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The development of necrosis and apoptosis in glioma: experimental findings using spheroid culture systems.

Abstract：

:Cell death in gliomas may occur either by apoptosis, or, in the case of high grade tumours, by necrosis, but questions remain as to the pathogenesis and relationship between these processes. The development of cell death was investigated in multicellular glioma spheroid cultures. Spheroids model the development of cell death due to diffusion gradients in a three-dimensional system without confounding influences of immune response, pressure gradients, etc. Spheroid cultures were established from four malignant glioma cell lines: U87, U373, MOG-G-CCM and A172; harvested from culture at weekly intervals and stained with Haematoxylin and Eosin (H&E), TdT-mediated dUTP-X nick end labelling (TUNEL) and by immunohistochemistry for vimentin, Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) and Ki67. Annexin V flow cytometry and counts of apoptotic cells on H & E stained sections were performed to assess levels of apoptosis. Modes of cell death were also characterized by electron microscopy. Spatially separate zones of proliferation, differentiation and central cell death developed with increasing spheroid diameter. Central cell death developed at a predictable radius (300-400 microm) for each cell line. Ultrastructural examination showed this to be necrotic in type. Apoptosis was most reliably assayed by morphological counts using H & E. Basal levels of apoptosis were low (< 0.5%), but increased with increasing spheroid diameter (> 2% in U87). In particular, levels of apoptosis rose following development of central necrosis and apoptoses were most abundant in the peri-necrotic zone. There were quantitative differences in the levels of apoptosis and necrosis between glioma cell lines. The predictable onset of necrosis in the spheroids will allow us to investigate the pathogenesis of necrosis and events in prenecrotic cells. There is a relationship between the development of necrosis and apoptosis in this model and these processes can be separately assayed. Further in vitro and genetic studies will enable us to study these events and interactions in greater detail than is possible using other cell culture and in vivo systems.

journal_name

Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol

journal_title

Neuropathology and applied neurobiology

authors

Bell HS,Whittle IR,Walker M,Leaver HA,Wharton SB

doi

10.1046/j.0305-1846.2001.00319.x

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pub_date

2001-08-01 00:00:00

pages

291-304

issue

eissn

0305-1846

issn

1365-2990

pii

nan319

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The development of necrosis and apoptosis in glioma: experimental findings using spheroid culture systems.