Analytical Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
5 years ago

Integrated Microfluidic Platform with Multiple Functions To Probe Tumor–Endothelial Cell Interaction

Integrated Microfluidic Platform with Multiple Functions To Probe Tumor–Endothelial Cell Interaction
Ling Lin, Takehiko Kitamori, Luyao Lin, Jiashu Sun, Xuexia Lin, Qiang Feng, Jin-Ming Lin
Interaction between tumor and endothelial cells could affect tumor growth and progression and induce drug resistance during cancer therapy. Investigation of tumor–endothelial cell interaction involves cell coculture, protein detection, and analysis of drug metabolites, which are complicated and time-consuming. In this work, we present an integrated microfluidic device with three individual components (cell coculture component, protein detection component, and pretreatment component for drug metabolites) to probe the interaction between tumor and endothelial cells. Cocultured cervical carcinoma cells (CaSki cells) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) show higher resistance to chemotherapeutic agents than single-cultured cells, indicated by higher cell viability, increased expression of angiogenic proteins, and elevated level of paclitaxel metabolites under coculture conditions. This integrated microfluidic platform with multiple functions facilitates understanding of the interaction between tumor and endothelial cells, and it may become a promising tool for drug screening within an engineered tumor microenvironment.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02593

DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02593

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