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A Co-culture Method to Investigate the Crosstalk Between X-ray Irradiated Caco-2 Cells and PBMC

The protocol adopted in this work aims at unraveling how X-rays perturb the functioning of the intestinal barrier, focusing on the interplay between colorectal tumor cells and the immune system. Colorectal carcinoma is among the most common type of cancer, typically treated by surgery, chemotherapy,...

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Autores principales: Babini, Gabriele, Morini, Jacopo, Barbieri, Sofia, Baiocco, Giorgio, Ivaldi, Giovanni Battista, Liotta, Marco, Tabarelli de Fatis, Paola, Ottolenghi, Andrea
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5912320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29443050
http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/56908
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author Babini, Gabriele
Morini, Jacopo
Barbieri, Sofia
Baiocco, Giorgio
Ivaldi, Giovanni Battista
Liotta, Marco
Tabarelli de Fatis, Paola
Ottolenghi, Andrea
author_facet Babini, Gabriele
Morini, Jacopo
Barbieri, Sofia
Baiocco, Giorgio
Ivaldi, Giovanni Battista
Liotta, Marco
Tabarelli de Fatis, Paola
Ottolenghi, Andrea
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description The protocol adopted in this work aims at unraveling how X-rays perturb the functioning of the intestinal barrier, focusing on the interplay between colorectal tumor cells and the immune system. Colorectal carcinoma is among the most common type of cancer, typically treated by surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Advantages of radiotherapy in targeting the tumor are well known. However, even limited exposures of healthy tissues are of great concern, particularly regarding the effects on the intestinal barrier and the immune system. The adopted setup allows to study the interplay between two cell populations in a condition more similar to the physiological one, when compared to normal cell cultures. For this purpose, we resort to different techniques and we used an in vitro co-culture model, based on Caco-2 cells differentiated as a monolayer and PBMC, sharing the same culture medium. This protocol has been developed to focus on both macroscopic effects, i.e. cell viability and Trans-Epithelial Electrical Resistance (TEER), and, through western blot, molecular alterations, i.e. the activation of inflammatory pathway in immune cells and the tight junction protein expression in Caco-2 cells. Initial evaluation of radiation effects on Caco-2 cell viability was assessed via the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and Trypan blue assays, while TEER was measured at fixed time intervals through an ohmmeter specifically designed for co-culture systems. In this way, the effects due to radiation, the presence of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC), and eventually their synergistic effect, can be demonstrated. Through these complementary techniques, we observed a high radio-resistance of Caco-2 within the range of 2 - 10 Gy of X-rays and an increased Caco-2 monolayer permeability when PBMCs were added. In particular, PBMC presence was found to be associated with the variation in the tight junction scaffold proteins expression.
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spelling pubmed-59123202018-05-10 A Co-culture Method to Investigate the Crosstalk Between X-ray Irradiated Caco-2 Cells and PBMC Babini, Gabriele Morini, Jacopo Barbieri, Sofia Baiocco, Giorgio Ivaldi, Giovanni Battista Liotta, Marco Tabarelli de Fatis, Paola Ottolenghi, Andrea J Vis Exp Immunology The protocol adopted in this work aims at unraveling how X-rays perturb the functioning of the intestinal barrier, focusing on the interplay between colorectal tumor cells and the immune system. Colorectal carcinoma is among the most common type of cancer, typically treated by surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Advantages of radiotherapy in targeting the tumor are well known. However, even limited exposures of healthy tissues are of great concern, particularly regarding the effects on the intestinal barrier and the immune system. The adopted setup allows to study the interplay between two cell populations in a condition more similar to the physiological one, when compared to normal cell cultures. For this purpose, we resort to different techniques and we used an in vitro co-culture model, based on Caco-2 cells differentiated as a monolayer and PBMC, sharing the same culture medium. This protocol has been developed to focus on both macroscopic effects, i.e. cell viability and Trans-Epithelial Electrical Resistance (TEER), and, through western blot, molecular alterations, i.e. the activation of inflammatory pathway in immune cells and the tight junction protein expression in Caco-2 cells. Initial evaluation of radiation effects on Caco-2 cell viability was assessed via the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and Trypan blue assays, while TEER was measured at fixed time intervals through an ohmmeter specifically designed for co-culture systems. In this way, the effects due to radiation, the presence of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC), and eventually their synergistic effect, can be demonstrated. Through these complementary techniques, we observed a high radio-resistance of Caco-2 within the range of 2 - 10 Gy of X-rays and an increased Caco-2 monolayer permeability when PBMCs were added. In particular, PBMC presence was found to be associated with the variation in the tight junction scaffold proteins expression. MyJove Corporation 2018-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5912320/ /pubmed/29443050 http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/56908 Text en Copyright © 2018, Journal of Visualized Experiments http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visithttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
spellingShingle Immunology
Babini, Gabriele
Morini, Jacopo
Barbieri, Sofia
Baiocco, Giorgio
Ivaldi, Giovanni Battista
Liotta, Marco
Tabarelli de Fatis, Paola
Ottolenghi, Andrea
A Co-culture Method to Investigate the Crosstalk Between X-ray Irradiated Caco-2 Cells and PBMC
title A Co-culture Method to Investigate the Crosstalk Between X-ray Irradiated Caco-2 Cells and PBMC
title_full A Co-culture Method to Investigate the Crosstalk Between X-ray Irradiated Caco-2 Cells and PBMC
title_fullStr A Co-culture Method to Investigate the Crosstalk Between X-ray Irradiated Caco-2 Cells and PBMC
title_full_unstemmed A Co-culture Method to Investigate the Crosstalk Between X-ray Irradiated Caco-2 Cells and PBMC
title_short A Co-culture Method to Investigate the Crosstalk Between X-ray Irradiated Caco-2 Cells and PBMC
title_sort co-culture method to investigate the crosstalk between x-ray irradiated caco-2 cells and pbmc
topic Immunology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5912320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29443050
http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/56908
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