Histopathological characteristics of a novel knock-in mouse prostate cancer model
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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39(6): 759-765, June 2006. ilus, graf
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ABSTRACT
Prostate cancer is relatively unique to man. There is no naturally occurring prostate cancer in the mouse. Pre-clinical studies involve the establishment of a genetically engineered mouse prostate cancer model with features close to those of the human situation. A new knock-in mouse adenocarcinoma prostate (KIMAP) model was established, which showed close-to-human kinetics of tumor development. In order to determine if the similar kinetics is associated with heterogeneous tumor architecture similar to the human situation, we utilized a new mouse histological grading system (Gleason analogous grading system) similar to the Gleason human grading system and flow cytometry DNA analysis to measure and compare the adenocarcinoma of the KIMAP model with human prostate cancer. Sixty KIMAP prostate cancer samples from 60 mice were measured and compared with human prostate cancer. Flow cytometry DNA analysis was performed on malignant prostate tissues obtained from KIMAP models. Mice with prostate cancer from KIMAP models showed a 53.3 percent compound histological score rate, which was close to the human clinical average (50 percent) and showed a significant correlation with age (P = 0.001). Flow cytometry analyses demonstrated that most KIMAP tumor tissues were diploid, analogous to the human situation. The similarities of the KIMAP mouse model with tumors of the human prostate suggest the use of this experimental model to complement studies of human prostate cancer.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Próstata
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DNA de Neoplasias
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Adenocarcinoma
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Modelos Animais de Doenças
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Animais
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Assunto da revista:
Biologia
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Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Canadá
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China
Instituição/País de afiliação:
University of Western Ontario/CA
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the Fourth Military Medical University/CN
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