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ArticleClinical & experimental metastasis2016

Spheroid culture of LuCaP 136 patient-derived xenograft enables versatile preclinical models of prostate cancer.

Maija P Valta, Hongjuan Zhao, Matthias Saar, Johanna Tuomela, Rosalie Nolley, Johannes Linxweiler, Jouko Sandholm, Jaakko Lehtimäki, Pirkko Härkönen, Ilsa Coleman and 3 more

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Article in Clinical & experimental metastasis, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Maija P ValtaDepartment of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Hongjuan ZhaoDepartment of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Matthias SaarDepartment of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Johanna TuomelaDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Rosalie NolleyDepartment of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Johannes LinxweilerDepartment of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University of Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Jouko SandholmCell Imaging Core, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
Jaakko LehtimäkiDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Pirkko HärkönenDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Ilsa ColemanDivision of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
Peter S NelsonDivision of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
Eva CoreyDepartment of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Donna M PeehlDepartment of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA. dpeehl@stanford.edu.
University of Turku · FIStanford University · USSaarland University · DEUniversity of Washington · USÅbo Akademi University · FIFred Hutch Cancer Center · US

Funding

TRANSCRIPTOME AND PROTEOME STRATIFICATION OF PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA PHENOTYPESP50CA097186 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI PETER S NELSON · 2002 to 2026
$58.1M
Steroid Metabolism in Castration-Resistant Prostate CancerP01CA163227 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI PETER S NELSON · 2013 to 2026
$25.0M
Resistance to Cancer Therapeutics Through Microenvironment Damage Responses.R01CA165573 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI NELSON, PETER S · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS 1R01CA165573NCI NIH HHS 2P50CA097186NCI NIH HHS P01 CA163227NCI NIH HHS P01CA163227NCI NIH HHS P50 CA097186NCI NIH HHS R01 CA165573
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

LuCaP serially transplantable patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) are valuable preclinical models of locally advanced or metastatic prostate cancer. Using spheroid culture methodology, we recently established cell lines from several LuCaP PDXs. Here, we characterized in depth the features of xenografts derived from LuCaP 136 spheroid cultures and found faithful retention of the phenotype of the original PDX. In vitro culture enabled luciferase transfection into LuCaP 136 spheroids, facilitating in vivo imaging. We showed that LuCaP 136 spheroids formed intratibial, orthotopic, and subcutaneous tumors when re-introduced into mice. Intratibial tumors responded to castration and were highly osteosclerotic. LuCaP 136 is a realistic in vitro-in vivo preclinical model of a subtype of bone metastatic prostate cancer.

Indexed as

Neoplasm MetastasisAnimalsBone NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorHumansMaleMiceProstatic NeoplasmsSpheroids, CellularXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysAndrogen-dependenceBone metastasisOsteosclerosisProstate cancer

Identifiers

PMID26873136
PMCPMC12997442
OpenAlexW2268225573

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