Use of a laser diffraction particle sizer for the measurement of mean diameter of multicellular tumor spheroids |
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Authors: | C. D. Boothby Jill Daniel Sandra Adam J. E. D. Dyson |
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Affiliation: | (1) University Department of Radiotherapy, Cookridge Hospital, Tunbridge Building, LS16 6QB Leeds, UK;(2) Department of Radiobilogy, Cookridge Hospital, Tunbridge Building, LS16 6QB Leeds, UK |
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Abstract: | Summary Increasing use is being made of tumor cell lines cultured as cell aggregates (generally referred to as multicellular spheroids) in in vitro radiosensitivity and/or chemosensitivity tests. Conventional procedures for the determination of mean spheroid diameters for the construction of growth delay curves employ a microscope-image analyzer. However, this approach can prove excessively time consuming when large numbers of samples have to be, measured. We have, therefore, been exploring the use of a Laser Diffraction Particle Sizer, the Malvern 2600 long bench model, for the measurement of mean spheroid diameter and size distribution. We report here a direct comparison between measurements carried out by the instrument and under the microscope. Also a comparison of growth curves for six cell lines constructed from measurements by the microscope and by the instrument. A number of factors that might affect the accuracy of spheroid diameter measurement by the instrument have been investigated: The effect of stirring to maintain the spheroids in suspension during measurement. Sampling error due to removal of a series of spheroid samples from culture flasks for measurement. Optimum number of scans to be carried out by the instrument to reach a constant value for mean diameter, and minimum SE of the mean. This research was supported by the Yorkshire Cancer Research Campaign, Horrogate HG1 5LQ, United Kingdom, and by the Hospital Research Fund, Cookridge Hospitatl, Leeds LS16 6QB, United Kingdom. |
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Keywords: | tumor spheroids chemosensitivity testing radiosensitivity testing multicell spheroids spheroid culture |
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