title: Establishment of a human hepatic adenosquamous carcinoma cell line (KMC-2) and its response to cytokines.
abstract: A human hepatic adenosquamous carcinoma cell line (KMC-2) was established from a serially transplanted tumor in nude mice (nuKMC-2), which originated from human cholangio-cellular carcinoma and showed histological alteration from adenocarcinoma to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) along with serial transplantation. KMC-2 cells in monolayer culture proliferated in a sheet-like arrangement with a population doubling time of 29.5 h, whereas the cells in 0.1% collagen gel embedded culture formed a compact and tubular structure with the population doubling time of 35.4 h. The cells secreted carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), tissue polypeptide antigen and SCC-related antigen. The back-transplanted nude mouse tumor exhibited morphologic features of adenosquamous carcinoma resembling those in the original nude mouse tumor. IFN-alpha, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha suppressed cell proliferation significantly. Functionally, IFN-gamma significantly suppressed CA19-9 secretion, and conversely promoted SCC-related antigen secretion. These findings suggest that KMC-2 is the first human hepatic adenosquamous carcinoma cell line primarily originated from adenocarcinoma; the environmental factors, such as the presence of extracellular matrix and the cytokines influenced the growth, morphology and function of KMC-2.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Pathology, Kurume University, School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Momosaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kojiro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007621:Karyotyping; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D016207:Cytokines