A HIGH-THROUGHPUT-3D COLON CANCER TUMOR MICRO-SPHEROIDS FOR STUDYING TUMOUR MICROENVIRONMENT INDUCED STIFFNESS VARIATION AND DRUG RESISTANCE

Venkanagouda S. Goudar, Long Sheng Lu, Manohar Prasad Koduri, Ashish Kumar, Fan Gang Tseng

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Abstract

Fibroblasts are the key components of tumor microenvironment (TME) and activity of these cells induces desmoplastic reactions in the spheroids. In this present work we co-cultured colon cancer cells (HCT-8) and fibroblast cells (NIH3T3) in a micro-well 3D (µ- well 3D) array cell culture chip and produced high throughput, even sized multicellular spheroids. The PDMS and contained 630 round wells, were coated with Pluroninc F-127 self-assembled molecules for rapid single organoids growth. The cross talk between colon cancer cells and fibroblast cells upregulated cancer associated fibroblast (CAF's) markers, which are co-related with increased stiffness and drug resistance in 3D co-cultured spheroids.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMicroTAS 2021 - 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
PublisherChemical and Biological Microsystems Society
Pages309-310
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781733419031
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2021 - Palm Springs, Virtual, United States
Duration: Oct 10 2021Oct 14 2021

Publication series

NameMicroTAS 2021 - 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences

Conference

Conference25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPalm Springs, Virtual
Period10/10/2110/14/21

Keywords

  • 3D spheroids
  • Co-culture
  • Collagen
  • ECM
  • TME
  • α-SMA
  • µ- well

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Bioengineering
  • Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)

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