This protocol describes the construction of an in vitro microphysiological system for studying breast cancer using primary human breast tissue with off the shelf materials.
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This protocol describes the construction of an in vitro microphysiological system for studying breast cancer using primary human breast tissue with off the shelf materials.
Breast cancer (BC) remains a leading cause of death for women. Despite more than $700 million invested in BC research annually, 97% of candidate BC drugs fail clinical trials. Therefore, new models are needed to improve our understanding of the disease. The NIH Microphysiological Systems (MPS) program was developed to improve the clinical translation of basic science discoveries and promising new therapeutic strategies. Here we present a method for generating MPS for breast cancers (BC-MPS). This model adapts a previously described approach of culturing primary human white adipose tissue (WAT) by sandwiching WAT between adipose-derived stem cell sheets (ASC)s. Novel aspects of our BC-MPS include seeding BC cells into non-diseased human breast tissue (HBT) containing native extracellular matrix, mature adipocytes, resident fibroblasts, and immune cells; and sandwiching the BC-HBT admixture between HBT-derived ASC sheets. The resulting BC-MPS is stable in culture ex vivo for at least 14 days. This model system contains multiple elements of the microenvironment that influence BC including adipocytes, stromal cells, immune cells, and the extracellular matrix. Thus BC-MPS can be used to study the interactions between BC and its microenvironment.
We demonstrate the advantages of our BC-MPS by studying two BC behaviors known to influence cancer progression and metastasis: 1) BC motility and 2) BC-HBT metabolic crosstalk. While BC motility has previously been demonstrated using intravital imaging, BC-MPS allows for high-resolution time-lapse imaging using fluorescence microscopy over several days. Furthermore, while metabolic crosstalk was previously demonstrated using BC cells and murine pre-adipocytes differentiated into immature adipocytes, our BC-MPS model is the first system to demonstrate this crosstalk between primary human mammary adipocytes and BC cells in vitro.
Each year, more than 40,000 US women die of breast cancer (BC)1. Despite more than $700 million invested in BC research annually, 97% of candidate BC drugs fail clinical trials2,3. New models are needed to improve the drug development pipeline and our understanding of BC. The NIH Microphysiological (MPS) Program delineated the features required for breakthrough models for improving translating basic science into clinical success4. These included the use of primary human cells or tissues, stable in culture for 4 weeks, and inclusion of native tissue architecture and physiological response.
Current in vitro BC models, such as two-dimensional culture of BC cell lines, membrane insert co-culture, and three-dimensional spheroids and organoids, do not meet the NIH's MPS criteria because none of these recapitulate native breast tissue architecture. When extracellular matrix (ECM) is added to these systems, breast ECM is not used; instead, collagen gels and basement membrane matrices are used.
Current in vivo systems, such as patient derived xenografts (PDX), similarly do not meet the NIH's MPS criteria because murine mammary tissues vastly differ from human breasts. Moreover, immune system-BC interactions are increasingly recognized as key in tumor development, but the immunocompromised murine models used for generating PDX tumors lack mature T cells, B cells, and natural killer cells. Furthermore, while PDX allows for primary breast tumors to be maintained and expanded, the resulting PDX tumors are infiltrated with primary murine stromal cells and ECM5.
To overcome these challenges, we have developed a novel, ex vivo, three-dimensional human breast MPS that meets the NIH MPS criteria. The foundation of our breast MPS is made by sandwiching primary human breast tissue (HBT) between two sheets of adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs), also isolated from HBT (Figure 1). Plungers for transferring the cell sheets to sandwich the HBT can be 3D printed or made from simple acrylic plastics (Figure 1H,I). This technique adapts our previously described approach for culturing primary human white adipocyte tissue6,7. The breast MPS can then be seeded by a BC model of choice, ranging from standard BC cell lines to primary human breast tumors. Here, we show that these BC-MPS are stable in culture for multiple weeks (Figure 2); include native elements of HBT such as mammary adipocytes, ECM, endothelium, immune cells (Figure 3); and recapitulate the physiological interactions between BC and HBT such as metabolic crosstalk (Figure 4). Lastly, we show that BC-MPS allows for the study of amoeboid movement of BC cells throughout HBT (Figure 5).
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All human tissues were collected in accordance to protocol #9189 as approved by the Institutional Review Board Office of LSUHSC.
1. Seeding of Adipose-derived Stem Cells (ASCs) for cell sheets
2. Preparation of supplies needed for BC-MPS
3. Prepare gelatin plungers and apply to the upper cell sheets
4. Preparation of cancer cell lines
5. Processing of human breast tissue
6. Digestion of BC-MPS for analysis
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Stability in culture
BC-MPS is a stable microphysiological system that can be cultured in vitro for up to at least 14 days. A brightfield image of the ASC cell sheets was taken at 100x magnification to display the striated pattern of the confluent sheet (Figure 2A). The ASC cell sheets are stable in culture for at least 4 weeks. BC-MPS at 14 days in culture in one well of a 6 well plate was imaged with a color camera demonstrating that th...
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New systems for modeling human breast cancer are needed to develop a better understanding of the disease. Development of human microphysiological systems to model disease settings that include native ECM and stromal cells will increase the predictive power of pre-clinical studies. The BC-MPS model presented here is a newly developed system that overcomes the limitations of previous models allows for the evaluation of BC in its native HBT environment. This system can be used with cancer cell lines or with tumor explants a...
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
We would like to thank the Tulane Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Core as well as the Tulane Histology Core for their technical support. This work was supported by the Southeastern Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons 2019 Research Grant and the National Science Foundation (EPSCoR Track 2 RII, OIA 1632854).
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| 姓名 | 公司 | 目录编号 | 评论 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accumax | Innovative Cell Technologies | 1333 | 用于分离 BC-MPS |
| Accutase 的 | 康宁 | 25-058-CI | 用于细胞传代的细胞分离溶液 |
| BioStor 容器 16oz | 国家科学供应公司 | MPCE-T016 | 用于无菌组织的运输 |
| 细胞培养物 75 cm 培养瓶 | 康宁 | 430641U | 用于培养 ASCs |
| 锥形管 15mL | ThermoScientific | 339650 | |
| 弯镊 | ThermoScientific | 1631T5 | 用于在切碎时纵组织 |
| DMEM 低葡萄糖,含 Glutamax | Gibco | 10567-014 | 用于培养 ASC 和 BC-MPS |
| FBS 合格 | Gibco | 26140-079 | |
| 明胶 | Sigma | G9391 | |
| HBSS 10x | Gibco | 14185-052 | |
| NaOH | Sigma | 221465 | |
| Nunc UpCell 6 孔板 | ThermoScientific | 174901 | 顶部ASC 细胞片 |
| PBS | Gibco | 10010-023 | |
| 笔/链球菌 5,000U | Gibco | 15070-063 | |
| 培养皿 150 cm | FisherBrand | FB0875714 | 用于在切碎时固定组织 |
| 剃须刀片 | VWR | 55411-055 | 单边用于切碎纸 |
| 巾过滤器250um | ThermoScientific | 87791 | 用于分离 BC-MPS |
| 组织培养 6 孔板 | 康宁 | 3506 | 底部 ASC 池 片材 |
| 砝码/垫圈 | BCP 紧固件 | BCP672 | 用于称量内径小于 1/2 英寸的柱塞 |
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