Shoko Murakami1,2, Ken-Ichi Mukaisho3, Takuya Iwasa4, Masaaki Kawabe4, Saori Yoshida1, Naoko Taniura1, Takahisa Nakayama1, Masaharu Noi1,2, Gaku Yamamoto2, Hiroyuki Sugihara1. 1. Division of Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology, Department of Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan. 2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan. 3. Division of Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology, Department of Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan, mukaisho@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp. 4. Central Research Laboratory, Japan Vilene Company, Ltd, Koga, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We developed a 3-dimensional (3D) culture system using a high-purity silica fiber scaffold of unwoven sheets called CellbedTM. METHODS: We used adherent colon and esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma cells, tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) cells, and nonadherent gastric cancer cells. These cells were subjected to staining with various substances and observed by electron microscopy. To evaluate the effects of extracellular matrix in carcinoma tissues, SqCC cells were cultured in Cellbed coated with collagens I, III, and IV. RESULTS: Especially well-differentiated carcinoma cells cultured in this 3D system showed their own unique characteristics: luminal formation in adenocarcinoma cells and cell stratification and keratinization in SqCC cells. Scanning electron microscopy revealed the proliferation of cancer cells with cytoplasm entwined in Cellbed. Intercellular desmosomes in squamous epithelia were detected by transmission electron microscopy of vertical cross sections. SqCC cells cultured in Cellbed coated with collagen IV showed enhanced invasive and proliferative abilities. CONCLUSION: Because the morphology of cancer cells cultured in this 3D culture system is similar to that in living organisms, we called the system a "tissueoid cell culture system." Coating with collagen IV enables the modification of cell-matrix interactions as well as recapitulation of the in vivo microenvironment. The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
BACKGROUND: We developed a 3-dimensional (3D) culture system using a high-purity silica fiber scaffold of unwoven sheets called CellbedTM. METHODS: We used adherent colon and esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma cells, tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) cells, and nonadherent gastric cancer cells. These cells were subjected to staining with various substances and observed by electron microscopy. To evaluate the effects of extracellular matrix in carcinoma tissues, SqCC cells were cultured in Cellbed coated with collagens I, III, and IV. RESULTS: Especially well-differentiated carcinoma cells cultured in this 3D system showed their own unique characteristics: luminal formation in adenocarcinoma cells and cell stratification and keratinization in SqCC cells. Scanning electron microscopy revealed the proliferation of cancer cells with cytoplasm entwined in Cellbed. Intercellular desmosomes in squamous epithelia were detected by transmission electron microscopy of vertical cross sections. SqCC cells cultured in Cellbed coated with collagen IV showed enhanced invasive and proliferative abilities. CONCLUSION: Because the morphology of cancer cells cultured in this 3D culture system is similar to that in living organisms, we called the system a "tissueoid cell culture system." Coating with collagen IV enables the modification of cell-matrix interactions as well as recapitulation of the in vivo microenvironment. The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
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