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Liu Y, Hu H, Liang M, Xiong Y, Li K, Chen M, Fan Z, Kuang X, Deng F, Liu X, Xu C, Li K, Ge J. Regulated differentiation of WERI-Rb-1 cells into retinal neuron-like cells. Int J Mol Med 2017; 40:1172-1184. [PMID: 28848998 PMCID: PMC5593461 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2017.3102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
The encouraging response and improved survival of acute promyelocytic leukemia patients following retinoic acid treatment has rendered differentiation therapy an attractive option in cancer treatment. Given that terminal differentiation represents a considerable barrier in retinoblastoma tumorigenesis and that retinoblastoma has a significantly higher spontaneous degeneration rate compared with other tumors (1,000-fold change), differentiation therapy represents a promising alternative in the treatment of retinoblastoma. However, the full differentiation potential of retinoblastoma still unknown. The present study was designed to investigate the extend differentiation of the classical retinoblastoma cell line WERI-Rb-1 (W-RBCs). Several critical cell signaling pathways and key genes related to cell proliferation and differentiation were comprehensively regulated to control the fate of W-RBCs. Various strategies were applied to optimize simple and time-saving methods to induce W-RBCs into different types of retinal neuron-like cells (RNLCs) in vitro. Further, the tumorigenesis of these differentiated W-RBCs was tested in nude mice in vivo. W-RBCs were found to inherently express both retinal progenitor cell- and embryonic stem cell-related genes or proteins. Moreover, the addition of antagonists of critical cell signals (Wnt, Nodal, BMP4 and Notch), even without atonal bHLH transcription factor 7 gene transfection, could directly induce W-RBCs into RNLCs, and especially into photoreceptor-like and retinal ganglion-like cells. Interestingly, the differentiated cells showed remarkably poorer tumorigenesis in vivo. These findings may offer new insights on the oriented differentiation of W-RBCs into RNLCs with low tumorigenicity and provide potential targets for retinoblastoma differentiation therapy.
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- Ying Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P.R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shenzhen Eye Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518034, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P.R. China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650000, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P.R. China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21087, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P.R. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P.R. China
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Ueta E, Osaki T, Yamamoto T, Yoneda K. Induction of differentiation in maxillary adenoid cystic carcinomas by adoptive immunotherapy in combination with chemoradiotherapy. Oral Oncol 1998; 34:105-11. [PMID: 9682772 DOI: 10.1016/s1368-8375(97)00063-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The successful treatment results of a case of maxillary adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) and the possibility of differentiation of ACC cells with chemoradioimmunotherapy are described. Combined therapy was applied to two maxillary ACCs. Adoptive immunotherapy consisted of intra-arterial injection of lymphokine-activated killer cells (total 9.0 x 10(8) cells) and recombinant interleukin-2 (1.8 x 10(5) U) and interferon-gamma (1.8 x 10(5) U) was combined with 60Co radiation (50 Gy), 5-fluorouracil (4000 mg) and peplomycin (10 mg). Immunohistochemical staining of the biopsy material obtained during the therapy revealed a marked decrease of proliferating cell nuclear antigen-positive cells and a prominent increase of Lewis Y antigen- and bone morphogenetic protein-2-positive cells. The disappearance of tumour cells and the remodeling of the sinus wall with calcification in the sinus cavity, which had been occupied by the tumour, were observed after therapy in both patients. Adoptive immunotherapy in combination with chemoradiotherapy is useful for the treatment of ACC.
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- E Ueta
- Department of Oral Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Japan
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