Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 15, Issue 49, Pages 56859-56868Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c14417
Keywords
portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT); hepaticlobule chip; hepatic metastasis; colorectal cancer; hepaticfunction
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This study developed an on-chip PVmT model for colorectal cancer, which helps understand the progression of PVTT and its effects on hepatic cell metabolites and structures. Additionally, it demonstrated the preliminary efficacy of combined thermo-ablation and chemo-drug therapy for PVmT.
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors. At the advanced stage of colorectal cancer, cancer cells migrate with the blood to the liver from the hepatic portal vein, eventually resulting in a portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT). To date, the progression of the early onset of PVTT [portal vein microthrombus (PVmT) induced by tumors] is unclear. Herein, we developed an on-chip PVmT model by loading the spheroid of colorectal cancer cells into the portal vein of a hepatic lobule chip (HLC). On the HLC, the progression of PVmT was presented, and early changes in metabolites of hepatic cells and in structures of hepatic plates and sinusoids induced by PVmT were analyzed. We replicated intrahepatic angiogenesis, thickened blood vessels, an increased number of hepatocytes, disordered hepatic plates, and decreased concentrations of biomarkers of hepatic cell functions in PVmT progression on a microfluidic chip for the first time. In addition, the combined therapy of thermo-ablation and chemo-drug for PVmT was preliminarily demonstrated. This study provides a promising method for understanding PVTT evolution and offers a valuable reference for PVTT therapy.
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