Interleukin-11 protects the clonogenic stem cells in murine small-intestinal crypts from impairment of their reproductive capacity by radiation.
Authors
Potten, Christopher SAffiliation
CRC Department of Epithelial Biology, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie Hospital (NHS) Trust, Manchester, UK.Issue Date
1995-07-28
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The rapidly proliferating gastrointestinal mucosa is one of the major limiting tissues in cancer therapy. Because of its short transit time and high sensitivity to radiation and chemotherapeutic drugs, damage is rapidly manifested. Protection of the important stem cells in the tissue could be achieved, in principle, by appropriate prior manipulation with cytokines or growth factors which might make them more resistant to the cytotoxic treatment, for example, by putting them out of cycle. Such strategies might reduce some of the adverse side-effects of cancer treatment and improve the quality of life of patients, while possibly allowing an escalation of therapeutic dose. The functional capacity of stem cells has been studied for many years using a microcolony assay technique which measures the regenerative capacity of the clonogenic stem cells in crypts. These cells determine the survival of crypts which themselves determine whether or not the mucosal integrity is maintained and ultimately whether the animal or patient survives. Here, we demonstrate that treatment with interleukin-11 for 2 days prior to radiation exposure can significantly increase the number of surviving crypts. Treatment with IL-11 both before (for 2 days) and after irradiation (for 3 days) produces a slightly enhanced protection. Up to about 4 times more crypts survive at the highest radiation dose after either of these treatment schedules. These studies may provide a radiobiological explanation for the increased survival of animals when IL-11 is administered during 5FU and radiation exposures.Citation
Interleukin-11 protects the clonogenic stem cells in murine small-intestinal crypts from impairment of their reproductive capacity by radiation. 1995, 62 (3):356-61 Int. J. CancerJournal
International Journal of Cancer.PubMed ID
7628879Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
0020-7136Collections
Related articles
- Pretreatment with transforming growth factor beta-3 protects small intestinal stem cells against radiation damage in vivo.
- Authors: Potten CS, Booth D, Haley JD
- Issue date: 1997
- Enhancement of murine intestinal stem cell survival after irradiation by keratinocyte growth factor.
- Authors: Khan WB, Shui C, Ning S, Knox SJ
- Issue date: 1997 Sep
- Transforming growth factor-B3 protects murine small intestinal crypt stem cells and animal survival after irradiation, possibly by reducing stem-cell cycling.
- Authors: Booth D, Haley JD, Bruskin AM, Potten CS
- Issue date: 2000 Apr 1
- Differential survival of murine small and large intestinal crypts following ionizing radiation.
- Authors: Cai WB, Roberts SA, Bowley E, Hendry JH, Potten CS
- Issue date: 1997 Feb
- Teduglutide ([Gly2]GLP-2) protects small intestinal stem cells from radiation damage.
- Authors: Booth C, Booth D, Williamson S, Demchyshyn LL, Potten CS
- Issue date: 2004 Dec