ArticleCancer diagnosis & prognosis
Precise Non-invasive Imaging Mouse Model of Pancreatic Cancer: Very Narrow Band-width Laser Fluorescence Excitation of Green Fluorescent Protein Provides Ultra-bright Tumor Images With no Skin Autofluorescence.
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- Non-Invasive Direct Visualization of Luciferase-Luciferin Emitted Light Producing True Images from an Orthotopic Lung Cancer Xenograft Model in Nude Mice Using an Ultra-sensitive Low-light Camera and Optics.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
- Imaging Transgenic Nude Mice Expressing Spectrally-distinct Fluorescent Reporters Emitting From Blue to Far Red Light With One Instrument With Single-nanometer-tuning of Laser-excitation Fluorescence.Cancer diagnosis & prognosisArticle
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Abstract
Background/Aim: Pancreatic cancer is a recalcitrant disease with 5-year survival of only 12%. Improved mouse models of pancreatic cancer are critical for discovery of effective therapeutics. Materials and Methods: Orthotopic mouse nude-mouse models of pancreatic cancer were established with the human pancreatic-cancer cell line Panc-1 expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) by transplanting tumor fragments into the pancreas, using the procedure of surgical orthotopic implantation (SOI). Four weeks after establishment of the orthotopic models, the mice were imaged with the Analytik Jena UVP Biospectrum Advanced with a very-narrow-band-width excitation at 487 nm and peak emission at 513 nm. Results: Non-invasive fluorescence imaging of the mice implanted with Panc-1-GFP showed a very bright tumor in the area of the pancreas and peritoneal cavity. The skin background autofluorescence was absent. When a laparotomy was performed on the mouse for open imaging, the tumor on the pancreas was clearly imaged. There was very clear concordance of the non-invasive image and the image obtained during laparotomy. Conclusion: A precise orthotopic mouse model of pancreatic cancer was developed in which there was high concordance between non-invasive and invasive fluorescence imaging due to the ultra-bright signal and ultra-low background using very-narrow-band-width laser fluorescence excitation. This model can be used for high-throughput in vivo screening for improved therapeutics for pancreatic cancer.
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