ArticleCancers2021
PDX-Derived Ewing's Sarcoma Cells Retain High Viability and Disease Phenotype in Alginate Encapsulated Spheroid Cultures.
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- Unlocking the Potential of Spheroids in Personalized Medicine: A Systematic Review of Seeding Methodologies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Drug sensitivity testing of patient-derived bone sarcomas identifies selective kinase inhibitors for patients with refractory disease.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Article
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- From 2D to 3D: transforming malignant bone tumor research with advanced culture models.Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2025Review
- Preclinical models for the study of pediatric solid tumors: focus on bone sarcomas.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
- Application of a 3D hydrogel-based model to replace use of animals for passaging patient-derived xenografts.In vitro models · 2023Article
- Single-cell transcriptional profiling reveals heterogeneity and developmental trajectories of Ewing sarcoma.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2022Article
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- Patient-Derived Breast Cancer Tissue Cultures for Anti-Endocrine Drug Assays.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022Article
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- Advances in biomaterial-based composite spheroid for articular cartilage regeneration.Journal of tissue engineeringReview
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Abstract
Ewing's Sarcoma (ES) is the second most frequent malignant bone tumour in children and young adults and currently only untargeted chemotherapeutic approaches and surgery are available as treatment, although clinical trials are on-going for recently developed ES-targeted therapies. To study ES pathobiology and develop novel drugs, established cell lines and patient-derived xenografts (PDX) are the most employed experimental models. Nevertheless, the establishment of ES cell lines is difficult and the extensive use of PDX raises economic/ethical concerns. There is a growing consensus regarding the use of 3D cell culture to recapitulate physiological and pathophysiological features of human tissues, including drug sensitivity. Herein, we implemented a 3D cell culture methodology based on encapsulation of PDX-derived ES cell spheroids in alginate and maintenance in agitation-based culture systems. Under these conditions, ES cells displayed high proliferative and metabolic activity, while retaining the typical EWSR1-FLI1 chromosomal translocation. Importantly, 3D cultures presented reduced mouse PDX cell contamination compared to 2D cultures. Finally, we show that these 3D cultures can be employed in drug sensitivity assays, with results similar to those reported for the PDX of origin. In conclusion, this novel 3D cell culture method involving ES-PDX-derived cells is a suitable model to study ES pathobiology and can assist in the development of novel drugs against this disease, complementing PDX studies.
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