TempEasy 3D Hydrogel Coculture System Provides Mechanistic Insights into Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
; 16(20): 25773-25787, 2024 May 22.
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| ID: mdl-38739686
ABSTRACT
Patients diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer (PCa) often experience incurable bone metastases; however, a lack of relevant experimental models has hampered the study of disease mechanisms and the development of therapeutic strategies. In this study, we employed the recently established Temperature-based Easy-separable (TempEasy) 3D cell coculture system to investigate PCa bone metastasis. Through coculturing PCa and bone cells for 7 days, our results showed a reduction in PCa cell proliferation, an increase in neovascularization, and an enhanced metastasis potential when cocultured with bone cells. Additionally, we observed increased cell proliferation, higher stemness, and decreased bone matrix protein expression in bone cells when cocultured with PCa cells. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the stiffness of the extracellular matrix had a negligible impact on molecular responses in both primary (PCa cells) and distant malignant (bone cells) sites. The TempEasy 3D hydrogel coculture system is an easy-to-use and versatile coculture system that provides valuable insights into the mechanisms of cell-cell communication and interaction in cancer metastasis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Prostatic Neoplasms
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Bone Neoplasms
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Coculture Techniques
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Hydrogels
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Cell Proliferation
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
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ACS appl. mater. interfaces (Online)
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ACS applied materials & interfaces (Online)
Journal subject:
BIOTECNOLOGIA
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ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Países Bajos
Country of publication:
Estados Unidos