In vivo time-course imaging of tumor angiogenesis in colorectal liver metastases in the same living mice using two-photon laser scanning microscopy.
In vivo time-course imaging of tumor angiogenesis in colorectal liver metastases in the same living mice using two-photon laser scanning microscopy.
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DOI:
10.1155/2012/265487
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发表时间:
2012
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Kusunoki M
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Tanaka K;Morimoto Y;Toiyama Y;Matsushita K;Kawamura M;Koike Y;Okugawa Y;Inoue Y;Uchida K;Araki T;Mizoguchi A;Kusunoki M
In vivo real-time visualization of the process of angiogenesis in secondary tumors in the same living animals presents a major challenge in metastasis research. We developed a technique for intravital imaging of colorectal liver metastasis development in live mice using two-photon laser scanning microscopy (TPLSM). We also developed time-series TPLSM in which intravital TPLSM procedures were performed several times over periods of days to months. Red fluorescent protein-expressing colorectal cancer cells were inoculated into the spleens of green fluorescent protein-expressing mice. First- and second-round intravital TPLSM allowed visualization of viable cancer cells (red) in hepatic sinusoids or the space of Disse. Third-round intravital TPLSM demonstrated liver metastatic colonies consisting of viable cancer cells and surrounding stroma with tumor vessels (green). In vivo time-course imaging of tumor angiogenesis in the same living mice using time-series TPLSM could be an ideal tool for antiangiogenic drug evaluation, reducing the effects of interindividual variation.