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Testing The Cancer Stem Cell Hypothesis Using The Hybrid Spheroid Assay And Koch'S Postulates

CANCER RESEARCH(2016)

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We tested the Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) hypothesis using the patented Hybrid Spheroid (HS) Assay (HSA) and by applying Koch9s postulates to test its validity. The HSA is an in vitro assay that enables one to take a viable sample of an individual patient9s tumor, make a single cell suspension, mix it in known proportions with human fibroblasts (AG1522) and dispense a known number of cells of the mixture into each well of Ultra Low Attachment (ULA) 96-well plates to agglomerate into 1 HS/well, each containing an average of Applying Koch9s postulates: (1) Does the patient9s tumor contain cells with CSC properties? Yes: (a) The HSs grow to a size consistent with containing a CSC, (b) those that grew contain cells expressing ≥ 1 OKSM factor(s), and (c) such HSs contain differentiated progeny of the initial CSC. (2) Can we isolate and propagate these cells? In progress: testing HS serial growth, dissociation and reculture. (3) Can these cells induce the tumor in vivo? In progress: testing by xenografting individual CSC-containing HSs in NSG mice. (4) Do these cells contain and express specific gene products that give them CSC properties? Yes: Demonstrated for Oct4 and Nanog. (5) If we disrupt these genes, do the cells lose their CSC properties? In progress: (shRNA). (6) If we eliminate the CSCs do we eliminate the cancer? Yes: tested by (a) mathematical modeling of single CSC growth, differentiation of some progeny into ATCs capable of a limited number of divisions, that then become terminal non-proliferative tumor cells in the HSA; if a single CSC survives/remains, the HS will grow, i.e., the cancer will recur (63% for an average of 1 CSC in a HS, with a Poisson distribution, assuming that niche sites remain available), and (b) by measuring surviving fractions after exposure to radiation and/or chemotherapy agents (where sterilization of the CSC prevents the HS from growing ≥ 10 divisions. The HSA was applied to tumor samples taken from individual endometrial adenocarcinoma patients and correctly predicted, based on CSC radioresistance, which patients would fail their standard-of-care treatments. Conclusion: The CSC hypothesis is validated in the HSA. Citation Format: Christopher S. Lange, Talal Syed, Mike Zhang, Christian Sabalvaro, Hana I. Lim, Ghadir Salame, Bhargava Chitti, Ifeanyi Ilonzo, Arsalaan Ansari, Michelle Chan, Catherine Li, Jing Xu, Xiaotong Chen. Testing the cancer stem cell hypothesis using the hybrid spheroid assay and Koch9s postulates. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 3346.
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