Department of Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Vet Comp Oncol. 2023 Mar;21(1):111-122. doi: 10.1111/vco.12872. Epub 2023 Jan 9.
Organoid cultures could constitute a valuable in vitro model to explore new treatments for canine (c) medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). The study's objectives were to establish and characterize 3D organoid cultures of cMTC using histology and immunohistochemistry (IHC) and to evaluate the effect of antitumor drugs on organoids' viability. Five cMTC tissue samples were used to develop organoid cultures of which one organoid line, named cMTC N°2, could be passaged for an extended period. This cMTC N°2 organoid line was further compared to the primary tumour regarding morphology and IHC expression of thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1), thyroglobulin, calcitonin, synaptophysin, vimentin, Ki-67, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), P-glycoprotein and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Quality control of the cMTC N°2 organoid line was achieved by a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array of the organoids, primary tumour and healthy blood cells of the same dog. The effect of carboplatin, meloxicam and toceranib phosphate (TOC) on cMTC N°2 organoids' viability was evaluated. The cMTC N°2 organoid line was cultured for 94 days and showed similar histological features with the primary tumour. Immunolabelling for TTF-1, thyroglobulin, calcitonin and VEGF was similar between the primary tumour and cMTC N°2 organoids. Compared to the primary tumour, organoids showed higher immunolabelling for vimentin and Ki-67, and lower immunolabelling for synaptophysin, COX-2 and P-glycoprotein. The SNP genotype was similar for each chromosome between healthy blood cells, primary tumour and cMTC N°2 organoids. Carboplatin, meloxicam and TOC had no effect on cMTC N°2 organoid cell viability within achievable in vivo concentration range. In conclusion, the cMTC N°2 organoid line is a promising first milestone towards an established in vitro organoid model to explore pathophysiology and new treatment modalities in cMTC.
类器官培养物可以成为探索犬(c)髓样甲状腺癌(MTC)新治疗方法的有价值的体外模型。本研究的目的是使用组织学和免疫组织化学(IHC)建立和表征 cMTC 的 3D 类器官培养物,并评估抗肿瘤药物对类器官活力的影响。使用 5 个 cMTC 组织样本开发 cMTC 类器官培养物,其中一个类器官系,命名为 cMTC N°2,可以延长传代。进一步将 cMTC N°2 类器官系与原发性肿瘤的甲状腺转录因子-1(TTF-1)、甲状腺球蛋白、降钙素、突触素、波形蛋白、Ki-67、环氧化酶-2(COX-2)、P-糖蛋白和血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)的免疫组织化学表达进行比较。通过同一犬的类器官、原发性肿瘤和健康血细胞的单核苷酸多态性(SNP)阵列对 cMTC N°2 类器官系进行质量控制。评估了卡铂、美洛昔康和托塞拉尼磷酸盐(TOC)对 cMTC N°2 类器官活力的影响。cMTC N°2 类器官系培养了 94 天,表现出与原发性肿瘤相似的组织学特征。TTF-1、甲状腺球蛋白、降钙素和 VEGF 的免疫标记在原发性肿瘤和 cMTC N°2 类器官之间相似。与原发性肿瘤相比,类器官的波形蛋白和 Ki-67 免疫标记更高,而突触素、COX-2 和 P-糖蛋白的免疫标记更低。每个染色体的 SNP 基因型在健康血细胞、原发性肿瘤和 cMTC N°2 类器官之间相似。在可行的体内浓度范围内,卡铂、美洛昔康和 TOC 对 cMTC N°2 类器官细胞活力没有影响。总之,cMTC N°2 类器官系是朝着建立用于探索犬 MTC 病理生理学和新治疗方法的体外类器官模型迈出的有希望的第一步。