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ArticleScientific reports2025

Multi-assay assessment of cytotoxicity reveals multiple mechanisms of action in 3D microtissues.

Ahbid Zein-Sabatto, Katerina St Angelo, Samantha J Madnick, Diane Hoffman-Kim, Jeffrey R Morgan, Jonghwan Lee

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors.

Ahbid Zein-SabattoSchool of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Katerina St AngeloDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Samantha J MadnickDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Diane Hoffman-KimInstitute for Biology, Engineering, and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Jeffrey R MorganSchool of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Jonghwan LeeSchool of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. jonghwan_lee@brown.edu.

Funding

Label-Free, Longitudinal, Multi-Metric Viability Imaging of 3D Tissue Spheroid ArrayR01CA268366 · NCI · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI LEE, JONGHWAN · 2021 to 2025
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA268366NIH HHS R01CA268366
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell viability assays are an integral component of toxicology and high-throughput drug screening studies; however, many assays rely on a single biomarker of cell death which provides an incomplete assessment of cell viability. Here, we introduce an innovative approach that combines data from multiple assays using a linear mixed effects regression model and principal component analysis. We explored the cytotoxic response of various assay-treatment combinations using four assays with distinct mechanisms of action and seven different treatments across three types of microtissue cultures. The multi-assay data revealed the presence of multifaceted cellular injuries which highlight the need for multimodal approaches to better understand complex disruptions to viability. By incorporating outputs from the four assays, we introduced a new lethal concentration threshold that captures changes from different cellular injuries to provide a more comprehensive evaluation of cytotoxicity. Overall, the proposed approach provides a unique opportunity to analyze data from multiple assays in a holistic manner to improve the predictive power of drug screening and toxicology studies.

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High-Throughput Screening AssaysBiological AssayCell SurvivalDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansPrincipal Component Analysis

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PMID39856149
PMCPMC11759695

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