Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 923: Ex Vivo Organoid Cultures Reveal the Importance of the Tumor Microenvironment for Maintenance of Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 923: Ex Vivo Organoid Cultures Reveal the Importance of the Tumor Microenvironment for Maintenance of Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells
Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12040923
Authors:
Xingru Li
Pär Larsson
Ingrid Ljuslinder
Daniel Öhlund
Robin Myte
Anna Löfgren-Burström
Carl Zingmark
Agnes Ling
Sofia Edin
Richard Palmqvist
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous disease, with varying clinical presentations and patient prognosis. Different molecular subgroups of CRC should be treated differently and therefore, must be better characterized. Organoid culture has recently been suggested as a good model to reflect the heterogeneous nature of CRC. However, organoid cultures cannot be established from all CRC tumors. The study examines which CRC tumors are more likely to generate organoids and thus benefit from ex vivo organoid drug testing. Long-term organoid cultures from 22 out of 40 CRC tumor specimens were established. It was found that organoid cultures were more difficult to establish from tumors characterized as microsatellite instable (MSI), BRAF-mutated, poorly differentiated and/or of a mucinous type. This suggests that patients with such tumors are less likely to benefit from ex vivo organoid drug testing, but it may also suggest biological difference in tumor growth. RNA sequencing analysis of tumor sections revealed that the in vivo maintenance of these non-organoid-forming tumors depends on factors related to inflammat...
Source: Cancers - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Xingru Li P är Larsson Ingrid Ljuslinder Daniel Öhlund Robin Myte Anna L öfgren-Burström Carl Zingmark Agnes Ling Sofia Edin Richard Palmqvist Tags: Article Source Type: research
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