Bakkalci, Deniz;
Al-Badri, Georgina;
Yang, Wei;
Nam, Andy;
Liang, Yan;
Khurram, Syed Ali;
Heavey, Susan;
... Cheema, Umber; + view all
(2024)
Spatial transcriptomic interrogation of the tumour-stroma boundary in a 3D engineered model of ameloblastoma.
Materials Today Bio
, 24
, Article 100923. 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100923.
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Abstract
Stromal cells are key components of the tumour microenvironment (TME) and their incorporation into 3D engineered tumour-stroma models is essential for tumour mimicry. By engineering tumouroids with distinct tumour and stromal compartments, it has been possible to identify how gene expression of tumour cells is altered and influenced by the presence of different stromal cells. Ameloblastoma is a benign epithelial tumour of the jawbone. In engineered, multi-compartment tumouroids spatial transcriptomics revealed an upregulation of oncogenes in the ameloblastoma transcriptome where osteoblasts were present in the stromal compartment (bone stroma). Where a gingival fibroblast stroma was engineered, the ameloblastoma tumour transcriptome revealed increased matrix remodelling genes. This study provides evidence to show the stromal-specific effect on tumour behaviour and illustrates the importance of engineering biologically relevant stroma for engineered tumour models. Our novel results show that an engineered fibroblast stroma causes the upregulation of matrix remodelling genes in ameloblastoma which directly correlates to measured invasion in the model. In contrast the presence of a bone stroma increases the expression of oncogenes by ameloblastoma cells.
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