Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Long-term organoid culture of a small intestinal neuroendocrine tumor. |
| Authors: |
D’Agosto, Sabrina, Fiorini, Elena, Pezzini, Francesco, Delfino, Pietro, Simbolo, Michele, Vicentini, Caterina, Andreani, Silvia, Capelli, Paola, Rusev, Borislav, Lawlor, Rita T., Bassi, Claudio, Landoni, Luca, Pea, Antonio, Luchini, Claudio, Scarpa, Aldo, Corbo, Vincenzo |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Endocrinology; 4/4/2023, Vol. 14, p1-12, 12p |
| Subject Terms: |
NEUROENDOCRINE tumors, INTESTINAL tumors, CANCER cell culture, HUMAN cell culture, GENE expression |
| Abstract: |
Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) are rare and highly heterogeneous neoplasms whose incidence has markedly increased over the last decades. A grading system based on the tumor cells’ proliferation index predicts high-risk for G3 NETs. However, low-to-intermediate grade (G1/G2) NETs have an unpredictable clinical course that varies from indolent to highly malignant. Cultures of human cancer cells enable to perform functional perturbation analyses that are instrumental to enhance our understanding of cancer biology. To date, no tractable and reliable long-term culture of G1/G2 NET has been reported to permit disease modeling and pharmacological screens. Here, we report of the first long-term culture of a G2 metastatic small intestinal NET that preserves the main genetic drivers of the tumor and retains expression patterns of the endocrine cell lineage. Replicating the tissue, this long-term culture showed a low proliferation index, and yet it could be propagated continuously without dramatic changes in the karyotype. The model was readily available for pharmacological screens using targeted agents and as expected, showed low tumorigenic capacity in vivo. Overall, this is the first long-term culture of NETs to faithfully recapitulate many aspects of the original neuroendocrine tumor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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