1.Department of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People′s Hospital, Guangdong Province, Shenzhen 518035, China;
2.Shenzhen Advanced Technology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangdong Province, Shenzhen 518055, China;
3.Department of Gynecology, Shenzhen Bao′an People′s Hospital (formerly belonged to Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People′s Hospital), Guangdong Province, Shenzhen 518101, China
Abstract:Objective To study the effect of anti-EpCAM/anti-CD3 BsAb protein inhibition on ovarian cancer cells in vitro. Methods Non-viral vector microcircle DNA was used to obtain the anti-EpCAM/anti-CD3 BsAb protein. Different concentrations (1×10-3, 1×10-4, 1×10-5, 1×10-6, 1×10-7, 1×10-8 μg/mL) of anti-EpCAM/anti-CD3 BsAb protein was added to ovarian cancer cells and T cells. After 6 h and 12 h, the number of live cells and dead cells were counted and morphological changes were observed by inverted fluorescence microscopy. Results Under the inverted microscope, ovarian cancer cells and T cells were obviously aggregated after the addition of anti-EpCAM/anti-CD3 BsAb, and a large number of dead cells were found around them. At the same time, the killing effect of ovarian cancer cells mediated by T cells did not always increased with the increase of concentration. When the concentration reached 1×10-4 μg/mL, the killing rate reached the maximum in both 6 h and 12 h time periods, and the difference were both statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion The anti-EpCAM/anti-CD3 BsAb expressed by the novel microcircle DNA expression system can inhibit the growth of ovarian cancer cells in vitro, and it may be used as an effective targeted anti-ovarian cancer tumor in the future.