Journal: Cell Communication and Signaling : CCS

Article Title: Acquired radioresistance in cancer associated fibroblasts is concomitant with enhanced antioxidant potential and DNA repair capacity

doi: 10.1186/s12964-021-00711-4

Figure Lengend Snippet: Oxidative stress in AG1522 CAFs that were cocultured with MDA-MB-231 or MCF7 breast cancer cell for 120 h. a Protein carbonylation demonstrating alterations in protein oxidation with both increased (~ 40 kDa) and decreased (~ 60 kDa) bands. b Induction of mitochondrial oxidative stress: the prevalence of superoxide anion (O 2 ·− ) was analyzed by MitoSOX™ Red and flow cytometry in AG1522 CAFs cocultured with MDA-MB-231 (light green histogram) or MCF7 (dark green histogram) breast cancer cells, and in AG1522 fibroblasts cocultured with MCF10A (purple histogram) non-tumorigenic breast epithelial cells or themselves (orange histogram) (control). Additional controls consisted of AG1522 fibroblasts without MitoSOX™ Red loading (red histogram) (negative control) and AG1522 fibroblasts treated with antimycin A (blue histogram) (positive control). AG1522 CAFs cocultured with MDA-MB-231 (light green) show a ten-fold increase in MitoSox™ levels over negative control (red). The histograms corresponding to AG1522 cocultures with MCF7 (dark green), MCF10A (purple), or AG1522 (orange) possess subpopulations of cells with a higher expression of MitoSOX™ Red (see appearance of bumps in tails of descending parts of the curves compared to the smoother lognormal shape in the negative control) than the larger population; however, no other significant changes were observed for these samples. c , d Modulation of antioxidant enzyme activity. Antioxidant enzyme activities in c AG1522 CAFs and d MDA-MB-231 cells cocultured with each other for 5, 48 or 120 h. Coculture with MDA-MB-231 resulted in an increased in MnSOD activity in AG1522 CAFs at 48 and 120 h. Additionally, although the enzyme activity remained unchanged, the catalase band appeared to run slower through the gel in AG1522 CAFs at 48 and 120 h. No changes were noted in CAF CuZnSOD or any of the antioxidant enzymes in the MDA-MB-231 lysate samples. Fold change = relative change. The results are representative of two separate experiments. In each experiment, 5 independent replicates were combined to generate enough cells for analysis

Article Snippet: Human breast non-tumorigenic epithelial MCF 10A cells (MCF10A) (ATCC, CRL-10318) were grown in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium: nutrient mixture F-12 (DMEM/F12) (Corning CellGro) supplemented with 5% (vol/vol) horse serum (Invitrogen), 2 mM l -alanyl- l -glutamine, 2.5 μg/mL Amphotericin b, 0.02 μg/mL EGF, 0.5 μg/mL hydrocortisone, 10 μg/mL insulin, 0.1 μg/mL cholera toxin (Sigma), and 100 units/mL penicillin and 100 μg/mL streptomycin.

Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Control, Negative Control, Positive Control, Expressing, Activity Assay

Journal: Cell Communication and Signaling : CCS

Article Title: Acquired radioresistance in cancer associated fibroblasts is concomitant with enhanced antioxidant potential and DNA repair capacity

doi: 10.1186/s12964-021-00711-4

Figure Lengend Snippet: Increased radioresistance of AG1522 CAFs requires coculture with cancer cells versus epithelial cells. Micronucleus formation in AG1522 cells cocultured for 120 h with MCF7 breast cancer cells or MCF10A non-tumorigenic breast epithelial cells, followed by exposure to 0.5 Gy of 137 Cs γ-rays. Fold changes in micronuclei are normalized to respective sham-irradiated (0 Gy) control. Coculture with MCF10A failed to protect the AG1522 fibroblasts from the radiation insult, whereas coculture with MCF7 significantly reduced the levels of micronuclei in irradiated CAFs. The results are representative of three separate experiments

Article Snippet: Human breast non-tumorigenic epithelial MCF 10A cells (MCF10A) (ATCC, CRL-10318) were grown in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium: nutrient mixture F-12 (DMEM/F12) (Corning CellGro) supplemented with 5% (vol/vol) horse serum (Invitrogen), 2 mM l -alanyl- l -glutamine, 2.5 μg/mL Amphotericin b, 0.02 μg/mL EGF, 0.5 μg/mL hydrocortisone, 10 μg/mL insulin, 0.1 μg/mL cholera toxin (Sigma), and 100 units/mL penicillin and 100 μg/mL streptomycin.

Techniques: Irradiation, Control

Journal: Cell Communication and Signaling : CCS

Article Title: Acquired radioresistance in cancer associated fibroblasts is concomitant with enhanced antioxidant potential and DNA repair capacity

doi: 10.1186/s12964-021-00711-4

Figure Lengend Snippet: Increased radioresistance of MRC5 CAFs is cancer cell dependent. Micronucleus formation in MRC5 CAFs cocultured for 120 h with MDA-MB-231 or MCF7 breast cancer cells, or MRC5 fibroblasts cocultured with MCF10A non-tumorigenic breast epithelial cells, followed by exposure to 1 Gy of 137 Cs γ-rays. The cells were γ-irradiated while in coculture. Fold changes in micronuclei are normalized to respective sham-irradiated (0 Gy) control. Only MRC5 CAFs cocultured with MDA-MB-231 demonstrated significantly increased resistance to ionizing radiation, when compared to control ( p < 0.05). The results are representative of three separate experiments

Article Snippet: Human breast non-tumorigenic epithelial MCF 10A cells (MCF10A) (ATCC, CRL-10318) were grown in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium: nutrient mixture F-12 (DMEM/F12) (Corning CellGro) supplemented with 5% (vol/vol) horse serum (Invitrogen), 2 mM l -alanyl- l -glutamine, 2.5 μg/mL Amphotericin b, 0.02 μg/mL EGF, 0.5 μg/mL hydrocortisone, 10 μg/mL insulin, 0.1 μg/mL cholera toxin (Sigma), and 100 units/mL penicillin and 100 μg/mL streptomycin.

Techniques: Irradiation, Control

Journal: Neuro-Oncology Advances

Article Title: The brain-penetrant cell-cycle inhibitor p28 sensitizes brain metastases to DNA-damaging agents

doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdad042

Figure Lengend Snippet: p28 crosses the BBB and preferentially localizes to Brain metastases (BMs). (A) Confocal images of the penetration of normal and cancer cells by p28. Human cancer cell lines (MDA-231BR, BCA-1, Mel-7, and A549) and normal cells (MCF-10A and fibroblasts) were cultured with Alexa Fluor 568-labeled p28 at 37°C for 2 hours, and images were obtained by confocal microscopy. Red, p28; blue, DAPI (nucleus). (B) MDA-231BR brain-specific metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, BCA-1 breast cancer, Mel-7 melanoma, or A549 lung cancer cells were injected into the left cardiac ventricle of athymic mice. ICG-labeled p28 was intravenously injected into the mice. Near-infrared fluorescence imaging of the ICG-p28 signal (gray) in coronal brain sections (yellow dotted line on the anterior-dorsal view) of mice injected with MDA-231BR, BCA-1 or Mel-7 cells or in the anterior-dorsal view of the brain of mice injected with A549 cells. H&E staining of brain sections confirmed the presence of BMs (Tu).

Article Snippet: A549 human lung cancer cells, MCF10A, and fibroblasts were purchased from American Type Culture Collection.

Techniques: Cell Culture, Labeling, Confocal Microscopy, Injection, Fluorescence, Imaging, Staining