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一种用于骨肉瘤球体生成、成像和药物筛选的可定制微图案平台。

A customizable micropatterned platform for osteosarcoma spheroid generation, imaging, and drug screening.

作者信息

Lipreri Maria Veronica, Totaro Marilina Tamara, Raimondi Ilaria, Cortini Margherita, Baldini Nicola, Avnet Sofia

机构信息

Biomedical Science, Technologies, and Nanobiotechnology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.

Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.

出版信息

Biomater Adv. 2025 Dec;177:214419. doi: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2025.214419. Epub 2025 Jul 17.

Abstract

Spheroids are three-dimensional cell clusters that serve as reliable in vitro models for cancer drug screening, mimicking tumor microarchitecture and chemoresistance. Despite their potential, current spheroid culture systems lack essential but highly challenging features, such as automatic real-time imaging, treatment response assessment, and detailed live image capturing without disturbing the spheroid structure. To address these challenges, we developed a custom culture dish with a micro-patterned agarose structure, fabricated from a 3D-printed mold. This innovative tool facilitates spheroid growth and immobilization, enabling automated high-throughput imaging and data collection. It allows the microscope objective to approach the spheroid closely (within micrometers) while it floats in the culture medium, in a mapped position. Furthermore, the platform is compatible with several imaging systems, including standard, confocal and dual-photon microscopy. We successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of our platform by culturing and treating osteosarcoma spheroids with different concentrations of a standard chemotherapeutic agent and by capturing confocal images of extracellular matrix antigens in live spheroids. Additionally, we showed that the platform is compatible with viability and metabolic assays (e.g. Alamar blue and acid phosphatase), with minimal reagent consumption and cost-effective, simultaneous imaging-based assays. In conclusion, we propose an innovative platform for the study of tumor spheroids and other three-dimensional cellular structures, which allows tracking of size, shape, antigen expression, viability, and indirect monitoring of cell count over time. This advancement enhances our capacity to conduct in-depth investigations of cell behavior and therapeutic responses, contributing significantly to cancer research and drug development.

摘要

球体是三维细胞簇,可作为癌症药物筛选的可靠体外模型,模拟肿瘤微结构和化疗耐药性。尽管它们具有潜力,但目前的球体培养系统缺乏一些基本但极具挑战性的功能,如自动实时成像、治疗反应评估以及在不干扰球体结构的情况下进行详细的实时图像捕捉。为应对这些挑战,我们开发了一种定制培养皿,其具有由3D打印模具制造的微图案化琼脂糖结构。这种创新工具便于球体生长和固定,实现自动化高通量成像和数据收集。它能使显微镜物镜在球体漂浮于培养基中处于映射位置时,接近球体(在微米范围内)。此外,该平台与多种成像系统兼容,包括标准显微镜、共聚焦显微镜和双光子显微镜。我们通过用不同浓度的标准化疗药物培养和处理骨肉瘤球体,并捕捉活球体中细胞外基质抗原的共聚焦图像,成功证明了我们平台的有效性。此外,我们还表明该平台与活力和代谢测定(如阿拉玛蓝和酸性磷酸酶)兼容,试剂消耗最少且具有成本效益,可同时进行基于成像的测定。总之,我们提出了一个用于研究肿瘤球体和其他三维细胞结构的创新平台,该平台能够随时间追踪大小、形状、抗原表达、活力,并间接监测细胞数量。这一进展增强了我们对细胞行为和治疗反应进行深入研究的能力,对癌症研究和药物开发做出了重大贡献。

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