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Electrochemotherapy in 3D Ocular Melanoma Spheroids using a Customized Electrode

Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is the combination of transient pore formation following electric pulse application with the administration of cytotoxic drugs, ...

Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

In order to improve individual prognostication as well as stratification for adjuvant therapy in patients with clinically localized clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), reliable prognostic biomarkers are urgently needed. In this study, microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as promising candidates. We investigated whether a combination of differently expressed miRNAs in primary tumors can predict the individual metastatic risk.

4-miRNA Score Predicts the Individual Metastatic Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients.

Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular tumor that arises from neoplastic melanocytes in the choroid, iris, and ciliary body. Electrochemotherapy (ECT) has been successfully established for the treatment of skin and soft tissue metastatic lesions, deep-seated tumors of the liver, bone metastases, and unresectable pancreas lesions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ECT in vitro in 3D spheroid culture systems in primary and metastatic UM cell lines. We also investigated the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) as an in vivo model system for the growth and treatment of UM tumors using ECT. The cytotoxic effect of ECT in 3D spheroids was analyzed seven days following treatment by assessment of the size and MTT [(3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) tetrazolium reduction] assay. The cytotoxicity of ECT after intratumoral or intraarterial administration was evaluated histologically. In vitro and in vivo ECT caused a significant reduction in tumor size and viability compared to electroporation or chemotherapy in both sections of our study. The current results underline the effectiveness of ECT in the treatment of UM and prepare the way for further investigation of its potential application in UM.

The Potential Use of Electrochemotherapy in the Treatment of Uveal Melanoma: In Vitro Results in 3D Tumor Cultures and In Vivo Results in a Chick Embryo Model.

The identification of biomarkers characterizing the invasive potential of bladder cancer could enhance the clinical management of individual patients and therefore improve prognosis. The aim of this study was to define a miRNA panel in tumor tissues as well as in urinary extracellular vesicles (EVs) for discriminating muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) from non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).

Article	Year
4-miRNA Score Predicts the Individual Metastatic Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients. Annals of surgical oncology\| PubMed ID: 31270716	2019
The Potential Use of Electrochemotherapy in the Treatment of Uveal Melanoma: In Vitro Results in 3D Tumor Cultures and In Vivo Results in a Chick Embryo Model. Cancers\| PubMed ID: 31514412	2019
MicroRNAs in tumor samples and urinary extracellular vesicles as a putative diagnostic tool for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology\| PubMed ID: 31552489	2019

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