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ArticleIn vivo (Athens, Greece)

Comparative Analysis of the Effect of the BRAF Inhibitor Dabrafenib in 2D and 3D Cell Culture Models of Human Metastatic Melanoma Cells.

David Tovar-Parra, Marion Zammit-Mangion

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David Tovar-ParraDepartment of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Msida, Malta; david.tovar@inrs.ca.
Marion Zammit-MangionDepartment of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Msida, Malta; marion.zammit-mangion@um.edu.mt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimMelanoma, a variant of skin cancer, presents the highest mortality rates among all skin cancers. Despite advancements in targeted therapies, immunotherapies, and tissue culture techniques, the absence of an effective early treatment model remains a challenge. This study investigated the impact of dabrafenib on both 2D and 3D cell culture models with distinct molecular profiles. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe developed a high-throughput workflow enabling drug screening on spheroids. Our approach involved cultivating 2D and 3D cultures derived from normal melanocytes and metastatic melanoma cells, treating them with dabrafenib and conducting viability, aggregation, migration, cell cycle, and apoptosis assays.

resultsDabrafenib exerted multifaceted influences, particularly on migration at concentrations of 10 and 25 μM. It induced a decrease in cell viability, impeded cellular adhesion to the matrix, inhibited cellular aggregation and spheroid formation, arrested the cell cycle in the G

conclusionThese results confirm the therapeutic potential of dabrafenib in treating melanoma with the BRAF V600E mutation and that 3D models are validated models to study the potential of new molecules for therapeutic purposes. Furthermore, our study underscores the relevance of 3D models in simulating physiological in vivo microenvironments, providing insights into varied treatment responses between normal and tumor cells.

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ApoptosisCell MovementCell SurvivalImidazolesMelanomaOximesProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafSpheroids, CellularAntineoplastic AgentsCell Culture TechniquesCell Culture Techniques, Three DimensionalCell CycleCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHumansAntineoplastic AgentsBRAF protein, humandabrafenibImidazolesOximesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafBRAFdabrafenibMelanomaspheroid cellular

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PMID38936891
PMCPMC11215570

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