返回式卫星搭载肿瘤细胞和生物工程细胞的初步研究

Preliminary study of tumor cells and bio-engineering cells carried by returned satellite

目的初步探讨空间环境对细胞生长特性的影响。方法利用细胞生存装置将肿瘤细胞及生物工程细胞于我国第 18颗返回式卫星返回舱内进行无源搭载。对返回细胞进行单克隆化 ,光学显微镜观察细胞形态 ,流式细胞仪检测细胞周期 ,MTT法测定细胞生长曲线。结果空间飞行后 ,肿瘤细胞与生物工程细胞存活率相比明显不同 ,均出现多种细胞形态 ;单克隆株与地面对照相比 ,倍增时间及增殖速度出现快慢不一的变化 ;细胞周期分布改变 ,G1期细胞增多 (P <0 0 5 ) ,S期细胞减少 (P <0 0 5 )。结论空间环境可导致细胞产生多种变异 ,但并非均为可遗传性变异 ,是否能够筛选出所需要的细胞株 ,需做进一步研究。

ObjectiveTo study the effects on growth characteristics of cells mutated by outer space. Methods5 tumor cell lines and 1 bio-pharmaceutical cell line were carried in the recoverable satellite No.18 and returned after 18 days flying in outer space.The cell living systems were utilized in passive carrying. Some survival cells were monocoloned, and the experimental methods such as cell morphological observation,MTT assay and FACS were used for analysis of cell growth characteristics. ResultsThe survival cell rates of tumor cell lines and bio-pharmaceutical cells were markedly different. Compared with the control group, mutated cells appeared to have multiple cell morphological changes and the cell number of G1 phase was increased markedly (P<0.05). Growth rate in mutated cells were varied without specific discipline. ConclusionEffects of outer space on growth characteristics were complicated and multiplex in mutated cells,which were not all heredity in further passage. The differences of the monoclonal cell lines provide the potential to obtain optimizing cell lines by screen.