PUBLICATION
Novel immunologic tolerance of human cancer cell xenotransplants in zebrafish
- Authors
- Zhang, B., Shimada, Y., Hirota, T., Ariyoshi, M., Kuroyanagi, J., Nishimura, Y., Tanaka, T.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160110-3
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine 170: 89-98.e3 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Tanaka, Toshio
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Cell Line, Tumor/pathology
- Cell Line, Tumor/radiation effects
- Cell Line, Tumor/transplantation*
- Cell Proliferation
- Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics
- Forkhead Transcription Factors/immunology
- Graft Rejection/immunology
- Hep G2 Cells/radiation effects
- Hep G2 Cells/transplantation
- Heterografts/immunology*
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance/genetics
- K562 Cells/radiation effects
- K562 Cells/transplantation
- Plasminogen Activators/genetics
- Plasminogen Activators/metabolism
- Transplantation, Heterologous*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/immunology*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/immunology
- PubMed
- 26746804 Full text @ Transl. Res.
Citation
Zhang, B., Shimada, Y., Hirota, T., Ariyoshi, M., Kuroyanagi, J., Nishimura, Y., Tanaka, T. (2016) Novel immunologic tolerance of human cancer cell xenotransplants in zebrafish. Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine. 170:89-98.e3.
Abstract
Immune deficiency or suppression in host animals is an essential precondition for the success of cancer cell xenotransplantation because the host immune system has a tendency to reject implanted cells. However, in such animals, the typical tumor microenvironment seen in cancer subjects does not form because of the lack of normal immunity. Here, we developed a novel zebrafish (Danio rerio) model based on 2 rounds of cancer cell xenotransplantation that achieved cancer-specific immunologic tolerance without immunosuppression. We irradiated human cancer cells (PC-3, K562 and HepG2) to abolish their proliferative abilities and implanted them into zebrafish larvae. These cells survived for 2 weeks in the developing host. Three months after the first implantation, the zebrafish were implanted with the same, but nonirradiated, cell lines. These cancer cells proliferated and exhibited metastasis without immune suppression. To reveal the transcriptional mechanism of this immune tolerance, we conducted dual RNA-seq of the tumor with its surrounding tissues and identified several regulatory zebrafish genes that are involved in immunity; the expression of plasminogen activator, urokinase, and forkhead box P3 was altered in response to immunologic tolerance. In conclusion, this xenograft method has potential as a platform for zebrafish-based anticancer drug discovery because it can closely mimic human clinical cancers without inducing immune suppression.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping