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HSP70/IL-2 Treated NK Cells Effectively Cross the Blood Brain Barrier and Target Tumor Cells in a Rat Model of Induced Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)

Farzaneh Sharifzad
,
Soura Mardpour
,
Saeid Mardpour
,
Esmaeil Fakharian
,
Adeleh Taghikhani
,
Amirhosein Sharifzad
,
Sahar Kiani
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Yasaman Heydarian
,
Marek J Los
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Zahra Azizi
,
Saeid Ghavami
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Amir Ali Hamidieh
,
Marzieh Ebrahimi
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Version 1 : Received: 24 February 2020 / Approved: 25 February 2020 / Online: 25 February 2020 (06:51:39 CET)

How to cite: Sharifzad, F.; Mardpour, S.; Mardpour, S.; Fakharian, E.; Taghikhani, A.; Sharifzad, A.; Kiani, S.; Heydarian, Y.; Los, M.J.; Azizi, Z.; Ghavami, S.; Hamidieh, A.A.; Ebrahimi, M. HSP70/IL-2 Treated NK Cells Effectively Cross the Blood Brain Barrier and Target Tumor Cells in a Rat Model of Induced Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). Preprints 2020, 2020020364. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202002.0364.v1 Sharifzad, F.; Mardpour, S.; Mardpour, S.; Fakharian, E.; Taghikhani, A.; Sharifzad, A.; Kiani, S.; Heydarian, Y.; Los, M.J.; Azizi, Z.; Ghavami, S.; Hamidieh, A.A.; Ebrahimi, M. HSP70/IL-2 Treated NK Cells Effectively Cross the Blood Brain Barrier and Target Tumor Cells in a Rat Model of Induced Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). Preprints 2020, 2020020364. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202002.0364.v1

Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cell therapy is one of the most promising treatments for Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). However, this emerging technology is limited by the availability of sufficient numbers of fully functional cells. Here, we investigated the efficacy of NK cells that were expanded and treated by interleukin-2 (IL-2) and heat shock protein70 (HSP70), both in vitro and in vivo. Proliferation and cytotoxicity assays were used to assess the functionality of NK cells in vitro, after which treated and naïve NK cells were administrated intra-cranially and systemically to compare the potential antitumor activities in our in vivo rat GBM models. In vitro assays provided strong evidence of NK cell efficacy against C6 tumor cells. In vivo tracking of NK cells showed efficient homing around and within the tumor site. Furthermore, significant amelioration of the tumor in rats treated with HSP70/Il-2 treated NK cells as compared to those subjected to non-treated NK cells, as confirmed by MRI, proved the efficacy of adoptive NK cell therapy. Moreover, results obtained with systemic injection confirmed migration of activated NK cells over the blood brain barrier and subsequent targeting of GBM tumor cells. Our data suggest that administration of HSP70/Il-2 treated NK cells may be a promising therapeutic approach to be considered in the treatment of GBM.

Keywords

Glioblastoma Multiforme; rat model; NK-Cell Therapy; MRI Cell traking; Fouresecent cell tracking; blood brain barrier

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Oncology and Oncogenics

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