Zhang Lei, Zhang Yan
State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Neurosci Bull. 2015 Jun;31(3):371-8. doi: 10.1007/s12264-014-1522-4. Epub 2015 Apr 26.
The tunneling nanotube (TNT) is a newly discovered, long and thin tubular structure between cells. In this study, we established a co-culture system for rat primary astrocytes and C6 glioma cells and found that TNTs formed between them. Most of the TNTs initiated from astrocytes towards C6 glioma cells. The formation of TNTs depended on p53. In addition, hydrogen peroxide increased the number of TNTs in the co-culture system. Established TNTs reduced the proliferation of C6 glioma cells. Our data suggest that TNTs between astrocytes and glioma cells facilitate substance transfer and therefore alter the properties, including the proliferation potential, of glioma cells.
隧道纳米管(TNT)是一种新发现的细胞间细长管状结构。在本研究中,我们建立了大鼠原代星形胶质细胞和C6胶质瘤细胞的共培养体系,发现它们之间形成了TNT。大多数TNT从星形胶质细胞向C6胶质瘤细胞起始。TNT的形成依赖于p53。此外,过氧化氢增加了共培养体系中TNT的数量。已形成的TNT降低了C6胶质瘤细胞的增殖。我们的数据表明,星形胶质细胞和胶质瘤细胞之间的TNT促进物质转移,从而改变胶质瘤细胞的特性,包括增殖潜能。