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Subcutenous xenografts of human T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia Jurkat cells in nude mice. 2011

Roman Mezencev, and John F McDonald

Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Biology, 310 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. roman.mezencev@biology.gatech.edu

BACKGROUND Human T-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) Jurkat cells are often used for in vitro screening of anticancer compounds; however, in vivo models employing Jurkat cells have not yet been sufficiently described. In this report, the growth characteristics and histology of tumor masses developed following subcutaneous (s.c.) implantation of Jurkat cells into nude mice are presented. METHODS Five million Jurkat cells in Matrigel™ were injected s.c. into female CrTac:Ncr-Foxn1(nu) mice. Serial tumor volumes were determined and tumor sections were stained with hematoxylin/eosin and examined histologically. RESULTS Tumors developed in 86.4% of the mice at a median of 39 days post-implantation. Tumor regressions and small stationary tumors were observed in 47.4% of the tumor-bearing animals. The remaining animals displayed progressive tumor growth reaching a volume of 1000 mm(3) at median day 48 post-implantation. The tumor histology was consistent with lymphoblastic lymphoma. CONCLUSIONS Due to frequent spontaneous regressions, this model is not appropriate for evaluation of T-ALL targeting therapeutics.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008819	Mice, Nude	Mutant mice homozygous for the recessive gene "nude" which fail to develop a thymus. They are useful in tumor studies and studies on immune responses.	Athymic Mice,Mice, Athymic,Nude Mice,Mouse, Athymic,Mouse, Nude,Athymic Mouse,Nude Mouse
D009368	Neoplasm Transplantation	Experimental transplantation of neoplasms in laboratory animals for research purposes.	Transplantation, Neoplasm,Neoplasm Transplantations,Transplantations, Neoplasm
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014183	Transplantation, Heterologous	Transplantation between animals of different species.	Xenotransplantation,Heterograft Transplantation,Heterografting,Heterologous Transplantation,Xenograft Transplantation,Xenografting,Transplantation, Heterograft,Transplantation, Xenograft
D051379	Mice	The common name for the genus Mus.	Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D054218	Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma	A leukemia/lymphoma found predominately in children and young adults and characterized LYMPHADENOPATHY and THYMUS GLAND involvement. It most frequently presents as a lymphoma, but a leukemic progression in the bone marrow is common.	Leukemia, Lymphoblastic, Acute, T-Cell,Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, T-Cell,Leukemia, T-Cell, Acute,Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute, T-Cell,Lymphocytic Leukemia, T-Cell, Acute,T-ALL,T-Cell Leukemia, Acute,T-Lymphocytic Leukemia, Acute,Leukemia, Lymphoblastic, Acute, T Cell,Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute T Cell,Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute, T Cell,Lymphocytic Leukemia, T Cell, Acute,Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia,Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma,T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia,Acute T-Cell Leukemia,Acute T-Cell Leukemias,Acute T-Lymphocytic Leukemia,Acute T-Lymphocytic Leukemias,Leukemia, Acute T-Cell,Leukemia, Acute T-Lymphocytic,Leukemias, Acute T-Cell,Leukemias, Acute T-Lymphocytic,Precursor T Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia,Precursor T Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia Lymphoma,Precursor T Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma,T Cell Leukemia, Acute,T Lymphocytic Leukemia, Acute,T-Cell Leukemias, Acute,T-Lymphocytic Leukemias, Acute
D019169	Jurkat Cells	A CELL LINE derived from human T-CELL LEUKEMIA and used to determine the mechanism of differential susceptibility to anti-cancer drugs and radiation.	Cell, Jurkat,Cells, Jurkat,Jurkat Cell
D023041	Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays	In vivo methods of screening investigative anticancer drugs, biologic response modifiers or radiotherapies. Human tumor tissue or cells are transplanted into mice or rats followed by tumor treatment regimens. A variety of outcomes are monitored to assess antitumor effectiveness.	Tumor Xenograft Assay,Xenograft Antitumor Assays,Antitumor Assays, Xenograft Model,Antitumor Assay, Xenograft,Antitumor Assays, Xenograft,Assay, Tumor Xenograft,Assay, Xenograft Antitumor,Assays, Tumor Xenograft,Assays, Xenograft Antitumor,Tumor Xenograft Assays,Xenograft Antitumor Assay,Xenograft Assay, Tumor,Xenograft Assays, Tumor