A Bioreactor Model of Mouse Tumor Progression

Thouas, George A.; Sheridan, John; Hourigan, Kerry

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/32754

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Volume 2007 | Article ID 032754 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/32754

A Bioreactor Model of Mouse Tumor Progression

George A. Thouas,¹John Sheridan,¹and Kerry Hourigan¹

Academic Editor: Abdelali Haoudi

Received17 Dec 2006

Revised11 May 2007

Accepted18 Jun 2007

Published23 Aug 2007

Abstract

The present study represents an investigation of a novel stirred bioreactor for culture of a transformed cell line under defined hydrodynamic conditions in vitro. Cell colonies of the EL-4 mouse lymphoma cell line grown for the first time in a rotating disc bioreactor (RDB), were observed to undergo changes in phenotype in comparison to standard, static flask cultures. RDB cultures, with or without agitation, promoted the formation of adherent EL-4 cell plaques that merged to form contiguous tumor-like masses in longer-term cultures, unlike the unattached spheroid aggregates of flask cultures. Plaques grown under agitated conditions were further altered in morphology and distribution in direct response to fluid mechanical stimuli. Plaque colonies growth in RDBs with or without agitation also exhibited significant increases in production of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and lactate, suggesting an inducible “Warburg effect.” Increases in cell biomass in RDB cultures were no different to flask cultures, though a trend toward a marginal increase was observed at specific rotational speeds. The RDB may therefore be a suitable alternative method to study mechanisms of tumor progression and invasiveness in vitro, under more complex physicochemical conditions that may approximate natural tissue environments.

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