Normal human colon cells suppress malignancy when fused with colon cancer cells
- Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio (USA)
Normal human colon mucosa cells and cells obtained from histologically normal tissues near that cancer were fused with human colon cancer cells. Resultant hybrid populations of normal and malignant cell fusions behaved as nonmalignant cells in culture, were unable to grow in soft agar, did not express tumor-associated antigens, and were nontumorigenic in nude mice. Autofusion of the cancer cell population led to a phenotype intermediate between normal and malignant cells. That is, the cultures had a much lower plating efficiency in soft agar, and the tumors had a longer latency and slower growth rate in nude mice. This is the first cell culture system to demonstrate that normal epithelial cells can suppress malignancy of their autologous cancer cells, and is a prelude to more extensive studies of genetic events involved in malignant conversion of human colonic epithelium.
- OSTI ID:
- 5892496
- Journal Information:
- In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology; (USA), Vol. 26:11; ISSN 0883-8364
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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