Journal: Science Advances
Article Title: Leukemia-on-a-chip: Dissecting the chemoresistance mechanisms in B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia bone marrow niche
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aba5536
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Schematic demonstrating the design of leukemia-on-a-chip that consists of three functional regions. ( B ) Whole scan of the resultant leukemic BM niche system, where the enlarged area shows the colocalization of murine B-ALL cells within the perivascular niche. The bottom insert shows colocalization in the endosteal niche. ( C ) Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining image of the in vivo murine leukemic BM niche, with the enlarged area showing the colocalization of B-ALL cells within the perivascular and endosteal niches. ( D ) The chemoresistance was compared between the engineered human BM niches of ETV6-RUNX1 + REH and Ph + SUP-B15 B-ALL. Each drug concentration had three or more experimental replicates. ( E ) The cytokine profiles from two B-ALL blasts with and without niche cells were quantified using membrane-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) analysis. MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; MIG, monokine induced by gamma interferon. ( F ) Quantification of nuclear (Nuc)/cytoplasmic (Cyto) ratio of NF-κB in REH and SUP B-ALL within their respective niche models. The ratios for REH and SUP were manually measured from three experimental replicates ( n > 150). ( G ) Percentage of Ki67 + B-ALL cells, corresponding to (F). Data were collected from three experimental replicates. Unpaired t test (** P < 0.01, Mann-Whitney test). GCSF, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; GRO, growth-regulated oncogene; IL, interleukin; IFN-γ, interferon-γ; TGFβ1, transforming growth factor–β1; TNFα, tumor necrosis factor–α; DAPI, 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole.
Article Snippet: Cytokine secretion profiles of niche cells were examined by using Mouse Cytokine Antibody Array membrane-based ELISA kit (AAM-CYT-3, RayBiotech) or Human Cytokine Antibody Array membrane-based ELISA kit (AAH-CYT-1, RayBiotech), according to the manufacturer’s protocols.
Techniques: Functional Assay, Staining, In Vivo, Concentration Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, MANN-WHITNEY