用于药物反应研究的琼脂糖微孔中非小细胞肺癌球体模型
Non-small cell lung carcinoma spheroid models in agarose microwells for drug response studies.
作者信息
Luan Qiyue, Becker Jeffrey H, Macaraniag Celine, Massad Malek G, Zhou Jian, Shimamura Takeshi, Papautsky Ian
机构信息
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, 851 S. Morgan Street, 218 SEO, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
Department of Surgery, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
出版信息
Lab Chip. 2022 Jun 14;22(12):2364-2375. doi: 10.1039/d2lc00244b.
There is a growing interest in developing personalized treatment strategies for each cancer patient, especially those with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) which annually accounts for the majority of cancer related deaths in the US. Yet identifying the optimal NSCLC treatment strategy for each cancer patient is critical due to a multitude of mutations, some of which develop following initial therapy and can result in drug resistance. A key difficulty in developing personalized therapies in NSCLC is the lack of clinically relevant assay systems that are suitable to evaluate drug sensitivity using a minuscule amount of patient-derived material available following biopsies. Herein we leverage 3D printing to demonstrate a platform based on miniature microwells in agarose to culture cancer cell spheroids. The agarose wells were shaped by 3D printing molds with 1000 microwells with a U-shaped bottom. Three NSCLC cell lines (HCC4006, H1975 and A549) were used to demonstrate size uniformity, spheroid viability, biomarker expressions and drug response in 3D agarose microwells. Results show that our approach yielded spheroids of uniform size (coefficient of variation <22%) and high viability (>83% after 1 week-culture). Studies using epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKIs) drugs gefitinib and osimertinib showed clinically relevant responses. Based on the physical features, cell phenotypes, and responses to therapy of our spheroid models, we conclude that our platform is suitable for culture and drug evaluation, especially in cases when tumor sample is limited.
为每位癌症患者制定个性化治疗策略的兴趣与日俱增,尤其是对于非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)患者,在美国,NSCLC每年导致的癌症相关死亡人数占大多数。然而,由于存在多种突变,为每位癌症患者确定最佳的NSCLC治疗策略至关重要,其中一些突变在初始治疗后出现并可能导致耐药性。在NSCLC中开发个性化疗法的一个关键困难是缺乏适合使用活检后获得的微量患者来源材料评估药物敏感性的临床相关检测系统。在此,我们利用3D打印展示了一个基于琼脂糖微型微孔来培养癌细胞球状体的平台。琼脂糖孔由具有1000个U形底部微孔的3D打印模具成型。使用三种NSCLC细胞系(HCC4006、H1975和A549)来证明在3D琼脂糖微孔中的尺寸均匀性、球状体活力、生物标志物表达和药物反应。结果表明,我们的方法产生了尺寸均匀的球状体(变异系数<22%)和高活力(培养1周后>83%)。使用表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(TKIs)药物吉非替尼和奥希替尼的研究显示出与临床相关的反应。基于我们球状体模型的物理特征、细胞表型和对治疗的反应,我们得出结论,我们的平台适用于培养和药物评估,特别是在肿瘤样本有限的情况下。