Drug screening by uniform patient derived colorectal cancer hydro-organoids

Yong Hun Jung, Dong Hee Choi, Kyungwon Park, Sat byol Lee, Jonghun Kim, Hyunho Kim, Hyun Woo Jeong, Ji Hun Yang, Jin A. Kim, Seok Chung, Byung Soh Min

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Abstract

As the importance of organoids increases, the need to develop organoid culture systems suitable for basic biological and clinical applications is being emphasized. However, there is still an unmet need to produce functionally complex and scalable uniform organoids. Here, we demonstrate a scalable organoid production platform with 8 well strips and a total of 8 × 9 microwells per strip using organoids derived from colorectal cancer tissue. The new culture platform is a format in which single cells are self-organized into organoids in culture medium supplemented with 2% Matrigel. It is functionally compatible with existing 96 well plates and Matrigel based conventional organoid culture methods. The consistency, uniformity and reproducibility of organoid produced on the new platform have been significantly improved compared to those of conventional plates. Importantly, Hydro-organoids are functionally identical to conventional Matrigel organoids, but show better consistency in drug screening. Our results show the possibility that Hydro-organoids can be used in high-throughput assays and incorporated into drug screening models to predict clinical outcomes.

Original languageEnglish
Article number121004
JournalBiomaterials
Volume276
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Sept

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Technology Innovation Program (10067407, Development of high throughput organoid clearing system and 3D imaging system for drug) funded by the Ministry of Trade, industry & Energy (MOTIE, Korea) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government. (MSIT) (2020R1A2B5B0300 2005). BSM and SBL were supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea grant funded by the Ministry of Education (2017R1D1A1B03032419). YHJ was supported by the Global PhD fellowship (GPF) program funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)(NRF-2017H1A2A1043744).

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Technology Innovation Program (10067407, Development of high throughput organoid clearing system and 3D imaging system for drug) funded by the Ministry of Trade, industry & Energy ( MOTIE , Korea) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government. ( MSIT ) ( 2020R1A2B5B0300 2005 ). BSM and SBL were supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea grant funded by the Ministry of Education ( 2017R1D1A1B03032419 ). YHJ was supported by the Global PhD fellowship ( GPF ) program funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) ( NRF-2017H1A2A1043744 ).

Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords

  • Cancer organoid
  • Drug screening
  • High-throughput
  • Organoid platform
  • Uniformity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Bioengineering
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Biophysics
  • Biomaterials
  • Mechanics of Materials

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