Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (36): 5800-5805.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.36.011

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Mechanism by which interferon reduces the resistance of MGMT positive glioma stem cells to temozolomide

Su Hui, Liu Zhao-wei, Du Hong-li, Qiao Yan-mei   

  1. People’s Hospital of Hengshui City, Hengshui 053000, Hebei Province, China)
  • Online:2015-09-03 Published:2015-09-03
  • About author:Su Hui, Laboratorian in charge, People’s Hospital of Hengshui City, Hengshui 053000, Hebei Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: It is easy to appear the phenomenon of drug resistance in the treatment of patients with glioma, and O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is a kind of multidrug resistance gene expressed in glioma.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of interferon to increase the sensibilization of MGMT positive glioma stem cells to temozolomide in vitro.

METHODS: Glioma cell lines, U251 and SKMG-4, were induced by suspended cloning ball formation method to harvest MGMT positive glioma stem cells, U251G and SKMG-4G. Cell counting kit-8 assay was used to detect the killing effect of interferon α/β combined with temozolomide on MGMT positive glioma stem cells. RT-PCR and western blot assay were employed to determine the expression of MGMT and nuclear factor κB in MGMT positive glioma stem cells.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Western blot results showed positive expression of MGMT in U251G and SKMG-4G cells at protein levels. After intervention with interferon α/β, the mRNA expression of MGMT and nuclear factor κB in SKMG-4G and U251G cells was reduced significantly, and then further decreased after temozolomide treatment. These findings indicate that interferon α/β can remarkably strengthen the killing effect of temozolomide on MGMT positive glioma stem cells.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程

Key words: Glioma, Neoplastic Stem Cells, Interferons, O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase

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