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ArticleScientific reports2020

Scaffold-based 3D cellular models mimicking the heterogeneity of osteosarcoma stem cell niche.

Giada Bassi, Silvia Panseri, Samuele Maria Dozio, Monica Sandri, Elisabetta Campodoni, Massimiliano Dapporto, Simone Sprio, Anna Tampieri, Monica Montesi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Giada BassiCNR-ISTEC, Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council of Italy, 48018, Faenza, RA, Italy. giada.bassi@istec.cnr.it.
Silvia PanseriCNR-ISTEC, Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council of Italy, 48018, Faenza, RA, Italy.
Samuele Maria DozioCNR-ISTEC, Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council of Italy, 48018, Faenza, RA, Italy.
Monica SandriCNR-ISTEC, Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council of Italy, 48018, Faenza, RA, Italy.
Elisabetta CampodoniCNR-ISTEC, Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council of Italy, 48018, Faenza, RA, Italy.
Massimiliano DapportoCNR-ISTEC, Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council of Italy, 48018, Faenza, RA, Italy.
Simone SprioCNR-ISTEC, Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council of Italy, 48018, Faenza, RA, Italy.
Anna TampieriCNR-ISTEC, Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council of Italy, 48018, Faenza, RA, Italy.
Monica MontesiCNR-ISTEC, Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council of Italy, 48018, Faenza, RA, Italy. monica.montesi@istec.cnr.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The failure of the osteosarcoma conventional therapies leads to the growing need for novel therapeutic strategies. The lack of specificity for the Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) population has been recently identified as the main limitation in the current therapies. Moreover, the traditional two-dimensional (2D) in vitro models, employed in the drug testing and screening as well as in the study of cell and molecular biology, are affected by a poor in vitro-in vivo translation ability. To overcome these limitations, this work provides two tumour engineering approaches as new tools to address osteosarcoma and improve therapy outcomes. In detail, two different hydroxyapatite-based bone-mimicking scaffolds were used to recapitulate aspects of the in vivo tumour microenvironment, focusing on CSCs niche. The biological performance of human osteosarcoma cell lines (MG63 and SAOS-2) and enriched-CSCs were deeply analysed in these complex cell culture models. The results highlight the fundamental role of the tumour microenvironment proving the mimicry of osteosarcoma stem cell niche by the use of CSCs together with the biomimetic scaffolds, compared to conventional 2D culture systems. These advanced 3D cell culture in vitro tumour models could improve the predictivity of preclinical studies and strongly enhance the clinical translation.

Indexed as

Genetic HeterogeneityBiomimeticsBone NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorHumansModels, BiologicalNeoplastic Stem CellsOsteosarcomaSpheroids, CellularStem Cell NicheTissue ScaffoldsTumor Microenvironment

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PMID33339857
PMCPMC7749131

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