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Cetuximab intensifies the ADCC activity of adoptive NK cells in a nude mouse colorectal cancer xenograft model

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    • Shanshan Chen
    • Xuechun Li
    • Rongming Chen
    • Mingang Yin
    • Qiuhong Zheng
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    Affiliations: Fujian Provincal Key Laboratory of Tumor Biotherapy, Teaching Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Provincal Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian 350014, P.R. China, Provincial Clinical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350014, P.R. China
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Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells, discovered ~40 years ago, are believed to be the most effective cytotoxic lymphocytes to counteract cancer; however, adoptive NK cell therapy in vivo has encountered certain limitations, including a lack of specificity. The drug cetuximab can mediate antibody dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity through NK cells in vivo, and has been approved for the first‑line treatment of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)‑positive metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the ADCC activity of adoptive NK cells, induced by cetuximab in a nude mouse CRC xenograft model, has not been previously reported. The aim of the present study was to explore the ADCC activity of cetuximab combined with adoptive NK cells in CRC xenograft models with various EGFR expressions. The nude mouse xenograft models were established by subcutaneously injecting LOVO or SW620 cells. The mice were then randomly divided into 6 groups: Phosphate‑buffered saline, cetuximab, human immunoglobulin G (hIgG), NK cells, hIgG plus NK cells and cetuximab plus NK cells. The ADCC antitumor activity was evaluated in these CRC models. The results indicated that the cetuximab plus NK cells group showed the greatest tumor inhibition effect compared with the NK cells group in LOVO xenograft tumor models with positive EGFR expression. However, the combination of cetuximab and NK cells did not show a stronger tumor inhibitory effect against the SW620 xenograft tumor models compared with the efficiency of NK cells. In conclusion, cetuximab could intensify the ADCC antitumor activity of adoptive NK cells towards CRC with an increased EGFR expression. The combination of cetuximab and NK cells may be a potential immunotherapy for metastatic CRC patients with positive EGFR expression.
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Chen S, Li X, Chen R, Yin M and Zheng Q: Cetuximab intensifies the ADCC activity of adoptive NK cells in a nude mouse colorectal cancer xenograft model. Oncol Lett 12: 1868-1876, 2016.
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Chen, S., Li, X., Chen, R., Yin, M., & Zheng, Q. (2016). Cetuximab intensifies the ADCC activity of adoptive NK cells in a nude mouse colorectal cancer xenograft model. Oncology Letters, 12, 1868-1876. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.4835
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Chen, S., Li, X., Chen, R., Yin, M., Zheng, Q."Cetuximab intensifies the ADCC activity of adoptive NK cells in a nude mouse colorectal cancer xenograft model". Oncology Letters 12.3 (2016): 1868-1876.
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Chen, S., Li, X., Chen, R., Yin, M., Zheng, Q."Cetuximab intensifies the ADCC activity of adoptive NK cells in a nude mouse colorectal cancer xenograft model". Oncology Letters 12, no. 3 (2016): 1868-1876. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.4835
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Chen S, Li X, Chen R, Yin M and Zheng Q: Cetuximab intensifies the ADCC activity of adoptive NK cells in a nude mouse colorectal cancer xenograft model. Oncol Lett 12: 1868-1876, 2016.
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Chen, S., Li, X., Chen, R., Yin, M., & Zheng, Q. (2016). Cetuximab intensifies the ADCC activity of adoptive NK cells in a nude mouse colorectal cancer xenograft model. Oncology Letters, 12, 1868-1876. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.4835
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Chen, S., Li, X., Chen, R., Yin, M., Zheng, Q."Cetuximab intensifies the ADCC activity of adoptive NK cells in a nude mouse colorectal cancer xenograft model". Oncology Letters 12.3 (2016): 1868-1876.
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Chen, S., Li, X., Chen, R., Yin, M., Zheng, Q."Cetuximab intensifies the ADCC activity of adoptive NK cells in a nude mouse colorectal cancer xenograft model". Oncology Letters 12, no. 3 (2016): 1868-1876. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.4835
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