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Vaid P, Saini AK, Gupta RK, Sinha ES, Sharma D, Alsanie WF, Thakur VK, Saini RV. Sustainable Nanoparticles from Stephania glabra and Analysis of Their Anticancer Potential on 2D and 3D Models of Prostate Cancer. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2024; 196:3511-3533. [PMID: 37682510 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-023-04700-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
Abstract
In pursuit of a novel effective treatment for prostate cancer, methanolic extract of Stephania glabra tubers (Sg-ME) was utilized to fabricate silver (Sg-AgNP), copper oxide (Sg-CuONP), and silver-copper bimetallic nanoparticles (Sg-BNP). The characterization of the nanoparticles confirmed spherical shape with average diameters of 30.72, 32.19, and 25.59 nm of Sg-AgNP, Sg-CuONP, and Sg-BNP, respectively. Interestingly, these nanoparticles exhibited significant cytotoxicity toward the prostate cancer (PC3) cell line while being non-toxic toward normal cells. The nanoparticles were capable of inducing apoptosis in PC3 cells by enhancing reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and mitochondrial depolarization. Furthermore, the shrinkage of 3D prostate tumor spheroids was observed after 4 days of treatment with these green nanoparticles. The 3D model system was less susceptible to nanoparticles as compared to the 2D model system. Sg-BNP showed the highest anticancer potential on 2D and 3D prostate cancer models.
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- Prachi Vaid
- School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, 173229, H, Solan, .P, India
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- Central Research Laboratory and Department of Bio-sciences and Technology, MMEC, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala, Haryana, 133207, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, U, Kanpur, .P, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, 160036, India
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- Department of Clinical Laboratories Sciences, The Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Centre, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Kings Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK
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- Central Research Laboratory and Department of Bio-sciences and Technology, MMEC, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala, Haryana, 133207, India.
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Shukla AK, Yoon S, Oh SO, Lee D, Ahn M, Kim BS. Advancement in Cancer Vasculogenesis Modeling through 3D Bioprinting Technology. Biomimetics (Basel) 2024; 9:306. [PMID: 38786516 PMCID: PMC11118135 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics9050306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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Cancer vasculogenesis is a pivotal focus of cancer research and treatment given its critical role in tumor development, metastasis, and the formation of vasculogenic microenvironments. Traditional approaches to investigating cancer vasculogenesis face significant challenges in accurately modeling intricate microenvironments. Recent advancements in three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting technology present promising solutions to these challenges. This review provides an overview of cancer vasculogenesis and underscores the importance of precise modeling. It juxtaposes traditional techniques with 3D bioprinting technologies, elucidating the advantages of the latter in developing cancer vasculogenesis models. Furthermore, it explores applications in pathological investigations, preclinical medication screening for personalized treatment and cancer diagnostics, and envisages future prospects for 3D bioprinted cancer vasculogenesis models. Despite notable advancements, current 3D bioprinting techniques for cancer vasculogenesis modeling have several limitations. Nonetheless, by overcoming these challenges and with technological advances, 3D bioprinting exhibits immense potential for revolutionizing the understanding of cancer vasculogenesis and augmenting treatment modalities.
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- Arvind Kumar Shukla
- School of Biomedical Convergence Engineering, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anatomy and Convergence Medical Sciences, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
- Immune Reconstitution Research Center of Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Molecular Control of Cancer Cell Diversity, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Convergence Medicine, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biomedical Convergence Engineering, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
- Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
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Sinha S, Huang MS, Mikos G, Bedi Y, Soto L, Lensch S, Ayushman M, Bintu L, Bhutani N, Heilshorn SC, Yang F. Laminin-associated integrins mediate Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma infiltration and therapy response within a neural assembloid model. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2024; 12:71. [PMID: 38706008 PMCID: PMC11070088 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-024-01765-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024] Open
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Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) is a highly aggressive and fatal pediatric brain cancer. One pre-requisite for tumor cells to infiltrate is adhesion to extracellular matrix (ECM) components. However, it remains largely unknown which ECM proteins are critical in enabling DIPG adhesion and migration and which integrin receptors mediate these processes. Here, we identify laminin as a key ECM protein that supports robust DIPG cell adhesion and migration. To study DIPG infiltration, we developed a DIPG-neural assembloid model, which is composed of a DIPG spheroid fused to a human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural organoid. Using this assembloid model, we demonstrate that knockdown of laminin-associated integrins significantly impedes DIPG infiltration. Moreover, laminin-associated integrin knockdown improves DIPG response to radiation and HDAC inhibitor treatment within the DIPG-neural assembloids. These findings reveal the critical role of laminin-associated integrins in mediating DIPG progression and drug response. The results also provide evidence that disrupting integrin receptors may offer a novel therapeutic strategy to enhance DIPG treatment outcomes. Finally, these results establish DIPG-neural assembloid models as a powerful tool to study DIPG disease progression and enable drug discovery.
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- Sauradeep Sinha
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, Stanford University, 240 Pasteur Dr., Biomedical Innovation Building 1254, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, Stanford University, 240 Pasteur Dr., Biomedical Innovation Building 1254, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 476 Lomita Mall, McCullough Building, Room 246, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA.
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
- Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, Stanford University, 240 Pasteur Dr., Biomedical Innovation Building 1254, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA.
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Huniadi M, Nosálová N, Almášiová V, Horňáková Ľ, Valenčáková A, Hudáková N, Cizkova D. Three-Dimensional Cultivation a Valuable Tool for Modelling Canine Mammary Gland Tumour Behaviour In Vitro. Cells 2024; 13:695. [PMID: 38667310 PMCID: PMC11049302 DOI: 10.3390/cells13080695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Cell cultivation has been one of the most popular methods in research for decades. Currently, scientists routinely use two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures of commercially available cell lines and primary cultures to study cellular behaviour, responses to stimuli, and interactions with their environment in a controlled laboratory setting. In recent years, 3D cultivation has gained more attention in modern biomedical research, mainly due to its numerous advantages compared to 2D cultures. One of the main goals where 3D culture models are used is the investigation of tumour diseases, in both animals and humans. The ability to simulate the tumour microenvironment and design 3D masses allows us to monitor all the processes that take place in tumour tissue created not only from cell lines but directly from the patient's tumour cells. One of the tumour types for which 3D culture methods are often used in research is the canine mammary gland tumour (CMT). The clinically similar profile of the CMT and breast tumours in humans makes the CMT a suitable model for studying the issue not only in animals but also in women.
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- Mykhailo Huniadi
- Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Komenskeho 73, 041 81 Kosice, Slovakia; (M.H.); (N.N.); (Ľ.H.); (A.V.); (N.H.)
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- Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Komenskeho 73, 041 81 Kosice, Slovakia; (M.H.); (N.N.); (Ľ.H.); (A.V.); (N.H.)
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Komenskeho 73, 041 81 Kosice, Slovakia;
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- Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Komenskeho 73, 041 81 Kosice, Slovakia; (M.H.); (N.N.); (Ľ.H.); (A.V.); (N.H.)
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- Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Komenskeho 73, 041 81 Kosice, Slovakia; (M.H.); (N.N.); (Ľ.H.); (A.V.); (N.H.)
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- Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Komenskeho 73, 041 81 Kosice, Slovakia; (M.H.); (N.N.); (Ľ.H.); (A.V.); (N.H.)
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- Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Komenskeho 73, 041 81 Kosice, Slovakia; (M.H.); (N.N.); (Ľ.H.); (A.V.); (N.H.)
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Jose A, Kulkarni P, Thilakan J, Munisamy M, Malhotra AG, Singh J, Kumar A, Rangnekar VM, Arya N, Rao M. Integration of pan-omics technologies and three-dimensional in vitro tumor models: an approach toward drug discovery and precision medicine. Mol Cancer 2024; 23:50. [PMID: 38461268 PMCID: PMC10924370 DOI: 10.1186/s12943-023-01916-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2024] Open
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Despite advancements in treatment protocols, cancer is one of the leading cause of deaths worldwide. Therefore, there is a need to identify newer and personalized therapeutic targets along with screening technologies to combat cancer. With the advent of pan-omics technologies, such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics, the scientific community has witnessed an improved molecular and metabolomic understanding of various diseases, including cancer. In addition, three-dimensional (3-D) disease models have been efficiently utilized for understanding disease pathophysiology and as screening tools in drug discovery. An integrated approach utilizing pan-omics technologies and 3-D in vitro tumor models has led to improved understanding of the intricate network encompassing various signalling pathways and molecular cross-talk in solid tumors. In the present review, we underscore the current trends in omics technologies and highlight their role in understanding genotypic-phenotypic co-relation in cancer with respect to 3-D in vitro tumor models. We further discuss the challenges associated with omics technologies and provide our outlook on the future applications of these technologies in drug discovery and precision medicine for improved management of cancer.
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- Anmi Jose
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462020, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462020, India
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- Department of Translational Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462020, India
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- Department of Translational Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462020, India
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- Department of Translational Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462020, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462020, India
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- Markey Cancer Center and Department of Radiation Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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- Department of Translational Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462020, India.
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.
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Soeiro JF, Sousa FL, Monteiro MV, Gaspar VM, Silva NJO, Mano JF. Advances in screening hyperthermic nanomedicines in 3D tumor models. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2024; 9:334-364. [PMID: 38204336 PMCID: PMC10896258 DOI: 10.1039/d3nh00305a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Hyperthermic nanomedicines are particularly relevant for tackling human cancer, providing a valuable alternative to conventional therapeutics. The early-stage preclinical performance evaluation of such anti-cancer treatments is conventionally performed in flat 2D cell cultures that do not mimic the volumetric heat transfer occurring in human tumors. Recently, improvements in bioengineered 3D in vitro models have unlocked the opportunity to recapitulate major tumor microenvironment hallmarks and generate highly informative readouts that can contribute to accelerating the discovery and validation of efficient hyperthermic treatments. Leveraging on this, herein we aim to showcase the potential of engineered physiomimetic 3D tumor models for evaluating the preclinical efficacy of hyperthermic nanomedicines, featuring the main advantages and design considerations under diverse testing scenarios. The most recent applications of 3D tumor models for screening photo- and/or magnetic nanomedicines will be discussed, either as standalone systems or in combinatorial approaches with other anti-cancer therapeutics. We envision that breakthroughs toward developing multi-functional 3D platforms for hyperthermia onset and follow-up will contribute to a more expedited discovery of top-performing hyperthermic therapies in a preclinical setting before their in vivo screening.
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- Joana F Soeiro
- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
- Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
- Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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De S, Chauhan R, Singh M, Singh N. Ubiquitin specific peptidase (USP37) mediated effects in microscaffold-encapsulated cells: a comprehensive study on growth, proliferation and EMT. RSC Adv 2024; 14:5461-5471. [PMID: 38352690 PMCID: PMC10862100 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra08786g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Though significant advances have been made in developing therapeutic strategies for cancer, suitable in vitro models for mechanistically identifying relevant drug targets and understanding disease progression are still lacking. Most studies are generally performed using two-dimensional (2D) models, since these models can be readily established and allow high throughput assays. However, these models have also been reported as the reason for unreliable pre-clinical information. To avoid this discrepancy, three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models have been established and have demonstrated the potential to provide alternative ways to study tissue behavior. However, most of these models first require optimization and cell cultures with a certain density, thus adding a prepping step in the platform before it can be used for any studies. This limits their use in studies where the fundamental understanding of biological processes must be carried out in a short time frame. In this study, we developed a 3D cell culture system that tests a less explored cancer therapeutic target-the deubiquitinating enzyme ubiquitin specific peptidase 37 (USP37)-in different cancer cell lines using sensitive carbon dot pH nanosensors, which provides a rapid model for studies compared to the parallel model available commercially. This enzyme is found to be elevated in different cancers and has been reported to play a role in cell cycle regulation, oncogenesis and metastasis. However, the confirmation of the role of USP37 downregulation in cellular proliferation via appropriate in vitro 3D models has not been demonstrated. To establish the applicability of the developed 3D platform in studying such oncogenes, classical 2D models have been used in this study for identifying the role of USP37 in tumor progression and metastasis. The data clearly suggests that this ingeniously developed 3D cell culture system is a better alternative to 2D models to study the growth and migration of different cancer cell lines on depletion of oncogenic proteins like USP37 and its effect on epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers, and it can further be targeted as a viable therapeutic option.
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- Shreemoyee De
- Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016 India
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- Department of Medical Oncology (Lab), All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India
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- Department of Medical Oncology (Lab), All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India
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- Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016 India
- Biomedical Engineering Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar New Delhi 110029 India
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Celis T, Bullens DMA, Hoet PHM, Ghosh M. Development and validation of a human bronchial epithelial spheroid model to study respiratory toxicity in vitro. Arch Toxicol 2024; 98:493-505. [PMID: 38148415 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-023-03619-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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The use of laboratory animals in research has been extensively criticized. While most of the critique has been centered around the ethical aspect, also the economic and scientific aspects have been frequently mentioned as points of concern. As a result, the use of alternative methods has gradually become more enticing. The most used alternatives to laboratory animals are the 2D monolayer cell cultures. However, the limited translatability of these monolayer cell cultures to in vivo has led to the development of 3D cell cultures that are believed to better capture the in vivo physiology and pathology. Here we report on the development of a physiologically more relevant 3D cell model (spheroids) comprised of human bronchial epithelial (16HBE14o-) cells, for use in respiratory toxicity research. Culturing 16HBE14o-cells as hanging-drops led to the formation of stable spheroids which showed an increased expression of CLDN1 when compared to 2D monolayer cultured cells. In addition, cell-cycle analysis revealed an increased sub-G0 population and signs of G0/G1 arrest in spheroids. Afterwards, standard operating procedures (SOPs) were established, and existing protocols optimized, for compatibility with spheroids. Spheroids were successfully used to assess cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, apoptosis/necrosis, and oxidative stress after exposure to known cytotoxic or genotoxic compounds. The development of the bronchial epithelial spheroids and the establishment of SOPs can contribute to a more reliable toxicity assessment of chemicals and may aid in bridging the gap between in vivo and in vitro experiments.
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- Thomas Celis
- Environment and Health Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Environment and Health Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Environment and Health Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Ali HR, Collier P, Bayston R. A Three-Dimensional Model of Bacterial Biofilms and Its Use in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing. Microorganisms 2024; 12:203. [PMID: 38276189 PMCID: PMC10818914 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12010203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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(1) Background: The discrepant antimicrobial susceptibility between planktonic and biofilm bacterial modes poses a problem for clinical microbiology laboratories and necessitates a relevant 3D experimental model allowing bacteria to grow in biofilm mode, in vitro, for use in anti-biofilm susceptibility testing. (2) Methods: This work develops a 3D biofilm model consisting of alginate beads containing S. aureus biofilm and encased within two thick layers of alginate matrix. The constructed model was placed on a thin Boyden chamber insert suspended on a 24-well culture plate containing the culture medium. The antibacterial activity of bacitracin and chlorhexidine digluconate (CD), either combined or separately, against 2D S. aureus culture was compared to that in the 3D biofilm model. Quantitative analysis and imaging analysis were performed by assessing the bacterial load within the matrix as well as measuring the optical density of the culture medium nourishing the matrix. (3) Results: The 3D biofilm model represented the typical complex characteristics of biofilm with greater insusceptibility to the tested antimicrobials than the 2D culture. Only bacitracin and CD in combination at 100× the concentration found to be successful against 2D culture were able to completely eliminate the 3D biofilm matrix. (4) Conclusions: The 3D biofilm model, designed to be more clinically relevant, exhibits higher antimicrobial insusceptibility than the 2D culture, demonstrating that the model might be useful for testing and discovering new antimicrobial therapies. The data also support the view that combination therapy might be the optimal approach to combat biofilm infections.
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- Hala R. Ali
- Unit of Injury, Inflammation and Recovery Sciences, Queen’s Medical Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK;
- Bacteriology Department, Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), Agriculture Research Centre (ARC), Dokki, Giza 12618, Egypt
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- Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, Queen’s Medical Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK;
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- Unit of Injury, Inflammation and Recovery Sciences, Queen’s Medical Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK;
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Abuwatfa WH, Pitt WG, Husseini GA. Scaffold-based 3D cell culture models in cancer research. J Biomed Sci 2024; 31:7. [PMID: 38221607 PMCID: PMC10789053 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-024-00994-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures have emerged as valuable tools in cancer research, offering significant advantages over traditional two-dimensional (2D) cell culture systems. In 3D cell cultures, cancer cells are grown in an environment that more closely mimics the 3D architecture and complexity of in vivo tumors. This approach has revolutionized cancer research by providing a more accurate representation of the tumor microenvironment (TME) and enabling the study of tumor behavior and response to therapies in a more physiologically relevant context. One of the key benefits of 3D cell culture in cancer research is the ability to recapitulate the complex interactions between cancer cells and their surrounding stroma. Tumors consist not only of cancer cells but also various other cell types, including stromal cells, immune cells, and blood vessels. These models bridge traditional 2D cell cultures and animal models, offering a cost-effective, scalable, and ethical alternative for preclinical research. As the field advances, 3D cell cultures are poised to play a pivotal role in understanding cancer biology and accelerating the development of effective anticancer therapies. This review article highlights the key advantages of 3D cell cultures, progress in the most common scaffold-based culturing techniques, pertinent literature on their applications in cancer research, and the ongoing challenges.
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- Waad H Abuwatfa
- Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. Program, College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box. 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. Program, College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box. 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Yadav B, Chauhan M, Singh RP, Sonali, Shekhar S. Recent Progress and Challenges in Clinical Translation of Nanomedicines in Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer. Curr Drug Targets 2024; 25:12-24. [PMID: 38058096 DOI: 10.2174/0113894501273651231201061144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
Abstract
Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of death across the world. There are numerous challenges in the early diagnosis and effective treatment of lung cancer, including developing multidrug resistance. However, the diagnosis of lung cancer could be minimally invasive or non-invasive. Nowadays, nanomedicines offer solutions to several emerging challenges in drug delivery research areas. It has the potential to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of biologically and chemically active agents at the site of action. This approach can also be employed in molecular and cellular imaging, precise and early detection, screening, and targeting drugs for lung cancer treatment. A proper understanding of the disease and timely diagnosis using strategically designed effective nanocarriers can be a promising approach to effectively managing cancer. The present review explores issues related to lung cancer chemotherapy and the promises and hurdles of newer approaches like nanomedicine. The article also summarizes the preclinical studies on diagnosis and treatment, pitfalls, and challenges in the clinical translation of nanomedicines for lung cancer therapy.
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- Bhavna Yadav
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical & Allied Sciences, G. D. Goenka University, Gurugram, 122103, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical & Allied Sciences, G. D. Goenka University, Gurugram, 122103, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical & Allied Sciences, G. D. Goenka University, Gurugram, 122103, India
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- Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, GTB Enclave, Dilshad Garden, New Delhi, Delhi, 110095, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical & Allied Sciences, G. D. Goenka University, Gurugram, 122103, India
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Garnique ADMB, Machado-Santelli GM. Characterization of 3D NSCLC Cell Cultures with Fibroblasts or Macrophages for Tumor Microenvironment Studies and Chemotherapy Screening. Cells 2023; 12:2790. [PMID: 38132110 PMCID: PMC10742261 DOI: 10.3390/cells12242790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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The study of 3D cell culture has increased in recent years as a model that mimics the tumor microenvironment (TME), which is characterized by exhibiting cellular heterogeneity, allowing the modulation of different signaling pathways that enrich this microenvironment. The TME exhibits two main cell populations: cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and tumor-associated macrophages (TAM). The aim of this study was to investigate 3D cell cultures of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) alone and in combination with short-term cultured dermal fibroblasts (FDH) and with differentiated macrophages of the THP-1 cell line. Homotypic and heterotypic spheroids were morphologically characterized using light microscopy, immunofluorescence and transmission electron microscopy. Cell viability, cycle profiling and migration assay were performed, followed by the evaluation of the effects of some chemotherapeutic and potential compounds on homotypic and heterotypic spheroids. Both homotypic and heterotypic spheroids of NSCLC were generated with fibroblasts or macrophages. Heterotypic spheroids with fibroblast formed faster, while homotypic ones reached larger sizes. Different cell populations were identified based on spheroid zoning, and drug effects varied between spheroid types. Interestingly, heterotypic spheroids with fibroblasts showed similar responses to the treatment with different compounds, despite being smaller. Cellular viability analysis required multiple methods, since the responses varied depending on the spheroid type. Because of this, the complexity of the spheroid should be considered when analyzing compound effects. Overall, this study contributes to our understanding of the behavior and response of NSCLC cells in 3D microenvironments, providing valuable insights for future research and therapeutic development.
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Ave., Prof, Lineu Prestes, 1524, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo 05508-000, SP, Brazil;
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Ngo TKN, Yang SJ, Mao BH, Nguyen TKM, Ng QD, Kuo YL, Tsai JH, Saw SN, Tu TY. A deep learning-based pipeline for analyzing the influences of interfacial mechanochemical microenvironments on spheroid invasion using differential interference contrast microscopic images. Mater Today Bio 2023; 23:100820. [PMID: 37810748 PMCID: PMC10558776 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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Metastasis is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. During this process, cancer cells are likely to navigate discrete tissue-tissue interfaces, enabling them to infiltrate and spread throughout the body. Three-dimensional (3D) spheroid modeling is receiving more attention due to its strengths in studying the invasive behavior of metastatic cancer cells. While microscopy is a conventional approach for investigating 3D invasion, post-invasion image analysis, which is a time-consuming process, remains a significant challenge for researchers. In this study, we presented an image processing pipeline that utilized a deep learning (DL) solution, with an encoder-decoder architecture, to assess and characterize the invasion dynamics of tumor spheroids. The developed models, equipped with feature extraction and measurement capabilities, could be successfully utilized for the automated segmentation of the invasive protrusions as well as the core region of spheroids situated within interfacial microenvironments with distinct mechanochemical factors. Our findings suggest that a combination of the spheroid culture and DL-based image analysis enable identification of time-lapse migratory patterns for tumor spheroids above matrix-substrate interfaces, thus paving the foundation for delineating the mechanism of local invasion during cancer metastasis.
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- Thi Kim Ngan Ngo
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
- Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
- Medical Device Innovation Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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Steinberg E, Friedman R, Goldstein Y, Friedman N, Beharier O, Demma JA, Zamir G, Hubert A, Benny O. A fully 3D-printed versatile tumor-on-a-chip allows multi-drug screening and correlation with clinical outcomes for personalized medicine. Commun Biol 2023; 6:1157. [PMID: 37957280 PMCID: PMC10643569 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05531-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Optimal clinical outcomes in cancer treatments could be achieved through the development of reliable, precise ex vivo tumor models that function as drug screening platforms for patient-targeted therapies. Microfluidic tumor-on-chip technology is emerging as a preferred tool since it enables the complex set-ups and recapitulation of the physiologically relevant physical microenvironment of tumors. In order to overcome the common hindrances encountered while using this technology, a fully 3D-printed device was developed that sustains patient-derived multicellular spheroids long enough to conduct multiple drug screening tests. This tool is both cost effective and possesses four necessary characteristics of effective microfluidic devices: transparency, biocompatibility, versatility, and sample accessibility. Compelling correlations which demonstrate a clinical proof of concept were found after testing and comparing different chemotherapies on tumor spheroids, derived from ten patients, to their clinical outcomes. This platform offers a potential solution for personalized medicine by functioning as a predictive drug-performance tool.
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- Eliana Steinberg
- The Institute for Drug Research, The School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Center for Interdisciplinary Data Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- The Institute for Drug Research, The School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- The Institute for Drug Research, The School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Hadassah Medical Center and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of General Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of General Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Oncology Department, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- The Institute for Drug Research, The School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Tian F, Zhou S, Xie S, Zhang Z, Peng L, Jiang L, Wang Z, Nie Z, Huang Y. A collagen-immobilized nanodevice for in situ ratiometric imaging of cancer biomarkers in the tumor microenvironment. Chem Sci 2023; 14:12182-12193. [PMID: 37969575 PMCID: PMC10631208 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03972b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023] Open
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Monitoring the spatiotemporal dynamics of cancer biomarkers within the tumor microenvironment (TME) is critical to understanding their roles in tumorigenesis. Here, we reported a multifunctional fusion protein (collagen-binding domain and duck circovirus tag fused to mCherry, CBD-mCherry-DCV) capable of binding collagen with high affinity and covalently binding specific nucleic acids with exceptional efficiency. We then constructed a chimeric protein-nucleic acid nanodevice (CPNN) using CBD-mCherry-DCV and an aptamer-based sensing module to enable spatially controlled ratiometric imaging of cancer biomarkers in the TME. The collagen-anchoring module CBD-mCherry-DCV allowed specific immobilization of CPNN on 3D multicellular tumor spheroids, enabling the sensing module to achieve "off-on" fluorescence imaging of cancer biomarkers upon specific target recognition by an aptamer. Taking advantage of the constant fluorescence signal of mCherry and the activatable fluorescence response of Cy5 to specific cancer biomarkers, the detection sensitivity and reliability of CPNN were improved by self-calibrating the signal intensity. Specifically, CPNN enabled ratiometric fluorescence imaging of varying concentrations of exogenous PDGF-BB and ATP in tumor spheroids with a high signal-to-background ratio. Furthermore, it allowed the visual monitoring of endogenous PDGF-BB and ATP released from cells. Overall, this study demonstrates the potential of the nanodevice as a versatile approach for the visualization and imaging of cancer biomarkers in the TME.
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- Fengyu Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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Anandan D, Kumar A, Jeyakkani MN, Inja DB, Jaiswal AK. Investigation of Giant Cell Tumor of Bone and Tissue Engineering Approaches for the Treatment of Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2023; 6:3946-3958. [PMID: 37698377 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.3c00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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Primary bone tumors such as Ewing sarcoma, osteosarcoma, and chondrosarcoma, secondary bone tumors developed from progressive malignancies, and metastasized bone tumors are more prevalent and studied descriptively through biology and medical research. Less than 0.2% of cancer diagnoses are caused by rare bone-originating tumors, which despite being rare are particularly difficult due to their high death rates and substantial disease burden. A giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB) is an intramurally invasive but rare and benign type of bone tumor, which seldom metastasizes. The most often prescribed medication for GCTB is Denosumab, a RANKL (receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand) inhibitor. Because pharmaceutical drug companies rely on two-dimensional and animal models, current approaches for investigating the diverse nature of tumors are insufficient. Cell line based medication effectiveness and toxicity studies cannot predict tumor response to antitumor medicines. It has already been investigated in detail why molecular pathways do not reproduce in vitro, a phenomenon known as flat biology. Due to physiological differences between human beings and animals, animal models do not succeed in identifying side effects of the treatment, emulating metastatic growth, and establishing the link between cancer and the immune system. This review summarizes and discusses GCTB, the disease, its cellular composition, various bone tumor models, and their properties and utilization in research. As a result, this study delves deep into in vitro testing, which is vital for scientists and physicians in various fields, including pharmacology, preclinical investigations, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine.
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- Dhivyaa Anandan
- Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014, Tamilnadu, India
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- Radiation Biology & Health Sciences Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay, Mumbai 400085, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 632004, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 632004, Tamilnadu, India
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- Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014, Tamilnadu, India
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Thilakan AT, Nandakumar N, Balakrishnan AR, Pooleri GK, Nair SV, Sathy BN. Development and characterisation of suitably bioengineered microfibrillar matrix-based 3D prostate cancer model for in vitrodrug testing. Biomed Mater 2023; 18:065016. [PMID: 37738986 DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/acfc8e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Bioengineered 3D models that can mimic patient-specific pathologiesin vitroare valuable tools for developing and validating anticancer therapeutics. In this study, microfibrillar matrices with unique structural and functional properties were fabricated as 3D spherical and disc-shaped scaffolds with highly interconnected pores and the potential of the newly developed scaffolds for developing prostate cancer model has been investigated. The newly developed scaffolds showed improved cell retention upon seeding with cancer cells compared to conventional electrospun scaffolds. They facilitated rapid growth and deposition of cancer-specific extracellular matrix through-the-thickness of the scaffold. Compared to the prostate cancer cells grown in 2D culture, the newly developed prostate cancer model showed increased resistance to the chemodrug Docetaxel regardless of the drug concentration or the treatment frequency. A significant reduction in the cell number was observed within one week after the drug treatment in the 2D culture for both PC3 and patient-derived cells. Interestingly, almost 20%-30% of the cancer cells in the newly developed 3D model survived the drug treatment, and the patient-derived cells were more resistant than the tested cell line PC3. The results from this study indicate the potential of the newly developed prostate cancer model forin vitrodrug testing.
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- Akhil T Thilakan
- Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
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Lee C. Targeted hyperalkalization with NaOH-loaded starch implants enhances doxorubicin efficacy in tumor treatment. Asian J Pharm Sci 2023; 18:100853. [PMID: 37908235 PMCID: PMC10613916 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajps.2023.100853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
Abstract
High-alkali treatment using sodium hydroxide (NaOH) injection can be a therapeutic approach for killing tumor cells. Alkalization can damage cellular structures and lead to cell death. Increased alkalinity can also enhance the efficacy of certain chemotherapeutic drugs such as doxorubicin (DOX). In this study, NaOH-loaded starch implants (NST implants) were used to induce hyperalkalization (increase pH) in the tumor environment, thereby inducing necrosis and enhancing the effects of DOX. NaOH is a strongly alkaline substance that can increase the pH when injected into a tumor. However, the administration of NaOH can have toxic side effects because it increases the pH of the entire body, not just at the tumor site. To overcome this problem, we developed an injectable NST implant, in which NaOH can be delivered directly into the tumor. This study showed that NST implants could be easily administered intratumorally in mice bearing 4T1 tumors and that most of the NaOH released from the NST implants was delivered to the tumors. Although some NaOH from NST implants can be systemically absorbed, it is neutralized by the body's buffering effect, thereby reducing the risk of toxicity. This study also confirmed both in vitro and in vivo that DOX is more effective at killing 4T1 cells when alkalized. It has been shown that administration of DOX after injection of an NST implant can kill most tumors. Systemic absorption and side effects can be reduced using an NST implant to deliver NaOH to the tumor. In addition, alkalinization induced by NST implants not only exerts anticancer effects but can also enhance the effect of DOX in killing cancer cells. Therefore, the combination of NaOH-loaded starch implants and DOX treatment has the potential to be a novel therapy for tumors.
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- Changkyu Lee
- Department of Biopharmaceutical Engineering, Division of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Dongguk University, Gyeongju 38066, Korea
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Świerczewska M, Sterzyńska K, Ruciński M, Andrzejewska M, Nowicki M, Januchowski R. The response and resistance to drugs in ovarian cancer cell lines in 2D monolayers and 3D spheroids. Biomed Pharmacother 2023; 165:115152. [PMID: 37442067 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Ovarian cancer is the most common type of gynecologic cancer. One of the leading causes of high mortality is chemoresistance, developed primarily or during treatment. Different mechanisms of drug resistance appear at the cellular and cancer tissue organization levels. We examined the differences in response to the cytotoxic drugs CIS, MTX, DOX, VIN, PAC, and TOP using 2D (two-dimensional) and 3D (three-dimensional) culture methods. We tested the drug-sensitive ovarian cancer cell line W1 and established resistant cell lines to appropriate cytotoxic drugs. The following qualitative and quantitative methods were used to assess: 1) morphology - inverted microscope and hematoxylin & eosin staining; 2) viability - MTT assay; 3) gene expression - a quantitative polymerase chain reaction; 4) identification of proteins - immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence. Our results indicate that the drug-sensitive and drug-resistant cells cultured in 3D conditions exhibit stronger resistance than the cells cultured in 2D conditions. A traditional 2D model shows that drug resistance of cancer cells is caused mainly by changes in the expression of genes encoding ATP-binding cassette transporter proteins, components of the extracellular matrix, "new" established genes related to drug resistance in ovarian cancer cell lines, and universal marker of cancer stem cells. Whereas in a 3D model, the drug resistance in spheroids can be related to other mechanisms such as the structure of the spheroid (dense or loose), the cell type (necrotic, quiescent, proliferating cells), drug concentrations or drug diffusion into the dense cellular/ECM structure.
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- Monika Świerczewska
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Święcickiego 6 St., 61-781 Poznan, Poland.
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Święcickiego 6 St., 61-781 Poznan, Poland.
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Święcickiego 6 St., 61-781 Poznan, Poland.
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Święcickiego 6 St., 61-781 Poznan, Poland.
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Święcickiego 6 St., 61-781 Poznan, Poland.
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Góra, Zyty 28 St., 65-046 Zielona Góra, Poland.
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Cheng C, Deneke N, Moon HR, Choi SR, Ospina-Muñoz N, Elzey BD, Davis CS, Chiu GTC, Han B. Inkjet-printed morphogenesis of tumor-stroma interface using bi-cellular bioinks of collagen-poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-methyl methacrylate) mixture. MATERIALS TODAY. ADVANCES 2023; 19:100408. [PMID: 37691883 PMCID: PMC10486313 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtadv.2023.100408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Recent advances in biomaterials and 3D printing/culture methods enable various tissue-engineered tumor models. However, it is still challenging to achieve native tumor-like characteristics due to lower cell density than native tissues and prolonged culture duration for maturation. Here, we report a new method to create tumoroids with a mechanically active tumor-stroma interface at extremely high cell density. This method, named "inkjet-printed morphogenesis" (iPM) of the tumor-stroma interface, is based on a hypothesis that cellular contractile force can significantly remodel the cell-laden polymer matrix to form densely-packed tissue-like constructs. Thus, differential cell-derived compaction of tumor cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) can be used to build a mechanically active tumor-stroma interface. In this methods, two kinds of bioinks are prepared, in which tumor cells and CAFs are suspended respectively in the mixture of collagen and poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-methyl methacrylate) solution. These two cellular inks are inkjet-printed in multi-line or multi-layer patterns. As a result of cell-derived compaction, the resulting structure forms tumoroids with mechanically active tumor-stroma interface at extremely high cell density. We further test our working hypothesis that the morphogenesis can be controlled by manipulating the force balance between cellular contractile force and matrix stiffness. Furthermore, this new concept of "morphogenetic printing" is demonstrated to create more complex structures beyond current 3D bioprinting techniques.
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- Cih Cheng
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Rzewnicka A, Krysiak J, Pawłowska R, Żurawiński R. Visualization of Cellular Membranes in 2D and 3D Conditions Using a New Fluorescent Dithienothiophene S,S-Dioxide Derivative. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24119620. [PMID: 37298572 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Cellular membranes play a key role in cell communication with the extracellular environment and neighboring cells. Any changes, including their composition, packing, physicochemical properties and formation of membrane protrusions may affect cells feature. Despite its great importance, tracking membrane changes in living cells is still a challenge. For investigation of processes related to tissue regeneration and cancer metastasis, such as the induction of epithelial-mesenchymal transition, increased cell motility, and blebbing, the possibility to conduct prolonged observation of membrane changes is beneficial, albeit difficult. A particular challenge is conducting this type of research under detachment conditions. In the current manuscript, a new dithienothiophene S,S-dioxide (DTTDO) derivative is presented as an effective dye for staining the membranes of living cells. The synthetic procedures, physicochemical properties, and biological activity of the new compound are presented herein. In addition to the labeling of the membranes in a monolayer culture, its usefulness for visualization of membranes under detachment conditions is also demonstrated. Obtained data have proven that a new DTTDO derivative may be used to stain membranes in various types of experimental procedures, from traditional 2D cell cultures to unanchored conditions. Moreover, due to the specific optical properties, the background signal is reduced and, thus, observation may be performed without washing.
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- Aneta Rzewnicka
- Division of Organic Chemistry, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Division of Organic Chemistry, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Division of Organic Chemistry, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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Dos Santos KS, Oliveira LT, de Lima Fontes M, Migliato KF, Fusco-Almeida AM, Mendes Giannini MJS, Moroz A. Alginate-Based 3D A549 Cell Culture Model to Study Paracoccidioides Infection. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:634. [PMID: 37367570 DOI: 10.3390/jof9060634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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A three-dimensional (3D) lung aggregate model based on sodium alginate scaffolds was developed to study the interactions between Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (Pb) and lung epithelial cells. The suitability of the 3D aggregate as an infection model was examined using cell viability (cytotoxicity), metabolic activity, and proliferation assays. Several studies exemplify the similarity between 3D cell cultures and living organisms, which can generate complementary data due to the greater complexity observed in these designed models, compared to 2D cell cultures. A 3D cell culture system of human A549 lung cell line plus sodium alginate was used to create the scaffolds that were infected with Pb18. Our results showed low cytotoxicity, evidence of increased cell density (indicative of cell proliferation), and the maintenance of cell viability for seven days. The confocal analysis revealed viable yeast within the 3D scaffold, as demonstrated in the solid BHI Agar medium cultivation. Moreover, when ECM proteins were added to the alginate scaffolds, the number of retrieved fungi was significantly higher. Our results highlight that this 3D model may be promising for in vitro studies of host-pathogen interactions.
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- Kelvin Sousa Dos Santos
- Department of Clinical Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara 85040-167, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara 85040-167, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara 85040-167, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara 85040-167, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara 85040-167, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara 85040-167, São Paulo, Brazil
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Mason JH, Luo L, Reinwald Y, Taffetani M, Hallas-Potts A, Herrington CS, Srsen V, Lin CJ, Barroso IA, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Ghag AK, Yang Y, Waters S, El Haj AJ, Bagnaninchi PO. Debiased ambient vibrations optical coherence elastography to profile cell, organoid and tissue mechanical properties. Commun Biol 2023; 6:543. [PMID: 37202417 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04788-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
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The role of the mechanical environment in defining tissue function, development and growth has been shown to be fundamental. Assessment of the changes in stiffness of tissue matrices at multiple scales has relied mostly on invasive and often specialist equipment such as AFM or mechanical testing devices poorly suited to the cell culture workflow.In this paper, we have developed a unbiased passive optical coherence elastography method, exploiting ambient vibrations in the sample that enables real-time noninvasive quantitative profiling of cells and tissues. We demonstrate a robust method that decouples optical scattering and mechanical properties by actively compensating for scattering associated noise bias and reducing variance. The efficiency for the method to retrieve ground truth is validated in silico and in vitro, and exemplified for key applications such as time course mechanical profiling of bone and cartilage spheroids, tissue engineering cancer models, tissue repair models and single cell. Our method is readily implementable with any commercial optical coherence tomography system without any hardware modifications, and thus offers a breakthrough in on-line tissue mechanical assessment of spatial mechanical properties for organoids, soft tissues and tissue engineering.
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- Jonathan H Mason
- MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Healthcare Technology Institute, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Engineering, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
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- MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Univeristy of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
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- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Healthcare Technology Institute, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
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- MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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Moradi-Mehr S, Khademy M, Akbari-Birgani S, Kafian H, Lalenejad M, Abdollahpour D, Moghimi M. Comparative evaluation of the therapeutic strategies using a minimal model of luminal-A breast cancer. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 666:107-114. [PMID: 37182285 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Cellular behavior is heavily influenced by cellular interactions, which are often lost in conventional cell culture methods. As a result, in vitro cellular behavior may not accurately reflect in vivo conditions. Three-dimensional (3D) culture, on the other hand, is better suited for studying cellular behavior as it allows for more comprehensive cell communication. In this study, we utilized 3D culture of the MCF-7 cell line to create a minimal model of luminal-A breast cancer and evaluated its histopathological and morphological features using various methods. To determine the optimal therapeutic strategies for eliminating cancer cells, we assessed the effectiveness of diverse therapeutic approaches, including targeting distinct phases of the cell cycle, endocrine therapy, and gene therapy in both 2D and 3D culture systems. Our findings indicate that cells derived from mammospheres respond differently to their parent cells in monolayer culture depending on the therapeutic strategy used. This variability in drug response may be due to the altered microenvironment created by heterogeneous cellular makeup and emerging cellular interactions in the 3D culture. Therefore, it is important to administer a therapeutic approach that can eradicate cells regardless of the microenvironment.
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- Sahar Moradi-Mehr
- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran; Research Center for Basic Sciences and Modern Technologies (RBST), Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran.
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- Department of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran
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- Department of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran
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- Department of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran; Optics Research Center, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran
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- Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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Tang X, Yang Y, Zheng M, Yin T, Huang G, Lai Z, Zhang B, Chen Z, Xu T, Ma T, Pan H, Cai L. Magnetic-Acoustic Sequentially Actuated CAR T Cell Microrobots for Precision Navigation and In Situ Antitumor Immunoactivation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2211509. [PMID: 36807373 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Despite its clinical success, chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T)-cell immunotherapy remains limited in solid tumors, owing to the harsh physical barriers and immunosuppressive microenvironment. Here a CAR-T-cell-based live microrobot (M-CAR T) is created by decorating CAR T with immunomagnetic beads using click conjugation. M-CAR Ts are capable of magnetic-acoustic actuation for precision targeting and in situ activation of antitumor immune responses. Sequential actuation endows M-CAR Ts with magnetically actuated anti-flow and obstacle avoidance as well as tissue penetration driven by acoustic propulsion, enabling efficient migration and accumulation in artificial tumor models. In vivo, sequentially actuated M-CAR Ts achieves long-distance targeting and accumulate at the peritumoural area under programmable magnetic guidance, and subsequently acoustic tweezers actuate M-CAR Ts to migrate into deep tumor tissues, resulting in a 6.6-fold increase in accumulated exogenous CD8+ CAR T cells compared with that without actuation. Anti-CD3/CD28 immunomagnetic beads stimulate infiltrated CAR T proliferation and activation in situ, significantly enhancing their antitumor efficacy. Thus, this sequential-actuation-guided cell microrobot combines the merits of autonomous targeting and penetration of intelligent robots with in situ T-cell immunoactivation, and holds considerable promise for precision navigation and cancer immunotherapies.
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- Xiaofan Tang
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drugs, Key Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drugs, Key Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent System, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent System, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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Mohammad Hadi L, Stamati K, Yaghini E, MacRobert AJ, Loizidou M. Treatment of 3D In Vitro Tumoroids of Ovarian Cancer Using Photochemical Internalisation as a Drug Delivery Method. Biomedicines 2023; 11:biomedicines11020572. [PMID: 36831108 PMCID: PMC9953023 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11020572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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Photochemical internalisation (PCI) is a means of achieving spatio-temporal control of cytosolic drug delivery using sub-lethal photodynamic therapy (PDT), with a photosensitiser that can be activated by non-ionising visible light. Various 3D models including those developed at our laboratory, where spheroids are grown in a compressed collagen matrix, have been used for studying anti-cancer drug effects. However, the use of a more biomimetic tumouroid model which consists of a relatively hypoxic central cancer mass surrounded by its microenvironment (stroma) has not yet been explored in either toxicity or phototoxicity studies involving PCI. Here, we examined the efficacy of PCI using a porphyrin photosensitiser and a cytotoxin (Saporin) on ovarian cancer tumouroids, with HEY ovarian cancer cells in the central cancer compartment, and HDF fibroblast cells and HUVEC endothelial cells in the surrounding stromal compartment. The efficacy was compared to tumouroids treated with either Saporin or PDT alone, or no treatment. PCI treatment was shown to be effective in the tumouroids (determined through viability assays and imaging) and caused a considerable decrease in the viability of cancer cells both within the central cancer mass and those which had migrated into the stroma, as well as a reduction in the cell density of surrounding HUVEC and HDFs. Post-treatment, the mean distance of stromal invasion by cancer cells from the original cancer mass following treatment with Saporin alone was 730 μm vs. 125 μm for PCI. PDT was also effective at reducing viability in the central cancer mass and stroma but required a higher photosensitiser dose and light dose than PCI. Tumouroids, as tissue mimics, are suitable models for interrogating multicellular events following pharmacological assault.
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The Use of Biomaterials in Three-Dimensional Culturing of Cancer Cells. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2023; 45:1100-1112. [PMID: 36826018 PMCID: PMC9954970 DOI: 10.3390/cimb45020073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Cell culture is an important tool in biological research. Most studies use 2D cell culture, but cells grown in 2D cell culture have drawbacks, including limited cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions, which make it inaccurate to model conditions in vivo. Anticancer drug screening is an important research and development process for developing new drugs. As an experiment to mimic the cancer environment in vivo, several studies have been carried out on 3-dimensional (3D) cell cultures with added biomaterials. The use of hydrogel in 3D culture cells is currently developing. The type of hydrogel used might influence cell morphology, viability, and drug screening outcome. Therefore, this review discusses 3D cell culture research regarding the addition of biomaterials.
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Wattanathamsan O, Chantaravisoot N, Wongkongkathep P, Kungsukool S, Chetprayoon P, Chanvorachote P, Vinayanuwattikun C, Pongrakhananon V. Inhibition of histone deacetylase 6 destabilizes ERK phosphorylation and suppresses cancer proliferation via modulation of the tubulin acetylation-GRP78 interaction. J Biomed Sci 2023; 30:4. [PMID: 36639650 PMCID: PMC9838051 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-023-00898-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide is lung cancer, and its clinical outcome and prognosis are still unsatisfactory. The understanding of potential molecular targets is necessary for clinical implications in precision diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6), a major deacetylase enzyme, is a promising target for cancer therapy; however, the molecular mechanism regulating cancer pathogenesis is largely unknown. METHODS The clinical relevance of HDAC6 expression levels and their correlation with the overall survival rate were analyzed based on the TCGA and GEO databases. HDAC6 expression in clinical samples obtained from lung cancer tissues and patient-derived primary lung cancer cells was evaluated using qRT-PCR and Western blot analysis. The potential regulatory mechanism of HDAC6 was identified by proteomic analysis and validated by immunoblotting, immunofluorescence, microtubule sedimentation, and immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry (IP-MS) assays using a specific inhibitor of HDAC6, trichostatin A (TSA) and RNA interference to HDAC6 (siHDAC6). Lung cancer cell growth was assessed by an in vitro 2-dimensional (2D) cell proliferation assay and 3D tumor spheroid formation using patient-derived lung cancer cells. RESULTS HDAC6 was upregulated in lung cancer specimens and significantly correlated with poor prognosis. Inhibition of HDAC6 by TSA and siHDAC6 caused downregulation of phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (p-ERK), which was dependent on the tubulin acetylation status. Tubulin acetylation induced by TSA and siHDAC6 mediated the dissociation of p-ERK on microtubules, causing p-ERK destabilization. The proteomic analysis demonstrated that the molecular chaperone glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) was an important scaffolder required for p-ERK localization on microtubules, and this phenomenon was significantly inhibited by either TSA, siHDAC6, or siGRP78. In addition, suppression of HDAC6 strongly attenuated an in vitro 2D lung cancer cell growth and an in vitro 3D patient derived-lung cancer spheroid growth. CONCLUSIONS HDAC6 inhibition led to upregulate tubulin acetylation, causing GRP78-p-ERK dissociation from microtubules. As a result, p-ERK levels were decreased, and lung cancer cell growth was subsequently suppressed. This study reveals the intriguing role and molecular mechanism of HDAC6 as a tumor promoter, and its inhibition represents a promising approach for anticancer therapy.
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- Onsurang Wattanathamsan
- grid.7922.e0000 0001 0244 7875Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- grid.7922.e0000 0001 0244 7875Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand ,grid.7922.e0000 0001 0244 7875Center of Excellence in Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- grid.7922.e0000 0001 0244 7875Center of Excellence in Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- grid.413637.40000 0004 4682 905XDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Central Chest Institute of Thailand, Muang District, Nonthaburi, Thailand
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- grid.425537.20000 0001 2191 4408Toxicology and Bio Evaluation Service Center, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- grid.7922.e0000 0001 0244 7875Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- grid.7922.e0000 0001 0244 7875Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- grid.7922.e0000 0001 0244 7875Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand ,grid.7922.e0000 0001 0244 7875Preclinical Toxicity and Efficacy Assessment of Medicines and Chemicals Research Cluster, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Bock N, Forouz F, Hipwood L, Clegg J, Jeffery P, Gough M, van Wyngaard T, Pyke C, Adams MN, Bray LJ, Croft L, Thompson EW, Kryza T, Meinert C. GelMA, Click-Chemistry Gelatin and Bioprinted Polyethylene Glycol-Based Hydrogels as 3D Ex Vivo Drug Testing Platforms for Patient-Derived Breast Cancer Organoids. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15010261. [PMID: 36678890 PMCID: PMC9867511 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15010261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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3D organoid model technologies have led to the development of innovative tools for cancer precision medicine. Yet, the gold standard culture system (Matrigel®) lacks the ability for extensive biophysical manipulation needed to model various cancer microenvironments and has inherent batch-to-batch variability. Tunable hydrogel matrices provide enhanced capability for drug testing in breast cancer (BCa), by better mimicking key physicochemical characteristics of this disease’s extracellular matrix. Here, we encapsulated patient-derived breast cancer cells in bioprinted polyethylene glycol-derived hydrogels (PEG), functionalized with adhesion peptides (RGD, GFOGER and DYIGSR) and gelatin-derived hydrogels (gelatin methacryloyl; GelMA and thiolated-gelatin crosslinked with PEG-4MAL; GelSH). Within ranges of BCa stiffnesses (1−6 kPa), GelMA, GelSH and PEG-based hydrogels successfully supported the growth and organoid formation of HR+,−/HER2+,− primary cancer cells for at least 2−3 weeks, with superior organoid formation within the GelSH biomaterial (up to 268% growth after 15 days). BCa organoids responded to doxorubicin, EP31670 and paclitaxel treatments with increased IC50 concentrations on organoids compared to 2D cultures, and highest IC50 for organoids in GelSH. Cell viability after doxorubicin treatment (1 µM) remained >2-fold higher in the 3D gels compared to 2D and doxorubicin/paclitaxel (both 5 µM) were ~2.75−3-fold less potent in GelSH compared to PEG hydrogels. The data demonstrate the potential of hydrogel matrices as easy-to-use and effective preclinical tools for therapy assessment in patient-derived breast cancer organoids.
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- Nathalie Bock
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research Institute (TRI), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
- Max Planck Queensland Centre, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
- Centre for Biomedical Technologies, QUT, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
- Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre (APCRC-Q), QUT, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
- Correspondence:
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research Institute (TRI), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
- Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre (APCRC-Q), QUT, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research Institute (TRI), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
- Centre for Biomedical Technologies, QUT, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
- Gelomics Pty Ltd., Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Technologies, QUT, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
- Gelomics Pty Ltd., Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
- Centre for Personalised Analysis of Cancers (CPAC), Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
- ARC Training Centre for Cell and Tissue Engineering Technologies, QUT, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, QUT, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research Institute (TRI), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
- Centre for Personalised Analysis of Cancers (CPAC), Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
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- Centre for Personalised Analysis of Cancers (CPAC), Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
- Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research Institute (TRI), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
- ARC Training Centre for Cell and Tissue Engineering Technologies, QUT, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
- Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Technologies, QUT, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
- Centre for Personalised Analysis of Cancers (CPAC), Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
- ARC Training Centre for Cell and Tissue Engineering Technologies, QUT, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research Institute (TRI), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
- Centre for Personalised Analysis of Cancers (CPAC), Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
- Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research Institute (TRI), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
- Centre for Personalised Analysis of Cancers (CPAC), Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
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- Mater Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Technologies, QUT, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
- Gelomics Pty Ltd., Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
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Pelizzoni G, Scaglione S. 3D Human Tumor Tissues Cultured in Dynamic Conditions as Alternative In Vitro Disease Models. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2572:203-210. [PMID: 36161419 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2703-7_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The slow knowledge progression about cancer disease and the high drug clinical failure are mainly due to the inadequacy of the simplistic pre-clinical in vitro and in vivo animal tumor models. To overpass these limits, in recent years many 3D matrix-based cell cultures have been proposed as challenging alternatives, since they allow to better recapitulate the in vitro cells-cells and cells-matrix reciprocal interactions in a more physiological context. Among many natural polymers, alginate has been adopted as an extracellular matrix surrogate to mimic the 3D spatial organization. After their expansion, cancer cells are suspended in an alginate solution and dropped within a crosslinking solution enabling gelification. The result is the generation of a 3D hydrogel embedding a single cell suspension: Cells are equally distributed throughout the gel, and they are free to proliferate generating clonal spheroids. Moreover, according to the hydrogel matrix stiffness that can be easily tuned, tumor cells can spread within the 3D structure and migrate outside, where they may become circulating tumor cells and infiltrate secondary tumor sites when these 3D tumor tissues are cultured in a fluid dynamic environment (i.e., organ on chip).
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Abdollahzadeh H, Amoabediny G, Haghiralsadat F, Rahimi F, Adibfar A. Liposomal Doxorubicin Kinetic Study in an In vitro 2D and 3D Tumor Model for Osteosarcoma in a Perfusion Bioreactor. Pharm Nanotechnol 2023; 11:447-459. [PMID: 37138490 DOI: 10.2174/2211738511666230501202946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND In vivo drug screening in animal models is contrary to ethical values, costly and time-consuming. Traditional static in vitro models do not reflect the basic characteristics of bone tumor microenvironments; therefore, perfusion bioreactors, in particular, would be an applicable choice due to their advantages to regenerate versatile bone tumor models for studying in vitro novel drug delivery systems. METHODS In this study, an optimal drug formulation of liposomal doxorubicin was prepared, and the release kinetics of the drug and its toxicity effect on MG-63 bone cancer cell line were investigated in two-dimensional, static three-dimensional media on a PLGA/β-TCP scaffold and also in a dynamic media in a perfusion bioreactor. In this assay, the efficacy of the IC50 of this formulation which had been obtained in two-dimensional cell culture (= 0.1 μg/ml), was studied in static and dynamic threedimensional media after 3 and 7 days. Liposomes with good morphology and encapsulation efficiency of 95% had release kinetics of the Korsmeyer-Peppas model. RESULTS The results of cell growth before treatment and cell viability after treatment in all three environments were compared. Cell growth in 2D was rapid, while it was slow in static 3D conditions. In the dynamic 3D environment, it was significant compared to the static tumor models. Cell viability after 3 and 7 days from treatment was 54.73% and 13.39% in 2D conditions, 72.27% and 26.78% in the static 3D model, while 100% and 78.92% in the dynamic culture indicating the effect of drug toxicity over time, but drug resistance of 3D models compared to 2D culture. In the bioreactor, the formulation used in the mentioned concentration showed very small cytotoxicity demonstrating the dominance of mechanical stimuli on cell growth over drug toxicity. CONCLUSION Increasing drug resistance in 3D models compared to 2D models indicates the superiority of liposomal Dox over free form to reduce IC50 concentration.
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- H Abdollahzadeh
- Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Center for New Technologies in Life Science Engineering at the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, School of Paramedicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Medical Biotechnology Department, School of Medical Sciences, and Research Center and Laboratory of New Nano-technology, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Qureshi R, Zou B, Alam T, Wu J, Lee VHF, Yan H. Computational Methods for the Analysis and Prediction of EGFR-Mutated Lung Cancer Drug Resistance: Recent Advances in Drug Design, Challenges and Future Prospects. IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS 2023; 20:238-255. [PMID: 35007197 DOI: 10.1109/tcbb.2022.3141697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Lung cancer is a major cause of cancer deaths worldwide, and has a very low survival rate. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the largest subset of lung cancers, which accounts for about 85% of all cases. It has been well established that a mutation in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) can lead to lung cancer. EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs) are developed to target the kinase domain of EGFR. These TKIs produce promising results at the initial stage of therapy, but the efficacy becomes limited due to the development of drug resistance. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of computational methods, for understanding drug resistance mechanisms. The important EGFR mutants and the different generations of EGFR-TKIs, with the survival and response rates are discussed. Next, we evaluate the role of important EGFR parameters in drug resistance mechanism, including structural dynamics, hydrogen bonds, stability, dimerization, binding free energies, and signaling pathways. Personalized drug resistance prediction models, drug response curve, drug synergy, and other data-driven methods are also discussed. Recent advancements in deep learning; such as AlphaFold2, deep generative models, big data analytics, and the applications of statistics and permutation are also highlighted. We explore limitations in the current methodologies, and discuss strategies to overcome them. We believe this review will serve as a reference for researchers; to apply computational techniques for precision medicine, analyzing structures of protein-drug complexes, drug discovery, and understanding the drug response and resistance mechanisms in lung cancer patients.
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Mohseni Garakani M, Cooke ME, Weber MH, Wertheimer MR, Ajji A, Rosenzweig DH. A 3D, Compartmental Tumor-Stromal Microenvironment Model of Patient-Derived Bone Metastasis. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:ijms24010160. [PMID: 36613604 PMCID: PMC9820116 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Bone is a frequent site of tumor metastasis. The bone-tumor microenvironment is heterogeneous and complex in nature. Such complexity is compounded by relations between metastatic and bone cells influencing their sensitivity/resistance to chemotherapeutics. Standard chemotherapeutics may not show efficacy for every patient, and new therapeutics are slow to emerge, owing to the limitations of existing 2D/3D models. We previously developed a 3D interface model for personalized therapeutic screening, consisting of an electrospun poly lactic acid mesh activated with plasma species and seeded with stromal cells. Tumor cells embedded in an alginate-gelatin hydrogel are overlaid to create a physiologic 3D interface. Here, we applied our 3D model as a migration assay tool to verify the migratory behavior of different patient-derived bone metastasized cells. We assessed the impact of two different chemotherapeutics, Doxorubicin and Cisplatin, on migration of patient cells and their immortalized cell line counterparts. We observed different migratory behaviors and cellular metabolic activities blocked with both Doxorubicin and Cisplatin treatment; however, higher efficiency or lower IC50 was observed with Doxorubicin. Gene expression analysis of MDA-MB231 that migrated through our 3D hybrid model verified epithelial-mesenchymal transition through increased expression of mesenchymal markers involved in the metastasis process. Our findings indicate that we can model tumor migration in vivo, in line with different cell characteristics and it may be a suitable drug screening tool for personalized medicine approaches in metastatic cancer treatment.
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- Mansoureh Mohseni Garakani
- Chemical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T1J4, Canada
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T1J4, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1A4, Canada
- Injury, Repair and Recovery Program, Research Institute of McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC), Montreal, QC H3G 1A4, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1A4, Canada
- Injury, Repair and Recovery Program, Research Institute of McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC), Montreal, QC H3G 1A4, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T1J4, Canada
- Department of Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T1J4, Canada
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T1J4, Canada
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T1J4, Canada
- Correspondence: (A.A.); (D.H.R.); Tel.: +1-514-934-1934 (ext. 43238) (D.H.R.)
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1A4, Canada
- Injury, Repair and Recovery Program, Research Institute of McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC), Montreal, QC H3G 1A4, Canada
- Correspondence: (A.A.); (D.H.R.); Tel.: +1-514-934-1934 (ext. 43238) (D.H.R.)
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Pulugu P, Arya N, Kumar P, Srivastava A. Polystyrene-Based Slippery Surfaces Enable the Generation and Easy Retrieval of Tumor Spheroids. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2022; 5:5582-5594. [PMID: 36445173 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Multicellular tumor spheroids are the most well-characterized organotypic models for cancer research. Generally, scaffold-based and scaffold-free techniques are widely used for culturing spheroids. In scaffold-free techniques, the hanging drop (HD) method is a more versatile technique, but the retrieval of three-dimensional (3D) cell spheroids in the hanging drop method is usually labor-intensive. We developed oil-coated polystyrene nanofiber-based reusable slippery surfaces for the generation and easy retrieval of 3D spheroids. The developed slippery surfaces facilitated the rolling and gliding of the cell medium drops as well as holding the hydrophilic drops for more than 72 h by the virtue of surface tension as in the hanging drop method. In this study, polystyrene nanofibers were developed by the facile technique of electrospinning and the morphological evaluation was performed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and cryo-FESEM. We modeled the retrieval process of 3D spheroids with the ingredients of 3D spheroid generation, such as water, cell culture media, collagen, and hyaluronic acid solution, demonstrating the faster and easy retrieval of 3D spheroids within a few seconds. We created MCF-7 spheroids as a proof of concept with a developed slippery surface. 3D spheroids were characterized for their size, homogeneity, reactive oxygen species, proliferative marker (Ki-67), and hypoxic inducing factor 1ά (HIF-1ά). These 3D tumor spheroids were further tested for evaluating the cellular toxicity of the doxorubicin drug. Hence, the proposed slippery surfaces demonstrated the potential alternative of culturing 3D tumor spheroids with an easy retrieval process with intact 3D spheroids.
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- Priyanka Pulugu
- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Ahmedabad (NIPER-A), Palaj, Opposite Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Ahmedabad (NIPER-A), Palaj, Opposite Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Ahmedabad (NIPER-A), Palaj, Opposite Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Ahmedabad (NIPER-A), Palaj, Opposite Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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Yang S, Tian Z, Feng Y, Zhang K, Pan Y, Li Y, Wang Z, Wei W, Qiao X, Zhou R, Yan L, Li Q, Guo H, Yuan J, Li P, Lv Z. Transcriptomics and metabolomics reveal changes in the regulatory mechanisms of osteosarcoma under different culture methods in vitro. BMC Med Genomics 2022; 15:265. [PMID: 36536381 PMCID: PMC9762085 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-022-01419-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recently, increasing attention has been drawn to the impact of the tumor microenvironment (TME) on the occurrence and progression of malignant tumors. A variety of 3D culture techniques have been used to simulate TME in vitro. The purpose of this study was to reveal the differences in transcriptional and metabolic levels between osteosarcoma (OS) 2D cells, 3D cells, 3D cell-printed tissue, isolated tissue, and transplanted tumor tissue in vivo. METHODS We cultured the OS Saos-2 cell line under different culture methods as 2D cells, 3D cells, 3D cell-printed tissue and isolated tissue for 14 days and transplanted tumors in vivo as a control group. Through transcriptomic and metabonomic analyses, we determined the changes in gene expression and metabolites in OS tissues under different culture methods. RESULTS At the transcriptional level, 166 differentially expressed genes were found, including the SMAD family, ID family, BMP family and other related genes, and they were enriched in the TGF-β signaling pathway, complement and coagulation cascades, signaling pathways regulating pluripotency of stem cells, Hippo signaling pathway, ferroptosis, cGMP-PKG signaling pathway and other pathways. At the metabolic level, 362 metabolites were significantly changed and enriched in metabolic pathways such as the Fc Epsilon RI signaling pathway, histidine metabolism, primary bile acid biosynthesis, steroid biosynthesis, protein digestion and absorption, ferroptosis, and arachidonic acid metabolism. After integrating the transcriptome and metabolomics data, it was found that 44 metabolic pathways were changed, and the significantly enriched pathways were ferroptosis and pyrimidine metabolism. CONCLUSION Different culture methods affect the gene expression and metabolite generation of OS Saos-2 cells. Moreover, the cell and tissue culture method in vitro cannot completely simulate TME in vivo, and the ferroptosis and pyrimidine metabolism pathways mediate the functional changes of OS Saos-2 cells in different microenvironments.
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- Sen Yang
- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,Department of Orthopedics, The Second People’s Hospital of Changzhi City, 83 Peace West Street, Shanxi 046000 Changzhi, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Third people’s Hospital of Datong City, Shanxi 037006 Datong, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.470966.aShanxi Bethune Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, 030032 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Department of Orthopedics, JinZhong Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, 689 Huitong South Road, Shanxi 030600 Jinzhong, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Second Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China ,grid.452845.a0000 0004 1799 2077Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 382 Wuyi Road, Shanxi 030001 Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
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Giordano F, Lenna S, Baudo G, Rampado R, Massaro M, De Rosa E, Ewing A, Kurenbekova L, Agostini M, Yustein JT, Taraballi F. Tyrosine kinase inhibitor-loaded biomimetic nanoparticles as a treatment for osteosarcoma. Cancer Nanotechnol 2022. [DOI: 10.1186/s12645-022-00146-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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AbstractSmall-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) represent a potentially powerful approach to the treatment of osteosarcoma (OS). However, dose-limiting toxicity, therapeutic efficacy, and targeting specificity are significant barriers to the use of TKIs in the clinic. Notably among TKIs, ponatinib demonstrated potent anti-tumor activity; however, it received an FDA black box warning for potential side effects. We propose ponatinib-loaded biomimetic nanoparticles (NPs) to repurpose ponatinib as an efficient therapeutic option for OS. In this study, we demonstrate enhanced targeting ability and maintain potent ponatinib nano-therapeutic activity, while also reducing toxicity. In in vitro two- and three-dimensional models, we demonstrate that ponatinib-loaded biomimetic NPs maintain the efficacy of the free drug, while in vivo we show that they can improve tumor targeting, slow tumor growth, and reduce evidence of systemic toxicities. Though there is limited Pon encapsulation within NPs, this platform may improve current therapeutic approaches and reduce dosage-related side effects to achieve better clinical outcomes in OS patients.
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Longitudinal bioluminescence imaging to monitor breast tumor growth and treatment response using the chick chorioallantoic membrane model. Sci Rep 2022; 12:17192. [PMID: 36229503 PMCID: PMC9562337 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20854-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The development of successful treatment regimens for breast cancer requires strong pre-clinical data generated in physiologically relevant pre-clinical models. Here we report the development of the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model to study tumor growth and angiogenesis using breast cancer cell lines. MDA-MB-231 and MCF7 tumor cell lines were engrafted onto the chick embryo CAM to study tumor growth and treatment response. Tumor growth was evaluated through bioluminescence imaging and a significant increase in tumor size and vascularization was found over a 9-day period. We then evaluated the impact of anti-angiogenic drugs, axitinib and bevacizumab, on tumor growth and angiogenesis. Drug treatment significantly reduced tumor vascularization and size. Overall, our findings demonstrate that the chick embryo CAM is a clinically relevant model to monitor therapeutic response in breast cancer and can be used as a platform for drug screening to evaluate not only gross changes in tumor burden but physiological processes such as angiogenesis.
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Guan X, Huang S. Advances in the application of 3D tumor models in precision oncology and drug screening. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:1021966. [PMID: 36246388 PMCID: PMC9555934 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.1021966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Traditional tumor models cannot perfectly simulate the real state of tumors in vivo, resulting in the termination of many clinical trials. 3D tumor models’ technology provides new in vitro models that bridge the gap between in vitro and in vivo findings, and organoids maintain the properties of the original tissue over a long period of culture, which enables extensive research in this area. In addition, they can be used as a substitute for animal and in vitro models, and organoids can be established from patients’ normal and malignant tissues, with unique advantages in clinical drug development and in guiding individualized therapies. 3D tumor models also provide a promising platform for high-throughput research, drug and toxicity testing, disease modeling, and regenerative medicine. This report summarizes the 3D tumor model, including evidence regarding the 3D tumor cell culture model, 3D tumor slice model, and organoid culture model. In addition, it provides evidence regarding the application of 3D tumor organoid models in precision oncology and drug screening. The aim of this report is to elucidate the value of 3D tumor models in cancer research and provide a preclinical reference for the precise treatment of cancer patients.
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- Xiaoyong Guan
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
- *Correspondence: Shigao Huang,
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Badr-Eldin SM, Aldawsari HM, Kotta S, Deb PK, Venugopala KN. Three-Dimensional In Vitro Cell Culture Models for Efficient Drug Discovery: Progress So Far and Future Prospects. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:926. [PMID: 36015074 PMCID: PMC9412659 DOI: 10.3390/ph15080926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 07/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Despite tremendous advancements in technologies and resources, drug discovery still remains a tedious and expensive process. Though most cells are cultured using 2D monolayer cultures, due to lack of specificity, biochemical incompatibility, and cell-to-cell/matrix communications, they often lag behind in the race of modern drug discovery. There exists compelling evidence that 3D cell culture models are quite promising and advantageous in mimicking in vivo conditions. It is anticipated that these 3D cell culture methods will bridge the translation of data from 2D cell culture to animal models. Although 3D technologies have been adopted widely these days, they still have certain challenges associated with them, such as the maintenance of a micro-tissue environment similar to in vivo models and a lack of reproducibility. However, newer 3D cell culture models are able to bypass these issues to a maximum extent. This review summarizes the basic principles of 3D cell culture approaches and emphasizes different 3D techniques such as hydrogels, spheroids, microfluidic devices, organoids, and 3D bioprinting methods. Besides the progress made so far in 3D cell culture systems, the article emphasizes the various challenges associated with these models and their potential role in drug repositioning, including perspectives from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Shaimaa M. Badr-Eldin
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia; (H.M.A.); (S.K.)
- Center of Excellence for Drug Research and Pharmaceutical Industries, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia; (H.M.A.); (S.K.)
- Center of Excellence for Drug Research and Pharmaceutical Industries, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia; (H.M.A.); (S.K.)
- Center of Excellence for Drug Research and Pharmaceutical Industries, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Philadelphia University, P.O. Box 1, Amman 19392, Jordan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia;
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4001, South Africa
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Fernandes S, Vyas C, Lim P, Pereira RF, Virós A, Bártolo P. 3D Bioprinting: An Enabling Technology to Understand Melanoma. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14143535. [PMID: 35884596 PMCID: PMC9318274 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14143535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Melanoma is a potentially fatal cancer with rising incidence over the last 50 years, associated with enhanced sun exposure and ultraviolet radiation. Its incidence is highest in people of European descent and the ageing population. There are multiple clinical and epidemiological variables affecting melanoma incidence and mortality, such as sex, ethnicity, UV exposure, anatomic site, and age. Although survival has improved in recent years due to advances in targeted and immunotherapies, new understanding of melanoma biology and disease progression is vital to improving clinical outcomes. Efforts to develop three-dimensional human skin equivalent models using biofabrication techniques, such as bioprinting, promise to deliver a better understanding of the complexity of melanoma and associated risk factors. These 3D skin models can be used as a platform for patient specific models and testing therapeutics.
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- Samantha Fernandes
- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; (S.F.); (C.V.); (P.L.)
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- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; (S.F.); (C.V.); (P.L.)
- Singapore Centre for 3D Printing, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; (S.F.); (C.V.); (P.L.)
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- ICBAS—Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal;
- i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- INEB—Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Skin Cancer and Ageing Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;
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- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; (S.F.); (C.V.); (P.L.)
- Singapore Centre for 3D Printing, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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Liang J, Sohrabi A, Epperson M, Rad LM, Tamura K, Sathialingam M, Skandakumar T, Lue P, Huang J, Popoli J, Yackly A, Bick M, Wang ZZ, Chen CC, Varuzhanyan G, Damoiseaux R, Seidlits SK. Hydrogel Arrays Enable Increased Throughput for Screening Effects of Matrix Components and Therapeutics in 3D Tumor Models. J Vis Exp 2022:10.3791/63791. [PMID: 35781280 PMCID: PMC9969841 DOI: 10.3791/63791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Cell-matrix interactions mediate complex physiological processes through biochemical, mechanical, and geometrical cues, influencing pathological changes and therapeutic responses. Accounting for matrix effects earlier in the drug development pipeline is expected to increase the likelihood of clinical success of novel therapeutics. Biomaterial-based strategies recapitulating specific tissue microenvironments in 3D cell culture exist but integrating these with the 2D culture methods primarily used for drug screening has been challenging. Thus, the protocol presented here details the development of methods for 3D culture within miniaturized biomaterial matrices in a multi-well plate format to facilitate integration with existing drug screening pipelines and conventional assays for cell viability. Since the matrix features critical for preserving clinically relevant phenotypes in cultured cells are expected to be highly tissue- and disease-specific, combinatorial screening of matrix parameters will be necessary to identify appropriate conditions for specific applications. The methods described here use a miniaturized culture format to assess cancer cell responses to orthogonal variation of matrix mechanics and ligand presentation. Specifically, this study demonstrates the use of this platform to investigate the effects of matrix parameters on the responses of patient-derived glioblastoma (GBM) cells to chemotherapy.
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Poornima K, Francis AP, Hoda M, Eladl MA, Subramanian S, Veeraraghavan VP, El-Sherbiny M, Asseri SM, Hussamuldin ABA, Surapaneni KM, Mony U, Rajagopalan R. Implications of Three-Dimensional Cell Culture in Cancer Therapeutic Research. Front Oncol 2022; 12:891673. [PMID: 35646714 PMCID: PMC9133474 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.891673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Replicating the naturalistic biomechanical milieu of cells is a primary requisite to uncover the fundamental life processes. The native milieu is significantly not replicated in the two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures. Alternatively, the current three-dimensional (3D) culture techniques can replicate the properties of extracellular matrix (ECM), though the recreation of the original microenvironment is challenging. The organization of cells in a 3D manner contributes to better insight about the tumorigenesis mechanism of the in vitro cancer models. Gene expression studies are susceptible to alterations in their microenvironment. Physiological interactions among neighboring cells also contribute to gene expression, which is highly replicable with minor modifications in 3D cultures. 3D cell culture provides a useful platform for identifying the biological characteristics of tumor cells, particularly in the drug sensitivity area of translational medicine. It promises to be a bridge between traditional 2D culture and animal experiments and is of great importance for further research in tumor biology. The new imaging technology and the implementation of standard protocols can address the barriers interfering with the live cell observation in a natural 3D physiological environment.
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- Kolluri Poornima
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India
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- Centre of Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Aliah University, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India
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- Centre of Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Molecular Virology, Research, Clinical Skills, and Simulation, Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Chennai, India
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- Centre of Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India
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Self-Assembled Peptide Habitats to Model Tumor Metastasis. Gels 2022; 8:gels8060332. [PMID: 35735676 PMCID: PMC9223161 DOI: 10.3390/gels8060332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Metastatic tumours are complex ecosystems; a community of multiple cell types, including cancerous cells, fibroblasts, and immune cells that exist within a supportive and specific microenvironment. The interplay of these cells, together with tissue specific chemical, structural and temporal signals within a three-dimensional (3D) habitat, direct tumour cell behavior, a subtlety that can be easily lost in 2D tissue culture. Here, we investigate a significantly improved tool, consisting of a novel matrix of functionally programmed peptide sequences, self-assembled into a scaffold to enable the growth and the migration of multicellular lung tumour spheroids, as proof-of-concept. This 3D functional model aims to mimic the biological, chemical, and contextual cues of an in vivo tumor more closely than a typically used, unstructured hydrogel, allowing spatial and temporal activity modelling. This approach shows promise as a cancer model, enhancing current understandings of how tumours progress and spread over time within their microenvironment.
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Models of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Bioengineering Approaches. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2022; 175:103724. [DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2022.103724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 04/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Jiang R, Huang J, Sun X, Chu X, Wang F, Zhou J, Fan Q, Pang L. Construction of in vitro 3-D model for lung cancer-cell metastasis study. BMC Cancer 2022; 22:438. [PMID: 35449036 PMCID: PMC9027834 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-022-09546-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background Cancer metastasis is the main cause of mortality in cancer patients. However, the drugs targeting metastasis processes are still lacking, which is partially due to the short of effective in vitro model for cell invasion studies. The traditional 2-D culture method cannot reveal the interaction between cells and the surrounding extracellular matrix during invasion process, while the animal models usually are too complex to explain mechanisms in detail. Therefore, a precise and efficient 3-D in vitro model is highly desirable for cell invasion studies and drug screening tests. Methods Precise micro-fabrication techniques are developed and integrated with soft hydrogels for constructing of 3-D lung-cancer micro-environment, mimicking the pulmonary gland or alveoli as in vivo. Results A 3-D in vitro model for cancer cell culture and metastasis studies is developed with advanced micro-fabrication technique, combining microfluidic system with soft hydrogel. The constructed microfluidic platform can provide nutrition and bio-chemical factors in a continuous transportation mode and has the potential to form stable chemical gradient for cancer invasion research. Hundreds of micro-chamber arrays are constructed within the collagen gel, ensuring that all surrounding substrates for tumor cells are composed of natural collagen hydrogel, like the in vivo micro-environment. The 3-D in vitro model can also provide a fully transparent platform for the visual observation of the cell morphology, proliferation, invasion, cell-assembly, and even the protein expression by immune-fluorescent tests if needed. The lung-cancer cells A549 and normal lung epithelial cells (HPAEpiCs) have been seeded into the 3-D system. It is found out that cells can normally proliferate in the microwells for a long period. Moreover, although the cancer cells A549 and alveolar epithelial cells HPAEpiCs have the similar morphology on 2-D solid substrate, in the 3-D system the cancer cells A549 distributed sparsely as single round cells on the extracellular matrix (ECM) when they attached to the substrate, while the normal lung epithelial cells can form cell aggregates, like the structure of normal tissue. Importantly, cancer cells cultured in the 3-D in vitro model can exhibit the interaction between cells and extracellular matrix. As shown in the confocal microscope images, the A549 cells present round and isolated morphology without much invasion into ECM, while starting from around Day 5, cells changed their shape to be spindle-like, as in mesenchymal morphology, and then started to destroy the surrounding ECM and invade out of the micro-chambers. Conclusions A 3-D in vitro model is constructed for cancer cell invasion studies, combining the microfluidic system and micro-chamber structures within hydrogel. To show the invasion process of lung cancer cells, the cell morphology, proliferation, and invasion process are all analyzed. The results confirmed that the micro-environment in the 3-D model is vital for revealing the lung cancer cell invasion as in vivo. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12885-022-09546-9.
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- Rongrong Jiang
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Qibao Community Health Service Center, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Laboratory of Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
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Upregulation of p75NTR by Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Sensitizes Human Neuroblastoma Cells to Targeted Immunotoxin-Induced Apoptosis. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23073849. [PMID: 35409209 PMCID: PMC8998832 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors are novel chemotherapy agents with potential utility in the treatment of neuroblastoma, the most frequent solid tumor of childhood. Previous studies have shown that the exposure of human neuroblastoma cells to some HDAC inhibitors enhanced the expression of the common neurotrophin receptor p75NTR. In the present study we investigated whether the upregulation of p75NTR could be exploited to render neuroblastoma cells susceptible to the cytotoxic action of an anti-p75NTR antibody conjugated to the toxin saporin-S6 (p75IgG-Sap). We found that two well-characterized HDAC inhibitors, valproic acid (VPA) and entinostat, were able to induce a strong expression of p75NTR in different human neuroblastoma cell lines but not in other cells, with entinostat, displaying a greater efficacy than VPA. Cell pretreatment with entinostat enhanced p75NTR internalization and intracellular saporin-S6 delivery following p75IgG-Sap exposure. The addition of p75IgG-Sap had no effect on vehicle-pretreated cells but potentiated the apoptotic cell death that was induced by entinostat. In three-dimensional neuroblastoma cell cultures, the subsequent treatment with p75IgG-Sap enhanced the inhibition of spheroid growth and the impairment of cell viability that was produced by entinostat. In athymic mice bearing neuroblastoma xenografts, chronic treatment with entinostat increased the expression of p75NTR in tumors but not in liver, kidney, heart, and cerebellum. The administration of p75IgG-Sap induced apoptosis only in tumors of mice that were pretreated with entinostat. These findings define a novel experimental strategy to selectively eliminate neuroblastoma cells based on the sequential treatment with entinostat and a toxin-conjugated anti-p75NTR antibody.
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Rizki-Safitri A, Tokito F, Nishikawa M, Tanaka M, Maeda K, Kusuhara H, Sakai Y. Prospect of in vitro Bile Fluids Collection in Improving Cell-Based Assay of Liver Function. FRONTIERS IN TOXICOLOGY 2022; 3:657432. [PMID: 35295147 PMCID: PMC8915818 DOI: 10.3389/ftox.2021.657432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The liver plays a pivotal role in the clearance of drugs. Reliable assays for liver function are crucial for various metabolism investigation, including toxicity, disease, and pre-clinical testing for drug development. Bile is an aqueous secretion of a functioning liver. Analyses of bile are used to explain drug clearance and related effects and are thus important for toxicology and pharmacokinetic research. Bile fluids collection is extensively performed in vivo, whereas this process is rarely reproduced as in the in vitro studies. The key to success is the technology involved, which needs to satisfy multiple criteria. To ensure the accuracy of subsequent chemical analyses, certain amounts of bile are needed. Additionally, non-invasive and continuous collections are preferable in view of cell culture. In this review, we summarize recent progress and limitations in the field. We highlight attempts to develop advanced liver cultures for bile fluids collection, including methods to stimulate the secretion of bile in vitro. With these strategies, researchers have used a variety of cell sources, extracellular matrix proteins, and growth factors to investigate different cell-culture environments, including three-dimensional spheroids, cocultures, and microfluidic devices. Effective combinations of expertise and technology have the potential to overcome these obstacles to achieve reliable in vitro bile assay systems.
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- Astia Rizki-Safitri
- Department of Chemical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Stem Cell Regulation, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (IQB), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Regenerative Medicine, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Lasagna M, Ventura C, Hielpos MS, Mardirosian MN, Martín G, Miret N, Randi A, Núñez M, Cocca C. Endocrine disruptor chlorpyrifos promotes migration, invasion, and stemness phenotype in 3D cultures of breast cancer cells and induces a wide range of pathways involved in cancer progression. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 204:111989. [PMID: 34506784 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Organophosphorus chlorpyrifos (CPF) is currently considered an endocrine disruptor (ED), as it can imitate hormone actions both in vitro and in vivo. We recently reported that CPF induces migration and invasion in 2D cultures and changes the expression of key molecular markers involved in epithelial mesenchymal transition in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. In this study, we investigated whether CPF could behave as a predisposing factor for tumors to become more metastatic and aggressive using 3D culture models. In MCF-7 cells, 0.05 μM CPF induced an increase in the number and size of mammospheres via estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and c-SRC. Furthermore, 0.05 μM CPF increased the area of spheroids generated from MCF-7 cells, induced invasion using both Matrigel® and type 1 collagen matrices, and increased cell migration capacity via ERα in this 3D model. In turn, 50 μM CPF increased cell migration capacity and invasion using type 1 collagen matrix. In monolayers, CPF increased the phosphorylation and membrane translocation of c-SRC at both concentrations assayed. CPF at 0.05 μM boosted p-AKT, p-GSK-3β and p-P38. While p-AKT rose in a ERα-dependent way, p-GSK-3β was dependent on ERα- and c-SRC, and p-P38 was only dependent on c-SRC. On the other hand, the increase in p-AKT and p-P38 induced by 50 μM CPF was dependent on the c-SRC pathway. We also observed that 0.05 μM CPF increased IGF-1R and IRS-1 expression and that 50 μM CPF induced IGF-1Rβ phosphorylation. In the MDA-MB-231 cell line, 0.05 and 50 μM CPF increased p-c-SRC. Finally, p-AKT and p-GSK-3β were also induced by CPF at 0.05 and 50 μM, and an increase in p-P38 was observed at 50 μM. Taken together, these data provide support for the notion that CPF may represent a risk factor for breast cancer development and progression.
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- M Lasagna
- Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas "Prof. Alejandro C. Paladini" (IQUIFIB), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Cátedra de Física, Laboratorio de Radioisótopos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Cátedra de Física, Laboratorio de Radioisótopos, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Universidad Nacional de La Plata-CONICET, Instituto de Estudios Inmunológicos y Fisiopatológicos (IIFP), La Plata, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas "Prof. Alejandro C. Paladini" (IQUIFIB), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Cátedra de Física, Laboratorio de Radioisótopos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas "Prof. Alejandro C. Paladini" (IQUIFIB), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Cátedra de Física, Laboratorio de Radioisótopos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Cátedra de Física, Laboratorio de Radioisótopos, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Bioquímica Humana, Laboratorio de Efectos Biológicos de Contaminantes Ambientales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Bioquímica Humana, Laboratorio de Efectos Biológicos de Contaminantes Ambientales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Cátedra de Física, Laboratorio de Radioisótopos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas "Prof. Alejandro C. Paladini" (IQUIFIB), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Cátedra de Física, Laboratorio de Radioisótopos, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Jia Y, Wei Z, Zhang S, Yang B, Li Y. Instructive Hydrogels for Primary Tumor Cell Culture: Current Status and Outlook. Adv Healthc Mater 2022; 11:e2102479. [PMID: 35182456 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202102479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Primary tumor organoids (PTOs) growth in hydrogels have emerged as an important in vitro model that recapitulates many characteristics of the native tumor tissue, and have important applications in fundamental cancer research and for the development of useful therapeutic treatment. This paper begins with reviewing the methods of isolation of primary tumor cells. Then, recent advances on the instructive hydrogels as biomimetic extracellular matrix for primary tumor cell culture and construction of PTO models are summarized. Emerging microtechnology for growth of PTOs in microscale hydrogels and the applications of PTOs are highlighted. This paper concludes with an outlook on the future directions in the investigation of instructive hydrogels for PTO growth.
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- Yiyang Jia
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 China
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- Department of Oncologic Gynecology The First Hospital of Jilin University Changchun 130021 China
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- Department of Oncologic Gynecology The First Hospital of Jilin University Changchun 130021 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 China
- Joint Laboratory of Opto‐Functional Theranostics in Medicine and Chemistry The First Hospital of Jilin University Changchun 130021 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 China
- Joint Laboratory of Opto‐Functional Theranostics in Medicine and Chemistry The First Hospital of Jilin University Changchun 130021 China
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Fedi A, Vitale C, Giannoni P, Caluori G, Marrella A. Biosensors to Monitor Cell Activity in 3D Hydrogel-Based Tissue Models. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:1517. [PMID: 35214418 PMCID: PMC8879987 DOI: 10.3390/s22041517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Three-dimensional (3D) culture models have gained relevant interest in tissue engineering and drug discovery owing to their suitability to reproduce in vitro some key aspects of human tissues and to provide predictive information for in vivo tests. In this context, the use of hydrogels as artificial extracellular matrices is of paramount relevance, since they allow closer recapitulation of (patho)physiological features of human tissues. However, most of the analyses aimed at characterizing these models are based on time-consuming and endpoint assays, which can provide only static and limited data on cellular behavior. On the other hand, biosensing systems could be adopted to measure on-line cellular activity, as currently performed in bi-dimensional, i.e., monolayer, cell culture systems; however, their translation and integration within 3D hydrogel-based systems is not straight forward, due to the geometry and materials properties of these advanced cell culturing approaches. Therefore, researchers have adopted different strategies, through the development of biochemical, electrochemical and optical sensors, but challenges still remain in employing these devices. In this review, after examining recent advances in adapting existing biosensors from traditional cell monolayers to polymeric 3D cells cultures, we will focus on novel designs and outcomes of a range of biosensors specifically developed to provide real-time analysis of hydrogel-based cultures.
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- Arianna Fedi
- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), 16149 Genoa, Italy; (A.F.); (C.V.)
- Department of Computer Science, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, 16126 Genoa, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), 16149 Genoa, Italy; (A.F.); (C.V.)
- Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy;
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- Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy;
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- IHU LIRYC, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, 33600 Pessac, France;
- INSERM UMR 1045, Cardiothoracic Research Center of Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, 33600 Pessac, France
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- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), 16149 Genoa, Italy; (A.F.); (C.V.)
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