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In 2D and 3D Cell Culture Models, Effects of Endothelial Cells on E-cadherin / β-catenin Expression Levels and Spheroid Sizes in Ishikawa Cells
OBJECTIVE: Increasing evidence shows that three dimensional cell culture models better reflect the in vivo tumor microenvironment than two dimensional cell culture models. Co-culture models are ideal cell culture models for understanding the communication between cells and the in vivo microenvironme...
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West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9258659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35092370 http://dx.doi.org/10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.1.39 |
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author | Kalender, Mervenur Bulbul, Muhammet Volkan Kolbasi, Bircan Keskin, Ilknur |
author_facet | Kalender, Mervenur Bulbul, Muhammet Volkan Kolbasi, Bircan Keskin, Ilknur |
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description | OBJECTIVE: Increasing evidence shows that three dimensional cell culture models better reflect the in vivo tumor microenvironment than two dimensional cell culture models. Co-culture models are ideal cell culture models for understanding the communication between cells and the in vivo microenvironment. Changes in expression levels of E-cadherin are closely related to cancer metastasis and progression. β-catenin mediates cell adhesion of E-cadherin. Endothelial cells are stromal cell components in the tumor microenvironment. It is known that there is little or no expression of E-cadherin in endothelial cells. METHODS: In our study, both two-dimensional and three dimensional mono-culture and co-culture models were created using Huvec and Ishikawa cells (endometrial cancer cell lines) to better reflect cell interactions. Spheroids were followed for three days in the three-dimensional cell culture model. E-cadherin and β-catenin expression levels of two-dimensional and three dimensional mono-culture and co-culture models were measured by immunofluorescence staining. Spheroid images were recorded using a Z-stack. Intensity measurements in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional mono-culture and co-culture models were made using the Image J software. Study groups were evaluated by one-way analysis of variance (One-Way ANOVA). Values of p <0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The size of the co-culture spheroids was recorded significantly larger than the mono-culture spheroids (p <0.0001). In two (p = 0.0175) and three dimensional models (p <0.0001), expression levels of E-cadherin in the mono-culture of Ishikawa cells were recorded significantly higher than in Huvec and co-culture cells. Likewise, while the expression levels of β-catenin were higher in the mono-culture of Ishikawa cells in two-dimensional models (p <0.05), no significant difference was observed in three dimensional models (p> 0.05). CONCLUSION: In summary, it has been noted that the expression levels of E-cadherin are significantly reduced in co-cultures of Ishikawa cells with Huvec cells in both two and three dimensions . These results support the idea that endothelial cells may cause changes in endometrial cancer progression by suppressing E-cadherin expression in Ishikawa cells. |
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spelling | pubmed-92586592022-07-06 In 2D and 3D Cell Culture Models, Effects of Endothelial Cells on E-cadherin / β-catenin Expression Levels and Spheroid Sizes in Ishikawa Cells Kalender, Mervenur Bulbul, Muhammet Volkan Kolbasi, Bircan Keskin, Ilknur Asian Pac J Cancer Prev Research Article OBJECTIVE: Increasing evidence shows that three dimensional cell culture models better reflect the in vivo tumor microenvironment than two dimensional cell culture models. Co-culture models are ideal cell culture models for understanding the communication between cells and the in vivo microenvironment. Changes in expression levels of E-cadherin are closely related to cancer metastasis and progression. β-catenin mediates cell adhesion of E-cadherin. Endothelial cells are stromal cell components in the tumor microenvironment. It is known that there is little or no expression of E-cadherin in endothelial cells. METHODS: In our study, both two-dimensional and three dimensional mono-culture and co-culture models were created using Huvec and Ishikawa cells (endometrial cancer cell lines) to better reflect cell interactions. Spheroids were followed for three days in the three-dimensional cell culture model. E-cadherin and β-catenin expression levels of two-dimensional and three dimensional mono-culture and co-culture models were measured by immunofluorescence staining. Spheroid images were recorded using a Z-stack. Intensity measurements in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional mono-culture and co-culture models were made using the Image J software. Study groups were evaluated by one-way analysis of variance (One-Way ANOVA). Values of p <0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The size of the co-culture spheroids was recorded significantly larger than the mono-culture spheroids (p <0.0001). In two (p = 0.0175) and three dimensional models (p <0.0001), expression levels of E-cadherin in the mono-culture of Ishikawa cells were recorded significantly higher than in Huvec and co-culture cells. Likewise, while the expression levels of β-catenin were higher in the mono-culture of Ishikawa cells in two-dimensional models (p <0.05), no significant difference was observed in three dimensional models (p> 0.05). CONCLUSION: In summary, it has been noted that the expression levels of E-cadherin are significantly reduced in co-cultures of Ishikawa cells with Huvec cells in both two and three dimensions . These results support the idea that endothelial cells may cause changes in endometrial cancer progression by suppressing E-cadherin expression in Ishikawa cells. West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2022-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9258659/ /pubmed/35092370 http://dx.doi.org/10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.1.39 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kalender, Mervenur Bulbul, Muhammet Volkan Kolbasi, Bircan Keskin, Ilknur In 2D and 3D Cell Culture Models, Effects of Endothelial Cells on E-cadherin / β-catenin Expression Levels and Spheroid Sizes in Ishikawa Cells |
title | In 2D and 3D Cell Culture Models, Effects of Endothelial Cells on E-cadherin / β-catenin Expression Levels and Spheroid Sizes in Ishikawa Cells |
title_full | In 2D and 3D Cell Culture Models, Effects of Endothelial Cells on E-cadherin / β-catenin Expression Levels and Spheroid Sizes in Ishikawa Cells |
title_fullStr | In 2D and 3D Cell Culture Models, Effects of Endothelial Cells on E-cadherin / β-catenin Expression Levels and Spheroid Sizes in Ishikawa Cells |
title_full_unstemmed | In 2D and 3D Cell Culture Models, Effects of Endothelial Cells on E-cadherin / β-catenin Expression Levels and Spheroid Sizes in Ishikawa Cells |
title_short | In 2D and 3D Cell Culture Models, Effects of Endothelial Cells on E-cadherin / β-catenin Expression Levels and Spheroid Sizes in Ishikawa Cells |
title_sort | in 2d and 3d cell culture models, effects of endothelial cells on e-cadherin / β-catenin expression levels and spheroid sizes in ishikawa cells |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9258659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35092370 http://dx.doi.org/10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.1.39 |
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