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Cancer Cell International
Published in: Cancer Cell International 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Primary research

Sorting and identification of side population cells in the human cervical cancer cell line HeLa

Authors: Wenjuan Qi, Chao Zhao, Lijun Zhao, Ning Liu, Xiaoping Li, Weidong Yu, Lihui Wei

Published in: Cancer Cell International | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

Several reports have revealed that cancer stem cells (CSCs) exist in many types of solid tumors. Some studies have demonstrated that side population (SP) cells isolated from diverse cancer lines harbor cancer stem-like properties, but there are few reports examining the characteristic of SP cells in human cervical cancer. The aim of this study is 1) to find out a feasible way to detect the tumor stem-like cells in cervical cancer, and 2) to analyze the properties of the SP cells being sorted.

Methods

Isolated SP and non-SP cells from human cervical cancer cell line Hela by Hoechst 33342 dying method and flow cytometry analysis. Observing morphology of SP and non-SP cells. The expression of various biomarkers putatively related to cancer stem cells were investigated by immucytochemistry of SP and non-SP cells. We also analyzed cell cycle and cell apoptosis for sorted cells. The oncogenicity of the SP and non-SP cells were analyzed by tumor formation in nonobesediabeti- c/severe combined immune- deficient (NOD/SCID) mice. The drug-resistant and radiation-resistant index between SP, non-SP and Hela cells was estimated by MTS assay.

Results

The fraction of SP cells in Hela was approximately 1.07 ± 0.32%. SP cells were smaller and rounder in shape than non-SP cells, and mostly showed colony-like growth. Immunocytochemistry showed that stem cell makers (Oct3/4, CD133, BCRP) were highly expressed in SP cells. Moreover, the number of apoptotic cells among non-SP cells (17.6 ± 3.7%) was significantly higher compared with that among SP cells (4.4 ± 1.2%). The HE staining of in vivo grown tumors result from SP cells showed more poor differentiation, though no significant differences were shown between SP and non-SP cells in NOD/SCID mice tumorigenicity. Furthermore, SP cells demonstrated a higher degree of drug resistance against trichostatin A (TSA) compared with that of non-SP and Hela cells. SP cells were also found to be more resistant against radiotherapy.

Conclusions

SP cells possess some characteristics of CSCs, namely high proliferation ability, chemoresistance and radioresistance, which may be helpful to elucidate novel targets for effective clinical treatments of cervical cancer in the future.
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Metadata
Title
Sorting and identification of side population cells in the human cervical cancer cell line HeLa
Authors
Wenjuan Qi
Chao Zhao
Lijun Zhao
Ning Liu
Xiaoping Li
Weidong Yu
Lihui Wei
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Cancer Cell International / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1475-2867
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2867-14-3

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