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Natural killer cells inhibit metastasis of ovarian carcinoma cells and show therapeutic effects in a murine model of ovarian cancer.
Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 2018 August
Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate and is the most common of all gynecologic malignancies. Novel treatments for ovarian cancer are urgently required to improve outcomes and the overall survival of patients. The present study investigated whether immunotherapy with natural killer (NK) cells affected the survival of mice with ovarian cancer. Results analysis identified adjunctive NK cells as a potential therapeutic method in ovarian cancer. Patient-derived ovarian cells were isolated, cultured and subsequently injected subcutaneously into immune deficient BALB/c-nude mice. Human NK cells were isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and cultured for expansion in vitro . The present results demonstrated that ovarian cells in BALB/c-nude mice did not induce spontaneous ovarian cancer cell metastasis in the NK-treated group. In addition, NK cells activated immune cells in the immune system, which resulted in inhibition of ovarian tumor growth in vitro and in a murine xenograft model of ovarian cancer. The data also indicated that cytotoxic activity of NK cells prevented migration and invasion of ovarian cancer cells, which contributed to prevention of systemic metastasis and suggested that NK cells could be effective cells for therapy against ovarian cancer. Furthermore, NK cells induced apoptosis and increased the number of cluster of differentiation (CD)4+ , CD8+ as well as cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses by intravenous injection in a murine xenograft model of ovarian cancer. These results suggested that NK cells inhibited the systemic metastasis for ovarian cancer cells. In conclusion, the present study suggested that NK cell immunotherapy inhibited systemic metastasis of ovarian cancer cells and improved the survival rate of mice. Sufficient supplementation of NK cells may serve as a promising immunotherapeutic strategy for ovarian cancer.
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