Identification of side population cells in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines with stepwise metastatic potentials
- 10 May 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Zeitschrift für Krebsforschung und Klinische Onkologie
- Vol. 134 (11), 1155-1163
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-008-0407-1
Abstract
Purpose To identify the side population (SP) cells from four hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines with stepwise metastatic potentials. Methods SP cells were sorted from HCCLM3, MHCC97-H, MHCC97-L and Hep3B by flow cytometry, and then analyzed by differentiation study, clonogenic assay, chemoresistance study and tumorigenicity assay in vivo. The expression of ABCG2 in SP cells was detected by immunocytochemistry, western blotting and real-time quantitative PCR, respectively. Results There was significant difference in SP proportion among HCCLM3, MHCC97-H, MHCC97-L and Hep3B (28.7 ± 1.6%, 14.5 ± 0.6%, 4.2 ± 0.4%, 0.9 ± 0.1%, respectively, P < 0.01). All the SP cells showed similar characteristics of self-renewal, high clonogenicity, remarkable chemo-resistance and high expression of ABCG2. As low as 2,000 SP cells could initiate tumors in non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency mice successfully. Conclusions SP cells purified from HCC cell lines harbors cancer stem cell-like properties, and may be related to the metastatic potentials and therapeutic-resistance of HCC.Keywords
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