real-time tracking of ex vivo-expanded natural killer cells toward human triple-negative breast cancers
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IntroductionEx vivo-expanded natural killer (NK) cells are a potential candidate for cancer immunotherapy based on high cytotoxicity against malignant tumor cells. However, a limited understanding of the migration of activated NK cells toward solid tumors is a critical dilemma in the development of effective and adoptive NK cell-based immunotherapy.MethodsEx vivo-expanded NK cells from healthy donors were stained with near-infrared fluorophores at different concentrations. NK cell proliferation and cytotoxicity were assessed using a WST-8 assay, while the expression levels of surface molecules were analyzed by flow cytometry. To investigate the biodistribution of NK cells in both normal and tumor-bearing NSG mice, NK cells labeled with ESNF13 were subjected to NIR fluorescence imaging using the Mini-FLARE imaging system. Finally, mice were sacrificed and histopathological tests were performed in resected organs.ResultsThe signal intensity of ESNF-stained NK cells was long-lasting at 72 h using concentrations as low as 0.04 µM. At a low dose range, ESNF13 did not affect NK cell purity, expression levels of surface receptors, or cytotoxic functions against MDA-MB-231 cancer cells. Ex vivo-expanded NK cells labeled with ESNF13 had a 4-h biodistribution in non-tumor-bearing NSG mice that mainly localized to the lungs immediately after injection and then fully migrated to the kidney after 4 h. In an MDA-MB-231 tumor-bearing NSG mice with extensive metastasis in both lungs, the fluorescence signal was dominant in both lungs and steady at 1, 2, and 4 h post-injection. In a early phase of tumor progression, administered NK cell migrated to the lungs and tumor sites within 30 min post-injection, the signal dominated the tumor site after 1 h, and remained steady at 4 h.ConclusionOptical imaging with NIR fluorophore ESNF13 is a highly sensitive, applicable, and inexpensive method for the real-time tracking of ex vivo-expanded NK cells both in vitro and in vivo. Administered NK cells had different patterns of NK cell distribution and accumulation to the tumor site according to tumor progression in triple-negative breast cancer xenograft models.
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| Authors | ;Tung Nguyen Thanh Uong;Tung Nguyen Thanh Uong;Kyung-Hwa Lee;Sung-Ja Ahn;Kyung Won Kim;Jung-Joon Min;Hoon Hyun;Mee Sun Yoon;Mee Sun Yoon;Mee Sun Yoon |
| Journal | sudebno-meditsinskaia ekspertiza |
| Year | 2018 |
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