Journal: Radiology and Oncology
Article Title: Human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma exhibits enhanced radiosensitivity despite limited activation of cytosolic DNA sensing pathways and innate immune responses
doi: 10.2478/raon-2025-0057
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of irradiation (IR) on cytokine gene expression in tumor cells and tumor microenvironment (TME) of pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC). (A–C) Fold change in expression of IFNβ (A) , tumor necrosis factor (TNF)α (B) , and IL1β (C) in vitro 72 hours after IR with 4, 8, or 3x8 Gy, normalized to housekeeping genes (GUSB and B2M) and respective controls (n = 3). (D–F) Fold change in expression of IFNβ (D) , TNFa (E) , and IL1 β (F) in tumor cells in vivo 72 hours after IR with 8 or 3×8 Gy, normalized to housekeeping genes (GUSB and B2M) and control (n = 5). (G–I) Fold change in expression of Ifnβ (G) , TNFα (H) , and Il1β (I) in the TME in vivo 72 hours after IR with 8 or 3–8 Gy, normalized to housekeeping genes (BA and GADPH) and control (n = 5). Data is represented as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). # = indicates p < 0.05 for comparisons between UPCI:SCC090 and other cell lines or tumor models; * = indicates p < 0.05 for comparisons between IR doses within the same cell line or tumor model; o = indicates p < 0.05 for comparisons between FaDu and 2A3 models; + = indicates p < 0.05 for comparisons between UM-SCC-6 and FaDu
Article Snippet: The in vitro experiments were performed with four human PSCC cell lines: HPV16-related OPSCC UPCI:SCC090 (RRID:CVCL_1899; ATCC ® CRL-3239TM, Manassas, VA, USA), HPV16-unrelated OPSCC UM-SCC-6 (RRID:CVCL_7773; Merck-Millipore, Burlington, MA, USA), HPV16-related hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPSCC) 2A3 (RRID:CVCL_0D71; ATCC ® CRL-3212TM, ATCC), and HPV16-unrelated HPSCC FaDu (RRID:CVCL_1218; ATCC ® HTB-43TM, ATCC).
Techniques: Irradiation, Gene Expression, Expressing, In Vitro, In Vivo, Control