Enhanced tumorigenicity of CD133+EpCAM+ cells in NOD/SCID mice

01 November 2012 00:06:59 Dibaca : 1964

To analysis the tumor initiating capability, NOD/SCID mice were transplanted with various amounts of CD133-EpCAM-, CD133+EpCAM-, CD133-EpCAM+ and CD133+EpCAM+ cells. In 10,000 cells group, CD133+EpCAM+ cells possessed higher tumorigenicity and faster tumor growth than other three phenotypes. In 5,000 and 1,000 cells groups, CD133+EpCAM+ cells possessed higher tumorigenicity and faster tumor growth compared to CD133-EpCAM+ and CD133-EpCAM- cells. In 500 cells group, only CD133+EpCAM+ cells formed tumor mass (Table 1, Fig. 6A). For example, CD133+EpCAM+ cells, but not CD133-EpCAM- cells, could efficiently initiate tumors in NOD/SCID mice (Fig. 6B). Sorted CD133+EpCAM+ cells formed similar histological features of xenograft tumors as unsorted Huh7 cells (Fig. 6C). The results showed that CD133+EpCAM+ cells embodied the increased tumorigenicity in vivo.

 Table 1 

Tumorigenicity of various Huh7 phenotypes in NOD/SCID mice.

PhenotypesInjecting numbersTumor incidencea
CD133+EpCAM+ 10,000 6/7
  5,000 4/6
  1,000 5/7
  500 2/6
CD133+EpCAM- 10,000 2/6
  5,000 2/7
  1,000 2/7
  500 0/7
CD133-EpCAM+ 10,000 3/6
  5,000 1/7
  1,000 0/7
  500 0/7
CD133-EpCAM- 10,000 2/7
  5,000 1/6
  1,000 0/7
  500 0/6

Increase of colony formation ability in CD133+EpCAM+ cells

01 November 2012 00:02:50 Dibaca : 1580

 

Plate primary colony formation assay showed that CD133+EpCAM+ cells markedly enhanced bigger and more tumor colonies by 1.8-fold, 1.9-fold and 7.9-fold than CD133+EpCAM-, CD133-EpCAM+ and CD133-EpCAM- cells respectively. Secondary colony formation assay also showed that CD133+EpCAM+ cells formed bigger and more tumor colonies than other three cells (Fig. 3A). In soft agar colony formation assays, CD133+EpCAM+ cells induced bigger and greater numbers of tumor colonies than CD133-EpCAM+, CD133+EpCAM-, CD133-EpCAM- cells. The reading of fluorescence of CD133+EpCAM+ cells was higher than that of other three cells (Fig. 3B). The data suggested that CD133+EpCAM+ cells possessed stronger clonogenic ability than other three cells.

 

 Figure 3 

CD133+ and EpCAM+ phenotypes enhanced the differentiation of Huh7 cells. A. CD133-EpCAM- (R1), CD133-EpCAM+ (R2), CD133+EpCAM- (R3) and CD133+EpCAM+ (R4) phenotypes of Huh7 cells were isolated by flow cytometry sorting. B. The sorting purity of R1, R2, R3 and R4 was detected respectively. C. R1, R2, R3 and R4 phenotypes were incubated for 7 days, and analyzed by flow cytometry. Data were from two independent experiments.

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 Figure 4 

Colony formation ability was increased in CD133+EpCAM+ Huh7 cells. A. In plate colony formation assay, various phenotypes were cultured for 14-21 days, and then the primary colonies were replanted for another 14-21 days. Each experiment was performed three times. B. In soft agar colony formation assay, various phenotypes were planted on soft agar and cultured for 8-10 days. The stained colonies were photographed, and measured by the fluorescence reader. Data were from triple separate experiments. *P<0.05 to CD133-EpCAM-, †P<0.05 to CD133-EpCAM+, #P<0.05 to CD133+EpCAM-.

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Flow cytometry analysis and sorting

01 November 2012 00:00:33 Dibaca : 1380

Cells were resuspended in PBS and incubated with FcR blocking reagent (Miltenyi Biotec, Germany) for 10 min. Then cells were stained with the directly conjugated monoclonal antibodies, anti-human CD133-PE, anti-human IgG-PE isotype (Miltenyi Biotec, Germany), anti-human EpCAM-APC, anti-human IgG-APC isotype (R&D, USA) for 30-40 min in 4ºC. IgG isotype control was incubated in parallel. Flow cytometry analysis was performed on Accuri C6 (BD Biosciences, CA) using CFlow (BD Biosciences, CA) software. Cell sorting was performed on BD FACS Aria I (BD Biosciences, CA) using FlowJo (Tree Star, Oregon) software. Sorted cells were cultured in DMEM supplemented with 15% FBS for 7 days, then detected again by flow cytometry.

cell culture

31 October 2012 23:57:01 Dibaca : 1326

Human hepatocellular carcinoma Huh7 cells were obtained from the ATCC (Frederick, MD). Huh7 cells were cultured in DMEM supplemented with 10% inactivated fetal bovine serum and 1% penicillin-streptomycin (Gibco, USA). Human hepatocellular carcinoma Bel7402, Bel7404 and HepG2 cells were provided by the Cell Bank of Institute for Biological Sciences, China Academy of Sciences (Shanghai, China). Human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC7721 cell was obtained from Cancer Institute of CAMS (Beijing, China). These four cell lines were cultured in RPMI 1640 medium (Hyclone, UT) supplemented with 10% inactivated fetal bovine serum and 1% penicillin-streptomycin. All cells were incubated at 37ºC with 5% CO2.

a.       Tes suara bisik

 

Caranya ialah dengan membisikkan kata-kata yang dikenal

 

penderita dimana kata-kata itu mengandung huruf lunak dan

 

huruf desis. Lalu diukur berapa meter jarak penderita dengan

 

pembisiknya sewaktu penderita dapat mengulangi kata-kata yang

 

dibisikan dengan benar. Pada orang normal dapat mendengar

 

80% dari kata-kata yang dibisikkan pada jarak 6 s/d 10 meter.

 

Apabila kurang dari 5 - 6 meter berarti ada kekurang

 

pendengaran. Apabila penderita tak dapat mendengarkan katakata

 

dengan huruf lunak, berarti tuli konduksi. Sebaliknya bila

 

tak dapat mendengar kata-kata dengan huruf desis berarti tuli

 

persepsi.

 

Apabila dengan suara bisik sudah tidak dapat mendengar dites

 

dengan suara konversasi atau percakapan biasa. Orang normal

 

dapat mendengar suara konversasi pada jarak 200 meter.

 

b.       Tes Garpu Suara

 

Dengan garpu suara frekuensi 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048

 

dan 4096 hz, dibunyikan dengan cara tertentu lalu disuruh

 

mendengarkan pada orang yang dites. Bila penderita banyak tak

 

mendengar pada frekuensi rendah berarti tuli konduksi. Bila

 

banyak tak mendengar pada frekuensi tinggi berarti tuli

 

persepsi.

 

Kemudian dengan garpu suara frekuensi 256 atau 512 hz

 

dilakukan tes-tes Rinne, Weber dan Schwabach sehingga lebih

 

jelas lagi apakah tuli penderita dibagian konduksi atau persepsi.

 

 

 

c.       Tes dengan Audiometer

 

Hasil dari tes pendengaran dengan audiometer ini digambar

 

dalam grafik yang disebut audiogram. Apabila pemeriksaan

 

dengan audiometer ini dilakukan, tes-tes suara bisik dan garpu

 

suara tak banyak diperlukan lagi, sebab hasil audiogram lebih

 

lengkap. Dengan audiometer dapat dibuat 2 macam audio-gram :

 

• Audiogram nada murni (pure tone audiogram)

 

• Audiogram bicara (speech audiogram)

 

Dengan audiometer dapat pula dilakukan tes-tes :

 

• tes SISI (Short Increment Sensitivity Index), tes Fowler

 

dimana dapat diketahui bahwa kelainan ada di koklear atau

 

bukan.

 

• tes Tone Decay dimana dapat diketahui apakah kelainan

 

dibelakang koklea (retro cochlear) atau bukan. Kelainan retro

 

coklear ini misalnya ada tumor yang menekan N VIII

 

Keuntungan pemeriksaan dengan audiometer kecuali dapat

 

ditentukan dengan lebih tepat lokalisasi kelainan yang menyebabkan

 

ketulian juga dapat diketahui besarnya ketulian

 

yang diukur dengan satu db (desibel).

 

 

 

d.       Tes dengan "Impedance" meter

 

Tes ini paling obyektif dari tes-tes yang terdahulu. Tes ini

 

hanya memerlukan sedikit kooperasi dari penderita sehingga

 

pada anak-anak di bawah 5 tahun pun dapat dikerjakan dengan

 

baik. Dengan mengubah-ubah tekanan pada meatus akustikus

 

ekterna (hang telinga bagian luar) dapat diketahui banyak

 

tentang keadaan telinga bagian tengah (kavum timpani). Dari

 

pemeriksaan dengan Impedancemeter dapat diketahui :

 

• Apakah kendang telinga (membrana timpani) ada lobang

 

atau tidak.

 

• Apakah ada cairan (infeksi) di dalam telinga bagian tengah?

 

• Apakah ada gangguan hubungan antara hidung dan telinga bagian tengah yang melalui tuba Eustachii.

 

• Apakah ada perlekatan-perlekatan di telinga bagian tengah

 

akibat suatu radang.

 

• Apakah rantai tulang-tulang telinga terputus karena kecelakaan

 

(trauma kepala) atau sebab infeksi.

 

• Apakah ada penyakit di tulang telirigastapes (otosklerosis).

 

• Berapa besar tekanan pada telinga bagian tengah.

 

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