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Spheroids as 3D Cell Models for Testing of Drugs

European Pharmaceutical Journal
Volume 70 (2023): Issue s1 (December 2023)
By: E. Nováková,  V. Mikušová and  M. Šupolíková  
Open Access
|Aug 2023

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Figure 1.

Morphology of parental adherent monolayer and tumor sphere HeLa cells. (A) Parental HeLa cells cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium + 10% fetal bovine serum grew as an adherent monolayer. (B) Parental HeLa cells cultured under a nonadhesive culture system formed typical tumor spheres (Wang et al., 2014).
Morphology of parental adherent monolayer and tumor sphere HeLa cells. (A) Parental HeLa cells cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium + 10% fetal bovine serum grew as an adherent monolayer. (B) Parental HeLa cells cultured under a nonadhesive culture system formed typical tumor spheres (Wang et al., 2014).

Figure 2.

Adherent cell lines forming cell monolayers and spheroid structures (own resource).
Adherent cell lines forming cell monolayers and spheroid structures (own resource).

Figure 3.

Schematic diagrams of traditional two-dimensional (2D) monolayer cell culture (A) and three typical three-dimensional (3D) cell culture systems: cell spheroids/aggregates grown on a matrix (B), cells embedded in a matrix (C), and cell spheroids without a scaffold in suspension (D) (Edmondson et al., 2014 – modified).
Schematic diagrams of traditional two-dimensional (2D) monolayer cell culture (A) and three typical three-dimensional (3D) cell culture systems: cell spheroids/aggregates grown on a matrix (B), cells embedded in a matrix (C), and cell spheroids without a scaffold in suspension (D) (Edmondson et al., 2014 – modified).

Figure 4.

Schematic diagram of typical zones of cell proliferation in a 3D spheroid with models of oxygenation, nutrition, and CO2 removal (Edmondson et al., 2014 – modified).
Schematic diagram of typical zones of cell proliferation in a 3D spheroid with models of oxygenation, nutrition, and CO2 removal (Edmondson et al., 2014 – modified).

Figure 5.

Preparation of spheroids from an adherent cell culture, which serves to investigate the dynamics of autoadhesion and the kinetics of cell aggregation. It involves their self-assembly under nonadherent culture conditions, where cells are forced to aggregate on adhesion-restricting surfaces that are coated with agarose (own resource).
Preparation of spheroids from an adherent cell culture, which serves to investigate the dynamics of autoadhesion and the kinetics of cell aggregation. It involves their self-assembly under nonadherent culture conditions, where cells are forced to aggregate on adhesion-restricting surfaces that are coated with agarose (own resource).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/afpuc-2023-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2453-6725
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Language: English
Page range: 37 - 43
Submitted on: Jun 22, 2023
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Accepted on: Jun 23, 2023
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Published on: Aug 24, 2023
Published by: Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Pharmacy
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
2D cell cultures,
3D cell cultures,
spheroids,
liquid overlay technique
Related subjects:
Pharmacy,
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© 2023 E. Nováková, V. Mikušová, M. Šupolíková, published by Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Pharmacy
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