Here, a method is described for the preparation of 3-dimensional (3D) spheroid co-culture of pancreatic cancer cells and fibroblasts, followed by measurement of metabolic functions using an extracellular flux analyzer.
Noel, P., Muñoz, R., Rogers, G. W., Neilson, A., Von Hoff, D. D., Han, H. Preparation and Metabolic Assay of 3-dimensional Spheroid Co-cultures of Pancreatic Cancer Cells and Fibroblasts. J. Vis. Exp. (126), e56081, doi:10.3791/56081 (2017).