title: [Establishment and experimental study of a transplantable hepatocellular carcinoma model in 615-strain mice (H 615)].
abstract: H 615, the first transplantable mouse liver carcinoma model established in China, was derived from a spontaneous hepatocellular carcinoma of an inbred 615 mouse and has been successfully propagated for 52 generations during the past 7 years and more. Its biologic and pathologic features are relatively stable. H 615 was a syngenic transplantable tumor model of 615-strain mice with a successful transplantation rate of 85.6% without spontaneous regression. The course of tumor growth after subcutaneous inoculation was divided into 4 stages: latent, slowly growing, rapidly growing and terminal stages. Cancer metastasis was rare. The tumor-bearing host would die of cachexia finally. The mean survival time was 62.2 +/- 11.0 days regardless of sex or age. Histologically and ultrastructurally, H 615 was a well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma, rather resembling human liver carcinoma. The short-term primary passage culture of H 615 showed that, in vitro, tumor tissue could easily grow into monolayer, the majority of which appeared as epithelioid cells in cytomorphology. Therapeutic tests of 15 anticancer drugs showed that H 615 was sensitive, in varying degrees, to 5 drugs, i. e. MMC, Thio-Tepa, 5FU, CPT and DACT. The inhibition rate of MMC and Thio-Tepa could be as high as 100%. These experimental results are similar to those of the human liver cancer chemotherapy. Hence, the authors believe that H 615 may be a useful model in experimental study of the liver cancer and screening of anticancer drugs.
authors.affiliation: Dalian Medical College.
authors.forename: Z C
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: X J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation