Tumor Microenvironment Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2265:81-89. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1205-7_6.
Cancer cells have deregulated metabolism that can contribute to the unique metabolic makeup of the tumor microenvironment. This can be variable between patients, and it is important to understand these differences since they potentially can affect therapy response. Here we discuss a method of processing and assaying metabolism from direct ex vivo murine and human tumor samples using seahorse extracellular flux analysis. This provides real-time profiling of oxidative versus glycolytic metabolism and can help infer the metabolic status of the tumor microenvironment.
癌细胞的代谢失调可能导致肿瘤微环境的独特代谢构成。这种代谢失调在患者之间可能存在差异,了解这些差异非常重要,因为它们可能会影响治疗反应。在这里,我们讨论了一种使用 Seahorse 细胞外通量分析直接从体外培养的鼠和人肿瘤样本中处理和分析代谢的方法。该方法可实时分析氧化代谢与糖酵解代谢,并有助于推断肿瘤微环境的代谢状态。