title: Effect of platelet activating factor and butyrate on the expression of interleukin-2 receptor alpha in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells.
abstract: Serum level of soluble interleukin-2 receptor alpha (sIL-2Ralpha) has been shown to correlate with disease progression and prognosis of cancer patients. However, the available information about the source and the pathophysiological regulation of IL-2Ralpha in cancer cells is limited. This study addressed the questions of prognostic value and the source of sIL-2Ralpha in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Biological regulation of IL-2Ralpha was characterized in NPC cell lines. Serum sIL-2Ralpha levels of 113 NPC patients were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Levels of sIL-2Ralpha in NPC patients were significantly higher than that in the healthy controls, and sIL-2Ralpha levels were correlated with disease progression and patient survival. IL-2Ralpha was identified in cancer cells by immunocytochemistry. In vitro, IL-2Ralpha expression was markedly increased following treatment with platelet activating factor and/or n-sodium butyrate. Increased secretion of IL-2Ralpha was also detected in the culture media. The secreted IL-2Ralpha could functionally bind IL-2. These results indicate that elevated sIL-2Ralpha was often detected in patients with advanced NPC. The elevated sIL-2Ralpha could be shed from NPC cells by a yet to be determined mechanism and IL-2Ralpha expression in NPC cells could be upregulated by platelet activating factor and butyrate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, China Medical College Hospital and Institute of Medical Research, China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chiou
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002087:Butyrates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D016513:Mice, SCID; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011379:Prognosis; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D017931:DNA Primers; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase