Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Biomedical Centre Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 036 01, Martin, Slovakia.
Department of Pathology, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA.
Hum Cell. 2024 Sep;37(5):1593-1601. doi: 10.1007/s13577-024-01113-7. Epub 2024 Aug 5.
Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) of the pancreas are rare neoplasms that present complex challenges to diagnosis and treatment due to their indolent course. The incidence of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors has increased significantly over the past two decades. A limited number of pancreatic neuroendocrine cell lines are currently available for the research. Here, we present 3D-iNET ORION, a novel 3-dimensional (spheroid) cell line, isolated from human pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor liver metastasis. Three-dimensionally grown (3D) cancer cell lines have gained interest over the past years as 3D cancer cell lines better recapitulate the in vivo structure of tumors, and are more suitable for in vitro and in vivo experiments. 3D-iNET ORION cancer cell line showed high potential to form tumorspheres when embedded in Matrigel matrix and expresses synaptophysin and EpCAM. Electron microscopy analysis of cancer cell line proved the presence of dense neurosecretory granules. When xenografted into athymic mice, 3D-iNET ORION cells produce slow-growing tumors, positive for chromogranin and synaptophysin. Human Core Exome Panel Analysis has shown that 3DiNET ORION cell line retains the genetic aberration profile detected in the original tumor. In conclusion, our newly developed neuroendocrine cancer cell line can be considered as a new research tool for in vitro and in vivo experiments.
胰腺神经内分泌肿瘤(NETs)是一种罕见的肿瘤,由于其惰性病程,给诊断和治疗带来了复杂的挑战。在过去的二十年中,胰腺神经内分泌肿瘤的发病率显著增加。目前可用于研究的胰腺神经内分泌细胞系数量有限。在这里,我们介绍了一种新型的 3 维(球体)细胞系 3D-iNET ORION,它是从人胰腺神经内分泌肿瘤肝转移中分离出来的。近年来,3 维培养的(3D)癌细胞系因其更好地再现体内肿瘤结构,并且更适合体外和体内实验而引起了人们的兴趣。当嵌入 Matrigel 基质中时,3D-iNET ORION 癌细胞系显示出形成肿瘤球体的高潜力,并表达突触素和 EpCAM。癌细胞系的电子显微镜分析证明存在密集的神经分泌颗粒。当异种移植到无胸腺小鼠中时,3D-iNET ORION 细胞产生生长缓慢的肿瘤,对嗜铬粒蛋白和突触素呈阳性。人类核心外显子组分析表明,3DiNET ORION 细胞系保留了在原始肿瘤中检测到的遗传异常谱。总之,我们新开发的神经内分泌癌细胞系可以被视为用于体外和体内实验的新研究工具。