STUDIES ON HUMAN GLIOMA AND RAT PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA CELLS IN VITRO

人胶质瘤和大鼠前列腺腺癌细胞的体外研究

• 批准号: 3901561
• 负责人: G CONSTANTOPOULOS
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 至
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3901561
• 关键词: adenocarcinoma; biological response modifiers; butyrates; cell adhesion; cell cell interaction; cell population study; cellular oncology; combination cancer therapy; dexamethasone; dimethylsulfoxide; glioma; human tissue; hyaluronate; membrane activity; mucopolysaccharides; neoplasm /cancer chemotherapy; neoplasm /cancer immunology; neoplastic cell; prostate neoplasms; retinoate; tissue /cell culture

Shedding of various products from the cell surface of cancer cells may have an important role in loss of adhesion, metastasis, generation of immune-blocking factors and other pathophysiologic aspects of cancer (Black PH, NEJM. 303:1315. 1980). Human glioma cells in tissue culture produce and shed in the media much greater amounts of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) than normal glial cells (Glimelius et al Biochem J. 172:443, 1978). Glycosaminoglycans are polyanionic compounds, usually bound covalently to a protein core. They are a prominent component of the cell surface and are implicated in cell-cell interaction. There is also evidence for existence of hyaluronidase-sensitive protective coats on some neoplastic cell lines including gliomas, and it has been suggested that the protective GAG coat may impede the immune response an the efficacy of chemotherapy. Our objective was to modify or prevent the synthesis and shedding of GAGs in human glioma cells in culture, and possibly to render them more susceptible to chemotherapy and more immunologically responsive. For this purpose we use, singly or in combination, the differentiating agents dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), sodium butyrate, retinoic acid, and dexamethasone. These agents are known to affect the synthesis of GAGs in other systems. Similar studies were also conducted on cell line PA III derived from a transplantable adenocarcinoma of the rat prostrate gland. The cell line can reproduce the original tumor type when innoculated into Loboud Wistar rats and makes it feasible, if necessary, to extend our studies in vivo.

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