催乳素和 DNA 损伤触发抗乳腺癌细胞免疫反应

We used an in vivo model to assess the ability of breast cancer cells to initiate orthotopic xenograft tumor formation after DNA damage. Breast cancer cells engineered to secrete human PRL were treated with the DNA damaging agent doxorubicin and injected into the mammary fat pad of immune-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) mice.

Doxorubicin and PRL combination increased the tumor latency, although PRL secretion alone did not change the tumor latency compared to the controls. Depletion of glycolipid asialo ganglioside-GM1-positive immune cells using anti-asialo GM1 antibody resulted in faster tumor formation only in the PRL-secreting breast cancer cells that were pre-treated with doxorubicin. Additionally, doxorubicin plus the PRL treatment of breast cancer cells was shown in vitro to attract cytotoxic NK cells compared to the controls, and this was dependent on the PRLR. DISCUSSION: These results demonstrate that combined breast cancer cell DNA damage and PRL exposure results in the anti-tumor cell activity of asialo-GM1-positive immune cells.