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Cell structure and function and response to chemotherapy in tumors heterotransplanted into the subrenal capsule of mice and rats.

Abstract
Specimens from 16 freshly biopsied human tumors, two mammary adenocarcinomas, ten ovarian adenocarcinomas, two squamous cell carcinomas, one malignant histiocytoma and one chondrosarcoma of the bone, two human ovarian adenocarcinomas established by transplantation into nude mice and two adenocarcinomas induced in rat mammary gland were transplanted under the renal capsule of 510 normal immunocompetent mice and 180 rats and the effects of chemotherapy were evaluated. The results showed successful transplantation of all types of tumors in both animal species. Morphological analysis revealed preserved glandular structures with surface microvilli, mucin and CEA production and partially preserved basement membranes. Treatment with cyclophosphamide, vinblastine, adriamycin and cisplatin caused cell shrinkage, degradation and partial or total disappearance of the tumor cells. Vascularization was distinct in all specimens. A cellular infiltrate was found frequently but not consistently. A common end stage was a fibrotic scar with no cellular activity, occasionally giving a misleading impression of a growing tumor on gross observation. The results were obtained rapidly and suggest that the subrenal capsule assay would be useful for evaluating the sensitivity of human tumors to therapeutic manipulation, but needs supplementary histological examination.
AuthorsF Stenbäck, L Kangas, V M Wasenius
JournalEuropean journal of cancer & clinical oncology (Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol) Vol. 21 Issue 12 Pg. 1523-38 (Dec 1985) ISSN: 0277-5379 [Print] England
PMID3830731 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antineoplastic Agents
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (therapeutic use)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Neoplasm Transplantation (methods)
  • Neoplasms (drug therapy, pathology, ultrastructure)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Transplantation, Heterologous

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