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ArticleJournal of biomolecular NMR2020

Development of in vitro-grown spheroids as a 3D tumor model system for solid-state NMR spectroscopy.

Reinier Damman, Alessandra Lucini Paioni, Katerina T Xenaki, Irati Beltrán Hernández, Paul M P van Bergen En Henegouwen, Marc Baldus

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Article in Journal of biomolecular NMR, 2020. 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
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mass Spectrometry-Based Applications of Spheroids in Cancer Biology.Annual review of analytical chemistry (Palo Alto, Calif.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Reinier DammanNMR Spectroscopy, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6311-9250
Alessandra Lucini PaioniNMR Spectroscopy, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6609-6672
Katerina T XenakiCell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-6320
Irati Beltrán HernándezCell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2650-3290
Paul M P van Bergen En HenegouwenCell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands. p.vanbergen@uu.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-9042
Marc BaldusNMR Spectroscopy, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands. m.baldus@uu.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7068-5613
Utrecht University · NL

Funding

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 718.015.001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in the field of in-cell NMR spectroscopy have made it possible to study proteins in the context of bacterial or mammalian cell extracts or even entire cells. As most mammalian cells are part of a multi-cellular complex, there is a need to develop novel NMR approaches enabling the study of proteins within the complexity of a 3D cellular environment. Here we investigate the use of the hanging drop method to grow spheroids which are homogenous in size and shape as a model system to study solid tumors using solid-state NMR (ssNMR) spectroscopy. We find that these spheroids are stable under magic-angle-spinning conditions and show a clear change in metabolic profile as compared to single cell preparations. Finally, we utilize dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP)-supported ssNMR measurements to show that low concentrations of labelled nanobodies targeting EGFR (7D12) can be detected inside the spheroids. These findings suggest that solid-state NMR can be used to directly examine proteins or other biomolecules in a 3D cellular microenvironment with potential applications in pharmacological research.

Indexed as

Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopySpheroids, CellularTumor Cells, CulturedHumansIsotope LabelingMagnetic Resonance ImagingMolecular ImagingPrimary Cell CultureSingle-Domain AntibodiesSingle-Domain AntibodiesDNPEGFRIn-cell NMRNanobodiesSolid-state NMRSpheroids

Identifiers

PMID32562030
PMCPMC7508937
OpenAlexW3036403868

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