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Blood, Vol. 96 No. 1 (July 1), 2000:
pp. 259-263
IMMUNOBIOLOGY
From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University
of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine and
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Molecular Biology Institute,
Los Angeles, CA.
Fizzy-related (fzr) is a recently identified 7WD domain
family member implicated in cell cycle regulation of Drosophila and yeast. In this study, the murine homologue of fzr was isolated by suppression subtractive hybridization as a gene with decreased expression during malignant progression of a murine B-lymphoma cell
line. Retroviral overexpression of fzr in B-lymphoma cells reduced tumor formation. Those tumors that did arise had diminished or
extinguished retroviral Fzr. Surprisingly, fzr overexpression dramatically increased B-lymphoma cell susceptibility to natural killer
cell (NK) cytotoxicity, a host-resistant mechanism for tumor formation
in this model system. These findings implicate fzr as a new
category of genes suppressing B-cell tumorigenesis and suggest a novel
role for fzr in the target cell interaction with NK cells.
(Blood. 2000;96:259-263)
The molecular basis of tumor progression is an
important issue in B lymphomagenesis. Although a number
of proto-oncogenes or tumor suppressors have been identified as early
molecular events, in vivo and in vitro experimentation has shown that
inappropriate expression of such genes alone is insufficient for
efficient tumorigenicity.1,2 In the case of c-myc,
certain collaborating genes have been identified by a candidate
approach, including p53 and bcl-2.3-6 Other novel genes (pim-1, pal-1, and bmi-1)
have been isolated by retroviral insertional
mutagenesis.7-9 However, with the exception of p53, these
genes are not associated with natural human or murine c-myc B lymphomas.
Our laboratory has previously established a murine model system for the
study of the progression of c-myc-dependent
lym-phomagenesis.10,11 This model system is based on an
in vitro-derived premalignant B-cell line (DAC), which bears
rearranged c-myc but is nontumorigenic in wild-type
immunocompetent mice, in part because of their susceptibility to host
natural killer cell (NK) cytolytic activity. A malignant variant (MV)
of these cell lines was isolated as forming tumors in immunocompetent
mice and was found to have acquired resistance to NK cytolysis. These
findings suggest that differentially expressed genes in these 2 populations account for tumor progression in this model system.
In the present study, we used suppression subtractive
hybridization to identify the differentially expressed genes in DAC and
MV cells.12 A novel gene revealed by this screen was murine fizzy-related (fzr), a recently identified 7WD domain family
member involved in Drosophila cell cycle regulation.13
Expression of murine fzr was reduced in fully malignant MV
cells compared with premalignant DAC cells. Forced overexpression of
fzr in B-lymphoma cell lines increased cell susceptibility to
NK cytotoxicity and suppressed tumor formation. These findings reveal a
novel role for fzr in the NK-mediated cell death pathway and
host-tumor interaction.
Cell culture
Suppression subtractive hybridization
Recombinant murine fzr expression The full-length sequence of murine fzr cDNA was obtained by RACE, a PCR-based extension methodology.15 Murine fzr cDNA containing the entire open reading frame with a flag tag (DYKDDDDK) at the 5' end was amplified by polymerase chain reaction from a mouse spleen cDNA library using the primers 5'-CCGGAATTCCACCATGGACTACAAGGACGACGATGACAAGGACCAGGACTATGAGCGAAGG-3' and 5'-GCCGGAATTCG TGGGCTTCACATCCCGCCTG-3'. The retroviral expression vector pMSCV IRES NEO (a gift from Dr. Tony Koleske, University of Toronto, Canada) was used for gene transfer. Human fibroblast 293T cells were cotransfected with pMSCV IRES NEO constructs and the viral helper to produce virus using a standard
transfection procedure.16 The B-lymphoma cell lines DAC and
MV were infected with virus. Stably infected cells were produced by
Geneticin selection (500 µg/mL; GIBCO BRL).
Antibodies Anti-Fzr polyclonal rabbit serum was produced against the N terminal fragment (1-173 amino acid) of murine Fzr-glutathione-s-transferase (GST) fusion protein. Fzr expression was detected by Western blot analysis using the anti-Fzr rabbit serum or an anti-flag M2 monoclonal antibody (Eastman Kodak, New Haven, CT). The rabbit serum was used at a final concentration of 1:10 000 in Western blot analysis. Both antibodies recognized a single band with an apparent molecular mass of 55 kd (expected for murine Fzr) in the infected cells containing the murine Flag-Fzr construct. Secondary antibodies, goat anti-rabbit IgG and goat anti-mouse IgG labeled with horseradish peroxidase, were purchased from Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories (West Grove, PA).Northern blot analysis Total RNA from DAC and MV cells was prepared by using an RNA purification kit (QIAGEN, Valencia, CA). Total RNA (10 µg) was loaded onto a formaldehyde agarose gel and subjected to electrophoresis. Separated RNA was transferred to a nylon membrane by capillary action and cross-linked to the membrane by exposure to UV light (Stratalinker; Stratagene, San Diego, CA). Full-length Fzr cDNA was labeled by random primer synthesis (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Piscataway, NJ). Blots were prehybridized for 30 minutes and hybridized with the cDNA probe for at least 2 hours in Rapid-Hyb buffer (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech) at 65°C. Blots were then washed with 0.1× SSC, 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate and exposed to x-ray film.NK cytotoxicity assay Target cells were labeled with 100 µCi of Na2[51Cr]CrO4 (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech) for 1.5 hours at 37°C. Cells were washed twice, resuspended in RPMI 1640, and plated at 2 × 104 cells per well in V-bottom 96-well plates. Effector cells were prepared from Balb/c mice (Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME) injected intraperitoneally (IP) with poly(IC) (Sigma) 12 to 16 hours before sacrifice. A single cell suspension of splenocytes was obtained, and erythrocytes were lysed by treatment with 0.83% NH4Cl. The nucleated cells were counted and used as effector cells. Effector cells were added at various concentrations and incubated with the target cells at 37°C with 5% CO2. After 6 hours, the supernatant was harvested and counted with a gamma counter. Data were analyzed by regression analysis to determine lytic units, expressed as LU20, as described previously.11 No significant difference was observed in chromium loading by DAC, MV, and their infectant sublines.Tumorigenicity Exponentially growing DAC and MV cells were washed and resuspended in sterile phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) at a concentration of 5 × 105 cells/mL. Cells (5 × 105) were injected IP into Balb/c mice (Jackson Laboratory) at 8 to 15 weeks of age. Animals were monitored for 2 months. Mice with evidence of disease were killed and autopsied to confirm tumor formation and to obtain tumor tissue for Western blot analysis of fzr expression.Flow cytometry of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I surface expression and DNA content Murine H-2Dd was detected using a murine IgG2a, kappa monoclonal alloantibody as a purified biotin conjugate (06135; Pharmingen, San Diego, CA). A total of 5 × 105 cells were stained with anti-Dd or an isotype control and phycoerythrin-streptavidin (Pharmingen). To measure DNA content, exponentially growing cultures were rinsed with Ca2+/Mg2+-free PBS and then fixed in cold 70% ethanol at 4°C overnight. Cellular DNA was stained with 50 µg/mL propidium iodine and 5 µg/mL RNase A and incubated at 37°C for 15 minutes. Stained cells were analyzed with a FACSTAR instrument (Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry System, Mountain View, CA) and CellQuest software for the Macintosh.
Isolation of murine homologue of fzr from murine B-lymphoma cell lines DAC and MV cells are the parent and daughter cell lines, distinguished by their differential tumor formation in immunocompetent mice. A set of differentially expressed genes in DAC and MV cells was isolated by suppression subtractive hybridization. This study characterizes one of the clones chosen for highly differential expression in DAC and MV cells. Expression of this gene was decreased in MV cells compared with DAC cells (5- to 10-fold by Northern blot; 10- to 20-fold by Western blot analysis; Figure 1A-B).
Overexpression of murine fzr suppresses tumor growth Because reduced expression of fzr was associated with malignant progression, we overexpressed murine fzr in B-lymphoma cells via a retroviral vector. Western blot analysis showed that both DAC and MV cells infected with the fzr construct [DAC(fzr) and MV(fzr)] had much higher levels of fzr protein expression than cells infected with the vector alone [DAC(vector) and MV(vector)] (Figure 2A). A total of 5 × 105 B-lymphoma cells were injected into Balb/c mice, which were monitored for up to 50 days. This relatively high number of transferred cells was chosen to permit tumor formation by both MV and DAC cells. Figures 2B and 2C show that overexpression of fzr substantially reduced tumor frequency in DAC and MV cells, respectively. Notably, the expression of fzr was typically silenced in MV(fzr) and DAC(vector) tumors (Figure 2A).
Overexpression of murine fzr increases NK-mediated cell death Our previous studies demonstrated that MV cells were more resistant than DAC cells to NK killing.11 Because DAC cells differed from MV cells by increased fzr expression, we wondered whether higher levels of fzr expression might increase cell susceptibility to NK killing.
In the present study, a murine homologue of the Drosophila
fzr was isolated from a screen for genes with reduced
expression upon malignant progression in B lymphomagenesis.
Retroviral overexpression of fzr reduced
tumorigenicity in B-lymphoma cell lines and strikingly increased their
susceptibility to NK cytolysis. Fzr is highly conserved
phylogenetically and is implicated in mitotic cell cycle regulation.
The present findings suggest that fzr may also play a role in
tumorigenesis and target-NK cell interaction.
We thank Drs. Benjamin Bonavida, David Rawlings, Ramaswamy Iyer, and
Tony Koleske for gifts of reagents; and Drs. Owen Witte, Harvey
Herschman, and Lee Goodglick for advice.
Submitted July 2, 1999; accepted March 2, 2000.
Supported by NIH grants AI38545, CA12800, the Jonsson Comprehensive
Cancer Center, the Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Foundation, and the
Lymphoma Research Foundation of America.
Reprints: Jonathan Braun, Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, CHS 13-222, 10833 Le
Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1732; e-mail: jbraun{at}mednet.ucla.edu.
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