PMID- 7641424 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19950915 LR - 20191023 IS - 0262-0898 (Print) IS - 0262-0898 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 5 DP - 1995 Sep TI - Inhibition of cancer cell motility and invasion by interleukin-12. PG - 396-404 AB - Tumour cell motility and attachment are crucial requirements in the formation of metastatic lesions. These properties are affected by a number of cytokines including hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) and several immunoregulatory proteins, including interleukin-12 (IL-12). Although IL-12 has been reported to exhibit potent anti-tumour effects in vivo, a direct effect of IL-12 on cancer cells has not been reported. We show here that IL-12 directly inhibited the attachment of the human colon cancer cell lines HRT18, HT29 and HT115 to Matrigel, HGF/SF-stimulated cell motility and HGF/SF-induced cell invasion through a reconstituted basement membrane. IL-12 did not affect the growth of these cell lines. Flow cytometry, Western analysis and immunohistochemistry revealed an up-regulation of E-cadherin cell-surface adhesion molecules. These direct effects of IL-12 on colon cancer cells suggest a potentially important role for IL-12 in metastasis. FAU - Hiscox, S AU - Hiscox S AD - Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK. FAU - Hallett, M B AU - Hallett MB FAU - Puntis, M C AU - Puntis MC FAU - Jiang, W G AU - Jiang WG LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Clin Exp Metastasis JT - Clinical & experimental metastasis JID - 8409970 RN - 0 (Cadherins) RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) SB - IM MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cadherins/analysis MH - Cell Adhesion/drug effects MH - Cell Death/drug effects MH - Cell Membrane/chemistry MH - Cell Movement/drug effects MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic MH - Colonic Neoplasms/drug therapy/*pathology MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Interleukin-12/*pharmacology MH - *Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Neoplasm Metastasis MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/drug effects MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured EDAT- 1995/09/01 00:00 MHDA- 1995/09/01 00:01 CRDT- 1995/09/01 00:00 PHST- 1995/09/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1995/09/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1995/09/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/BF00121916 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Metastasis. 1995 Sep;13(5):396-404. doi: 10.1007/BF00121916.