Department of Radiology, Oncology and Radiation Sciences, Division of Biomedical Radiation Sciences, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e49579. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049579. Epub 2012 Nov 14.
We have previously shown that the HER2-specific affibody molecule (Z(HER2∶342))₂ inhibits proliferation of SKBR-3 cells. Here, we continue to investigate its biological effects in vitro by studying receptor dimerization and clonogenic survival following irradiation. We found that (Z(HER2∶342))₂ sensitizes the HER2-overexpressing cell line SKBR-3 to ionizing radiation. The survival after exposure to (Z(HER2∶342))₂ and 8 Gy (S(8Gy) 0.006) was decreased by a factor four compared to the untreated (S(8Gy) 0.023). The low HER2-expressing cell line MCF-7 was more radiosensitive than SKBR-3 but did not respond to (Z(HER2∶342))₂. Treatment by (Z(HER2∶342))₂ strongly increased the levels of dimerized and phosphorylated HER2 even after 5 minutes of stimulation. The monomeric Z(HER2∶342) does not seem to be able to induce receptor phosphorylation and dimerization or sensitize cells to irradiation.
我们之前已经表明,HER2 特异性亲和体分子(Z(HER2∶342))抑制 SKBR-3 细胞的增殖。在这里,我们通过研究照射后受体二聚化和集落存活,继续在体外研究其生物学效应。我们发现,(Z(HER2∶342))使过表达 HER2 的 SKBR-3 细胞系对电离辐射敏感。与未处理组相比,暴露于(Z(HER2∶342))和 8 Gy(S(8Gy) 0.006)后,存活(S(8Gy) 0.023)降低了四倍。低表达 HER2 的 MCF-7 细胞系比 SKBR-3 更敏感,但对(Z(HER2∶342))没有反应。即使在刺激 5 分钟后,(Z(HER2∶342))的治疗也强烈增加了二聚化和磷酸化 HER2 的水平。单体 Z(HER2∶342)似乎不能诱导受体磷酸化和二聚化,也不能使细胞对辐射敏感。