title: Tissue slice grafts: an in vivo model of human prostate androgen signaling.
abstract: We developed a tissue slice graft (TSG) model by implanting thin, precision-cut tissue slices derived from fresh primary prostatic adenocarcinomas under the renal capsule of immunodeficient mice. This new in vivo model not only allows analysis of approximately all of the cell types present in prostate cancer within an intact tissue microenvironment, but also provides a more accurate assessment of the effects of interventions when tissues from the same specimen with similar cell composition and histology are used as control and experimental samples. The thinness of the slices ensures that sufficient samples can be obtained for large experiments as well as permits optimal exchange of nutrients, oxygen, and drugs between the grafted tissue and the host. Both benign and cancer tissues displayed characteristic histology and expression of cell-type specific markers for up to 3 months. Moreover, androgen-regulated protein expression diminished in TSGs after androgen ablation of the host and was restored after androgen repletion. Finally, many normal secretory epithelial cells and cancer cells in TSGs remained viable 2 months after androgen ablation, consistent with similar observations in postprostatectomy specimens following neoadjuvant androgen ablation. Among these were putative Nkx3.1(+) stem cells. Our novel TSG model has the appropriate characteristics to serve as a useful tool to model all stages of disease, including normal tissue, premalignant lesions, well-differentiated cancer, and poorly differentiated cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5118, USA.
authors.forename: Hongjuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Rosalie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nolley
authors.forename: Zuxiong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Peehl
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D000728:Androgens / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011467:Prostate / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D019737:Transplants; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
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