| Literature DB >> 26757811 |
Frank Eckerdt1, Angel Alvarez2, Jonathan Bell1, Constadina Arvanitis3, Asneha Iqbal1,4, Ahmet D Arslan1, Bo Hu2, Shi-Yuan Cheng2, Stewart Goldman1,4, Leonidas C Platanias1,5.
Abstract
Tumor spheroids are becoming an important tool for the investigation of cancer stem cell (CSC) function in tumors; thus, low-cost and high-throughput methods for drug screening of tumor spheroids are needed. Using neurospheres as non-adherent three-dimensional (3-D) cultures, we developed a simple, low-cost acridine orange (AO)-based method that allows for rapid analysis of live neurospheres by fluorescence microscopy in a 96-well format. This assay measures the cross-section area of a spheroid, which corresponds to cell viability. Our novel method allows rapid screening of a panel of anti-proliferative drugs to assess inhibitory effects on the growth of cancer stem cells in 3-D cultures.Entities:
Keywords: acridine orange; cancer stem cell; glioblastoma; microscopy; neurospheres; tumor spheroids
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26757811 PMCID: PMC4772731 DOI: 10.2144/000114372
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biotechniques ISSN: 0736-6205 Impact factor: 1.993