Laboratuvar üyelerimize yararlı tartışmaları ve destekleri için teşekkür ederiz. Meme kanseri kök hücreleri ve tümör mikro ortamı üzerine yaptığımız araştırmalar, Kanada Kanser Araştırma Derneği Araştırma Enstitüsü ve ABD Ordusu Savunma Bakanlığı Meme Kanseri Programı'ndan (Hibe # BC160912) gelen hibelerle finanse edilmektedir. V.B., Batı Doktora Sonrası Bursu (Western University) tarafından desteklenmektedir ve hem A.L.A. hem de V.B. Kanada Meme Kanseri Derneği tarafından desteklenmektedir. C.L., Kanada Hükümeti'nden Vanier Canada Yüksek Lisans Bursu ile desteklenmektedir.

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Meme kanseri metastazı ve tedaviye direnç tüm dünyada kadınlarda mortalitenin önemli nedeni haline gelmiştir. Meme kanseri kök hücrelerinin (BCSC) bir alt popülasyonunun varlığı, metastaz 26,43,44,45,46 ve tedavi direncinin21,47,48 artmasına katkıda bulunur....

İnsan meme kanseri kök hücrelerinin (BCSC'ler) hücresel ve moleküler mekanizmalarını anlamak, meme kanseri tedavisinde karşılaşılan zorlukları ele almak için çok önemlidir. BCSC kavramının ortaya çıkışı, CD44 + CD24 / düşük meme kanseri hücrelerinin küçük bir popülasyonunun farelerde heterojen tümörler üretebildiği 1,2 bulunduğu21. yüzyılın başlarına kadar uzanmaktadır. Daha sonra, aldehit dehidrogenazın (ALDH yüksek) enzimatik aktivitesiyüksek olan insan meme kanseri hücrelerinin de benzer kök hücre benzeri özellikler gösterdiği gözlenmiştir3. Bu BCSC'ler, kendini yenileme ve farklılaşma yeteneğine sahip küçük bir hücre popülasyonunu temsil eder ve toplu tümörlerin heterojen doğasına katkıda bulunur 1,2,3. Biriken kanıtlar, evrimsel olarak korunmuş sinyal yollarındaki değişikliklerin BCSC'nin hayatta kalmasını ve bakımını sağladığını göstermektedir 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 . Ek olarak, hücre dışsal mikro ortamının farklı BCSC fonksiyonlarının dikte edilmesinde çok önemli bir rol oynadığı gösterilmiştir15,16,17. Bu moleküler yollar ve BCSC fonksiyonunu düzenleyen dış faktörler meme kanseri nüksetmesine, metastaza18 ve tedavilere direnç gelişimine katkıda bulunur 19,20,21, tedavi sonrası BCSC'lerin kalıntı varlığı meme kanseri hastalarının genel sağkalımında büyük bir zorluk oluşturmaktadır22,23 . Bu nedenle, bu faktörlerin klinik öncesi değerlendirilmesi, meme kanseri hastalarında daha iyi tedavi sonuçları elde etmek ve genel sağkalımı iyileştirmek için yararlı olabilecek BCSC hedefleme tedavilerinin belirlenmesinde çok önemlidir.
 BCSC'leri 24,25,26,27,28,29 karakterize etmek için çeşitli in vitro insan meme kanseri hücre hattı modelleri ve in vivo insan ksenograft modelleri kullanılmıştır. Hücre hatlarının her ardışık geçişten sonra sürekli olarak yeniden doldurulma yeteneği, bunları omik tabanlı ve farmakogenomik çalışmalar yapmak için ideal bir model sistemi haline getirir. Bununla birlikte, hücre hatları genellikle hasta örneklerinde gözlenen heterojenliği özetlemekte başarısız olur. Bu nedenle, hücre hattı verilerini hasta kaynaklı örneklerle tamamlamak önemlidir. BCSC'lerin en saf haliyle izolasyonu, BCSC'lerin ayrıntılı karakterizasyonunu sağlamak için önemlidir. Bu saflığın elde edilmesi, BCSC'lere özgü fenotipik belirteçlerin seçimine bağlıdır. Şu anda, ALDHyüksekCD44 + CD24- hücre fenotipi, maksimum saflık için floresan aktive hücre sıralama (FACS) kullanarak insan BCSC'lerini toplu meme kanseri hücre popülasyonlarından ayırt etmek ve izole etmek için en yaygın olarak kullanılmaktadır1, 3,26. Ayrıca, izole BCSC'lerin kendini yenileme, proliferasyon ve farklılaşma gibi özellikleri in vitro ve in vivo teknikler kullanılarak değerlendirilebilir.
Örneğin, in vitro koloni oluşturma testleri, farklı tedavi koşullarının varlığında tek bir hücrenin 50 veya daha fazla hücreden oluşan bir koloni oluşturmak için kendini yenileme yeteneğini değerlendirmek için kullanılabilir30. Mamosfer testleri, ankrajdan bağımsız koşullar altında meme kanseri hücrelerinin kendini yenileme potansiyelini değerlendirmek için de kullanılabilir. Bu tahlil, tek hücrelerin serumsuz yapışkan olmayan kültür koşullarındaki her ardışık geçişte küreler (BCSC'lerin ve BCSC'lerin karışımı) olarak üretme ve büyüme yeteneğini ölçer31. Ek olarak, in vivo mikro çevreyi yakından özetleyen ve potansiyel BCSC hedefli tedavilerin aktivitesinin araştırılmasına izin veren hücre-hücre ve hücre-matris etkileşimleri de dahil olmak üzere BCSC fonksiyonunu değerlendirmek için 3 Boyutlu (3D) kültür modelleri kullanılabilir32. İn vitro modellerin çeşitli uygulamalarına rağmen, in vivo koşulların karmaşıklığını sadece in vitro tahlilleri kullanarak modellemek zordur. Bu zorluk, BCSC davranışını in vivo olarak değerlendirmek için fare ksenograft modellerinin kullanılmasıyla aşılabilir. Özellikle, bu tür modeller meme kanseri metastazı33'ü değerlendirmek, hastalık progresyonu sırasında mikroçevre ile etkileşimleri araştırmak 34, in vivo görüntüleme35 ve antitümör ajanların hastaya özgü toksisitesini ve etkinliğini tahmin etmek için ideal bir sistem olarak hizmet eder34.
Bu protokol, insan ALDHyüksekCD44 + CD24- BCSC'lerinin heterojen meme kanseri hücrelerinin toplu popülasyonlarından maksimum saflıkta izolasyonu için ayrıntılı bir açıklama sağlar. Ayrıca, üç in vitro tekniğin (koloni oluşturma testi, mamosfer testi ve 3D kültür modeli) ve BCSC'lerin farklı fonksiyonlarını değerlendirmek için kullanılabilecek bir in vivo tümör ksenograft testinin ayrıntılı bir tanımını sunuyoruz. Bu yöntemler, BCSC biyolojisini anlamak ve / veya yeni BCSC hedefleme tedavilerini araştırmak amacıyla BCSC'leri insan meme kanseri hücre hatlarından veya birincil hasta kaynaklı meme kanseri hücrelerinden ve tümör dokusundan izole etmek ve karakterize etmek isteyen araştırmacılar tarafından kullanılmak üzere uygun olacaktır.

<table>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>7-Aminoactinomycin D (7AAD)</td>
			<td>BD</td>
			<td>51-68981E</td>
			<td>suggested: 0.25 &#181;g/1x106 cells</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Acetone</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>A18-1</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) substrate</td>
			<td>Stemcell Technologies</td>
			<td>1700</td>
			<td>Sold commerically as part of the ALDEFLOUR Assay kit; follow manufacturer&#39;s instructions for ALDH substrate preparation</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Basement membrane extract (BME)</td>
			<td>Corning</td>
			<td>354234</td>
			<td>Sold under the commercial name Matrigel</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cell culture plates: 6 well</td>
			<td>Corning</td>
			<td>877218</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cell culture plates: 60mm</td>
			<td>Corning</td>
			<td>353002</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cell culture plates: 96-well ultra low attachment</td>
			<td>Corning</td>
			<td>3474</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cell strainer: 40 micron</td>
			<td>BD</td>
			<td>352340</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Collagen</td>
			<td>Stemcell Technologies</td>
			<td>7001</td>
			<td>Prepare 1:30 dilution of 3 mg/mL collagen in PBS</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Collagenase</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>11088807001</td>
			<td>1x</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Conical tubes: 50 mL</td>
			<td>Fisher scientific</td>
			<td>05-539-7</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Crystal violet</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>C6158</td>
			<td>Use 0.05% crystal violet solution in water for staining</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Dispase</td>
			<td>Stemcell Technologies</td>
			<td>7913</td>
			<td>5U/mL</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>DMEM:F12</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>11330-032</td>
			<td>1x, With L-glutamine and 15 mM HEPES</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>DNAse</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>D5052</td>
			<td>0.1 mg/mL final concentration</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>FBS</td>
			<td>Avantor Seradigm Lifescience</td>
			<td>97068-085</td>
			<td>&#160;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Flow tubes: 5ml</td>
			<td>BD</td>
			<td>352063</td>
			<td>Polypropylene round-bottom tubes</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Methanol</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>84124</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>mouse anti-Human CD24 antibody</td>
			<td>BD</td>
			<td>561646</td>
			<td>R-phycoerythrin and Cyanine dye conjugated Clone: ML5</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>mouse anti-Human CD44 antibody</td>
			<td>BD</td>
			<td>555479</td>
			<td>R-phycoerythrin conjugated, Clone: G44-26</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>N,N-diethylaminobenzaldehyde (DEAB)</td>
			<td>Stemcell Technologies</td>
			<td>1700</td>
			<td>Sold commerically as part of the ALDEFLOUR Assay kit; follow manufacturer&#39;s instructions DEAB preparation</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>PBS</td>
			<td>Wisent Inc</td>
			<td>311-425-CL</td>
			<td>1x, Without calcium and magnesium</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Trypsin-EDTA</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>25200-056</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Mammosphere Media Composition</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>B27</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>17504-44</td>
			<td>1x</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>bFGF</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>F2006</td>
			<td>10 ng/mL</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>BSA</td>
			<td>Bioshop</td>
			<td>ALB003</td>
			<td>04%</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>DMEM:F12</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>11330-032</td>
			<td>1x, With L-glutamine and 15 mM HEPES</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>EGF</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>E9644</td>
			<td>20 ng/mL</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Insulin</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>16634</td>
			<td>5 &#181;g/mL</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>3D Organoid Media Composition</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>A8301</td>
			<td>Tocris</td>
			<td>2939</td>
			<td>500 nM</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>B27</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>17504-44</td>
			<td>1x</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>DMEM:F12</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>11330-032</td>
			<td>1x, With L-glutamine and 15 mM HEPES</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>EGF</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>E9644</td>
			<td>5 ng/mL</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>FGF10</td>
			<td>Peprotech</td>
			<td>100-26</td>
			<td>20 ng/mL</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>FGF7</td>
			<td>Peprotech</td>
			<td>100-19</td>
			<td>5 ng/mL</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>GlutaMax</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>35050-061</td>
			<td>1x</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>HEPES</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>15630-080</td>
			<td>10 mM</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>N-acetylcysteine</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>A9165</td>
			<td>1.25 mM</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Neuregulin &#946;1</td>
			<td>Peprotech</td>
			<td>100-03</td>
			<td>5 nM</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Nicotinamide</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>N0636</td>
			<td>5 mM</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Noggin</td>
			<td>Peprotech</td>
			<td>120-10C</td>
			<td>100 ng/mL</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>R-spondin3</td>
			<td>R&#38;D</td>
			<td>3500</td>
			<td>250 ng/mL</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>SB202190</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>S7067</td>
			<td>500 nM</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Y-27632</td>
			<td>Tocris</td>
			<td>1254</td>
			<td>5 &#181;M</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

isolation and functional assessment of human breast cancer stem cells from cell and tissue samples

Meme kanseri kök hücreleri (BCSC'ler), kalıtsal veya edinilmiş kök hücre benzeri özelliklere sahip kanser hücreleridir. Düşük sıklıklarına rağmen meme kanserinin başlamasına, nüksetmesine, metastaza ve tedavi direncine önemli katkılarda bulunurlar. Meme kanseri tedavisinde yeni terapötik hedefler belirlemek için meme kanseri kök hücrelerinin biyolojisini anlamak zorunludur. Meme kanseri kök hücreleri, CD44, CD24 gibi benzersiz hücre yüzey belirteçlerinin ekspresyonuna ve aldehit dehidrojenazın (ALDH) enzimatik aktivitesine dayanarak izole edilir ve karakterize edilir. Bu ALDHyüksekCD44 + CD24- hücreleri BCSC popülasyonunu oluşturur ve aşağı akış fonksiyonel çalışmaları için floresan ile aktive edilmiş hücre sıralama (FACS) ile izole edilebilir. Bilimsel soruya bağlı olarak, BCSC'lerin fonksiyonel özelliklerini değerlendirmek için farklı in vitro ve in vivo yöntemler kullanılabilir. Burada, insan BCSC'lerinin hem meme kanseri hücrelerinin heterojen popülasyonlarından hem de meme kanseri hastalarından elde edilen primer tümör dokusundan izole edilmesi için ayrıntılı bir deneysel protokol sunuyoruz. Ek olarak, BCSC fonksiyonunu değerlendirmek için kullanılabilecek koloni oluşturma testleri, mamosfer testleri, 3D kültür modelleri ve tümör ksenogreft testleri dahil olmak üzere aşağı akış in vitro ve in vivo fonksiyonel tahlillerini vurguluyoruz.

Tanımlanan protokol, insan BCSC'lerinin heterojen bir meme kanseri hücresi popülasyonundan, hücre hatlarından veya ayrışmış tümör dokusundan izole edilmesine izin verir. Herhangi bir hücre hattı veya doku örneği için, BCSC'leri maksimum saflıkta izole etmek için tek tip bir tek hücreli süspansiyon oluşturmak çok önemlidir, çünkü BCSC olmayan popülasyonları kirletmek, özellikle de çalışmanın amacı BCSC'leri hedef alan terapötik ajanların etkinliğini değerlendirmekse, değişken hücre...

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Isolation and Functional Assessment of Human Breast Cancer Stem Cells from Cell and Tissue Samples

Bu deneysel protokol, BCSC'lerin meme kanseri hücre ve doku örneklerinden izolasyonunun yanı sıra BCSC fenotipini ve fonksiyonunu değerlendirmek için kullanılabilecek in vitro ve in vivo testleri tanımlamaktadır.

İnsan Meme Kanseri Kök Hücrelerinin Hücre ve Doku Örneklerinden İzolasyonu ve Fonksiyonel Değerlendirmesi

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4.2K Görüntüleme.  London Regional Cancer Program. Bu deneysel protokol, BCSC'lerin meme kanseri hücre ve doku örneklerinden izolasyonunun yanı sıra BCSC fenotipini ve fonksiyonunu değerlendirmek için kullanılabilecek in vitro ve in vivo testleri tanımlamaktadır.

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Establishment of Cancer Stem Cell Cultures from Human Conventional Osteosarcoma

The current improvements in therapy against osteosarcoma (OS) have prolonged the lives of cancer patients, but the survival rate of five years remains poor when metastasis has occurred. The Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) theory holds that there is a subset of tumor cells within the tumor that have stem-like characteristics, including the capacity to maintain the tumor and to resist multidrug chemotherapy. Therefore, a better understanding of OS biology and pathogenesis is needed in order to advance the development of targeted therapies to eradicate this particular subset and to reduce morbidity and mortality among patients. Isolating CSCs, establishing cell cultures of CSCs, and studying their biology are important steps to improving our understanding of OS biology and pathogenesis. The establishment of human-derived OS-CSCs from biopsies of OS has been made possible using several methods, including the capacity to create 3-dimensional stem cell cultures under nonadherent conditions. Under these conditions, CSCs are able to create spherical floating colonies formed by daughter stem cells; these colonies are termed &#34;cellular spheres&#34;. Here, we describe a method to establish CSC cultures from primary cell cultures of conventional OS obtained from OS biopsies. We clearly describe the several passages required to isolate and characterize CSCs.

The presence of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in bone sarcomas has recently been linked to their pathogenesis. In this article, we present the isolation of CSCs from primary cell cultures obtained from human biopsies of conventional osteosarcoma (OS) using the ability of CSCs to grow under nonadherent conditions.

Kanser kurulması İnsan Konvansiyonel Osteosarkom Hücre Kültürleri Kök

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Utilizing Functional Genomics Screening to Identify Potentially Novel Drug Targets in Cancer Cell Spheroid Cultures

The identification of functional driver events in cancer is central to furthering our understanding of cancer biology and indispensable for the discovery of the next generation of novel drug targets. It is becoming apparent that more complex models of cancer are required to fully appreciate the contributing factors that drive tumorigenesis in vivo and increase the efficacy of novel therapies that make the transition from pre-clinical models to clinical trials.
Here we present a methodology for generating uniform and reproducible tumor spheroids that can be subjected to siRNA functional screening. These spheroids display many characteristics that are found in solid tumors that are not present in traditional two-dimension culture. We show that several commonly used breast cancer cell lines are amenable to this protocol. Furthermore, we provide proof-of-principle data utilizing the breast cancer cell line BT474, confirming their dependency on amplification of the epidermal growth factor receptor HER2 and mutation of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-biphosphate 3-kinase (PIK3CA) when grown as tumor spheroids. Finally, we are able to further investigate and confirm the spatial impact of these dependencies using immunohistochemistry.

Identifying novel drug targets that transition from pre-clinical testing to human trials is a scientific priority. To that end, here we describe a functional genomics approach for examining the impact of gene depletion on cancer cell line spheroids, which more appropriately model human cancers in vivo.

İşlevsel Genomik Tarama kullanılması Kanser Hücre Sfero Kültürleri Potansiyel Yeni İlaç Hedefleri Belirlemek İçin

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Synthesis and Characterization of an Aspirin-fumarate Prodrug that Inhibits NF&#954;B Activity and Breast Cancer Stem Cells

Inflammation is a cancer hallmark that underlies cancer incidence and promotion, and eventually progression to metastasis. Therefore, adding an anti-inflammatory drug to standard cancer regiments may improve patient outcome. One such drug, aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid, ASA), has been explored for cancer chemoprevention and anti-tumor activity. Besides inhibiting the cyclooxygenase 2-prostaglandin axis, ASA&#39;s anti-cancer activities have also been attributed to nuclear factor &#312;B (NF&#312;B) inhibition. Because prolonged ASA use may cause gastrointestinal toxicity, a prodrug strategy has been implemented successfully. In this prodrug design the carboxylic acid of ASA is masked and additional pharmacophores are incorporated.
This protocol describes how we synthesized an aspirin-fumarate prodrug, GTCpFE, and characterized its inhibition of the NF&#312;B pathway in breast cancer cells and attenuation of the cancer stem-like properties, an important NF&#312;B-dependent phenotype. GTCpFE effectively inhibits the NF&#312;B pathway in breast cancer cell lines whereas ASA lacks any inhibitory activity, indicating that adding fumarate to ASA structure significantly contributes to its activity. In addition, GTCpFE shows significant anti-cancer stem cell activity by blocking mammosphere formation and attenuating the cancer stem cell associated CD44+CD24- immunophenotype. These results establish a viable strategy to develop improved anti-inflammatory drugs for chemoprevention and cancer therapy.

This procedure will demonstrate how we synthesized and characterized the anti-NF&#954;B and anti-cancer stem cell activity of an aspirin-fumarate prodrug.

NFKB Aktivite ve Meme Kanseri Kök Hücreler önler Sentezi ve bir Aspirin-fumarat ön-ilacının Karakterizasyonu

Inflammation is a cancer hallmark that underlies cancer incidence and promotion, and eventually progression to metastasis. Therefore, adding an ...

Invasive Behavior of Human Breast Cancer Cells in Embryonic Zebrafish

In many cases, cancer patients do not die of a primary tumor, but rather because of metastasis. Although numerous rodent models are available for studying cancer metastasis in vivo, other efficient, reliable, low-cost models are needed to quickly access the potential effects of (epi)genetic changes or pharmacological compounds. As such, we illustrate and explain the feasibility of xenograft models using human breast cancer cells injected into zebrafish embryos to support this goal. Under the microscope, fluorescent proteins or chemically labeled human breast cancer cells are transplanted into transgenic zebrafish embryos, Tg (fli:EGFP), at the perivitelline space or duct of Cuvier (Doc) 48 h after fertilization. Shortly afterwards, the temporal-spatial process of cancer cell invasion, dissemination, and metastasis in the living fish body is visualized under a fluorescent microscope. The models using different injection sites, i.e., perivitelline space or Doc are complementary to one another, reflecting the early stage (intravasation step) and late stage (extravasation step) of the multistep metastatic cascade of events. Moreover, peritumoral and intratumoral angiogenesis can be observed with the injection into the perivitelline space. The entire experimental period is no more than 8 days. These two models combine cell labeling, micro-transplantation, and fluorescence imaging techniques, enabling the rapid evaluation of cancer metastasis in response to genetic and pharmacological manipulations.

Here, we describe xenograft zebrafish models using two different injection sites, i.e., perivitelline space and duct of Cuvier, to investigate the invasive behavior and to assess the intravasation and extravasation potential of human breast cancer cells, respectively.

Embriyonik Zebra balığı İnsan Kanser Hücrelerinin İnvazif Davranış

In many cases, cancer patients do not die of a primary tumor, but rather because of metastasis. Although numerous rodent models are available for studying ...

Mesenchymal Stem Cell Isolation from Pulp Tissue and Co-Culture with Cancer Cells to Study Their Interactions

Cancer as a multistep process and complicated disease is not only regulated by individual cell proliferation and growth but also controlled by tumor environment and cell-cell interactions. Identification of cancer and stem cell interactions, including changes in extracellular environment, physical interactions, and secreted factors, might enable the discovery of new therapy options. We combine known co-culture techniques to create a model system for mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and cancer cell interactions. In the current study, dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) and PC-3 prostate cancer cell interactions were examined by direct and indirect co-culture techniques. Condition medium (CM) obtained from DPSCs and 0.4 &#181;m pore sized trans-well membranes were used to study paracrine activity. Co-culture of different cell types together was performed to study direct cell-cell interaction. The results revealed that CM increased cell proliferation and decreased apoptosis in prostate cancer cell cultures. Both CM and trans-well system increased cell migration capacity of PC-3 cells. Cells stained with different membrane dyes were seeded into the same culture vessels, and DPSCs participated in a self-organized structure with PC-3 cells under this direct co-culture condition. Overall, the results indicated that co-culture techniques could be useful for cancer and MSC interactions as a model system.

We provide protocols for evaluation of mesenchymal stem cells isolated from dental pulp and prostate cancer cell interactions based on direct and indirect co-culture methods. Condition medium and trans-well membranes are suitable to analyze indirect paracrine activity. Seeding differentially stained cells together is an appropriate model for direct cell-cell interaction.

Mezenkimal kök hücre izolasyon hamuru doku ve kanser hücreleri ile ortak kültür ilişkileri incelemek için

Cancer as a multistep process and complicated disease is not only regulated by individual cell proliferation and growth but also controlled by tumor ...

Obtaining Cancer Stem Cell Spheres from Gynecological and Breast Cancer Tumors

Cancer stem cells (CSC) are a small population with self-renewal and plasticity which are responsible for tumorigenesis, resistance to treatment and recurrent disease. This population can be identified by surface markers, enzymatic activity and a functional profile. These approaches per se are limited, due to phenotypic heterogeneity and CSC plasticity. Here, we update the sphere-forming protocol to obtain CSC spheres from breast and gynecological cancers, assessing functional properties, CSC markers and protein expression. The spheres are obtained with single-cell seeding at low density in suspension culture, using a semi-solid methylcellulose medium to avoid migration and aggregates. This profitable protocol can be used in cancer cell lines but also in primary tumors. The tridimensional non-adherent suspension culture thought to mimic the tumor microenvironment, particularly the CSC-niche, is supplemented with epidermal growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor to ensure CSC signaling. Aiming for robust identification of CSC, we propose a complementary approach, combining functional and phenotypic evaluation. Sphere-forming capacity, self-renewal and sphere projection area establish CSC functional properties. Additionally, characterization comprises flow cytometry evaluation of the markers, represented by CD44+/CD24- and CD133, and Western blot, considering ALDH. The presented protocol was also optimized for primary tumor samples, following a sample digestion procedure, useful for translational research.

The aim of this methodology is to identify cancer stem cells (CSC) in cancer cell lines and primary human tumor samples with the sphere-forming protocol, in a robust manner, using functional assays and phenotypic characterization with flow cytometry and Western blot.

Jinekolojik ve Meme Kanseri Tümörlerinden Kanser Kök Hücre Kürelerinin Alınması

Cancer stem cells (CSC) are a small population with self-renewal and plasticity which are responsible for tumorigenesis, resistance to treatment and ...

Isolation of Stem-like Cells from 3-Dimensional Spheroid Cultures

Despite advances in adult stem cell research, identification and isolation of stem cells from tissue specimens remains a major challenge. While resident stem cells are relatively quiescent with niche restraints in adult tissues, they enter the cell cycle in anchor-free three-dimensional (3D) culture and undergo both symmetric and asymmetric cell division, giving rise to both stem and progenitor cells. The latter proliferate rapidly and are the major cell population at various stages of lineage commitment, forming heterogeneous spheroids. Using primary normal human prostate epithelial cells (HPrEC), a spheroid-based, label-retention assay was developed that permits the identification and functional isolation of the spheroid-initiating stem cells at a single cell resolution.
HPrEC or cell lines are two-dimensionally (2D) cultured with BrdU for 10 days to permit its incorporation into the DNA of all dividing cells, including self-renewing stem cells. Wash out commences upon transfer to the 3D culture for 5 days, during which stem cells self-renew through asymmetric division and initiate spheroid formation. While relatively quiescent daughter stem cells retain BrdU-labeled parental DNA, the daughter progenitors rapidly proliferate, losing the BrdU label. BrdU can be substituted with CFSE or Far Red pro-dyes, which permit live stem cell isolation by FACS. Stem cell characteristics are confirmed by in vitro spheroid formation, in vivo tissue regeneration assays, and by documenting their symmetric/asymmetric cell divisions. The isolated label-retaining stem cells can be rigorously interrogated by downstream molecular and biologic studies, including RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, single cell capture, metabolic activity, proteome profiling, immunocytochemistry, organoid formation, and in vivo tissue regeneration. Importantly, this marker-free functional stem cell isolation approach identifies stem-like cells from fresh cancer specimens and cancer cell lines from multiple organs, suggesting wide applicability. It can be used to identify cancer stem-like cell biomarkers, screen pharmaceuticals targeting cancer stem-like cells, and discover novel therapeutic targets in cancers.

Using human primary prostate epithelial cells, we report a novel biomarker-free method of functional characterization of stem-like cells by a spheroid-based label-retention assay. A step-by-step protocol is described for BrdU, CFSE, or Far Red 2D cell labeling; three-dimensional spheroid formation; label-retaining stem-like cell identification by immunocytochemistry; and isolation by FACS.

3 Boyutlu Spheroid Kültürlerden Kök Benzeri Hücrelerin İzolasyon

Despite advances in adult stem cell research, identification and isolation of stem cells from tissue specimens remains a major challenge. While resident ...

Functional Assessment of BRCA1 variants using CRISPR-Mediated Base Editors

Recent studies have investigated the risks associated with BRCA1 gene mutations using various functional assessment methods such as fluorescent reporter assays, embryonic stem cell viability assays, and therapeutic drug-based sensitivity assays. Although they have clarified a lot of BRCA1 variants, these assays involving the use of exogenously expressed BRCA1 variants are associated with overexpression issues and cannot be applied to post-transcriptional regulation. To resolve these limitations, we previously reported a method for functional analysis of BRCA1 variants via CRISPR-mediated cytosine base editor that induce targeted nucleotide substitution in living cells. Using this method, we identified variants whose functions remain ambiguous, including c.-97C&#62;T, c.154C&#62;T, c.3847C&#62;T, c.5056C&#62;T, and c.4986+5G&#62;A, and confirmed that CRISPR-mediated base editors are useful tools for reclassifying the variants of uncertain significance in BRCA1. Here, we describe a protocol for functional analysis of BRCA1 variants using CRISPR-based cytosine base editor. This protocol provides guidelines for the selection of target sites, functional analysis and evaluation of BRCA1 variants.

Functional Assessment of BRCA1 variants using CRISPR-Mediated Base Editors

People with BRCA1 mutations have a higher risk of developing cancer, which warrants accurate evaluation of the function of BRCA1 variants. Herein, we described a protocol for functional assessment of BRCA1 variants using CRISPR-mediated cytosine base editors that enable targeted C:G to T:A conversion in living cells.

CRISPR Aracılı Temel Editörler kullanılarak BRCA1 varyantlarının fonksiyonel değerlendirmesi

Recent studies have investigated the risks associated with BRCA1 gene mutations using various functional assessment methods such as fluorescent reporter ...

Modeling Breast Cancer in Human Breast Tissue using a Microphysiological System

Breast cancer (BC) remains a leading cause of death for women. Despite more than $700 million invested in BC research annually, 97% of candidate BC drugs fail clinical trials. Therefore, new models are needed to improve our understanding of the disease. The NIH Microphysiological Systems (MPS) program was developed to improve the clinical translation of basic science discoveries and promising new therapeutic strategies. Here we present a method for generating MPS for breast cancers (BC-MPS). This model adapts a previously described approach of culturing primary human white adipose tissue (WAT) by sandwiching WAT between adipose-derived stem cell sheets (ASC)s. Novel aspects of our BC-MPS include seeding BC cells into non-diseased human breast tissue (HBT) containing native extracellular matrix, mature adipocytes, resident fibroblasts, and immune cells; and sandwiching the BC-HBT admixture between HBT-derived ASC sheets. The resulting BC-MPS is stable in culture ex vivo for at least 14 days. This model system contains multiple elements of the microenvironment that influence BC including adipocytes, stromal cells, immune cells, and the extracellular matrix. Thus BC-MPS can be used to study the interactions between BC and its microenvironment. 
We demonstrate the advantages of our BC-MPS by studying two BC behaviors known to influence cancer progression and metastasis: 1) BC motility and 2) BC-HBT metabolic crosstalk. While BC motility has previously been demonstrated using intravital imaging, BC-MPS allows for high-resolution time-lapse imaging using fluorescence microscopy over several days. Furthermore, while metabolic crosstalk was previously demonstrated using BC cells and murine pre-adipocytes differentiated into immature adipocytes, our BC-MPS model is the first system to demonstrate this crosstalk between primary human mammary adipocytes and BC cells in vitro.

This protocol describes the construction of an in vitro microphysiological system for studying breast cancer using primary human breast tissue with off the shelf materials.

Mikrofizyolojik Sistem Kullanarak İnsan Meme Dokusunda Meme Kanseri Modellemesi

Breast cancer (BC) remains a leading cause of death for women. Despite more than $700 million invested in BC research annually, 97% of candidate BC drugs ...

A Rapid Screening Workflow to Identify Potential Combination Therapy for GBM using Patient-Derived Glioma Stem Cells

The glioma stem cells (GSCs) are a small fraction of cancer cells which play essential roles in tumor initiation, angiogenesis, and drug resistance in glioblastoma (GBM), the most prevalent and devastating primary brain tumor. The presence of GSCs makes the GBM very refractory to most of individual targeted agents, so high-throughput screening methods are required to identify potential effective combination therapeutics. The protocol describes a simple workflow to enable rapid screening for potential combination therapy with synergistic interaction. The general steps of this workflow consist of establishing luciferase-tagged GSCs, preparing matrigel coated plates, combination drug screening, analyzing, and validating the results.

Hasta Kaynaklı Glioma Kök Hücreleri Kullanarak GBM için Potansiyel Kombinasyon Tedavisini Belirlemek için Hızlı Tarama İş Akışı

The glioma stem cells (GSCs) are a small fraction of cancer cells which play essential roles in tumor initiation, angiogenesis, and drug resistance in ...