Application of a simple device for 'attracting' and 'trapping' glioma cells in situ

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant adult brain tumor. The current adjuvant therapies for GBM are disappointing, which are based on cytotoxicity strategy. Thus, other ways should be explored to improve the curative effect. According to the strong invasive ability of GBM cells, we assume a new treatment strategy for GBM by developing a new cell trap device (CTD) with some kind of “attractive” medium loaded in it to attract and capture the tumor cells. The in vitro experiment showed that Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) presented stronger chemotaxis on C6 and U87 cell line than the Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) and Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF). A simple in vitro CTD loaded with HGF was made and in vivo experiments results showed that HGF successfully attracted tumor cells from tumor bed in situ into the CTD. This study proposes the new strategy for GBM treatment of “attract and trap” tumor cells is proved to be feasible.