Color-coding cancer and stromal cells with genetic reporters in a patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) model of pancreatic cancer enhances fluorescence-guided surgery

S. Yano, Y. Hiroshima, A. Maawy, H. Kishimoto, A. Suetsugu, S. Miwa, M. Toneri, M. Yamamoto, M. H.G. Katz, J. B. Fleming, Y. Urata, H. Tazawa, S. Kagawa, M. Bouvet, T. Fujiwara, R. M. Hoffman

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Abstract

Precise fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) for pancreatic cancer has the potential to greatly improve the outcome in this recalcitrant disease. To achieve this goal, we have used genetic reporters to color code cancer and stroma cells in a patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) model. The telomerase-dependent green fluorescent protein (GFP)-containing adenovirus OBP-401 was used to label the cancer cells of a pancreatic cancer PDOX. The PDOX was previously grown in a red fluorescent protein (RFP) transgenic mouse that stably labeled the PDOX stroma cells bright red. The color-coded PDOX model enabled FGS to completely resect the pancreatic tumors including stroma. Dual-colored FGS significantly prevented local recurrence, which bright-light surgery or single-color FGS could not. FGS, with color-coded cancer and stroma cells has important potential for improving the outcome of recalcitrant-cancer surgery.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)344-350
Number of pages7
JournalCancer gene therapy
Volume22
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 25 2015

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research

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