RECOMBINANT HUMAN INTERFERON-GAMMA EXERTS AN ANTIPROLIFERATIVE EFFECT AND MODULATES THE EXPRESSION OF HUMAN-LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN-A, ANTIGEN-B, ANTIGEN-C AND ANTIGEN-DR IN HUMAN UROTHELIAL CELL-LINES
RECOMBINANT HUMAN INTERFERON-GAMMA EXERTS AN ANTIPROLIFERATIVE EFFECT AND MODULATES THE EXPRESSION OF HUMAN-LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN-A, ANTIGEN-B, ANTIGEN-C AND ANTIGEN-DR IN HUMAN UROTHELIAL CELL-LINES
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01742372
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发表时间:
1990-03-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
KIELER, J
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作者:
OTTESEN, SS;AHRENKIEL, V;KIELER, J
In this study we have treated three malignant (TGrIII) and two pre-malignant (TGrII) urothelial cell lines with recombinant human interferon .gamma. (rHu-INF.gamma.). The malignant cells (HCV29-T112C1, Hu1703He and T24) were inhibited in growth by more than 50% after treatment with 100-1000 units of rHu-INF.gamma./ml for 4 days as compared to untreated controls. The growth of the pre-malignant cell lines (HCV29 and Hu609) was not influenced to the same extent in the presence of rHu-INF.gamma. in the culture medium. Treatment with rHu-INF.gamma. increased the expression of monomorphic human leukocyte antigens (HLA) A,B,C as well as .beta.2-microglobulin in all the cell lines tested, as demonstrated using a quantitative immunofluorescence assay. The tumourigenic cell lines increased their expression of HLA in a dose-dependent way, whereas treatment of the non-tumourigenic cells with higher concentrations of rHu-INF.gamma. than 10 units/ml, did not increase the HLA-A,B,C expression. None of the cell lines expressed HLAa-DR unless treated with rHu-INF.gamma.. No correlation between tumourigenicity and the dose of rHu-INF.gamma. required for "de novo" induction of HLA-DR could be demonstrated. After removal of rHu-INF.gamma. from the medium, the expression of HLA-DR gradually decreased in less than 14 days, indicating that the expression of HLA-DR is not constitutive but dependent upon the presence of rHu-INF.gamma.. We conclude that human urothelial cells grown in vitro are sensitive to the anti-proliferative and major-histocompatibility-complex-modulating effects of rHu-INF.gamma., and that malignant urothelial cells are more sensitive than pre-malignant cells. Finally, our data indicate a possible role for rHu-INF.gamma. in the management of human bladder cancer.