scholarly journals Clinical relevance of in vitro chemosensitivity testing in acute leukemias

1986 ◽  
Vol 111 (S1) ◽  
pp. S10-S10
Author(s):  
F C Prischl ◽  
J D Schwarzmeier
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Relevance ◽  
Acute Leukemias ◽  
Chemosensitivity Testing ◽  
In Vitro Chemosensitivity

The MTS vs. the ATP assay for in vitro chemosensitivity testing of primary glioma tumour culture

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 564-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. P. Dawson ◽  
R. V. Iyer ◽  
R. W. Lea ◽  
P. Roberts ◽  
F. Harris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemosensitivity Testing ◽  
Atp Assay ◽  
In Vitro Chemosensitivity ◽  
Primary Glioma

In vitro chemosensitivity testing of leukemic cells: Development of a semiautomated colorimetric assay

1989 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Antonio Bernabei ◽  
Valeria Santini ◽  
Luigi Silvestro ◽  
Orietta Dal Pozzo ◽  
Roberto Bezzini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorimetric Assay ◽  
Leukemic Cells ◽  
Chemosensitivity Testing ◽  
In Vitro Chemosensitivity

In vitro chemosensitivity testing of mammospheres cultured from circulating epithelial tumor cells (CETCs) of breast cancer patients: Comparision to chemosensitivity of total CETCs.

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (26_suppl) ◽  
pp. 50-50
Author(s):  
Monika Pizon ◽  
Dorothea Zimon ◽  
Ulrich A. Pachmann ◽  
Katharina Pachmann
Keyword(s):  
Suspension Culture ◽  
Tumor Cells ◽  
Anticancer Drugs ◽  
White Blood Cells ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Epithelial Tumor ◽  
Chemosensitivity Testing ◽  
In Vitro Chemosensitivity ◽  
Epithelial Tumor Cells

50 Background: In vitro chemosensitivity testing of circulating epithelial tumor cells (CETCs) provides real-time information about the sensitivity of the tumor cells present in the patient. Nevertheless, a fraction of CETCs can survive after conventional chemotherapy and grow into distant metastasis. This may be a subpopulation of CETCs with proliferation activity which has the ability to form floating spheres in suspension culture. Spheroids exhibit stem cell-like properties and may be responsible for chemotherapeutic resistance. Therefore, the aim of our study was to determine the efficacy of chemotherapeutics on spheroids cultured from CETCs. Methods: The enumeration of CETCs from patients with solid tumors in clinical stage I to IV was performed using the maintrac method. Subsequently, CETCs in the context of the surrounding white blood cells were cultured in a suspension culture allowing for spheroid formation. To evaluate the cytotoxic effect of drugs on CETCs and spheroids we exposed them to anticancer drugs in short time culture in different concentrations and for different periods of time. Results: In contrast to CETCs, spheroids were significantly more chemotherapy resistant. Active drugs led to disintegration of tumor spheres. Interestingly, some cells in the spheres were able to survive. Epirubicin and especially salinomycin, a polyether ionophore antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces albus, showed high efficacy in a high proportion of cells. Furthermore, our data suggested that curcumin, a natural biologically active compound that is extracted from the plant Curcuma longais a promising agent for cancer treatment. Docetaxel, cyclophosphamide, and 5-fluoruracil showed lower cytotoxic effects onto the cells in the spheres. Conclusions: Our results show, for the first time, that stem cells circulating in peripheral blood, capable of forming spheroids are way more resistant to anticancer drugs than the remnant circulating tumor cells. We, furthermore, demonstrate that salinomycin and curcumin efficiently destroy spheroids cultured from CETCs, strengthening their role as promising anticancer therapeutics.

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