Yangle Huang1,2, Yuanli Dong1,2, Jingfang Zhao2,3, Lijia Zhang2,3, Lin Kong1,2, Jiade Jay Lu1,2. 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai 201321, China. 2. Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Proton and Heavy Ion Radiation Therapy, Shanghai 201321, China. 3. Department of Medical Physics, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai 201321, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence suggested that radiotherapy can activate anti-tumor immune responses by triggering immunogenic cell death (ICD) of tumor cells. Calreticulin is regarded as one of the most important markers of ICD. The cell surface translocation of calreticulin (ecto-CRT) serves as an "eat me" signal for phagocytosis of dying cells, which plays a pivotal role in activating anti-tumor immunity. However, there is limited knowledge describing the effects of proton and carbon-ion radiation on ecto-CRT exposure. Hence, we investigated ecto-CRT exposure in multiple human carcinoma cell lines irradiated by proton and carbon-ion in comparison to photon. METHODS: This study examined four human cancer cell lines including A549 (lung adenocarcinoma), U251MG (glioma), Tca8113 (tongue squamous carcinoma), and CNE-2 (nasopharyngeal carcinoma). Cell lines were irradiated with photon, proton or carbon-ion at 0, 2, 4, 10 Gy (physical dose). The ecto-CRT exposure level was analyzed by flow cytometry at 12, 24, and 48 h post-irradiation. The median fluorescence intensity was calculated by FlowJo. RESULTS: All three types of radial beam increased ecto-CRT exposure of the 4 tumor cell lines in a time-dependent manner. Ecto-CRT exposure significantly elevated 1.5-2.4 times over 48 h post-irradiation compared with controls (P<0.05). Proton and photon increased ecto-CRT exposure with dose escalation. Photon and proton at 10 Gy increased the most ecto-CRT exposure (P<0.05), while carbon-ion increased most ecto-CRT exposure at 4 Gy rather than 10 or 2 Gy. When compared with iso-physical dose at 48 h post-irradiation, proton showed a similar effectiveness with photon. While carbon-ion has significantly stronger effects on increasing ecto-CRT than proton and photon at 2 and 4 Gy, but changed oppositely at 10 Gy (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: All the three types of radiation can increase the ecto-CRT exposure in a time-dependent manner. Proton and photon radiation were equally effective in inducing ecto-CRT exposure, while carbon-ion revealed a different effectiveness in comparison to photon and proton. 2019 Annals of Translational Medicine. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence suggested that radiotherapy can activate anti-tumor immune responses by triggering immunogenic cell death (ICD) of tumor cells. Calreticulin is regarded as one of the most important markers of ICD. The cell surface translocation of calreticulin (ecto-CRT) serves as an "eat me" signal for phagocytosis of dying cells, which plays a pivotal role in activating anti-tumor immunity. However, there is limited knowledge describing the effects of proton and carbon-ion radiation on ecto-CRT exposure. Hence, we investigated ecto-CRT exposure in multiple human carcinoma cell lines irradiated by proton and carbon-ion in comparison to photon. METHODS: This study examined four human cancer cell lines including A549 (lung adenocarcinoma), U251MG (glioma), Tca8113 (tongue squamous carcinoma), and CNE-2 (nasopharyngeal carcinoma). Cell lines were irradiated with photon, proton or carbon-ion at 0, 2, 4, 10 Gy (physical dose). The ecto-CRT exposure level was analyzed by flow cytometry at 12, 24, and 48 h post-irradiation. The median fluorescence intensity was calculated by FlowJo. RESULTS: All three types of radial beam increased ecto-CRT exposure of the 4 tumor cell lines in a time-dependent manner. Ecto-CRT exposure significantly elevated 1.5-2.4 times over 48 h post-irradiation compared with controls (P<0.05). Proton and photon increased ecto-CRT exposure with dose escalation. Photon and proton at 10 Gy increased the most ecto-CRT exposure (P<0.05), while carbon-ion increased most ecto-CRT exposure at 4 Gy rather than 10 or 2 Gy. When compared with iso-physical dose at 48 h post-irradiation, proton showed a similar effectiveness with photon. While carbon-ion has significantly stronger effects on increasing ecto-CRT than proton and photon at 2 and 4 Gy, but changed oppositely at 10 Gy (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: All the three types of radiation can increase the ecto-CRT exposure in a time-dependent manner. Proton and photon radiation were equally effective in inducing ecto-CRT exposure, while carbon-ion revealed a different effectiveness in comparison to photon and proton. 2019 Annals of Translational Medicine. All rights reserved.
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Keywords:
Calreticulin; carbon-ion; immunogenic cell death (ICD); proton
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