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- Title
Breast Cancer Cell Cultures on Electrospun Poly(ε-Caprolactone) as a Potential Tool for Preclinical Studies on Anticancer Treatments.
- Authors
Bazzolo, Bianca; Sieni, Elisabetta; Zamuner, Annj; Roso, Martina; Russo, Teresa; Gloria, Antonio; Dettin, Monica; Conconi, Maria Teresa
- Abstract
During anticancer drug development, most compounds selected by in vitro screening are ineffective in in vivo studies and clinical trials due to the unreliability of two-dimensional (2D) in vitro cultures that are unable to mimic the cancer microenvironment. Herein, HCC1954 cell cultures on electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) were characterized by morphological analysis, cell viability assays, histochemical staining, immunofluorescence, and RT-PCR. Our data showed that electrospun PCL allows the in vitro formation of cultures characterized by mucopolysaccharide production and increased cancer stem cell population. Moreover, PCL-based cultures were less sensitive to doxorubicin and electroporation/bleomycin than those grown on polystyrene plates. Collectively, our data indicate that PCL-based cultures may be promising tools for preclinical studies.
- Subjects
CANCER cell culture; POLYCAPROLACTONE; BREAST cancer; CANCER stem cells; CELL populations; CELL culture
- Publication
Bioengineering (Basel), 2021, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2306-5354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/bioengineering8010001