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ONCOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 3549-3554Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2016.5076
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fibroblasts; head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; tumor stroma; co-culture; irradiation
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Cancer cells have a variety of interactions with neighboring connective tissue, and this activity primarily involves fibroblasts. Co-culture of fibroblasts derived from human skin with cancer cells results in the conversion of fibroblasts into cancer-associated fibroblasts, which are known to support tumor growth and invasiveness. To evaluate the effect of radiation on tumor-fibroblast interactions, the present study co-cultivated fibroblasts from pre-irradiated and non-irradiated human skin with FaDu head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells for 3 days. Subsequently, cells were analyzed for tumor viability, apoptosis, and secretion of interleukin (IL)-6 and -8 by performing an MTT assay, Annexin V-propidium iodide test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. Co-culture of FaDu cells with pre-irradiated fibroblasts resulted in a significant decrease in tumor viability, a notable increase in apoptosis and significantly lower levels of IL-8 compared with FaDu cells cultured with non-irradiated fibroblasts. Therefore, we propose that pre-irradiation changes the properties of fibroblasts and their effects on co-cultivated tumor cells, and, thus may lead to an improved understanding of the therapeutic options for patients that have already undergone irradiation.
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