Vooijs, M., Jonkers, J., Lyons, S., Berns, A. (March 2002) Noninvasive imaging of spontaneous retinoblastoma pathway-dependent tumors in mice. Cancer Res, 62 (6). pp. 1862-7. ISSN 0008-5472 (Print)0008-5472 (Linking)
Abstract
Identification of the critical pathways involved in tumorigenesis should ultimately lead to the design of better anticancer agents that target specific components of the disrupted pathways. Murine models of spontaneous cancer in which tumor formation is dependent on defined genetic alterations provide a powerful test system for evaluating the therapeutic efficacy of pathway-specific antineoplastics. We have generated a conditional mouse model for retinoblastoma-dependent sporadic cancer that permits noninvasive monitoring of pituitary tumor development in live animals via in vivo bioluminescence imaging of luciferase expression. We show that the high sensitivity of bioluminescence imaging can be used for noninvasive detection of luciferase expression in pituitary glands from tumor-free animals and for in vivo quantitation of tumor burden over a large dynamic range. This mouse model permits longitudinal monitoring of tumor onset, progression, and response to therapy and may be used effectively for testing cancer prevention and treatment strategies based on therapeutics that specifically target the retinoblastoma pathway.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animals Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/pharmacology Disease Models, Animal Doxorubicin/pharmacology Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/*methods Luciferases/genetics/metabolism Luminescent Measurements Mice Mice, Transgenic Pituitary Neoplasms/drug therapy/*pathology Pro-Opiomelanocortin/genetics Retinoblastoma/drug therapy/*pathology |
| Subjects: | Investigative techniques and equipment > imaging organism description > model organism organism description > animal > mammal > rodent > mouse diseases & disorders > cancer > cancer types > retinoblastoma |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Lyons lab |
| Depositing User: | Matt Covey |
| Date: | 15 March 2002 |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2017 14:43 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2017 14:43 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/34729 |
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