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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2026

Microenvironment Rheology Modulates the Effect of the Anticancer Peptide CIGB300 on 3D Head and Neck Tumoroids.

Silvia Buonvino, Giorgia Paduano, Valeria Stefanizzi, Hilda Garay, Silvio Perea, Beatrice Macchi, Mariano Venanzi, Sonia Melino

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Silvia BuonvinoDepartmental Faculty of Medicine, UniCamillus-Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences, Via di Sant'Alessandro 8, 00131 Rome, Italy.
Giorgia PaduanoDepartment of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
Valeria StefanizziDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical, and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0516-5683
Hilda GarayPeptide Synthesis Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), Havana 10600, Cuba.
Silvio PereaDepartment of Pharmaceuticals, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), 31 Ave., Playa, Havana 10600, Cuba.ORCID 0000-0002-5791-604X
Beatrice MacchiDepartment of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0878-1799
Mariano VenanziDepartment of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9364-7441
Sonia MelinoNAST Center (Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and Innovative Instrumentation), University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7694-5279

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European Union Next Generation EU through the Italian Ministry of University and Research under PNRR - M4C2-I1.3 Project PE_00000019 "HEAL ITALIA
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Abstract

3D cell systems for in vitro experimental studies are able to mimic the in vivo efficacy of drugs before they are tested on animals. However, many studies are still needed in order to mimic the physiological environment with 3D cell-growth systems. The mechano-physical properties of the microenvironment are relevant for the invasiveness of cancer cells and for their drug resistance. In this study, 3D tumoroids of human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) CAL27 cells of different stiffnesses were produced using a tunable PEG-silk fibroin hydrogel (PSF), and the antitumor activity of the peptide CIGB300, an anticancer therapeutic peptide, with respect to these 3D tumoroid models was assessed. Furthermore, spectroscopic studies on the CIGB300 peptide are reported regarding its structure, stability, aggregation and diffusion properties. For the first time, the diffusion of the peptide CIGB300 in tunable silk fibroin hydrogels of different stiffnesses is investigated over time via fluorescence spectroscopy as a potential tool in drug-screening using hydrogel-based 3D tumoroids.

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Antineoplastic AgentsHead and Neck NeoplasmsPeptidesSpheroids, CellularTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCell Line, TumorFibroinsHumansHydrogelsOligopeptidesRheologyAntineoplastic AgentsFibroinsHydrogelsOligopeptidesPeptidestyrosyl-isoleucyl-glycyl-seryl-arginine3D cell culture systemsanticancer peptidesCAL27hydrogelsspheroidsstiffness

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PMID41752113
PMCPMC12940999

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