Micrometastatic Drug Screening Platform Shows Heterogeneous Response to MAP Chemotherapy in Osteosarcoma Cell Lines

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
Christopher D CollierEdward M Greenfield

Abstract

Approximately 80% of patients with osteosarcoma harbor subclinical pulmonary micrometastases at diagnosis. Conventional chemotherapy includes methotrexate, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (MAP); however, this regimen and thus overall survival (60%-70%) have remained largely unchanged for 30 years. It therefore is necessary to identify novel therapeutics targeting the metastatic progression of osteosarcoma. This laboratory study explored application of osteosarcoma spheroids (sarcospheres) for drug screening with the following purposes: (1) to characterize sarcosphere size; (2) to establish accurate measurement of sarcosphere growth; (3) to confirm sarcosphere uniformity; and (4) to apply the platform to evaluate MAP chemotherapy. Sarcospheres were first characterized to establish accurate measurement of sarcosphere growth and uniform production. The refined platform then was applied to evaluate MAP chemotherapy to validate its use in drug screening. Sarcospheres were generated from highly metastatic human cell lines (143B, MG-63.3, and LM7) by centrifugation to form three-dimensional aggregates modeling micrometastases. Sarcospheres were matured for 24 hours and then incubated with or without drug from Days 0 to 2. Size was assessed...Continue Reading

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