TY - JOUR
T1 - Direct demonstration of negative regulation of tumor growth and metastasis by host-inducible nitric oxide synthase
AU - Wei, Daoyan
AU - Richardson, Erica L.
AU - Zhu, Keyi
AU - Wang, Liwei
AU - Le, Xiangdong
AU - He, Yanjuan
AU - Huang, Suyun
AU - Xie, Keping
PY - 2003/7/15
Y1 - 2003/7/15
N2 - Inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS) II expression can be induced in the tumor bed, predominantly in host cells that infiltrate and surround a tumor. However, the impact of this physiological NOS II expression in host cells on tumor growth and metastasis remains unclear because of a lack of appropriate experimental approaches. In the present study, three NOS II-null (NOS II-/-) tumor cell lines, KX-dw1, KX-dw4, and KX-dw7, were established and verified using Southern, Northern, and Western blot analysis, and nitric oxide production assays. Cells from these lines were then s.c. and i.v. injected into NOS II+/+ and NOS II-/- C57BL/6 mice. NOS II protein expression and enzyme activity were clearly detected in the tumors that formed in NOS II+/+ mice but not in those that formed in NOS II-/- mice. Consistent with the absence of NOS II expression in the tumor stroma, KX-dw1, KX-dw4, and KX-dw7 cells grew much faster and produced many more experimental lung metastases in NOS II-/- mice than in NOS II+/+ mice. Therefore, physiological expression of NOS II in host cells directly inhibits tumor growth and metastasis.
AB - Inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS) II expression can be induced in the tumor bed, predominantly in host cells that infiltrate and surround a tumor. However, the impact of this physiological NOS II expression in host cells on tumor growth and metastasis remains unclear because of a lack of appropriate experimental approaches. In the present study, three NOS II-null (NOS II-/-) tumor cell lines, KX-dw1, KX-dw4, and KX-dw7, were established and verified using Southern, Northern, and Western blot analysis, and nitric oxide production assays. Cells from these lines were then s.c. and i.v. injected into NOS II+/+ and NOS II-/- C57BL/6 mice. NOS II protein expression and enzyme activity were clearly detected in the tumors that formed in NOS II+/+ mice but not in those that formed in NOS II-/- mice. Consistent with the absence of NOS II expression in the tumor stroma, KX-dw1, KX-dw4, and KX-dw7 cells grew much faster and produced many more experimental lung metastases in NOS II-/- mice than in NOS II+/+ mice. Therefore, physiological expression of NOS II in host cells directly inhibits tumor growth and metastasis.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 12873972
AN - SCOPUS:0041742276
SN - 0008-5472
VL - 63
SP - 3855
EP - 3859
JO - Cancer Research
JF - Cancer Research
IS - 14
ER -