PMID- 21502808 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111003 LR - 20200930 IS - 1555-8576 (Electronic) IS - 1538-4047 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 11 DP - 2011 Jun 1 TI - An experimental study of dendritic cells transfected with cancer stem-like cells RNA against 9L brain tumors. PG - 974-80 AB - Cancer stem cells are defined as a subpopulation of cancer cells with the capacity to self-renew and differentiate, which may play critical roles in tumor initiation, progress and resistance to current treatments. It has been reported that Dendritic cells (DCs) transfected with total tumor RNA could induce strong antitumor T-cell responses both in vivo and in vitro. In the study, we investigated the characteristics of 9L tumor spheres, and evaluated the antitumor effects of DCs transfected with 9L tumor spheres RNA in vivo. The results showed that 9L tumor spheres have the properties of cancer stem cells, and the majority of 9L cells were positive for CD133 and nestin. DCs transfected with 9L tumor spheres RNA can significantly inhibit glioma growth and prolong the survival of 9L glioma-bearing rats. These results demonstrated that 9L cancer stem like cells were enriched in tumor spheres, and they were a part of CD133+ cells, DCs transfected with cancer stem cells RNA may be an effective therapy for glioma. FAU - Xiao, Zong-yu AU - Xiao ZY AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Tang, Hao AU - Tang H FAU - Xu, Zhi-min AU - Xu ZM FAU - Yan, Zhong-jie AU - Yan ZJ FAU - Li, Peng AU - Li P FAU - Cai, Ying-qian AU - Cai YQ FAU - Jiang, Xiao-dan AU - Jiang XD FAU - Xu, Ru-xiang AU - Xu RX LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110601 PL - United States TA - Cancer Biol Ther JT - Cancer biology & therapy JID - 101137842 RN - 0 (AC133 Antigen) RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) RN - 0 (Culture Media) RN - 0 (Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Intermediate Filament Proteins) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Nes protein, rat) RN - 0 (Nestin) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Prom1 protein, rat) RN - 103107-01-3 (Fibroblast Growth Factor 2) RN - 62229-50-9 (Epidermal Growth Factor) RN - 63231-63-0 (RNA) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM MH - AC133 Antigen MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/metabolism MH - Brain Neoplasms/genetics/*pathology/therapy MH - Cancer Vaccines/*genetics/therapeutic use MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Culture Media MH - Dendritic Cells/metabolism/*transplantation MH - Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology MH - Fibroblast Growth Factor 2/pharmacology MH - Gliosarcoma/genetics/*pathology/therapy MH - Glycoproteins/metabolism MH - Interferon-gamma/blood MH - Intermediate Filament Proteins/metabolism MH - Kaplan-Meier Estimate MH - Neoplastic Stem Cells/drug effects/immunology/*pathology MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism MH - Nestin MH - Peptides/metabolism MH - RNA/*immunology MH - Rats MH - Transfection MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays EDAT- 2011/04/20 06:00 MHDA- 2011/10/04 06:00 CRDT- 2011/04/20 06:00 PHST- 2011/04/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/04/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/10/04 06:00 [medline] AID - 15705 [pii] AID - 10.4161/cbt.11.11.15705 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Biol Ther. 2011 Jun 1;11(11):974-80. doi: 10.4161/cbt.11.11.15705. Epub 2011 Jun 1.