Chimeric Mouse model to track the migration of bone marrow derived cells in glioblastoma following anti-angiogenic treatments
Recommended Citation
Achyut BR, Shankar A, Iskander AS, Ara R, Knight RA, Scicli AG, and Arbab AS. Chimeric mouse model to track the migration of bone marrow derived cells in glioblastoma following anti-angiogenic treatments. Cancer Biol Ther 2016; 17(3):280-290.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Publication Title
Cancer biology & therapy
Abstract
Bone marrow derived cells (BMDCs) have been shown to contribute in the tumor development. In vivo animal models to investigate the role of BMDCs in tumor development are poorly explored. We established a novel chimeric mouse model using as low as 5 × 10(6) GFP+ BM cells in athymic nude mice, which resulted in >70% engraftment within 14 d. In addition, chimera was established in NOD-SCID mice, which displayed >70% with in 28 d. Since anti-angiogenic therapies (AAT) were used as an adjuvant against VEGF-VEGFR pathway to normalize blood vessels in glioblastoma (GBM), which resulted into marked hypoxia and recruited BMDCs to the tumor microenvironment (TME). We exploited chimeric mice in athymic nude background to develop orthotopic U251 tumor and tested receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors and CXCR4 antagonist against GBM. We were able to track GFP+ BMDCs in the tumor brain using highly sensitive multispectral optical imaging instrument. Increased tumor growth associated with the infiltration of GFP+ BMDCs acquiring suppressive myeloid and endothelial phenotypes was seen in TME following treatments. Immunofluorescence study showed GFP+ cells accumulated at the site of VEGF, SDF1 and PDGF expression, and at the periphery of the tumors following treatments. In conclusion, we developed a preclinical chimeric model of GBM and phenotypes of tumor infiltrated BMDCs were investigated in context of AATs. Chimeric mouse model could be used to study detailed cellular and molecular mechanisms of interaction of BMDCs and TME in cancer.
Medical Subject Headings
Angiogenesis Inhibitors; Animals; Bone Marrow; Brain Neoplasms; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Movement; Disease Models, Animal; Glioblastoma; Humans; Mice; Mice, Inbred NOD; Mice, Nude; Mice, SCID; Mice, Transgenic; Transplantation Chimera; Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
PubMed ID
26797476
Volume
17
Issue
3
First Page
280
Last Page
290