期刊
PHARMACEUTICS
卷 12, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12121186
关键词
3D cultures; tumor microenvironment; tumor spheroids; efficacy analysis; drug resistance; cancer therapy
资金
- CESPU-Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politecnico e Universitario under the project IMPLDEBRIS-PL-3RL-IINFACTS-2019
- CESPU [BD/CBAS/CESPU/01/2020]
- FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/116167/2016]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/116167/2016] Funding Source: FCT
Most cancer biologists still rely on conventional two-dimensional (2D) monolayer culture techniques to test in vitro anti-tumor drugs prior to in vivo testing. However, the vast majority of promising preclinical drugs have no or weak efficacy in real patients with tumors, thereby delaying the discovery of successful therapeutics. This is because 2D culture lacks cell-cell contacts and natural tumor microenvironment, important in tumor signaling and drug response, thereby resulting in a reduced malignant phenotype compared to the real tumor. In this sense, three-dimensional (3D) cultures of cancer cells that better recapitulate in vivo cell environments emerged as scientifically accurate and low cost cancer models for preclinical screening and testing of new drug candidates before moving to expensive and time-consuming animal models. Here, we provide a comprehensive overview of 3D tumor systems and highlight the strategies for spheroid construction and evaluation tools of targeted therapies, focusing on their applicability in cancer research. Examples of the applicability of 3D culture for the evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of nanomedicines are discussed.
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