Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

Publication Title

Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment

Volume

17

Pages

1-9

DOI

10.1177/1533033818780088

Abstract

Increased expression of cytosolic DNA sensors, a category of pattern recognition receptor, after control plasmid DNA electrotransfer was observed in our previous studies on B16.F10 murine melanoma cells. This expression was correlated with the upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines and was associated with cell death. Here, we expanded our research to include the influence of features of cells in a 3-dimensional environment, which better represents the tumors’ organization in vivo. Our results show that lower number of cells were transfected in spheroids compared to 2-dimensional cultures, that growth was delayed after electroporation alone or after electrotransfer of plasmid DNA, and that DNA sensors DDX60, DAI/ ZBP1, and p204 were upregulated 4 hours and 24 hours after electrotransfer of plasmid DNA. Moreover, the cytokines interferon β and tumor necrosis factor α were also upregulated but only 4 hours after electrotransfer of plasmid DNA. Thus, our results confirm the results obtained in 2-dimensional cell cultures demonstrating that electrotransfer of plasmid DNA to tumor cells in spheroids also upregulated cytosolic DNA sensors and cytokines.

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This article is open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Original Publication Citation

Znidar, K., Bosnjak, M., Jesenko, T., Heller, L. C., & Cemazar, M. (2018). Upregulation of DNA sensors in B16.F10 melanoma spheroid cells after electrotransfer of pDNA. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, 17, 1-9. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1533033818780088

ORCID

0000-0001-8084-0787 (Heller, L.)

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