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ArticleMedical molecular morphology2015

Establishment of successively transplantable rabbit VX2 cancer cells that express enhanced green fluorescent protein.

Hisashi Oshiro, Hidenobu Fukumura, Kiyotaka Nagahama, Itaru Sato, Kei Sugiura, Hiroaki Iobe, Emi Okiyama, Toshitaka Nagao, Yoji Nagashima, Ichiro Aoki and 10 more

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20 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hisashi OshiroDepartment of Pathology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004, Japan, oshiroh@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.
Hidenobu Fukumura
Kiyotaka Nagahama
Itaru Sato
Kei Sugiura
Hiroaki Iobe
Emi Okiyama
Toshitaka Nagao
Yoji Nagashima
Ichiro Aoki
Shoji Yamanaka
Ayumi Murakami
Jiro Maegawa
Takashi Chishima
Yasushi Ichikawa
Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Takeshi Nagai
Masaharu Nomura
Kenichi Ohashi
Koji Okudela
Yokohama City University · JPTokyo Medical University Hospital · JP

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Abstract

Morphological detection of cancer cells in the rabbit VX2 allograft transplantation model is often difficult in a certain region such as serosal cavity where reactive mesothelial cells mimic cancer cells and both cells share common markers such as cytokeratins. Therefore, tagging VX2 cells with a specific and sensitive marker that easily distinguishes them from other cells would be advantageous. Thus, we tried to establish a successively transplantable, enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-expressing VX2 model. Cancer cells obtained from a conventional VX2-bearing rabbit were cultured in vitro and transfected with an EGFP-encoding vector, and then successively transplanted in Healthy Japanese White rabbits (HJWRs) (n = 8). Besides, conventional VX2 cells were transplanted in other HJWRs (n = 8). Clinicopathological comparison analyses were performed between the two groups. The success rate of transplantation was 100% for both groups. The sensitivity and specificity of EGFP for immunohistochemical detection of VX2 cells were 84.3 and 100%, respectively. No significant differences in cancer cell morphology, tumor size (P = 0.742), Ki-67 labeling index (P = 0.878), or survival rate (P = 0.592) were observed between the two. VX2 cells can be genetically altered, visualized by EGFP, and successively transplanted without significant alteration of morphological and biological properties compared to those of the conventional model.

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AnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHEK293 CellsHumansImmunohistochemistryMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMicroscopy, FluorescenceMicroscopy, Phase-ContrastNeoplasms, ExperimentalNeoplasm TransplantationRabbitsSurvival AnalysisTransfectionTumor Cells, Culturedenhanced green fluorescent proteinGreen Fluorescent Proteins

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