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Notably, brain metastatic breast cancer (BMBC) is the second most common, accounting for ~30% of all brain metastasis cases. BMBC typically has poor prognosis and is resistant to chemotherapy. In the brain tumor environment, metastatic cells interact with stromal cells, such as astrocytes, influencing tumor growth and protecting them from chemotherapy. Herein, we report a three\u2010dimensional (3D) co\u2010culture spheroid model to study astrocyte induced growth and chemoresistance in BMBC cells. We prepared co\u2010culture spheroids of BMBC cells and human astrocytes (1:1 ratio) or only BMBC cell spheroids, cultured them in suspension for 7 days, and treated them with paclitaxel (PTX). Using proliferation and apoptosis assays our results demonstrate that tumor cells in co\u2010culture spheroids were non\u2010responsive to PTX, while the tumor cell spheroids were responsive. Moreover, the chemoprotection of tumor cells by astrocytes in co\u2010culture spheroids was mediated by connexin 43 (CX43) dependent STAT1 signaling pathway. Accordingly, the inhibition of CX43 alleviated PTX resistance in co\u2010culture spheroids. 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