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Release of monocyte migration signals by breast cancer cell lines after ablative and fractionated γ-irradiation

Authors: Roman Hennel, Nikko Brix, Karin Seidl, Anne Ernst, Heike Scheithauer, Claus Belka, Kirsten Lauber

Published in: Radiation Oncology | Issue 1/2014

Abstract

Background

Radiotherapy, administered in fractionated as well as ablative settings, is an essential treatment component for breast cancer. Besides the direct tumor cell death inducing effects, there is growing evidence that immune mechanisms contribute - at least in part - to its therapeutic success. The present study was designed to characterize the type and the extent of cell death induced by fractionated and ablative radiotherapy as well as its impact on the release of monocyte migration stimulating factors by dying breast cancer cells.

Methods

Cell death and senescence assays were employed to characterize the response of a panel of breast cancer cell lines with different receptor and p53 status towards γ-irradiation applied in a fractionated (daily doses of 2 Gy) or ablative setting (single dose of 20 Gy). Cell-free culture supernatants were examined for their monocyte migration stimulating potential in transwell migration and 2D chemotaxis/chemokinesis assays. Irradiation-induced transcriptional responses were analyzed by qRT-PCR, and CD39 surface expression was measured by flow cytometry.

Results

Fast proliferating, hormone receptor negative breast cancer cell lines with defective p53 predominantly underwent primary necrosis in response to γ-irradiation when applied at a single, ablative dose of 20 Gy, whereas hormone receptor positive, p53 wildtype cells revealed a combination of apoptosis, primary, and secondary (post-apoptotic) necrosis. During necrosis the dying tumor cells released apyrase-sensitive nucleotides, which effectively stimulated monocyte migration and chemokinesis. In hormone receptor positive cells with functional p53 this was hampered by irradiation-induced surface expression of the ectonucleotidase CD39.

Conclusions

Our study shows that ablative radiotherapy potently induces necrosis in fast proliferating, hormone receptor negative breast cancer cell lines with mutant p53, which in turn release monocyte migration and chemokinesis stimulating nucleotides. Future studies have to elucidate, whether these mechanisms might be utilized in order to stimulate intra-tumoral monocyte recruitment and subsequent priming of adaptive anti-tumor immune responses, and which breast cancer subtypes might be best suited for such approaches.

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Title: Release of monocyte migration signals by breast cancer cell lines after ablative and fractionated γ-irradiation
Authors: Roman Hennel
Nikko Brix
Karin Seidl
Anne Ernst
Heike Scheithauer
Claus Belka
Kirsten Lauber
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Radiation Oncology / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1748-717X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-9-85

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Release of monocyte migration signals by breast cancer cell lines after ablative and fractionated γ-irradiation

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