Orthotopic induction of CH157MN convexity and skull base meningiomas into nude mice using stereotactic surgery and MRI characterization

作     者：Francesca La Cava Alberto Fringuello Mingo Pietro Irrera Aldo Di Vito Alessia Cordaro Chiara Brioschi Sonia Colombo Serra Claudia Cabella Enzo Terreno Luigi Miragoli 

作者机构：Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences Center of Excellence for Preclinical Imaging (CEIP) University of Torino Bracco Research Centre Bracco Imaging SpA Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences Center of Excellence for Preclinical Imaging CEIP University of Torino 

出 版 物：《Animal Models and Experimental Medicine》 (动物模型与实验医学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2019年第2卷第1期

页      面：58-63页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Human meningioma cells(CH157MN) were a kind gift from Dr Yancey Gillespie University of Alabama 

主　　题：animal models neuroscience pharmaceutical development preclinical imaging solid tumors 

摘      要：Meningioma in vivo research is hampered by the difficulty of establishing an easy and reproducible orthotopic model able to mimic the characteristics of a human meningioma. Moreover, leptomeningeal dissemination and high mortality are often associated with such orthotopical models, making them useless for clinical translation studies. An optimized method for inducing meningiomas in nude mice at two different sites is described in this paper and the high reproducibility and low mortality of the models are demonstrated. Skull base meningiomas were induced in the auditory meatus and convexity meningiomas were induced on the brain surface of 23 and 24 nude mice, respectively. Both models led to the development of a mass easily observable by imaging methods. Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI was used as a tool to monitor and characterize the pathology onset and progression. At the end of the study, histology was performed to confirm the neoplastic origin of the diseased mass.