HU Xiang, et al. Preliminary study on cancer stem-like cells(side population)in human colorectal cancer cell lines[J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University, 2008,33(12):1440-1444.
HU Xiang, et al. Preliminary study on cancer stem-like cells(side population)in human colorectal cancer cell lines[J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University, 2008,33(12):1440-1444.DOI:
Objective:To investigate the content of cancer stem-like cells in different human colorectal cancer ce11 lines and explore the methods for enriching cancer stem-like cells in SW480.Methods:The percentage of side population cells(SP)in human colorectal cancer cell lines LOVO
SW480
HCT116 were detected by flow cytometry.SW480 cell line was cultivated in serum-free medium(SFM)supplemented with growth factors and cancer stem-like cells reforming into floatingspheres were isolated.The isolated cancer stem-like cells were identified by limiting-dilution assay
differentiation assay
self-renewal assay
alternative cultivation assay.Results:The percentage of SP cells was 1.0% in LOVO
1.2% in SW480 and 1.3% in HCT116.In the absence of serum
a minority(0.54% ̄0.62%)of cancer stem-like cells in SW480 cells survived
proliferated and assembled into the suspended tumor cell spheres.SW480 cancer stem-like cells possessed proliferative
self-renewal and differentiation potential
which were responsible for the floating tumor clone.Serum addition into SFM resulted in the proliferation of cancer stem-like cells;after several generations and alternated cultivation in SSM and SFM
cancer stem-like cells maintained their characters.Conclusion:LOVO
SW480 and HCT116 cell lines contain a tiny minority of SP cells with stem cell properties.The cancer stem-like cells in SW480 line can be maintained in SFM using a floating culture method.