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Table 2 Culture systems of multiple tumoroids

From: Organoid technology and applications in cancer research

Tumoroid type

Culture components

Ref

Extracellular matrix

Growth factors

Molecule inhibitors

Stomach cancer

Matrigel

(growth factor reduced)

ADMEM/F12, penicillin/streptomycin, L-glutamine, B27, N2, bovine serum albumin, EGF, Noggin, R-spondin-1, gastrin, FGF10, FGF-basic, Wnt3A, prostaglandin E2, and nicotinamide

A-83-01

Y27632

SB202190

[26]

Intestinal cancer

Liver cancer

Basement membrane extract

Classical human liver organoid isolation medium:

ADMEM/F12, penicillin/streptomycin, GlutaMAX, HEPES, B27 (without vitamin A), N2, N-acetylcysteine, nicotinamide, gastrin 1, EGF, FGF10, HGF, forskolin, R-spondin-1, Wnt3A, and Noggin

Tumoroid-specific isolation medium:

Classical human liver organoid isolation medium with the elimination of R-spondin-1, Wnt3A, and Noggin as well as addition of dexamethasone

Human healthy liver-derived organoids expansion medium

Classical human liver organoid isolation medium with the elimination of Y27632, Wnt3A, and Noggin

A-83-01

Y27632

[34]

Pancreatic cancer

Matrigel

ADMEM/F12, penicillin/streptomycin, GlutaMAX, HEPES, B27, N-acetylcysteine, EGF, R-spondin-1, gastrin 1, Wnt3A, Noggin, and FGF

A-83-01

[66]

Breast cancer

Basement membrane extract (reduced growth factor)

ADMEM/F12, penicillin/streptomycin, GlutaMAX, HEPES, B27, N-acetylcysteine, R-spondin-1, FGF7, FGF10, nicotinamide, Noggin, primocin, and neuregulin 1

A-83-01

Y27632

[38]

Bladder cancer

Matrigel

Hepatocyte media with EGF, FBS, GlutaMAX, and primocin

Y27632

[67]

Prostate cancer

Matrigel

(growth factor reduced)

ADMEM, penicillin/streptomycin, primocin, GlutaMAX, B27, EGF, N-acetylcysteine, FGF10, FGF-basic, nicotinamide, testosterone, prostaglandin E2, Noggin, and R-spondin

A-83-01

SB202190

[68]