| Title: |
Tissue-Specific Human Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds Promote Pancreatic Tumour Progression and Chemotherapy Resistance |
| Authors: |
Walid Al-Akkad; Pilar Acedo; Maria-Giovanna Vilia; Luca Frenguelli; Alexander Ney; Irene Rodriguez-Hernandez; Peter L. Labib; Domenico Tamburrino; Gabriele Spoletini; Andrew R. Hall; Simone Canestrari; Anna Osnato; Jose Garcia-Bernardo; Leinal Sejour; Vessela Vassileva; Ioannis S. Vlachos; Giuseppe Fusai; Tu Vinh Luong; Steven R. Whittaker; Stephen P. Pereira; Ludovic Vallier; Massimo Pinzani; Krista Rombouts; Giuseppe Mazza |
| Source: |
Cells, Vol 11, Iss 3652, p 3652 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI AG |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Subject Terms: |
tissue engineering; 3D cell-culture; tissue-specificity; extracellular matrix; pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; liver metastasis; Cytology; QH573-671 |
| Description: |
Over 80% of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are diagnosed at a late stage and are locally advanced or with concurrent metastases. The aggressive phenotype and relative chemo- and radiotherapeutic resistance of PDAC is thought to be mediated largely by its prominent stroma, which is supported by an extracellular matrix (ECM). Therefore, we investigated the impact of tissue-matched human ECM in driving PDAC and the role of the ECM in promoting chemotherapy resistance. Decellularized human pancreata and livers were recellularized with PANC-1 and MIA PaCa-2 (PDAC cell lines), as well as PK-1 cells (liver-derived metastatic PDAC cell line). PANC-1 cells migrated into the pancreatic scaffolds, MIA PaCa-2 cells were able to migrate into both scaffolds, whereas PK-1 cells were able to migrate into the liver scaffolds only. These differences were supported by significant deregulations in gene and protein expression between the pancreas scaffolds, liver scaffolds, and 2D culture. Moreover, these cell lines were significantly more resistant to gemcitabine and doxorubicin chemotherapy treatments in the 3D models compared to 2D cultures, even after confirmed uptake by confocal microscopy. These results suggest that tissue-specific ECM provides the preserved native cues for primary and metastatic PDAC cells necessary for a more reliable in vitro cell culture. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/22/3652; https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4409; https://doaj.org/article/03368650ab844837a4a20c475e068208 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/cells11223652 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11223652; https://doaj.org/article/03368650ab844837a4a20c475e068208 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.4F9DBE59 |
| Database: |
BASE |