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Establishment and characterization of human osteosarcoma cells resistant to pyropheophorbide-α methyl ester-mediated photodynamic therapy

  • Authors:
    • Yong Tao
    • Yunsheng Ou
    • Hang Yin
    • Yanyang Chen
    • Shenxi Zhong
    • Yongjian Gao
    • Zenghui Zhao
    • Bin He
    • Qiu Huang
    • Qianxing Deng
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  • Published online on: September 27, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4136
  • Pages: 1427-1438
  • Copyright: © Tao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The present study was performed to establish and characterize new human osteosarcoma cell lines resistant to pyropheophorbide-α methyl ester‑mediated photodynamic therapy (MPPa-PDT). MPPa-PDT-resistant cells are isolated from the human osteosarcoma MG63 and HOS cell lines and two resistant populations were finally acquired, including MG63/PDT and HOS/PDT. Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay was used to determine the MPPa-PDT, cisplatin (CDDP) resistance and proliferation of MG63, MG63/PDT, HOS and HOS/PDT cells. The intracellular ROS were analyzed using DCFH-DA staining. The colony formation, invasion and migration of parental and resistant cells were compared. FCM was employed to examine the cell cycle distribution, the apoptosis rate and the proportion of CD133+ cells. The fluorescence intensity of intracellular MPPa was observed by fluorescence microscopy and quantified using microplate reader. The protein levels were assessed by western blotting (WB). Compared with two parental cells, MG63/PDT and HOS/PDT were 1.67- and 1.61-fold resistant to MPPa-PDT, respectively, and also exhibited the resistance to CDDP. FCM assays confirmed that both MG63/PDT and HOS/PDT cells treated with MPPa-PDT displayed a significantly lower apoptosis rate in comparison with their corresponding parental cells. The expression of apoptosis-related proteins (i.e. cleaved-caspase 3 and cleaved‑PARP), intracellular ROS and the antioxidant proteins (HO-1 and SOD1) in MG63/PDT and HOS/PDT cells was also lower than that in parental cells. Both MG63/PDT and HOS/PDT cells exhibited changes in proliferation, photosensitizer absorption, colony formation, invasion, migration and the cell cycle distribution as compared to MG63 and HOS cells, respectively. Compared to MG63 and HOS cells, both resistant cell lines had a higher expression of CD133, survivin, Bcl-xL, Bcl-2, MRP1, MDR1 and ABCG2, but a lower expression of Bax. The present study successfully established two resistant human osteosarcoma cell lines which are valuable to explore the resistance-related mechanisms and the approaches to overcome resistance.
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Tao Y, Ou Y, Yin H, Chen Y, Zhong S, Gao Y, Zhao Z, He B, Huang Q, Deng Q, Deng Q, et al: Establishment and characterization of human osteosarcoma cells resistant to pyropheophorbide-α methyl ester-mediated photodynamic therapy. Int J Oncol 51: 1427-1438, 2017.
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Tao, Y., Ou, Y., Yin, H., Chen, Y., Zhong, S., Gao, Y. ... Deng, Q. (2017). Establishment and characterization of human osteosarcoma cells resistant to pyropheophorbide-α methyl ester-mediated photodynamic therapy. International Journal of Oncology, 51, 1427-1438. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4136
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Tao, Y., Ou, Y., Yin, H., Chen, Y., Zhong, S., Gao, Y., Zhao, Z., He, B., Huang, Q., Deng, Q."Establishment and characterization of human osteosarcoma cells resistant to pyropheophorbide-α methyl ester-mediated photodynamic therapy". International Journal of Oncology 51.5 (2017): 1427-1438.
Chicago
Tao, Y., Ou, Y., Yin, H., Chen, Y., Zhong, S., Gao, Y., Zhao, Z., He, B., Huang, Q., Deng, Q."Establishment and characterization of human osteosarcoma cells resistant to pyropheophorbide-α methyl ester-mediated photodynamic therapy". International Journal of Oncology 51, no. 5 (2017): 1427-1438. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4136