title: WISH-PC2: a unique xenograft model of human prostatic small cell carcinoma.
abstract: Prostatic small cell carcinoma is an aggressive subtype of prostate cancer that usually appears as a progression of the original adenocarcinoma. We describe here the WISH-PC2, a novel neuroendocrine xenograft of small cell carcinoma of the prostate. This xenograft was established from a poorly differentiated prostate adenocarcinoma and is serially transplanted in immune-compromised mice where it grows within the prostate, liver, and bone, inducing osteolytic lesions with foci of osteoblastic activity. It secretes to the mouse Chromogranin A and expresses prostate plasma carcinoma tumor antigen-1, six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate, and members of the Erb-B receptor family. It does not express prostate-specific antigen, prostate stem cell antigen, prostate-specific membrane antigen, and androgen receptor, and it grows independently of androgen. Altogether, WISH-PC2 provides an unlimited source in which to study the involvement of neuroendocrine cells in the progression of prostatic adenocarcinoma and can serve as a novel model for the testing of new therapeutic strategies for prostatic small cell carcinoma.
authors: Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Pinthus
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Waks
authors: D G
authors: DG
authors: Schindler
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Harmelin
authors: J W
authors: JW
authors: Said
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Belldegrun
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Ramon
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Eshhar
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D016513:Mice, SCID; D010641:Phenotype; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays / Q000379:methods*