Anti-tumor effect of adipose tissue derived-mesenchymal stem cells expressing interferon-β and treatment with cisplatin in a xenograft mouse model for canine melanoma.

Abstract

Adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AT-MSCs) are attractive cell-therapy vehicles for the delivery of anti-tumor molecules into the tumor microenvironment. The innate tropism of AT-MSCs for tumors has important implications for effective cellular delivery of anti-tumor molecules, including cytokines, interferon, and pro-drugs. The present study was designed to determine the possibility that the combination of stem cell-based gene therapy with low-dose cisplatin would improve therapeutic efficacy against canine melanoma. The IFN-β transduced canine AT-MSCs (cAT-MSC-IFN-β) inhibited the growth of LMeC canine melanoma cells in direct and indirect in vitro co-culture systems. In animal experiments using BALB/c nude mouse xenografts, which developed by injecting LMeC cells, the combination treatment of cAT-MSC-IFN-β and low-dose cisplatin significantly reduced tumor volume compared with the other treatment groups. Fluorescent microscopic analysis with a TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated nick-end labeling) assay of tumor section provided evidence for homing of cAT-MSC-IFN-β to the tumor site and revealed that the combination treatment of cAT-MSC-IFN-β with low-dose cisplatin induced high levels of cell apoptosis. These findings may prove useful in further explorations of the application of these combined approaches to the treatment of malignant melanoma and other tumors.

• Authors: Jin ok Ahn, Hee woo Lee, Kyoung won Seo, Sung keun Kang, Jeong chan Ra, Hwa young Youn
• Journal: PloS one (PLoS One) Vol. 8 Issue 9 Pg. e74897 ( 2013) ISSN: 1932-6203 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 24040358 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents
• Interferon-beta
• Cisplatin

Topics

• Adipose Tissue (cytology)
• Animals
• Antineoplastic Agents (administration & dosage)
• Cell Cycle
• Cell Line, Tumor
• Cell Movement
• Cisplatin (administration & dosage)
• Coculture Techniques
• Dogs
• Female
• Genetic Therapy (methods)
• Interferon-beta (metabolism)
• Lentivirus (genetics)
• Melanoma (therapy)
• Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation
• Mesenchymal Stem Cells (cytology)
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred BALB C
• Mice, Nude
• Stem Cells (cytology)
• Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays