Paterson Karla, Paterson Sarah, Mulholland Theresa, Coffelt Seth B, Zagnoni Michele
Centre for Microsystems and Photonics, EEE DepartmentUniversity of Strathclyde G1 1XQ Glasgow U.K.
ScreenIn3D LimitedTechnology and Innovation Centre G1 1RD Glasgow U.K.
IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol. 2022 May 27;3:86-95. doi: 10.1109/OJEMB.2022.3178302. eCollection 2022.
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy is efficacious against many haematological malignancies, but challenges remain when using this cellular immunotherapy for treating solid tumours. Classical 2D models fail to recapitulate the complexity of the tumour microenvironment, whilst models, such as patient-derived xenografts, are costly and labour intensive. Microfluidic technologies can provide miniaturized solutions to assess CAR-T therapies in 3D complex preclinical models of solid tumours. Here, we present a novel microfluidic immunoassay for the evaluation of CAR-T cell cytotoxicity and targeting specificity on 3D spheroids containing cancer cells and stromal cells. Monitoring the interaction between CAR-T cells and spheroid co-cultures, we show that CAR-T cells home towards target-expressing cancer cells and elicit a cytotoxic effect. Testing CAR-T cells in combination therapies, we show that CAR-T cell cytotoxicity is enhanced with anti-PD-L1 therapy and carboplatin chemotherapy. We propose this proof-of-concept microfluidic immunoassay as a material-saving, pre-clinical screening tool for quantification of cell therapy efficacy.
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