Fluorescence imaging of multiple myeloma cells in a clinically relevant SCID/NOD in vivo model: biologic and clinical implications.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Keywords
Bone-Marrow, Flow-Cytometry, Fluorescence, Human, Luminescent-Proteins, Male, Mice, Mice-Inbred-NOD, Mice-SCID, Multiple-Myeloma, Neoplasm-Transplantation, SUPPORT-NON-U-S-GOVT, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-P-H-S, Transfection, Transplantation-Heterologous
First Page
6689
Last Page
6696
JAX Source
Cancer Res 2003 Oct; 63(20):6689-96.
Abstract
The in vivo preclinical testing of investigational therapies for multiple myeloma (MM) is hampered by the fact that models generated to recapitulate the development of diffuse skeletal lesions after i.v. injections of tumor cells do not allow for ready detection of the exact site(s) of lesions or for comprehensive monitoring of their progression. We therefore developed an in vivo MM model in severe combined immunodeficient/nonobese diabetic mice in which diffuse MM lesions developed after tail vein i.v. injection of human RPMI-8226/S MM cells stably transfected with a construct for green fluorescent protein (GFP). Using whole-body real-time fluorescence imaging to detect autofluorescent GFP(+) MM cells (and confirming the sensitivity and specificity of these findings both histologically and by flow cytometric detection of GFP(+) cells), we serially monitored, in a cohort of 75 mice, the development and progression of MM tumors. Their anatomical distribution and pathophysiological manifestations were consistent with the clinical course of MM in human patients, i.e., hallmarked by major involvement of the axial skeleton (e.g., spine, skull, and pelvis) and frequent development of paralysis secondary to spinal lesions without significant tumor spread to lungs, liver, spleen, or kidney. This model both recapitulates the diffuse bone disease of human MM and allows for serial whole-body visualization of its spatiotemporal progression. It therefore provides a valuable in vivo system to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying the marked osteotropism of MM, particularly for the axial skeleton, and for assessment of in vivo activity of novel anti-MM therapeutics.
Recommended Citation
Mitsiades CS,
Mitsiades NS,
Bronson RT,
Chauhan D,
Munshi N,
Treon SP,
Maxwell CA,
Pilarski L,
Hideshima T,
Hoffman RM,
Anderson KC.
Fluorescence imaging of multiple myeloma cells in a clinically relevant SCID/NOD in vivo model: biologic and clinical implications. Cancer Res 2003 Oct; 63(20):6689-96.