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1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Differentiation ability of a Cell Line of Human Cervical Argyrophil Small Cell Carcinoma (ASCC) and Development of Effective Treatment of ASCC

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09671707
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Obstetrics and gynecology
Research InstitutionKYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE

Principal Investigator

ICHIMURA Hiroshi  KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 医学部, 助教授 (10264756)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SAWADA Masumi  RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIAL DISEASES, DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, 医学部, 講師 (60226074)
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1998
KeywordsASCC / dibutyryl cyclic AMP / apoptosis / IFN-γ / CDDP / caspase inhibitor
Research Abstract

1)Effect of a differentiation inducer on characteristics of an ASCC cell line To investigate the origin of argyrophil small cell carcinoma (ASCC of the uterine cervix, we examined the influence of dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dB-cAMP), a known differentiation inducer, on characteristics of an ASCC cell line, TC-YIK, which has been demonstrated to be a useful in vitro experimental model of ASCC. In TC-YIK cells after treatment with dB-cAMP, specific antigenic markers of macrophage (CD14 and HLA-DR), and IFN-γ mRNA and protein were detected: Most of the cells were positive for α-naphtyl buyrate esterase stain, and some of the cells showed phagocytosis and adsorption of Micrococcus lysodeikticus. Furthermore, GM-CSF accelerated the proliferation of TC-YIK cells. These results indicate that dB-cAMP promotes a differentiation process to macrophage lineage in the ASCC cell line. In contrast, some of the cells showed stellate morphological changes, suggesting a neuronal differentiation after treatment with dB-cAMP. Thus, TC-YIK has been shown to differentiate both into macrophage lineage and neuronal cells, suggesting that ASCC may originate from undifferentiated stem cells.
2) Induction of apoptosis in TC-YIK cells by CDDP and effect of IFN-γ on the CDDP-induced apoptosis To investigate if IFN-γ can be used as an auxiliary drug of CDDP, a therapeutic drug for ASCC, we examined the effect and mechanism of IFN-γ on CDDP-induced apoptosis of TC-YIK. Apoptosis induction in TC-YIK cells by CDDP was increased after treatment with IFN-γ. The extent of Fas antigen expression on TC-YIK cells was in parallel with that of increase in the apoptosis of the cells. The increase of CDDP-induced apoptosis by IFN-γ was completely inhibited by a caspase inhibitor, Z-VADfmk. These results suggest that IFN-γ increases the CDDP-induced apoptosis through the increase in Fas antigen expression on TC-YIK cells, and that INF-γ could be used as an auxiliary therapeutic drug for ASCC.

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  • [Publications] Hiroshi Ichimura et al.: "Differentiation of a Cell Line of Human Cervical Argyrophil Small Cell Carcinoma to Macrophage Lineage Cells"Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. (in press).

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  • [Publications] Hiroshi Ichimura, Nobuhiro Sakashita, Tohko Iida, Takeshi Chisaka, Hiroaki Yasuda, Masakazu Kita, Souichi Yuasa, Jior Imanishi: "Differentiation of a Cell line of Human Cervical Argyrophil Small Cell Carcinoma to Macrophage Lineage Cells"Jpn. J. Cancer Res.. 90. 523-529 (1999)

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Published: 2005-04-19  

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