成功构建B16-ova-HVEM细胞系,其既可被OT-1小鼠T细胞特异性识别又可被单纯疱疹病毒感染,为肿瘤特异性免疫治疗和溶瘤病毒联合治疗的研究奠定基础。     

Pentoxifylline impedes migration in B16F10 melanoma by modulating Rho GTPase activity and actin organisation

Cancer cell migration is a hallmark of metastatic cascade and compounds that can intervene in this process are clinically important. Pentoxifylline (PTX), a methyl xanthine derivative, inhibits B16F10 melanoma lung homing by inhibiting F10 invasion, MMP secretion and adhesion to matrix components. However, its effect on B16F10 migration remained unexamined, which we investigated in the present study. PTX significantly inhibits F10 migration in scratch wound assay. Elevation in cAMP levels inhibits F10 migration and PTX mediated inhibition of the process was found to be, in part, due to an increase in cellular cAMP levels. PTX induces Protein Kinase A (PKA) activity and PKA inhibitor partly reversed its effects on F10 motility. RhoA and Rac1 GTPases induce B16F10 motility and PTX was found to inhibit migration by affecting these molecules. Stress fibres and lamellipodial protrusions reduced significantly. This was accompanied with inhibition in RhoA and Rac1 membrane localisation. A stark inhibition in RhoA-GTP bound form was also observed. Taken together, the results indicate that PTX, through its phosphodiesterase action, inhibits RhoGTPases and associated actin organisation in B16F10 melanoma, thereby inhibiting cell motility.     

GnRH/M2融合蛋白致敏DC疫苗对黑色素瘤B16F10细胞移植瘤的抑制

目的:制备促性腺激素释放激素(gonadotropin releasing hormone,GnRH)与M2的融合蛋白(GnRH/M2),研究由该融合蛋白致敏而成的DC疫苗对黑色素瘤B16F10细胞小鼠移植瘤的抑制作用.方法:构建表达载体pET28a-ansB-C-GnRH3-hinge-MVP-M2质粒,该质粒转化的工程菌在乳糖的诱导下,融合蛋白ansB-C-GnRH3-hinge-MVP-M2以包涵体形式表达,经超声破碎、洗涤和乙醇分级沉淀纯化后,通过酸水解将蛋白多肽GnRH3-hinge-MVP-M2释放出来,并通过DEAE-52阴离子交换层析进行分离.将此融合多肽致敏DC获得DC疫苗.构建黑色素瘤B16F10细胞小鼠移植瘤模型,按接种疫苗不同,分为:环磷酰胺组(CTX)、GnRH/M2融合蛋白致敏DC组(GDC)、肿瘤细胞裂解物致敏DC组(BDC)、GnRH/M2融合蛋白致敏DC+环磷酰胺组(GDCTX)、肿瘤细胞裂解物致敏DC+环磷酰胺组(BDCTX)和生理盐水组(NS),观察GnRH/M2疫苗对模型小鼠的移植瘤生长、CTL杀伤能力和T细胞增殖的作用.结果:成功构建pET28a-ansB-C-GnRH3-hinge-MVP-M2质粒并高效表达融合蛋白.GDC组移植瘤生长明显慢于NS组(P＜0.05),且与BDC组相似(P ＞0.05);GDCTX组抑瘤效果虽进一步提高,但与CTX组相比差异无统计学意义(P＞0.05).各实验组对B16F10细胞的杀伤作用和对T细胞增殖作用均优于阴性对照组(P ＜0.05或P＜0.01),且GDC组与BDC组间差异不显著(P＞0.05).结论:初步证明融合多肽GnRH/M2致敏的DC疫苗能有效抑制黑色素瘤B16F10细胞小鼠移植瘤的生长.     

Characterization of the 3p12.3‐pcen region associated with tumor suppression in a novel ovarian cancer cell line model genetically modified by chromosome 3 fragment transfer

The genetic analysis of nontumorigenic radiation hybrids generated by transfer of chromosome 3 fragments into the tumorigenic OV‐90 ovarian cancer cell line identified the 3p12.3‐pcen region as a candidate tumor suppressor gene (TSG) locus. In the present study, polymorphic microsatellite repeat analysis of the hybrids further defined the 3p12.3‐pcen interval to a 16.1 Mb common region containing 12 known or hypothetical genes: 3ptel‐ROBO2‐ROBO1‐GBE1‐CADM2‐VGLL3‐CHMP2B‐POU1F1‐HTR1F‐CGGBP1‐ZNF654‐C3orf38‐EPHA3‐3pcen. Seven of these genes, ROBO1, GBE1, VGLL3, CHMP2B, CGGBP1, ZNF654, and C3orf38, exhibited gene expression in the hybrids, placing them as top TSG candidates for further analysis. The expression of all but one (VGLL3) of these genes was also detected in the parental OV‐90 cell line. Mutations were not identified in a comparative sequence analysis of the predicted protein coding regions of these candidates in OV‐90 and donor normal chromosome 3 contig. However, the nondeleterious sequence variants identified in the transcribed regions distinguished parent of origin alleles for ROBO1, VGLL3, CHMP2B, and CGGBP1 and cDNA sequencing of the hybrids revealed biallelic expression of these genes. Interestingly, underexpression of VGLL3 and ZNF654 were observed in malignant ovarian tumor samples as compared with primary cultures of normal ovarian surface epithelial cells or benign ovarian tumors, and this occurred regardless of allelic content of 3p12.3‐pcen. The results taken together suggest that dysregulation of VGLL3 and/or ZNF654 expression may have affected pathways important in ovarian tumorigenesis which was offset by the transfer of chromosome 3 fragments in OV‐90, a cell line hemizygous for 3p. Mol. Carcinog. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.