scholarly journals Digital Image Analysis Applied to Tumor Cell Proliferation, Aggressiveness, and Migration-Related Protein Synthesis in Neuroblastoma 3D Models

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (22) ◽  
pp. 8676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ezequiel Monferrer ◽  
Sabina Sanegre ◽  
Susana Martín-Vañó ◽  
Andrea García-Lizarribar ◽  
Rebeca Burgos-Panadero ◽  
...  

Patient-derived cancer 3D models are a promising tool that will revolutionize personalized cancer therapy but that require previous knowledge of optimal cell growth conditions and the most advantageous parameters to evaluate biomimetic relevance and monitor therapy efficacy. This study aims to establish general guidelines on 3D model characterization phenomena, focusing on neuroblastoma. We generated gelatin-based scaffolds with different stiffness and performed SK-N-BE(2) and SH-SY5Y aggressive neuroblastoma cell cultures, also performing co-cultures with mouse stromal Schwann cell line (SW10). Model characterization by digital image analysis at different time points revealed that cell proliferation, vitronectin production, and migration-related gene expression depend on growing conditions and are specific to the tumor cell line. Morphometric data show that 3D in vitro models can help generate optimal patient-derived cancer models, by creating, identifying, and choosing patterns of clinically relevant artificial microenvironments to predict patient tumor cell behavior and therapeutic responses.

Biochemistry ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 2116-2121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Telma T. Schwindt ◽  
Fábio L. Forti ◽  
Maria Ap. Juliano ◽  
Luiz Juliano ◽  
Hugo A. Armelin

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
K. Takahashi ◽  
N. Uchida ◽  
T. Kasai ◽  
H.C. Kwaan

2019 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 1951-1959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangxi Xue ◽  
Zhaoxia Liu ◽  
Jian Xu ◽  
Xiaoguang Xu ◽  
Xingtian Chen ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 77 (Suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 196-196
Author(s):  
Chao Jiang ◽  
Lynn Roy ◽  
Steven Remmenga ◽  
John Davis

Endocrinology ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 487-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
EIZO SAITO ◽  
MAKIO MUKAI ◽  
TAKAMURA MURAKI ◽  
YOICHI ICHIKAWA ◽  
MITSUO HOMMA

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liappas Alexandros ◽  
Mourouzis Iordanis ◽  
Zisakis Athanasios ◽  
Economou Konstantinos ◽  
Lea Robert-William ◽  
...  

Purpose. The present study investigated the potential effects of long-term T3 treatment on glioma tumor cell lines. Thyroid hormone action on cell growth, differentiation and survival during development may be of therapeutic relevanceMethods and Results1321N1 cell line, an astrocytoma grade II, and U87MG, a glioblastoma grade IV, were exposed for 2 and 4 days in medium deprived of T3 and in medium containing 1 nM T3. T3 promoted re-differentiation in both cell lines. However, T3 increased cell proliferation in 1321N1 (2 days) which declined thereafter (4 days) while in U87MG resulted in suppression of cell proliferation. At the molecular level, a 2.9 fold increase in the expression of TRα1 receptor was observed in U87MG versus 1321N1,P< 0.05. TRβ1 receptor was undetectable. These changes corresponded to a distinct pattern of T3-induced kinase signaling activation; T3 had no effect on ERK activation in both cell lines but significantly increased phospho-Akt levels in 1321N1.Conclusion. In conclusion, T3 can re-differentiate glioma tumor cells, whereas its effect on cell proliferation appears to be dependent on the type of tumor cell line with aggressive tumors being more sensitive to T3. TRα1 receptor may, at least in part, be implicated in this response.


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