PRIMARY ORGAN-CULTURE OF NONNEOPLASTIC AND NEOPLASTIC THYROID-TISSUE AS MULTICELLULAR SPHEROIDS

  • Authors:
    • GO NESS
    • R BJERKVIG
    • LA AKSLEN
    • JR LILLEHAUG
    • JE VARHAUG
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  • Published online on: May 1, 1995     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.6.5.1071
  • Pages: 1071-1078
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Abstract

Biopsy specimens from 5 papillary thyroid carcinomas (PC), 2 lymph node metastases (LM) from PC, 3 colloid goitres (CG) and 7 normal (N) thyroid tissue were maintained as three-dimensional structures in agar overlay culture for up to 6 weeks. This organ culture method provides a system that maintains the cellular complexity present in the original tissue, including the stromal elements. Organotypic cultures with a well defined surface architecture were obtained. Follicles present in the spheroids maintained a polarized epithelial cell layer. Immunohistochemical staining showed thyroglobulin expression in most spheroids after two weeks of culture. Proliferating cells were also observed after the same time period evaluated by proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) immunostaining. The spheroids obtained from one of the papillary carcinomas and the corresponding lymph node metastasis increased in volume size during the first three weeks of culture while in the other cases volume decreased. The proportion of connective tissue increased in most of the spheroids during the culture period and a partial collapse of follicles was observed in parallel. Papillary structures were observed in spheroids from papillary carcinomas and lymph node metastases. Our data indicate that viable organotypic spheroid cultures can be obtained and propagated in vitro from thyroid tissue. Such a system has a potential use for studying normal biological functions of thyroid tissue in vitro and this method may be of special value in studying mechanisms of invasive growth as well as effects of therapy on normal and neoplastic tissue taken from individual patients.

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NESS G, BJERKVIG R, AKSLEN L, LILLEHAUG J and VARHAUG J: PRIMARY ORGAN-CULTURE OF NONNEOPLASTIC AND NEOPLASTIC THYROID-TISSUE AS MULTICELLULAR SPHEROIDS. Int J Oncol 6: 1071-1078, 1995
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NESS, G., BJERKVIG, R., AKSLEN, L., LILLEHAUG, J., & VARHAUG, J. (1995). PRIMARY ORGAN-CULTURE OF NONNEOPLASTIC AND NEOPLASTIC THYROID-TISSUE AS MULTICELLULAR SPHEROIDS. International Journal of Oncology, 6, 1071-1078. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.6.5.1071
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NESS, G., BJERKVIG, R., AKSLEN, L., LILLEHAUG, J., VARHAUG, J."PRIMARY ORGAN-CULTURE OF NONNEOPLASTIC AND NEOPLASTIC THYROID-TISSUE AS MULTICELLULAR SPHEROIDS". International Journal of Oncology 6.5 (1995): 1071-1078.
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NESS, G., BJERKVIG, R., AKSLEN, L., LILLEHAUG, J., VARHAUG, J."PRIMARY ORGAN-CULTURE OF NONNEOPLASTIC AND NEOPLASTIC THYROID-TISSUE AS MULTICELLULAR SPHEROIDS". International Journal of Oncology 6, no. 5 (1995): 1071-1078. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.6.5.1071