Isolation of spheroid-forming single cells from gastric cancer cell lines : enrichment of cancer stem-like cells

Isolation of spheroid-forming cells is important to investigate cancer stem cell (CSC) characteristics. However, conventional tumor spheroid culture methods have not proven suitable because the aggregated spheroids generally maintain their original heterogeneity and harbor multiple cells with variou...

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Veröffentlicht in:BioTechniques. - 1991. - 65(2018), 4 vom: 02. Okt., Seite 197-203
1. Verfasser: Lee, Jong Won (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Sung, Jae Sook, Park, Young Soo, Chung, Seok, Kim, Yeul Hong
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:BioTechniques
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't cancer stem cells gastric cancer spheroids
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Zusammenfassung:Isolation of spheroid-forming cells is important to investigate cancer stem cell (CSC) characteristics. However, conventional tumor spheroid culture methods have not proven suitable because the aggregated spheroids generally maintain their original heterogeneity and harbor multiple cells with various characteristics. Here we cultured spheroids using a polydimethylsiloxane microwell-based method and a limiting dilution protocol. We then isolated and enriched for CSCs that formed single cell-derived spheroids from gastric cancer cell lines. Cells from the microwell demonstrated higher self-renewal, increased expression of stem cell markers and resistance to apoptosis compared with spheroid cells made by the traditional method. This novel approach allows efficient cancer stem cell isolation and represents a step forward in cancer stem cell studies
Beschreibung:Date Completed 05.08.2019
Date Revised 05.08.2019
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1940-9818
DOI:10.2144/btn-2018-0046