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A Novel 3D Scaffold for Cell Growth to Asses Electroporation Efficacy.

Monica Dettin, Elisabetta Sieni, Annj Zamuner, Ramona Marino, Paolo Sgarbossa, Maria Lucibello, Anna Lisa Tosi, Flavio Keller, Luca Giovanni Campana, Emanuela Signori

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Article in Cells, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Monica DettinDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
Elisabetta SieniDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.
Annj ZamunerDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
Ramona MarinoCampus Bio-Medico University of Rome, 00128 Roma, Italy.
Paolo SgarbossaDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
Maria LucibelloCNR-Institute of Translational Pharmacology, 00133 Roma, Italy.
Anna Lisa TosiVeneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCSS, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Flavio KellerCampus Bio-Medico University of Rome, 00128 Roma, Italy.
Luca Giovanni CampanaDepartment of Surgical Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences DISCOG, University of Padova, 35124 Padova, Italy.
Emanuela SignoriCampus Bio-Medico University of Rome, 00128 Roma, Italy.
University of Padua · ITUniversità Campus Bio-Medico · ITIstituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale · ITIstituto Oncologico Veneto · ITUniversity of Insubria · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor electroporation (EP) refers to the permeabilization of the cell membrane by means of short electric pulses thus allowing the potentiation of chemotherapeutic drugs. Standard plate adhesion 2D cell cultures can simulate the in vivo environment only partially due to lack of cell-cell interaction and extracellular matrix (ECM). In this study, we assessed a novel 3D scaffold for cell cultures based on hyaluronic acid and ionic-complementary self-assembling peptides (SAPs), by studying the growth patterns of two different breast carcinoma cell lines (HCC1569 and MDA-MB231). This 3D scaffold modulates cell shape and induces extracellular matrix deposit around cells. In the MDA-MB 231 cell line, it allows three-dimensional growth of structures known as spheroids, while in HCC1569 it achieves a cell organization similar to that observed in vivo. Interestingly, we were able to visualize the electroporation effect on the cells seeded in the new scaffold by means of standard propidium iodide assay and fluorescence microscopy. Thanks to the presence of cell-cell and cell-ECM interactions, the new 3D scaffold may represent a more reliable support for EP studies than 2D cancer cell cultures and may be used to test new EP-delivered drugs and novel EP protocols.

Indexed as

Cell Culture TechniquesElectroporationTissue ScaffoldsAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCell SurvivalExtracellular SpaceHumansSpheroids, CellularECM, scaffold, electroporation, breast cancer, hyaluronic acid, self-assembling peptides

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PMID31752448
PMCPMC6912677
OpenAlexW2991519404

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