| Autor: |
Marie Nguyen, Adele De Ninno, Arianna Mencattini, Fanny Mermet-Meillon, Giulia Fornabaio, Sophia S. Evans, Mélissande Cossutta, Yasmine Khira, Weijing Han, Philémon Sirven, Floriane Pelon, Davide Di Giuseppe, Francesca Romana Bertani, Annamaria Gerardino, Ayako Yamada, Stéphanie Descroix, Vassili Soumelis, Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou, Gérard Zalcman, Jacques Camonis, Eugenio Martinelli, Luca Businaro, Maria Carla Parrini |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Cell Reports, Vol 25, Iss 13, Pp 3884-3893.e3 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2211-1247 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.celrep.2018.12.015 |
| Popis: |
Summary: A major challenge in cancer research is the complexity of the tumor microenvironment, which includes the host immunological setting. Inspired by the emerging technology of organ-on-chip, we achieved 3D co-cultures in microfluidic devices (integrating four cell populations: cancer, immune, endothelial, and fibroblasts) to reconstitute ex vivo a human tumor ecosystem (HER2+ breast cancer). We visualized and quantified the complex dynamics of this tumor-on-chip, in the absence or in the presence of the drug trastuzumab (Herceptin), a targeted antibody therapy directed against the HER2 receptor. We uncovered the capacity of the drug trastuzumab to specifically promote long cancer-immune interactions (>50 min), recapitulating an anti-tumoral ADCC (antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity) immune response. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) antagonized the effects of trastuzumab. These observations constitute a proof of concept that tumors-on-chip are powerful platforms to study ex vivo immunocompetent tumor microenvironments, to characterize ecosystem-level drug responses, and to dissect the roles of stromal components. : Inspired by the emerging technology of tumor-on-chip, Nguyen et al. reconstituted ex vivo a human tumor microenvironment (HER2+ breast cancer), characterized the ecosystem-level responses to the drug trastuzumab (Herceptin), and dissected the roles of stromal components (immune cells and fibroblasts), demonstrating the power of immunocompetent tumors-on-chip for preclinical drug studies. Keywords: tumor microenvironment, organ-on-chip, tumor-on-chip, trastuzumab, HER2+ breast cancer, cancer-associated fibroblasts, live cell imaging, microfluidics, pre-clinical models, immunotherapy |
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