Human RT‐4 bladder carcinoma is highly metastatic in nude mice and comparable ras‐H‐transformed RT‐4 when orthotopically onplanted as histologically intact tisuee
Human RT‐4 bladder carcinoma is highly metastatic in nude mice and comparable ras‐H‐transformed RT‐4 when orthotopically onplanted as histologically intact tisuee
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人 RT-4 膀胱在裸鼠癌中具有高度转移性,并且当作为组织学完整的组织原位移植时,ras-H 转化的 RT-4 具有相当的转移性
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Hoffman Rm
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作者:
X. Fu;Hoffman Rm
It has been estimated that 5-10% of human transitional-cell carcinomas (TCCs) of the bladder contain a mutated ras gene (Theodorescu et al., 1990). This raises the question of whether activated ras genes are causal to acquisition of the metastatic program of bladder tumors. Theodorescu et al. (1990) observed that the RT-4 human bladder carcinoma line is not invasive in nude mice, even after orthotopic injection of disaggregated cells. However, when a mutated human H-ras gene was transfected into RT-4 so that over-expression of the gene occurred in selected cell lines such as RT-4-mr-10 (RT-lo), the selected cell line was able to locally invade the bladder after transurethral orthotopic inoculation of disaggregated cells. However, no contiguous or metastatic spread by RT-10 was found in other organs. The parental cell lines and the ras-transfectants all produced tumors when inoculated S.C. However, the tumors grew in the S.C. site as pseudoencapsulated masses without any evidence of tissue invasion (Theodorescu et al., 1990). We have developed an intact-tissue onplant method of orthotopic transplantation of human tumors in nude mice (Fu et al., 1991qb). This method, first developed with colon cancer (Fu et al., 1991a), allows surgical patient tissue to be directly grajled onto the orthotopic organ of the nude mouse with resulting local growth and subsequent extensive regional metastases, lymph-node and liver metastases (Fu et al., 1991a). The method utilized harvested, s.c.-grown tissue of RT-10 as a tissue source, and showed that the orthotopically-onplanted RT-10 was highly metastatic to many organs in the nude mouse (Fu et al., 1991b). These results contrasted with findings obtained by injection of disaggregated cells of RT-10, which were invasive but not metastatic (Theodorescu et al., 1990). We have now applied the orthotopic onplant method to histologically intact tissue of the parental RT-4 itself and found that it, too, was highly metastatic. RT-4 human bladder cells were obtained from the ATCC (Rockville, MD) and grown S.C. in 4-week-old outbred female nude mice. The S.C. grown tumors were excised and cut into 2-mm3 pieces and orthotopically onplanted as previously described (Fu et al., 1991qb). Briefly, the nude mice were anesthetized with isofluorene inhalation and the lower abdomen was sterilized with iodine and alcohol swabs. A small midline incision was made and the urinaly bladder was exposed. The surgical adhesive 2-cyanoacrylic acid ester was applied on one side of the 2-mm3 tumor xeenograj? tissue and the piece of tumor was subsequently glued on top of the urinary bladder. The abdominal incision was closed with 7-0 silk surgical sutures in one layer. The animals were then kept in a sterile environment. When the animals wepe moribund they were sacrijiced and full autopsies were performed. At autopsy all major organs were grossly examined. Each organ was Jived in 10% formalin, dehydrated, embedded in parafin, sectioned and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. After orthotopic transplantation of RT-4 to the nude-mouse bladder, extensive local growth occurred (over 2 cm x 2 cm) along with invasion of the bladder with metastases to the lymph nodes, diaphragm, abdominal wall, omentum, pancreas and liver (Table I). These results are similar to those with the ras-H-transformed RT-4 tumor RT-10 after orthotopic onplantation of intact tissue (Fu et al., 1991b). Figure l a shows a nude mouse bladder in which RT-4 had grown orthotopically for 83 days. As can be seen, the tumor formed large masses in the abdominal area and became much larger than the bladder itself (also shown). Figure I b shows the nude mouse bladder after orthotopic onplantation of normal humanbladder tissue which did not result in tumor formation, thus emphasizing the tumor-forming ability of RT-4. Figure l c shows the pathohistology of the locally-growing RT-4 tumor in the nude mouse which is a typical transitional-cell carcinoma. Figure I d shows a greatly enlarged nude-mouse iliac lymph node involved with tumor. Figure 1 e shows the pathohistology of the tumor-involved lymph node in the nude mouse, indicating typical transitional-cell carcinoma. Figure 1 f shows the human RT-4 bladder tumor which has metastasized to the pancreas, liver serosa and lymph nodes in the nude mouse. The metastatic tumor growth on the liver serosa did not invade the parenchymal tissue. Therefore, the possibili& of transcoelomic spread cannot be ruled out. Figure 1 g shows the histopathology of the pancreatic metastasis in the nude mouse. Figure l h shows tumor-involved gastric lymph nodes. Figure 1 i shows the pathohistology of the tumor-involved gastric lymph node of the nude mouse, indicating transitional-cell carcinoma. Figure lj shows the excised nude mouse diaphragm fully involved with bladder tumor. Figure l k shows the pathohistology of the tumor-involved diaphragm of the nude mouse indicating transitional-cell carcinoma. The entire diaphragm was replaced by
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.87.22.9047
发表时间:
1990
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Theodorescu,D;Cornil,I;Fernandez,BJ;Kerbel,RS
通讯作者:
Kerbel,RS