Heme oxygenase and indoleamine regulation by cytokines in cervical cancer cells and natural killer cells cytotoxic activity

Heme oxygenase and indoleamine regulation by cytokines in cervical cancer cells and natural killer cells cytotoxic activity

Pablo C. Ortiz-Lazareno 1, Paulina Gómez-Lomeli 2, Georgina Hernández-Flores 3, Cristina Rodríguez-Padilla 4, Francisco Javier Ochoa-Carrillo 5, Alejandro Bravo-Cuellar 6

1 División de Inmunología, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, IMSS IMSS, Guadalajara, Jal., México; 2 División de Inmunología, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, IMSS, Guadalajara, Jal., México; 3 División de Inmunología, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, IMSS IMSS, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México; 4 Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., México; 5 Editor in Chief, Gaceta Mexicana de Oncología (GAMO), Mexico City, Mexico; 6 División de Inmunología, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, IMSS IMSS, Guadalajara; Centro Universitario de los Altos, Universidad de Guadalajara, Tepatitlán de Morelos; Jal., México

Pablo C. Ortiz-Lazareno, Paulina Gómez-Lomeli, Georgina Hernández-Flores, Cristina Rodríguez-Padilla, Francisco Javier Ochoa-Carrillo, Alejandro Bravo-Cuellar

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*Correspondencia: Alejandro Bravo-Cuellar, Email no disponible

Resumen

Objective: To determine the effect of the cytokines interleukin (IL-4), IL-10, Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) in protein expression of HO-1 and IDO in cervical cancer cell lines and the cytotoxicity of NK cells in co-culture with cervix cancer cells pretreated with HO-1 and IDO inhibitors. Methods: The cervical cancer cell lines HeLa (HPV 18+), SiHa (HPV 16+) and C-33A (HPV -) were treated with 20 ng/mL of IL-4, IL-10, IFN-γ and TNF-α for 3 h, 6 h and 12 h, after that protein expression was assessed by flow cytometry. The cytotoxic activity of NK cells was performed in real time for 4 h. Results: Protein expression of the enzymes were changed at early times, increasing the expression of the enzymes in the 3 cell lines. We observed an increase in cytotoxic activity of NK cells cocultured with HeLa cells pretreated with the HO-1 inhibitor and in SiHa cells pretreated with the IDO inhibitor. Conclusion: The suppressor enzyme IDO is positively regulated by IL-10 in HeLa, SiHa, and NK cytotoxic activity increase in Hela and SiHa cells pretreated with HO-1 and IDO inhibitors respectively, which could be part of tumor escape mechanisms in cervix cancer.

Palabras clave:  Indoleamine. Histidine decarboxilase. Cervix cancer. Cytokines. NK cells.

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