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Laryngeal papillomatosis is caused by infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) type 6 and/or 11. Laryngeal papillomatosis recurs frequently, and malignant transformation occurs in 1.6%-4% of the cases. Surgery is the treatment of first choice. While adjuvant therapies such as interferon, Chinese medicines, proton pump inhibitors, indole 3 carbinol, cidofovir and vaccines have been tried, none has come to be positioned as the standard of care.We report seven patients with laryngeal papillomatosis who underwent multiple surgeries. All were men. The surgery was performed in combination with two or three of the following: use of an electric scalpel, CO2 laser, YAG laser, sharp resection, and intralesional injection of cidofovir. Intralesional injection of cidofovir after resection was performed in four cases, and remission was achieved in three of these cases. Cidofovir is an unapproved drug in Japan and is not yet approved for use in cases of laryngeal papillomatosis in other countries. However, the outcomes in our cases and other reports suggest that intralesional injection of cidofovir is effective.HPV6 (n=5), HPV11 (n=1) and HPV negative (n=1) detected respectively. Malignant transformation occurred in one case and HPV negative. Moreover, p16 immunohistochemistry was performed in all cases. However, no relation with number of operations and HPV status was found.The life cycle of HPV in laryngeal papillomatosis is largely unknown, and there is no consensus on methods of treatment other than surgery. More research is needed to elucidate the life cycle of HPV and the pathophysiology of laryngeal papillomatosis., 浜松医科大学医学部耳鼻咽喉科・頭頸部外科学教室 峯田周幸教授退任記念論文集～症例から学ぶ～, Festschrift for Professor Hiroyuki Mineta In Hornor of His Retirement as Chairman of Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Bovine-derived cultured cells, including Madin-Darby bovine kidney cells, are used worldwide; however, lipofection tend to result in low transfection efficiency, which has impeded the progress of veterinary research. We performed experiments to confirm the lipofection efficiency of bovine-derived cultured cells, to identify cells that suitable for lipofection. Several bovine tissues (endometrium, testis, ear tissue and foetal muscle) were collected, and primary cultured cells were prepared. Lipofection assay showed that only bovine endometrium (BE)-derived cells could be transfected efficiently (50‒70%). BE cells can be divided into at least two types of cell populations (BE-1 and BE-2). The BE-1 cells, which were suitable for lipofection, were obtained by passages at short intervals and were negative for cytokeratin- and positive for vimentin-expression; the BE-2 cells did not have these characteristics and were not suitable for lipofection. Furthermore, the BE-1 cells and artificially immortalised cells of BE-1, iBE-1 cells, were utilised in a reporter assay requiring the introduction of multiple DNAs. Endometrial tissues can be collected from living cows, and BE-1 cells can be obtained easily by controlling passaging timing. The production of BE-1 cells and sharing the methods required to prepare them will contribute to the development of veterinary research.

Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (MPeM) is a rare and aggressive form of malignant mesothelioma. Sufficient biological tools for studying the functional characteristics of this cancer have not been developed. Therefore, in this study, a novel human cancer cell line, KOG-1, was established from ascites fluids isolated from a 39-year-old Japanese woman with pemetrexed-resistant MPeM. Cells were dendritic or linear immediately after thawing, showed a jigsaw puzzle-like and spindle arrangement during growth, and formed monolayers without contact inhibition in two-dimensional (2D) culture. The population doubling time was 13.7 h. Karyotypic and molecular genetic analyses showed that chromosome numbers ranged from 62 to 142, with a peak of 73 with complicated copy number alterations. No germline BAP1 pathogenic variant was detected. Cells expressed various tumor markers of mesothelioma, such as calretinin, podoplanin, and Wilms tumor 1 (WT-1). Drug sensitivity and resistance testing with a set of 36 drugs using 2D and three-dimensional (3D) culture models demonstrated that KOG-1 cells showed high and low sensitivity to pemetrexed under 2D and 3D culture conditions, respectively, whereas control ovarian cancer cell lines showed low sensitivity to pemetrexed under both culture conditions. This newly established cell line will be a valuable biological resource to expand the feasibility of functional studies as well as drug testing for potential therapeutic purposes in MPeM.

Objective: Ovarian cancer is a poor-prognosis gynecologic disease with over 220,000 diagnoses each year worldwide and a 5-year survival rate less than 40%. In this study, we present a method for isolation and characterization of ovarian cancer cells from patient-derived ascites and tissue samples by using three-dimensional (3D) cell culture. Materials and Methods: Ascites and tissue samples were obtained from primary ovarian, peritoneal, and fallopian tube cancer patients intraoperatively. Samples were isolated and cultured within 6 hours after collection. After isolation, cells were resuspended in Matrigel and were placed at the center of each well. Optimized medium is added to each well. NanoCulture Plate LH96 (Low-Binding, MH pattern, 96-wells, Medical and Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd., Japan) were used for 3D cell culture. Plates were incubated at 37°C. The cultures were examined for metabolically active cells by ATP assay and medium changed on days 0, 1, 4, 7, 10, and 14. Results: We successfully obtained ascites-derived primary cell cultures within 1-7 days from 100% (3/31) of the ascites samples and 62% (5/8) from tissue-derived primary cell cultures. Spheroids-like structures were formed in 30% (1/3) of ascites samples and 50% (4/8) of tissue samples. The tumorigenicity and invasiveness of the cells were demonstrated using new 3D spheroid model cultured in vitro by NanoCulture Plate LH96. Conclusion: Primary ascites and tissue culture of ovarian cancer cells can successfully be cultured by 3D cell culture plates. We may apply this method for drug sensitivity testing; therefore, 3D cell culture has a potential to evaluate the sensitivity of candidate chemotherapeutic drug for individual patients. Citation Format: Yoshiko Nanki, Akira Hirasawa, Hiroyuki Nomura, Aki Okubo, Manabu Itoh, Tomoko Akahane, Tatsuyuki Chiyoda, Fumio Kataoka, Eiichiro Tominaga, Daisuke Aoki. Ascites-derived and tissue-derived ovarian cancer cell primary 3D cultures aimed for personalized medicine. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Conference: Addressing Critical Questions in Ovarian Cancer Research and Treatment; Oct 1-4, 2017; Pittsburgh, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Clin Cancer Res 2018;24(15_Suppl):Abstract nr A61.