title: Platform for high-throughput testing of the effect of soluble compounds on 3D cell cultures.
abstract: In vitro 3D culture could provide an important model of tissues in vivo, but assessing the effects of chemical compounds on cells in specific regions of 3D culture requires physical isolation of cells and thus currently relies mostly on delicate and low-throughput methods. This paper describes a technique ("cells-in-gels-in-paper", CiGiP) that permits rapid assembly of arrays of 3D cell cultures and convenient isolation of cells from specific regions of these cultures. The 3D cultures were generated by stacking sheets of 200-μm-thick paper, each sheet supporting 96 individual "spots" (thin circular slabs) of hydrogels containing cells, separated by hydrophobic material (wax, PDMS) impermeable to aqueous solutions, and hydrophilic and most hydrophobic solutes. A custom-made 96-well holder isolated the cell-containing zones from each other. Each well contained media to which a different compound could be added. After culture and disassembly of the holder, peeling the layers apart "sectioned" the individual 3D cultures into 200-μm-thick sections which were easy to analyze using 2D imaging (e.g., with a commercial gel scanner). This 96-well holder brings new utilities to high-throughput, cell-based screening, by combining the simplicity of CiGiP with the convenience of a microtiter plate. This work demonstrated the potential of this type of assays by examining the cytotoxic effects of phenylarsine oxide (PAO) and cyclophosphamide (CPA) on human breast cancer cells positioned at different separations from culture media in 3D cultures.
authors: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
authors: Frédérique
authors: F
authors: Deiss
authors: Aaron
authors: A
authors: Mazzeo
authors: Estrella
authors: E
authors: Hong
authors: Donald E
authors: DE
authors: Ingber
authors: Ratmir
authors: R
authors: Derda
authors: George M
authors: GM
authors: Whitesides
mesh_terms: D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000502:physiology; D057166:High-Throughput Screening Assays / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010209:Paper
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