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Optimized alamarBlue assay protocol for drug dose-response determination of 3D tumor spheroids

The assessment of drug-dose responses is vital for the prediction of unwanted toxicological effects in modern medicine. Three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures techniques can provide in vivo-like spheroids and microtissues that resemble natural tumor function. However, formation of necrotic core and di...

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Autores principales: Eilenberger, Christoph, Kratz, Sebastian Rudi Adam, Rothbauer, Mario, Ehmoser, Eva-Kathrin, Ertl, Peter, Küpcü, Seta
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Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6072978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30094205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2018.07.011
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author Eilenberger, Christoph
Kratz, Sebastian Rudi Adam
Rothbauer, Mario
Ehmoser, Eva-Kathrin
Ertl, Peter
Küpcü, Seta
author_facet Eilenberger, Christoph
Kratz, Sebastian Rudi Adam
Rothbauer, Mario
Ehmoser, Eva-Kathrin
Ertl, Peter
Küpcü, Seta
author_sort Eilenberger, Christoph
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description The assessment of drug-dose responses is vital for the prediction of unwanted toxicological effects in modern medicine. Three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures techniques can provide in vivo-like spheroids and microtissues that resemble natural tumor function. However, formation of necrotic core and diffusion limitation of chemical compounds within these models can reduce the reproducibility and precision of standard bioassay protocols used to test two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures. Nonetheless, the accurate prediction of detrimental effects of test compounds based on functional bioassays is essential for the development of new efficient therapeutic strategies. For instance, alamarBlue(®) is a widely-used commercially available redox indicator dye that can evaluate metabolic activity and cellular health status in a single-step procedure however, suitability and optimization of this bioassay must be determined for each individual application scenario. Here, we optimized the standard alamarBlue(®) proliferation/viability protocol for tumor spheroid cultures to enhance assay precision during toxicological drug screening. We optimized the original protocol of alamarBlue(®) assay that usually suggests an incubation time of 2–4 hours. The key modifications of the protocol for spheroid cultures are as follows: • Aspiration of cell culture medium before drug exposure. • Replacement of drug-supplemented medium with 10% (v/v) alamarBlue(®) reagent mixed with culture medium. • Increase of incubation period to 24 h at 37 °C protected from light.
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spelling pubmed-60729782018-08-09 Optimized alamarBlue assay protocol for drug dose-response determination of 3D tumor spheroids Eilenberger, Christoph Kratz, Sebastian Rudi Adam Rothbauer, Mario Ehmoser, Eva-Kathrin Ertl, Peter Küpcü, Seta MethodsX Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science The assessment of drug-dose responses is vital for the prediction of unwanted toxicological effects in modern medicine. Three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures techniques can provide in vivo-like spheroids and microtissues that resemble natural tumor function. However, formation of necrotic core and diffusion limitation of chemical compounds within these models can reduce the reproducibility and precision of standard bioassay protocols used to test two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures. Nonetheless, the accurate prediction of detrimental effects of test compounds based on functional bioassays is essential for the development of new efficient therapeutic strategies. For instance, alamarBlue(®) is a widely-used commercially available redox indicator dye that can evaluate metabolic activity and cellular health status in a single-step procedure however, suitability and optimization of this bioassay must be determined for each individual application scenario. Here, we optimized the standard alamarBlue(®) proliferation/viability protocol for tumor spheroid cultures to enhance assay precision during toxicological drug screening. We optimized the original protocol of alamarBlue(®) assay that usually suggests an incubation time of 2–4 hours. The key modifications of the protocol for spheroid cultures are as follows: • Aspiration of cell culture medium before drug exposure. • Replacement of drug-supplemented medium with 10% (v/v) alamarBlue(®) reagent mixed with culture medium. • Increase of incubation period to 24 h at 37 °C protected from light. Elsevier 2018-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6072978/ /pubmed/30094205 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2018.07.011 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
Eilenberger, Christoph
Kratz, Sebastian Rudi Adam
Rothbauer, Mario
Ehmoser, Eva-Kathrin
Ertl, Peter
Küpcü, Seta
Optimized alamarBlue assay protocol for drug dose-response determination of 3D tumor spheroids
title Optimized alamarBlue assay protocol for drug dose-response determination of 3D tumor spheroids
title_full Optimized alamarBlue assay protocol for drug dose-response determination of 3D tumor spheroids
title_fullStr Optimized alamarBlue assay protocol for drug dose-response determination of 3D tumor spheroids
title_full_unstemmed Optimized alamarBlue assay protocol for drug dose-response determination of 3D tumor spheroids
title_short Optimized alamarBlue assay protocol for drug dose-response determination of 3D tumor spheroids
title_sort optimized alamarblue assay protocol for drug dose-response determination of 3d tumor spheroids
topic Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6072978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30094205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2018.07.011
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