Establishment
of a SCID Mouse Model for Synergistic Anti-tumor Effect of Human IL-12 and B7-1
GAO Jun*, ZHAO Ping1, CHEN
Xiou-Hua2, LI Mao, LONG Jian-Qiou, GU Ai-Mei, WU Xiao-Lan, CAO
Guang-Wen1, QI Zhong-Tian1
( Division
of Epidemiology, Institute of Naval Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China; 1Second
Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China; 2Department
of Pharmacology, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industrial, Shanghai
200040, China )
Abstract Human
IL-12(hIL-12) has weak effect on mouse immunity cells, so the practical animal
model is not available for the study of hIL-12 anti-tumor activity. In this
work, the improved Winn assay was applied to evaluate the synergistic
anti-tumor effects of hIL-12 and human costimulatory molecule B7-1(hB7-1) on
human tumor in HuPBL-SCID mouse model. Three gene transferring solutions―hIL-12, hB7-1 and their
mixture(1:1) ―were prepared
using the nonliposome transgene reagent and the expressing vectors, and hIL-12,
hB7-1 or their mixture were transferred into tumor cell A375 respectively. Then
A375 were co-injected into SCID mice with HuPBL, and rhIL-2 were injected i.p.
as an anti-tumor agitator. On the other hand, LoVo and SPC tumor cells were
also used to test the inhibitory effect of the mixture of hIL-12 and hB7-1. The
anti-tumor effect of transferred genes was estimated by detecting tumor
inhibition rate. Furthermore, the histochemical change of A375 implanting tumor
tissue was also observed. Results showed that, to A375, the tumor inhibition
rate of hIL-12, hB7-1, or their mixture were 74.06%, 66.98%, and 93.40%,
respectively (P<0.01); and the mixture showed a good synergistic effect
according to the Webb's fraction multiplication law. The tumor inhibition rate
of the mixture in LoVo and SPC implanted mice were 98.37% and 97.39%
respectively, also showing a good synergistic effect. Histochemical study in
A375 implanted mice showed that in gene transfected mice, tumor cells were greatly
inhibited and fully intruded by HuPBL cells; while in control group, tumor
cells grew very well and HuPBL showed a conglomeration. At last, the human IgG
and T cells in PBL of HuPBL-SCID mice were higher than non-HuPBL-SCID mice
implanted A375; which showed that HuPBL-SCID mice could be applied for the
evaluation of the anti-tumor effect of human IL-12 and B7-1. All data indicated
that the combination of hIL-12 and hB7-1 gene might be a promising approach for
in vivo cancer therapy.
Key words tumor; hIL-12; hB7-1;
HuPBL-SCID mice; gene therapy
Received: December 30, 2002 Accepted:
March 7, 2003
This work was supported by the grants from
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 39600172, No. 30171055)
*Corresponding author: Tel, 86-21-25067154;
e-mail, [email protected]
人IL-12和B7-1基因对HuPBL-SCID小鼠模型中人源肿瘤的协同抑制作用
高军* 赵平1 陈秀华2 李茂 龙建秋 谷爱梅 吴晓兰 曹广文1 戚中田1
( 海军医学研究所流行病学研究室,
上海200433; 1第二军医大学微生物学教研室,
上海 200433; 2上海市医药工业研究院药理研究室,
上海 200040)
摘要 人IL-12(hIL-12)对鼠源的免疫细胞作用较弱, 进行hIL-12抗瘤研究缺乏有效的动物模型。 为此利用荷人瘤的HuPBL-SCID小鼠模型, 将改良的Winn assay细胞免疫功能分析方法应用于评价hIL-12和hB-1协同抗瘤作用。
用商业化的非脂质转基因试剂配制单独的hIL-12、hB7-1或hIL-12联合hB7-1的基因转染液。 将上述三种基因转染液分别瞬时转基因入人恶性黑色素瘤A375细胞, 转基因30 min后, 按组别(hIL-12组、hB7-1组、hIL-12+hB7-1组、rhIL-2对照组、HuPBL对照组和肿瘤对照组)同人外周血淋巴细胞混合接种于SCID小鼠皮下, 20天后处死实验小鼠, 测得hIL-12和hB7-1的抑瘤率分别为74.06%和66.98%, 联合作用达93.40%, rhIL-2和HuPBL对照组无抗瘤作用。
同时, 在此模型上hIL-12联合hB7-1基因对人大肠癌LoVo和人肺癌SPC的抑制率分别为98.37%和97.39%。 实验建立的各组HuPBL-SCID小鼠20天的外周血都含有人IgG(>0.5 mg/L)和极少量人CD3+淋巴细胞(>0.5个/100个有核细胞)。 hIL-12、hB7-1和hIL-12+hB7-1组的瘤灶内人淋巴细胞浸润生长,
肿瘤细胞残存, 而rhIL-2和HuPBL对照组的瘤灶内人淋巴细胞“似团样”生长, 肿瘤生长旺盛。
表明此HuPBL-SCID小鼠模型上的抗瘤机制为局部免疫反应。 结果表明以此动物模型可跨越种属差异造成的实验障碍,
证明了hIL-12和hB7-1联合应用在HuPBL-SCID小鼠模型中具有显著的协同抗瘤效果。
关键词 肿瘤; hIL-12; hB7-1; HuPBL-SCID小鼠; 基因治疗
人白细胞介素12(hIL-12)是由一个二硫键连接的异二聚体分子, 主要由活化的B细胞、激活的单核细胞、树突状细胞等抗原提呈细胞(APC)分泌。 重组的IL-12(rIL-12)在动物实验和Ⅰ期临床试验中抗瘤作用明显,
但Ⅱ期临床试验中显示了消化道出血、哮喘和肝功能受损等副作用。 有分析认为是由于注射给药使得循环血液中IFN-γ升高所致。 预注射一次IL-12可降低全身的副作用, 但可能也降低IL-12的抗瘤效果, 同时给临床应用安全也带来问题[1]。 应用IL-12进行肿瘤局部的基因治疗可使治疗部位IL-12浓度升高, 诱发局部IFN-γ的升高, 激发原位识别和杀伤肿瘤的免疫反应,
又可大大降低IL-12的全身副作用。 人共刺激分子B7-1(hB7-1)一般存在于活化的B细胞、激活的单核细胞、树突状细胞等APC细胞表面。 在APC细胞活化T细胞过程中, B7-1同T细胞表面的CD28结合可作为第二刺激信号协同激活T细胞。 IL-12或B7-1基因治疗肿瘤均已获准临床实验,
但目前研究结果表明疗效均有待提高[2]。 另外还没有见到有关两个基因联合治疗应用的临床研究报道,
而较多动物实验结果表明两者联合应用具有协同抗瘤作用, 显示了更好的临床应用前景[3,4]。
因hIL-12对鼠类作用较弱, 评价IL-12和B7-1协同抗肿瘤的研究多为鼠的IL-12和人/鼠的B7-1治疗鼠源肿瘤, 缺乏hIL-12对人肿瘤的疗效评价。 实验中采用改良的分析细胞免疫功能的Winn assay方法[5,6], 将人外周血淋巴细胞(HuPBL)与瞬时转基因的人肿瘤细胞混合接种于联合免疫缺陷症(SCID)小鼠皮下, 即建立HuPBL-SCID小鼠模型, 在较为全面地分析了hIL-12或hB7-1基因单独作用和联合作用抗人黑色素瘤A375的效果及免疫抗瘤机制后, 又以此动物模型评价了hIL-12和hB7-1联合转基因协同抗人大肠癌LoVo和人肺癌SPC的效果, 为此治疗方案提供更为接近临床的实验依据。
1 材料和方法(Materials and
Methods)
1.1 材料
hIL-12的 p40、p35片段和hB7-1 的cDNA由海军医学研究所流行病学研究室从上海地区人骨髓有核细胞中克隆获得,
以真核表达载体pCI(购于Promega公司)为骨架,
分别构建了表达hIL-12和hB7-1的质粒pCI-hIL-12和pCI-hB7-1[7], 其中连接p40和p35的内核糖体进入位点序列(IRES)由第二军医大学微生物教研室自备, 载体基因结构见图1。 测定hIL-12的ELISA试剂盒购自Bender公司; 抗人CD3和hB7-1分子的流式专用荧光抗体购自Caltag公司; 细胞因子rhIL-2购自Endoeng公司; 非脂质转染试剂(effectene transfection reagent)和抽提质粒DNA试剂盒购自Qiagen公司。 裸鼠传代的人黑色素瘤细胞株A375由上海医药工业研究院提供; 裸鼠传代的人大肠癌LoVo和人肺癌SPC瘤株及SCID小鼠(沪动合证字133号)购自上海肿瘤研究所, SCID小鼠雌雄不拘, 平均体重为(17.8±0.5) g; 实验动物操作和喂养委托上海医药工业研究院完成。
