Establishment and Comparison of Mouse Pancreatic Cancer Orthotopic Model for Minimally Invasive Ablation Therapy Study

Abstract

ObjectiveTo explore the advantages and disadvantages of orthotopic mouse model of pancreatic cancer established by orthotopic injection of tumor cells and transplantation of tumor tissue block, in order to provide technical reference for the establishment of orthotopic mouse model of pancreatic cancer with the purpose of precision ablation treatment.MethodsA total of twenty healthy aged 6-8 weeks male C57BL/6 mice were divided into four groups, with five mice per group. Direct injection of mouse pancreatic cancer Panc02 cell was used in group A, direct injection of mouse pancreatic cancer Panc02 cell (containing matrigel) was used in group B, tumor tissue block transplantation of mouse pancreatic cancer was used in group C, the tumor tissue block hydrogel bonding method was used in group D. The tumor formation rate, tumor size, the degree of abdominal organ adhesion, tumor metastasis were observed after surgery in each group of mice. Tumor histomorphology and expressions of Ki67 and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) protein were detected by HE staining and immunohistochemistry, repectively.ResultsThe tumor formation rates in groups A, B, C, and D were 60%, 80%, 100%, and 100% respectively. After modeling for 16 d, the tumor volume of mice in group A was (47.80±42.99) mm3, with poor homogeneity. The tumor volume of mice in groups B, C and D [(68.43±16.77) mm3, (105.86±17.25) mm3, (128.98±13.41) mm3 , respectively] was significantly larger than that in group A (P 0.05).ConclusionThe establishment of orthotopic pancreatic cancer in mice by tumor tissue transplantation and hydrogel adhesion has the advantages of high tumor formation rate, less metastasis, mild adhesion of abdominal cavity, no change in the biological characteristics of tumor cells, easy operation and popularization, and better modeling effect.

Keywords

• pancreatic cancer
• orthotopic model
• orthotopic injection
• tumor transplantation
• mice