EP2162532A2 - Cellules fixatrices de cellules tumorales - Google Patents
Cellules fixatrices de cellules tumoralesInfo
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- the present invention relates to a new type of cells that bind tumor cells in vivo and in vitro, and to the use of these cells for the screening of anti-tumor compounds.
- resistance factors include efflux mechanisms (eg via MDR channels; Multi Drug Resistance), inactivation of antitumor agents (eg, resistance to antipyrimidine, anti-metabolic agents, etc.), mutation of anti-tumor agents (for example a mutation of topoisomerase), resistance to apoptosis (for example due to p53 mutation, overexpression of bcl-2, etc.).
- efflux mechanisms eg via MDR channels; Multi Drug Resistance
- inactivation of antitumor agents eg, resistance to antipyrimidine, anti-metabolic agents, etc.
- mutation of anti-tumor agents for example a mutation of topoisomerase
- resistance to apoptosis for example due to p53 mutation, overexpression of bcl-2, etc.
- tumor stem cells would be present in solid tumors. These tumor stem cells are thought to be more resistant to anti-cancer treatments and to cause resistance and recurrence (Dean et al., (2005) Nature Rev. Cancer 5: 275-284).
- the present invention relates to an isolated cell capable of binding tumor cells and expressing the CD10 protein.
- This cell which is capable of fixing the tumor cells has been named “Hospicell” by the inventors and is also referred to as “fixing cell” or “protective cell” in the present description.
- an isolated cell of the invention to bind tumor cells can be demonstrated by many techniques well known to those skilled in the art. It is thus possible to cite a method in which (i) cells of the invention are fixed on the walls of a container, (ii) tumor cells expressing a fluorescent protein are added to the container, (iii) washing is performed. container, and (iv) the fluorescence emitted by the container is measured, which is compared with that emitted by a control container on the walls of which cells of the invention have been fixed but to which no tumor cell has been added. The ability to bind tumor cells is proven when the measured fluorescence value for the cells tested is greater than that of the cells of the control container.
- Such a method is illustrated in the following Examples. It is also possible to use methods using direct observations by optical or electron microscopy, as illustrated in Example 4 and in FIGS. 1 to 3, in which tumor cells are observed to be in membrane contact with cells. of the invention.
- the cells of the invention are capable of binding tumor cells, such as, for example, leukemic cells, breast cancer cells or ovarian cancer cells.
- tumor cells such as, for example, leukemic cells, breast cancer cells or ovarian cancer cells.
- these cells are generally large (ie about fifty times the size of a tumor cell) and are preferably capable of binding up to 200 tumor cells simultaneously.
- the "CD10 protein” (reference in the International Classification of Enzymes: EC 3.4.24.11) is also known as Neprilysin, Neutral endopeptidase 24.11, or Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen (CALLA). It is a membrane metallo-peptidase that preferentially cleaves polypeptides having less than 30 amino acids between basic residues. It has been described as being present on the surface of a limited number of normal or malignant lymphoid progenitors and on certain epithelial cells, mainly in the kidney. It is described in particular in Shipp et al. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 4819-4823 and under the reference P08473 in the UniProtKB database. By way of example, the CD10 protein is represented by SEQ ID NO: 1.
- CD10 protein can be determined either by detection of its mRNA, or RNA precursors thereof, or by detection of the protein itself.
- the detection of CD10 mRNA, or of its precursors can be carried out by various techniques well known to those skilled in the art, such as RT-PCR for example.
- the detection of the protein itself can also be achieved by various techniques well known to those skilled in the art.
- the detection of the protein itself involves specific CD10 ligands, such as antibodies, which can be implemented in techniques such as flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry or immunocytochemistry.
- the level of expression of the CD10 protein is such that it is considered to be strong by the pathologist of the art when it is evaluated, according to standard pathology techniques, on samples included in paraffin. using anti-CD10 antibodies labeled with peroxidase.
- the cell as defined above expresses an MDR protein.
- MDR protein refers to a membrane protein carrying active transport of at least one drug and thus capable of conferring multiple drug resistance (Multi-Drug Resistance) to the cell that expresses it.
- MDR proteins are in particular described in Stavrovskaya (1999) Biochemistry (Moscow) 65: 95-106.
- the MDR protein is an ABC-like protein that transports drugs from the cytoplasm of the cell that expresses it to the extracellular medium.
- the ABC proteins are characterized in that they comprise at least one adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binding moiety known as ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) and are well known to those skilled in the art.
- ATP adenosine triphosphate
- ABSC ATP Binding Cassette
- the ABC-type MDR proteins are selected from the proteins of the ABCB, ABCC and ABCG subfamilies.
- the MDR protein is chosen from the group consisting of the LRP protein (Lung Resistance Protein, also called Major Vault Protein (MVP)), the MDR1 protein (MultiDrug Resistance 1, also called ABCB1, or P-glycoprotein (Pgp)).
- MRP1 also called ABCC2 protein
- MRP2 protein also called ABCC3
- MRP5 protein Resistance protein also named ABCG2 or Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP)).
- the MDR protein is selected from the group consisting of LRP protein, MDR1 protein, MRP1 protein, and MXR protein.
- the cell as defined above expresses both the LRP protein and the MDR1 protein. Even more preferably, the cell as defined above expresses both the LRP protein, the MDR1 protein, the MRP1 protein, and the MXR protein.
- the LRP protein is especially represented by SEQ ID NO: 2.
- the MDR1 protein is especially represented by SEQ ID NO: 3.
- the MXR protein is especially represented by SEQ ID NO: 4.
- the MRP1 protein is especially represented by SEQ ID NO: 5.
- the expression of the MDR protein can be determined either by detecting its mRNA, or RNA precursors thereof, either by detecting the protein itself.
- the detection of 1 mRNA of the MDR protein, or its precursors can be carried out by various techniques well known to those skilled in the art, such as RT-PCR for example. Detection of the protein itself may also be accomplished by various techniques well known to those skilled in the art.
- the detection of the protein itself uses ligands specific for the MDR protein, such as antibodies, which can be used in techniques such as flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry or immunocytochemistry.
- an MDR protein When measured in flow cytometry, the level of expression of an MDR protein can be evaluated as follows:
- Legrand et al. (2001) Blood 97: 502-508 describe the application of the Kolmorogov-Smirnov test to the evaluation of Pgp protein expression.
- the expression level of the MDR proteins by the cells of the invention is preferably greater than 0.15, more preferably greater than 0.15. 0.2.
- the average level of expression, by the cells of the invention, given as indicated above by means of the Kolmorogov-Smirnov test is:
- the level of expression of the MDR protein is such that it effectively confers on the cell that expresses it the resistance to a drug that this protein is capable of conferring, when this cell is placed in the presence of a amount of normally toxic drug for a cell of same type not expressing the MDR protein. This will be referred to here as an effective level of expression to confer resistance.
- the isolated cell as defined above is capable of transferring one or more copies of the MDR protein that it expresses to the tumor cells that it fixes, in particular by trogocytosis.
- thyroidocytosis refers to the phenomenon of transfer of molecules from one cell to another, in particular described by JoIy & Hudrisier (2003) Nature Immunol. 4: 815.
- MDR protein transfer from an isolated cell of the invention to a tumor cell can be demonstrated in various ways well known to those skilled in the art. For example, it is possible in particular to carry out an immunodetection of MDR protein expressed by tumor cells before and after bringing into contact with cells of the invention.
- the isolated cell as defined above does not express the following markers: cytokeratin and EMA (Epithelial Membrane Antigen)
- CD20 hematopoietic cell marker, such as granulocytes, monocytes, and B and T lymphocytes
- CD20 hematopoietic cell marker, such as granulocytes, monocytes, and B and T lymphocytes
- CD3 T cell specific
- CD68 specific for macrophages and histiocytes
- CD34 specific for bone marrow stem cells
- S100 protein specific for melanocytes
- myeloperoxidase specific for lineages polynuclear
- the isolated cell as defined above is capable of having pseudopodia and / or filopodia.
- pseudopodia refers to evaginations of the plasma membrane of the cell.
- the pseudopodia can for example be visualized by optical microscopy, confocal, or electronic.
- the isolated cell as defined above comes from:
- bone marrow stem cells are characterized by expression of the CD34 + marker and / or CD133 + marker.
- effusion is meant a biological fluid that accumulates in a cavity or tissue that normally does not contain it.
- an ascites fluid for example a patient with ovarian or pancreatic cancer
- a pleural fluid for example a patient with breast cancer
- the isolated cell as defined above does not derive from cancer cells extracted from an individual.
- the isolated cell as defined above has been immortalized.
- the isolated cell as defined above can be immortalized by any technique known to those skilled in the art. Examples include, but are not limited to, the use of SV 40 T antigen, the use of the EIA region of the genome of adenovirus 2, the use of oncogenes as c- myc or Ha-ras, or the use of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTRT) or a sequence that activates the endogenous hTRT gene.
- hTRT human telomerase reverse transcriptase
- the immortalization is performed using the SV40 virus T antigen.
- the isolated cell as defined above comes from a cell culture deposited on June 20, 2006 under the Budapest Treaty to the CNCM under number 1-3627.
- the present invention also relates to a method for obtaining a cell capable of binding tumor cells, said method comprising the steps of: a) culturing bone marrow mononuclear cells or bone marrow stem cells for a period of time and a medium suitable for cell differentiation; b) optionally removing the monocytes from the cells obtained in step a) when the cultured cells are mononuclear bone marrow cells; c) incubating the cells obtained in step a) and optionally in step b) with tumor cells, removing non-fixed tumor cells, and recovering the cells to which the tumor cells are attached.
- Mononucleated bone marrow cells can in particular be isolated from bone marrow by centrifugation gradient on Ficoll. Prior to their culture in step a) it is possible to remove monocytes from bone marrow mononuclear cells.
- bone marrow stem cells in particular CD34 + and / or CD133 +, it is possible, for example, to isolate them by immunofixation using anti-CD34 or anti-CD133 antibodies.
- a stain cell or bone marrow mononuclear cell culture medium can be used in step a).
- This culture is preferably carried out in bottles previously coated with 0.2% gelatin.
- examples include, but are not limited to, MV2 media, HEM (HEPES buffered Eagles medium), DMEM (Dulbecco's modified Eagles medium), GMEM (Glasgow modification of medium Eagles), F-12 etc.
- MV2 medium ECBM MV2, Promocell, Heidelberg, Germany
- MV2 medium ECBM MV2, Promocell, Heidelberg, Germany
- Growth factors can be selected, but not limited to, fibroblast growth factor (FGF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF), endothelial vascular cell growth (VEGF), transforming growth factor (TGF- ⁇ ), stem cell growth factor (SCGF), platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) or their derivatives, combinations of these factors being preferably used.
- FGF fibroblast growth factor
- EGF epidermal growth factor
- IGF insulin-like growth factor
- VEGF insulin-like growth factor
- TGF- ⁇ transforming growth factor
- SCGF stem cell growth factor
- PDGF platelet derived growth factor
- the culture medium may contain fetal calf serum, chicken serum or equine serum.
- the culture medium may also contain antibiotics to prevent the contamination with yeasts, bacteria or fungi such as penicillin, streptomycin, gentamicin and their derivatives.
- antibiotics such as penicillin, streptomycin, gentamicin and their derivatives.
- the non-adherent cells are removed and the cells reincubated in the same medium.
- the cells are then cultured for a preferential duration of approximately 4 weeks, until the cells are differentiated into endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts and other cells, including those desired.
- step c) the cells cultured in step a) are incubated with tumor cells.
- this step is carried out by recovering the adherent cells cultured in step a), and incubating them with tumor cells suspended in a suitable medium, such as RPMI or DMEM medium.
- the tumor cells used may be any type of tumor cells.
- the tumor cells are HL60 cells (human leukemia line).
- the incubation time of cultured cells and tumor cells varies from 30 minutes to about 4 hours, preferably about 2 hours.
- the incubation temperature is preferably 37O.
- step c) the non-fixed tumor cells are removed generally by rinsing with culture medium (optionally the same, such as RPMI medium) or with any type of washing solution well known to those skilled in the art.
- culture medium optionally the same, such as RPMI medium
- washing solution any type of washing solution well known to those skilled in the art.
- the cells to which the tumor cells are attached are then recovered, preferably by very short-term centrifugation from 3000 rpm to 6000 rpm.
- the tumor cells are detached from the agglomerate formed by said cell on which residual tumor cells are fixed, by an enzymatic or non-enzymatic treatment (trypsin, Accutase ®, or 2 mM EDTA followed by stirring very vigorous and several washes with a buffer such as PBS).
- an enzymatic or non-enzymatic treatment trypsin, Accutase ®, or 2 mM EDTA followed by stirring very vigorous and several washes with a buffer such as PBS).
- the mononuclear cells are placed on a solid support, such as Petri dishes, or cultured on a solid support (for example). gelatin-coated plates) in a suitable medium as defined previously. After about 15 to 30 minutes of incubation, the monocytes adhere to the support and cells that have not yet adhered are collected.
- tumor cells preferably HL60 cells (10 6 HL60 cells / 2 ⁇ 10 5 adherent cells) and the binding capacity is observed. tumor cells on the fixing cells.
- the present invention also relates to a method for obtaining a cell capable of binding tumor cells, said method comprising the steps of: a) culturing cells from an effusion of a patient with cancer; b) optionally removing the monocytes from the cells obtained in step a); c) incubating the cells obtained in step a) or b) with tumor cells, removing non-fixed tumor cells, and recovering the cells to which the tumor cells are attached; or d) depositing the cells obtained in step a) or b) on a solid support and recovering the cells which adhere more rapidly to said support.
- cells from an effusion are isolated prior to culturing in step a. More preferably, these cells from an effusion are freed of monocytes prior to their culture in step a).
- the culture medium used may be any cell culture medium known to those skilled in the art.
- the culture medium may contain growth factors, such as those mentioned above, supplements required for the metabolism of the cell, such as amino acids, vitamins such as ascorbic acid, minerals and proteins such as transferrin and their derivatives.
- the culture medium may contain fetal calf serum, chicken serum or equine serum.
- the culture medium may also contain antibiotics to prevent contamination with yeasts, bacteria or fungi such as penicillin, streptomycin, gentamicin and their derivatives. In these conditions, the fixing cells are highlighted from the first days of culture (1 to 4 days).
- Steps b) and c), as well as removal of monocytes prior to step a), may be performed as described above for bone marrow mononuclear cells or bone marrow stem cells.
- the cells are deposited on a solid support.
- the cells which have attached to said support are preferably treated with Accutase® and the cells which detach themselves from the support are recovered as quickly as possible.
- the cells that come off in 5 min are recovered.
- the support, on which the cells are fixed can be any type of solid support well known to those skilled in the art.
- a solid support there may be mentioned glass, plastic, metals, resins or other suitable solid supports on which cells may be attached.
- the term "solid support” also includes materials considered as semi-solid carriers.
- the solid support can take any suitable form, such as a ball or a microparticle, a tube, a petri dish, a microscope slide, etc.
- tumor cells preferably HL60 cells (10 6 HL60 cells / 2 ⁇ 10 5 adherent cells) and the binding capacity is observed. tumor cells on the fixing cells.
- the cells obtained can be immortalized, in particular as described above.
- the invention also relates to a cell that can be obtained by one of the processes described above.
- the present invention relates to the use of isolated cells as defined above or of cells that can be obtained by one of the methods described above, for screening anti-tumor compounds.
- anti-tumor compounds is meant here any compound for preventing and / or slowing tumor progression.
- anti-tumor compounds are compounds inducing or facilitating, directly or indirectly, the death of tumor cells. More particularly, the anti-tumor compounds according to the invention can induce or facilitate the death of cells protecting tumor cells in vivo.
- the present invention thus relates to a method for screening anti-tumor compounds, in which:
- the compounds inducing a decrease in cell growth or an increase in the cell death of the cells placed in contact with respect to identical cells which have not been brought into contact with the compounds to be screened are selected.
- the compounds screened by this method specifically target the cells according to the invention.
- the present invention also relates to a method for screening anti-tumor compounds, wherein:
- a co-culture of isolated cells as defined above or of cells which can be obtained by one of the processes described above and of tumor cells are brought into contact with compounds to be screened; the cell growth and the cell death of the tumor cells of the co-culture contacted with the compounds to be screened are determined;
- the compounds inducing a decrease in cell growth or an increase in cell death of the tumor cells are selected co-culture with respect to tumor cells in co-culture with isolated cells as defined above or cells that can be obtained by one of the methods described above which have not been used. in contact with the compounds to be screened.
- this method makes it possible to select compounds with an anti-tumor action which is not impeded by the antitumor resistance provided by the cells of the invention.
- the present invention also relates to a method for screening anti-tumor compounds, in which: compounds to be screened are contacted with isolated cells as defined above or cells obtainable by one methods described above and tumor cells;
- the quantity of tumor cells that have been fixed by the isolated cells as defined above or the cells that can be obtained by one of the processes described above is determined;
- the compounds inducing a decrease in the quantity of tumor cells that have been fixed by the isolated cells as defined above or the cells that can be obtained by one of the processes described above, with respect to quantity of tumor cells that have been fixed by the isolated cells as defined above or the cells that can be obtained by one of the processes described above in the absence of the compounds to be screened.
- This method advantageously makes it possible to select compounds that inhibit the binding of tumor cells by the cells of the invention and thus the protection that the cells of the invention confer on the tumor cells. These compounds thus increase the sensitivity of tumor cells to anti-tumor compounds.
- cell death is meant apoptosis, necrosis or any other mechanism inducing cell death.
- the ability of the candidate compound to induce cell death by apoptosis is determined.
- any techniques well known to those skilled in the art can be employed. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following techniques: annexin V labeling, use of blue trypan, propidium iodide use, TUNEL (Nick End Labeling Transferase) assay, evaluation of DNA degradation products, caspase measurement (quantitative and activity-based assessment), etc.
- the tumor cells used may be any tumor cell.
- the tumor cells are HL60 cells (human leukemia line) or MDA-MB 231 cells (human breast cancer line) or the patient's own cells (for example ovarian cancer).
- the compound to be screened can be any compound of natural or synthetic origin, whether it is already marketed as a chemotherapeutic agent, or in the course of development or characterization. It may be a mixture of several molecules identified or not, such as an animal or vegetable extract.
- the cells according to the invention can be easily implemented in high throughput screening (HTS) protocols in order to optimize the current methods of searching candidate compounds effective for antitumor therapy in general.
- HTS high throughput screening
- the cells of the invention are also useful for testing the efficacy of candidate compounds for anti-tumor therapy for a given individual, in order to provide the most appropriate therapy for each individual suffering from cancer.
- the fixing cells used in the screening test come from the patient himself.
- the present invention also relates to an in vitro method for diagnosing cancer, in which the presence of isolated cells as defined above is determined in a sample from a tissue suspected to contain a tumor, the presence of isolated cells as defined above being indicative of the presence of a tumor.
- the presence of cells according to the invention in the tissue generally involves the presence of tumor cells nearby.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 are optical microscopy photographs (objective 20) of hospicells (obtained by differentiation of CD34 + bone marrow stem cells), brought into contact with HL60 cells, after 4 hours of incubation (FIG. after 36 h of incubation ( Figure 2).
- Figure 3 is an optical micrograph (objective 20) of hospicells of the ascites fluid of a patient with ovarian cancer, after addition of HL60 cells in the fluid.
- Figure 4 is an electron micrograph of an MDA cell adhering to a hospicell.
- Figures 5 and 6 are graphs showing the influence of fixative cells on the sensitivity of HL60 cells to aracytin (AraC) or daunorubicin (DNR) ( Figure 5) and fixative cells ("hospicells”) to these drugs ( Figure 6).
- Figure 7 is a graph showing the sensitivity of the fixative cells to different known agents used in antitumor therapy.
- Figure 8 represents the amount of fluorescence emitted by OVCAR3 cells (Y axis, arbitrary units) expressing GFP, grown with hospicells (first column), alone (second column), with OVCAR3 cells not expressing GFP (third column), with fibroblasts (fourth column), or with HBMEC (fifth column), in the absence or presence of carboplatin and / or paclitaxel.
- Figure 9 represents the amount of fluorescence emitted by OVCAR3 cells (Y axis, arbitrary units) expressing GFP, grown with hospicells (first column), alone (second column), with hospicells in a transwell system (third column ), in the absence or presence of carboplatin and / or paclitaxel.
- Example 1 Obtaining hospicells from bone marrow stem cells.
- CD34 + cells were isolated from normal (or pathological) bone marrow sample by density gradient centrifugation in Ficoll-400.
- the cells thus isolated were distributed in a culture flask covered with 0.2% gelatin and were cultured in MV2 medium (ECBM MV2, Promocell, Heidelberg, Germany) supplemented with Amphotericin B 50 ng / ml, Gentamicin 50 ⁇ g / ml, ascorbic acid 1 ⁇ g / ml, human fibroblast growth factor (h-FGF) 10 ng / ml, human epidermal growth factor (h-EGF) 5 ng / ml , Long R3 IGF-1 (Insulin Growth Factor Analog) 20 ng / ml, human vascular endothelial cell growth factor (h-VEGF) 10 ng / ml and fetal calf serum 5%. After 6 days of culture, the non-adherent cells were removed and the adherent cells were cultured for 3
- the adherent cells thus obtained were washed with RPMI and then detached by rapid incubation with Accutase®.
- the cells thus detached were washed with RPMI then
- HL60 cells were resuspended in RPMI containing glutamine and antibiotics and then incubated with immortalized HL60 cells of leukemic origin. After incubation for 120 min at 4 ° C under With gentle agitation, the cell suspension was centrifuged at 6000 rpm for a few seconds ("centrifugation point"), the hospicells having fixed the HL60 cells in the centrifugation pellet. The cells having sedimented in the bottom of the tube were resuspended in a culture medium (RPMI + fetal calf serum + Glutamine + antibiotics) and distributed in plates coated with 0.2% gelatin.
- RPMI + fetal calf serum + Glutamine + antibiotics fetal calf serum + Glutamine + antibiotics
- the cells detaching in 5 min are cells that fix the HL60 cells, while the cells detaching in 10 min and 15 min are cells that do not fix the HL60 cells.
- the cells detaching in 5 min were recovered and were distributed on another plate 6 wells covered with gelatin. In one of the wells, HL60 cells were added and after incubation, the cells were washed and the operation of fixing the HL60 cells was renewed. Finally, Accutase ® was added to the wells and the stalling cells within 5 min were recovered and cultured in complete RPMI medium.
- the cells obtained under these conditions are cells of the invention or "Hospicells".
- Example 2 Obtaining hospicells from the ascites fluid of a patient with ovarian cancer.
- the ascites fluid of a patient with ovarian cancer was removed using a biopsy trocar.
- Mononuclear cells of ascites were isolated by centrifugation gradient on Ficoll. Mononuclear cells thus isolated were distributed in the wells of a culture plate. After 30 minutes of incubation, the monocytes adhere to the plastic and the cells that have not yet adhered were collected and placed in a culture plate coated with gelatin. The hospicells were then isolated as described in Example 1.
- the hospicells could also be obtained directly from ascites by placing in a gelatin-coated culture plate a small cluster of cells present in ascites suspended in RPMI enriched in fetal calf serum, glutamine and antibiotics. .
- hospicells were obtained from cell aggregates in the ascites fluid from patients with stage III ovarian cancer. Briefly, the ascites fluid was centrifuged to obtain a cell pellet. The cell pellet was cleared of lymphocytes and erythrocytes by centrifugation gradient on Ficoll, and aggregates of hospicells and ovarian cancer cells were separated by dilution. The hospicells were then detached from the ovarian cancer cells by tryptic digestion.
- cytokeratin KL1 antibody, Beckman Coulter
- EMA E29 antibody, Dako
- vimentin V9 antibody, Beckman Coulter
- CD45 Antibodies 2b11 and PD7 / 26, Dako
- CD20 Antibody L26, Dako
- CD3 Antibody SP7, Neomarkers
- CD68 KP1 and PG-M1 antibody, Dako) (specific for macrophages and histiocytes)
- CD34 OBendiO antibody, Dako) (specific for blood stem cells), protein S100 (polyclonal antibody, Dako) (specific for melanocytes), myeloperoxidase (polyclonal antibody, Dako) (specific for polynuclear line
- the immunohistochemistry was performed on paraffin sections of 4 microns thick.
- a technique for the preliminary recovery of the antigen based on heating in EDTA buffer (pH 8) was carried out before incubation with the antibody.
- the antibody at the appropriate dilution was incubated for 30 min and then revealed using a streptavidin-biotin complex.
- the sections were then counter-stained with hematoxylin.
- the whole technique was implemented automatically on an Autostainer system (Dako).
- Example 4 Demonstration of the attachment of cancer cells to hospicells.
- HL60 cells adhere to hospicells and form cell clusters in the culture medium. After 4 hours fixation of 4-8 cells was observed on the fixative cells ( Figure 1). After 36 h, nodules of malignant cells formed around the hospicells ( Figure 2).
- Ascites fluid from a patient with ovarian cancer was collected using a biopsy trocar.
- the hospicells could also be obtained directly from ascites by placing in a gelatin-coated culture plate a small cluster of cells present in ascites suspended in RPMI enriched in fetal calf serum, glutamine and antibiotics. .
- the cell clusters of fixative cells already present in the ascites fluid having fixed tumor cells were observed by light microscopy. Part of this liquid was cultured in RPMI medium enriched in fetal calf serum, glutamine and in the presence of HL60 cells for 1 day.
- Figure 3 shows the joint attachment of ovarian cancer cells and added HL60 cells to the fixative cells.
- hospicells obtained from ascitic fluid cell aggregates showed particular structures in light microscopy. These cells develop long pseudopods that form a sort of "cell net”.
- an interaction of hospicells with ovarian cancer cells is visible in confocal microscopy.
- hospicells appear as large cells that can interact with multiple cancer cells at the same time, providing a kind of hammock for cancer cells.
- an immunohistochemistry experiment performed on peritoneal biopsies of patients with ovarian cancer using the CD10 marker demonstrates the presence of hospicells around aggregates of cancer cells, the hospicells forming a net around aggregates.
- the inventors have sought to highlight the mechanisms of action underlying the interaction between hospicells and tumor cells.
- HL60 cells were separately deposited and in the same amount in 6 different wells containing RPMI complete medium and fixative cells adhered to the support.
- the ratio between tumor cells and hospicells was 5: 1.
- the non adhered HL60 cells were recovered and counted.
- the percentage of HL60 cells adhering to hospicells was then calculated for each condition.
- MDA-MB231 cells previously labeled with rhodamine were incubated in RPMI complete medium under 3 different conditions:
- MDA cells of each condition were separately deposited and in identical amount (5 cancer cells per hospicell) in 3 different wells containing RPMI medium and hospicells adhered to the support. After incubation for 2 hours at 4 ° C, the non-adhered MDA cells were removed and the amount of cells adhered to the hospicells was determined for each condition by measuring the fluorescence using a plate fluorimeter (Victor fluorometer).
- CXCR4 modulates the expression of integrins on the surface of MDA tumor cells, integrins that are likely to play a role in the attachment of tumor cells to the cells of the invention.
- HL60 cells cultured with hospicells in RPMI medium were treated for 5 days with either aracytin (AraC) or daunorubicin (DNR). After 5 days of treatment, the drug was removed and the cells were replated in fresh medium.
- AraC aracytin
- DNR daunorubicin
- the number of live HL60 cells was measured evaluated throughout the experiment using the image analysis system.
- Free HL60s do not grow while it is noted that on hospicells, live HL60 cells are identifiable. This effect of "repels" cells is more important with aracytin than with daunorubicin, difference related to the toxicity of daunorubicin for hospicells.
- Immortalized hospicells were incubated in RPMI medium with Adriblastine, Bleomycin, Deticene, Fluorouracil, Navelbine, Taxotere or Leustatin for 1 to 3 days.
- the cells were then detached by Accutase ® and the number of apoptotic cells detected by annexin V. We then determined the percentage of apoptotic cells by flow cytometry (Figure 7). The results show that hospicells are not very sensitive to the action of many drugs.
- OVCAR3 cells expressing GFP were obtained by transfection from an RRV virus (Ross River Virus) carrying the VSV-G protein and containing the GFP coding sequence obtained essentially as described in De Vos et al. (2003) Human Gene Ther. 10: 1727-1739.
- OVCAR3 cells were plated in 35 mm diameter culture dishes 24 h before transfection. The cells were then transfected with the viruses with a multiplicity of infection of 100: 1, the titre of the viral solution having been determined on NIH 3T3 cells as described by Burns et al. (1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 8033-8037. 48 hours after transfection the expression of GFP was monitored by flow cytometry on a FACScan device (Becton Dickinson).
- the adhesion tests were conducted as follows. 96-well cell culture dishes containing 0.2% gelatin were coated with hospicells at 70% confluency. OVCAR3 cells expressing GFP were then seeded at 5.10 4 cells per well in 200 ⁇ L of serum-free medium and allowed to adhere for 2 hours at 37 ° C. The non-adherent cells were removed by gentle washing with PBS, followed by The amount of adherent cells was determined by measuring the fluorescence of each well using a Wallac Flite fluorometer (reading at 560 nm) For each condition, the average cell density and the standard deviation were calculated at from the data obtained for 6 wells The experiments were repeated 4 times.
- the inventors examined the extent to which hospicells can confer chemo-resistance to the cells to which they bind. Briefly, hospicells were grown to 60% confluency. 2.10 4 OVCAR3 cells expressing GFP were then co-cultured with the hospicells for 24 hours before being placed in contact with a chemotherapeutic agent (carboplatin 22.2 ⁇ M and paclitaxel 1.4 ⁇ M). The chemotherapeutic effect was determined using the quantitative colorimetric sulphorhodamine B (SRB) assay as described by Skehan et al. (1990) J. Natl. Cancer
- SRB quantitative colorimetric sulphorhodamine B
- MDR1 protein has been implicated in the acquisition, among others, of paclitaxel chemoresistance in tumor cells. Therefore, the expression of MDR proteins by hospicells was then examined.
- the hospicells were deposited on glass slides in 6-well plates (Nunc) at a density of 8 ⁇ 10 4 cells / well in RPMI medium at 10% FCS. 48 hours later the cells were deprived of serum for 48 hours. The hospicells were then fixed with 3% paraformaldehyde and permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 in PBS. The hospicells were then incubated overnight at 4 ° C in 1% PBS-BSA-Triton with primary antibodies to the MDR proteins followed by a biotinylated secondary antibody and fluorescein-associated streptavidin (Molecular Probes).
- MRP1, MRP2, MRP3, MXR, and LRP were provided by Alexis, and antibodies to MDR1 were provided by Immunotech, and the hospicells were then observed on a microscope.
- MDR protein expression was determined with the same antibodies as above, using the Intraprep permeabilization kit (Beckman-Coulter) according to the supplier's instructions, on a cytometry machine. Altra EPICS stream (Beckman Coulter).
- the immunofluorescence results indicate the expression of MDR1, LRP and MXR by hospicells.
- the flow cytometry data show that the MDR1, MRP1, MRP2, MRP3, MXR and LRP proteins are expressed by the hospicells (Table 1), with a particularly high level of expression of the MDR1 and LRP proteins, which are both known to be involved in resistance to carboplatin and paclitaxel.
- the level of expression is determined by relating the mean fluorescence intensity measured using the anti-MDR antibody to that measured in the presence of an antibody of the same isotype as the anti-MDR but not exhibiting specificity with regard to hospicells, then applying the Kolmorogov-Smirnov test (Legrand et al (2001) Blood 97: 502-508). Protein MDR Level of protein expression (Kolmorogov-Smirnov)
- MDR proteins The role of MDR proteins in the chemoresistance conferred by hospicells was confirmed by repeating the above experiments of co-cultures of hospicells and OVCAR3 cells in the presence of carboplatin and paclitaxel, and adding Verapamil to the culture medium. (1.4 ⁇ M), an inhibitor of the MDR1 protein.
- the results obtained indicate the presence of the MDR1 protein by the OVCAR3 cells. Therefore, the transfer of MDR proteins between hospicells and tumor cells is possible. Moreover, this transfer also occurs in the presence of a protein translation inhibitor (cycloheximidine A) suggesting active transfer from hospicells rather than activation of translation of these proteins into tumor cells. Finally, the inventors have been able to demonstrate that hospicells could transfer membrane fragments to the tumor cells with which they interact. For this, the inventors have modified the evaluation test for trogocytosis
- the hospicells or OVCAR3 cells were stained with the green PKH67 lipophilic fluorophore according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- the stained cells were then co-cultured with unstained cells for 0 min, 3 min, and 3 h, respectively.
- the co-cultures were conducted in 96 well U-bottom culture plates with a final concentration of 6 ⁇ 10 5 cells in 120 ⁇ l of complete RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% FCS.
- the culture plates were then centrifuged for 1 minute at 700 rpm to promote contact between cells and then maintained for 1 hour at 37 ° C. in a humid atmosphere at 5% CO 2.
- the cells were washed twice in 0.5 PBS. mM EDTA and analyzed by flow cytometry using a LSRII device and DIVA software (BD Biosciences).
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