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ArticleEndocrine-related cancer2018

Strain-specific metastatic phenotypes in pheochromocytoma allograft mice

Martin Ullrich, Josephine Liers, Mirko Peitzsch, Anja Feldmann, Ralf Bergmann, Ulrich Sommer, Susan Richter, Stefan R Bornstein, Michael Bachmann, Graeme Eisenhofer and 2 more

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Article in Endocrine-related cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Martin UllrichDepartment of Radiopharmaceutical and Chemical Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Dresden, Germany.
Josephine LiersDepartment of Radiopharmaceutical and Chemical Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Dresden, Germany.
Mirko PeitzschTechnische Universität Dresden, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Dresden, Germany.
Anja FeldmannDepartment of Radioimmunology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Dresden, Germany.
Ralf BergmannDepartment of Radiopharmaceutical and Chemical Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Dresden, Germany.
Ulrich SommerTechnische Universität Dresden, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Institute of Pathology, Dresden, Germany.
Susan RichterTechnische Universität Dresden, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
Stefan R BornsteinTechnische Universität Dresden, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
Michael BachmannTechnische Universität Dresden, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
Graeme EisenhoferTechnische Universität Dresden, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
Christian G ZieglerDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Technische Universität Dresden, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
Jens PietzschDepartment of Radiopharmaceutical and Chemical Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Dresden, Germany.
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf · DEUniversity Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DECarl Gustav Carus-Institut · DETU Dresden · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Somatostatin receptor-targeting endoradiotherapy offers potential for treating metastatic pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas, an approach likely to benefit from combination radiosensitization therapy. To provide reliable preclinical in vivo models of metastatic disease, this study characterized the metastatic spread of luciferase-expressing mouse pheochromocytoma (MPC) cells in mouse strains with different immunologic conditions. Bioluminescence imaging showed that, in contrast to subcutaneous non-metastatic engraftment of luciferase-expressing MPC cells in NMRI-nude mice, intravenous cell injection provided only suboptimal metastatic spread in both NMRI-nude mice and hairless SCID (SHO) mice. Treatment of NMRI-nude mice with anti-Asialo GM1 serum enhanced metastatic spread due to substantial depletion of natural killer (NK) cells. However, reproducible metastatic spread was only observed in NK cell-defective SCID/beige mice and in hairless immunocompetent SKH1 mice bearing disseminated or liver metastases, respectively. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry of urine samples showed that subcutaneous and metastasized tumor models exhibit comparable renal monoamine excretion profiles characterized by increasing urinary dopamine, 3-methoxytyramine, norepinephrine and normetanephrine. Metastases-related epinephrine and metanephrine were only detectable in SCID/beige mice. Positron emission tomography and immunohistochemistry revealed that all metastases maintained somatostatin receptor-specific radiotracer uptake and immunoreactivity, respectively. In conclusion, we demonstrate that intravenous injection of luciferase-expressing MPC cells into SCID/beige and SKH1 mice provides reproducible and clinically relevant spread of catecholamine-producing and somatostatin receptor-positive metastases. These standardized preclinical models allow for precise monitoring of disease progression and should facilitate further investigations on theranostic approaches against metastatic pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas.

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AllograftsAdrenal Gland NeoplasmsAnimalsCatecholaminesCell Line, TumorFemaleKidneyKiller Cells, NaturalLung NeoplasmsMice, NudeMice, SCIDPhenotypePheochromocytomaReceptors, SomatostatinSpecies SpecificityCatecholaminesReceptors, SomatostatinSstr2 protein, mouse

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PMID30288966
PMCPMC6176113
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