Assay establishment and validation of a high-throughput organoid-based drug screening platform
Stem Cell Research & Therapy(2022)
摘要
Background Organoids are three-dimensional structures that closely recapitulate tissue architecture and cellular composition, thereby holding great promise for organoid-based drug screening. Although growing in three-dimensional provides the possibility for organoids to recapitulate main features of corresponding tissues, it makes it incommodious for imaging organoids in two-dimensional and identifying surviving organoids from surrounding dead cells after organoids being treated by irradiation or chemotherapy. Therefore, significant work remains to establish high-quality controls to standardize organoid analyses and make organoid models more reproducible. Methods In this study, the Z-stack imaging technique was used for the imaging of three-dimensional organoids to gather all the organoids’ maximum cross sections in one imaging. The combination of live cell staining fluorescent dye Calcein-AM and ImageJ assessment was used to analyze the survival of organoids treated by irradiation or chemotherapy. Results We have established a novel quantitative high-throughput imaging assay that harnesses the scalability of organoid cultures. Using this assay, we can capture organoid growth over time, measure multiple whole-well organoid readouts, and show the different responses to drug treatments. Conclusions In summary, combining the Z-stack imaging technique and fluorescent labeling methods, we established an assay for the imaging and analysis of three-dimensional organoids. Our data demonstrated the feasibility of using organoid-based platforms for high-throughput drug screening assays. Graphical Abstract
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Organoid, Z-stack, Fluorescence, High-throughput, Drug screening
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