Application of primary cell cultures of laryngeal carcinoma and laser scanning cytometry in the evaluation of tumor reactivity to cisplatinum.
Unsatisfactory effects of treatment of laryngeal carcinoma patients stimulate the clinicians as well as researchers to develop new more effective treatment models and to find new reliable prognostic factors. The aim of the present study was the evaluation of the use of primary cell cultures of the laryngeal carcinoma and laser scanning cytometry (LSC) in the assessment of tumor reactivity to cisplatinum. Nineteen primary cultures of laryngeal carcinoma cells established from fragments of laryngeal carcinoma infiltrations were cultured with or without cisplatin, stained with monoclonal antibodies against P53 and BCL-2 proteins and analyzed by LSC. Cisplatin added to the culture medium leads to the significant increase of P53 expression and decrease of BCL-2 expression. Moreover, changes of P53 and BCL-2 expressions were significantly correlated. Our findings of apoptosis regulatory mechanisms could be useful in patient qualification for the chemotherapeutic follow-up treatment.
Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngeal Oncology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland. janusz.klatka@wp.pl
Janusz
J
Klatka
Roman
R
Paduch
Piotr
P
Pozarowski
Wioletta
W
Pietruszewska
Krzysztof
K
Kupisz
Piotr
P
Trojanowski
Jacek
J
Roliński
D002945:Cisplatin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D047569:Laser Scanning Cytometry; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism
D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D002945:Cisplatin