Table 2 A comparison of HNC patients derived tumouroids culture conditions.

From: Head and neck cancer patient-derived tumouroid cultures: opportunities and challenges

 

Clevers and Driehuis’s method

Kijima and Nakagawa’s method

Base media

Advanced DMEM/ F12 (includes GlutaMAX, HEPES, Penicillin–streptomycin)

Advanced DMEM/F12 (includes GlutaMAX, HEPES, Gentamicin, and Antibiotic-Antimycotic)

Primocin

100 μg/mL

 

Gentamicin

 

10 µg/mL

Antibiotic-Antimycotic

 

x1

RN conditioned medium (that includes R-spondin and Noggin)

 

2%

B27 supplement

1

x1

N2 (x)

 

x1

R-spondin (% v/v for CM or ng/mL for rec)

4% v/v

50 ng/mL

Noggin (% v/v for CM or ng/mL for rec)

4% v/v

 

N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) (mM)

1.25

1 ng/mL

Nicotinamide (NIC) (mM)

10 mM

 

Human Epidermal growth factor (EGF) (ng/mL)

50 ng/mL

 

3-(6-Methyl-2-pyridinyl)-N-phenyl-4-(4-quinolinyl)-1H-pyrazole-1-carbothioamide (A83-01) (μM)

0.5 μM

 

Human Fibroblast Growth Factor 10 (FGF10) (ng/mL)

10 ng/mL

 

Human Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 (FGF2) (ng/mL)

5 ng/mL

 

Prostaglandin E2 (μM)

1 μM

 

Forskolin (μM)

1 μM

 

CHIR 99021 (C22H18Cl2N8) (μM)

3 μM

 

Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) inhibitor Y-27632 (μM)

10 μM

10 μM