微流控芯片上的肿瘤细胞血管内渗研究(INVADE):构建动态血管界面以研究肿瘤细胞血管内渗

Intravasation-On-µDevice (INVADE): Engineering Dynamic Vascular Interfaces to Study Cancer Cell Intravasation.

作者信息

Jiang Fengtao, Zhang Yingqi, Fang Guocheng, Wang Yao, Dupuy Alexander, Jin Jasmine, Shen Yi, Lim Khoon S, Wang Yinyan, Zhang Yu Shrike, Cho Ann-Na, Lu Hongxu, Ju Lining Arnold

机构信息

School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW, 2008, Australia.

School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.

出版信息

Adv Mater. 2025 Jul;37(26):e2501466. doi: 10.1002/adma.202501466. Epub 2025 Apr 13.

Abstract

Cancer metastasis begins with intravasation, where cancer cells enter blood vessels through complex interactions with the endothelial barrier. Understanding this process remains challenging due to the lack of physiologically relevant models. Here, INVADE (Intravasation-on-µDevice), a biomimetic microfluidic platform, is presented, enabling high-throughput analysis of cancer cell intravasation under controlled conditions. This engineered platform integrates 23 parallel niche chambers with an endothelialized channel, providing both precise microenvironmental control and optical accessibility for real-time visualization. Using this platform, distinct intravasation mechanisms are uncovered: MCF-7 cells exhibit collective invasion, while MDA-MB-231 cells demonstrate an interactive mode with three functionally distinct subpopulations. A previously unknown epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) switch is We discovered during intravasation, where MDA-MB-231 cells initially increase Vimentin expression before undergoing a 2.3 fold decrease over 96 h alongside a 1.5 fold increase in epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM). Remarkably, endothelial cells directly suppress cancer cell mesenchymal properties, as evidenced by a 4.6 fold reduction in Vimentin expression compared to mono-cultures. Additionally, bilateral cancer-endothelial interactions are revealed, aggressive cancer cells induce significant intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) upregulation in endothelium. The INVADE platform represents an engineering advancement for studying complex cell-cell interactions with implications for understanding metastatic mechanisms.

摘要

癌症转移始于癌细胞的血管内渗,即癌细胞通过与内皮屏障的复杂相互作用进入血管。由于缺乏生理相关模型,了解这一过程仍然具有挑战性。在此,我们展示了一种仿生微流控平台INVADE(微器件上的血管内渗),它能够在可控条件下对癌细胞的血管内渗进行高通量分析。这个工程平台将23个平行的微环境腔室与一个内皮化通道整合在一起,既提供了精确的微环境控制,又具备光学可达性以进行实时可视化。利用这个平台,我们发现了不同的血管内渗机制:MCF - 7细胞表现出集体侵袭,而MDA - MB - 231细胞则展示出一种具有三个功能不同亚群的交互模式。我们在血管内渗过程中发现了一种先前未知的上皮 - 间充质转化(EMT)和间充质 - 上皮转化(MET)转换,其中MDA - MB - 231细胞最初波形蛋白表达增加,随后在96小时内下降2.3倍,同时上皮细胞粘附分子(EpCAM)增加1.5倍。值得注意的是,内皮细胞直接抑制癌细胞的间充质特性,与单培养相比,波形蛋白表达降低了4.6倍就证明了这一点。此外,还揭示了癌症 - 内皮细胞的双向相互作用,侵袭性癌细胞会在内皮细胞中诱导细胞间粘附分子 - 1(ICAM - 1)显著上调。INVADE平台代表了一种工程学上的进步,用于研究复杂的细胞间相互作用,对理解转移机制具有重要意义。

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