No abstract available.
Animals ; Liposarcoma* ; Mice ; Mice, Nude*

BACKGROUND: Although microfat grafting is now used to augment soft tissue, resorption of some amount of fat is inevitable. There are no consistent guidelines for the duration of fat storage. This study evaluated absolute fat mass and pathological changes according to storage duration. METHODS: Nude mice were injected with fresh fat or fat that had been stored for 3 weeks, 5 months, 9 months, 15 months, or 22 months. After 15 weeks, fat graft weight and pathology (viable cells, structural integrity, microvessel formation, cystic degeneration, fibrosis, and cellular infiltration) were assessed. RESULTS: After 15 weeks, the average weight of the remaining fat was 486 mg in the control group and 298, 160, 180, 106, 88, and 80 mg in the 3-week and 5-, 9-, 15-, 22-, and 36-month storage groups, respectively. The average weight of fat tissue significantly decreased to less than 20% in the 5-month group. Also, there was a significant decrease in structural integrity and an increase in cystic degeneration in the 5-month group. Tissue vascularization tended to decrease according to the duration of cryopreservation. CONCLUSIONS: The mean weight of the fat grafts preserved in a general freezer was reduced by 61.3% compared with that of the fresh fat group, which was not statistically significant. The mean fat graft weight was, however, significantly reduced following storage in a general freezer for longer than 5 months. In addition, there were decreases in viable adipocytes and increases in fibrocystic degeneration and inflammatory changes when long-term preserved fat was grafted.
Adipocytes ; Animals ; Cryopreservation* ; Fibrosis ; Mice ; Mice, Nude ; Microvessels ; Pathology ; Transplants*

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Animals ; Drug Resistance, Multiple* ; Heterografts* ; Humans* ; Mice ; Mice, Nude*

Lymphoma is a kind of malignant tumors that takes place in the lymphoid and hematological system. It is important to establish appropriate and stable animal models of lymphoma and they are useful for the experimental research of mechanisms and efficient treatment of disease. In this article the establishment methods, characteristics and practical use of various animal models of lymphoma were reviewed.
Animals ; Disease Models, Animal ; Lymphoma ; Mice ; Mice, Nude ; Neoplasm Transplantation

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Animals ; Heterografts* ; Humans* ; Interferon-alpha* ; Melanoma* ; Mice ; Mice, Nude*

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the inhibitory effect of aumolertinib on proliferation of human choroidal melanoma MUM-2B cells and explore the possible molecular mechanism. METHODS: CCK-8 assay and colony formation assay were used to evaluate the inhibitory effect of different concentrations of aumolertinib on viability and proliferation of MUM-2B cells. Flow cytometry was performed to analyze the apoptosis, necrosis, cellular ROS production and cell cycle changes in aumolertinib- treated MUM-2B cells. The antitumor effect of aumolertinib against human choroidal melanoma was observed in nude mouse models bearing MUM-2B tumor cell xenografts. RESULTS: The results of CCK-8 and colony formation assay showed that aumolertinib strongly inhibited the proliferation MUM-2B cells in a dose-dependent manner. Flow cytometry showed that aumolertinib dose-dependently increased the total apoptosis rate of MUM-2B cells to as high as 76.65% at the concentration of 8 μmol/L and induced obvious cell cycle arrest at G1 phase. Aumolertinib treatment also caused a dose-dependent increase of ROS production and reduction of mitochondrial membrane potential in MUM-2B cells. In the tumor-bearing nude mice, treatment with aumolertinib significantly inhibited tumor growth without causing obvious body weight loss. CONCLUSION Aumolertinib can effectively inhibit the growth of human choroidal melanoma MUM-2B cells both in vivo and in vitro, suggesting its potential clinical value in the therapy of choroidal melanomas.
Animals ; Mice ; Humans ; Mice, Nude ; Sincalide ; Indoles ; Melanoma/drug therapy*

OBJECTIVETo investigate the role of fibroblasts in reconstruction of composite skin, and evaluate the effect of composite skin on full-thickness skin defect.

METHODSKeratinocytes and fibroblasts were seeded on the surface of acellular dermal matrix and cultivated in vitro to reconstruct the composite skin. Adherence of keratinocytes to dermal matrix was observed. Then take rate and histological construction were investigated after the composite skin was used to cover full-thickness skin defect wound in nude mice (n = 16).

RESULTSKeratinocytes grew and proliferated to reach tho confluence on the surface of the acellular dermal matrix. Keratinocytes adhered more stablely and could not be torn down from dermal matrix in operation when few fibroblasts were seeded on the epidermal surface of the dermal matrix. After grafting, the composite skin closed the full-thickness wound in nude mouse. The total survival was achived in 10 mice (62.5%). The newly generated skin was with intact histological construction of base membrance containing laminin and type IV collagen.

CONCLUSIONComposite skin could close the full-thickness wound, and fibroblasts could improve adherence of keratinocytes to dermal matrix, which should benefit the survival of composite skin.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the feasibility of reproduce hypertrophic scar and keloid in nude mice in the study of pathological scars.

METHODSPieces (0.8 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm) of hypertrophic scars and keloids were implanted into subcutaneous tissue of the nude mice for 16 days, during this period the gross condition of the nude mice and the state of the implants were observed. The implants were extracted after 16 days, and the volume, the microscopic characteristics of the scar, the content of acid mucopolysaccharide, and different types of collagen were determined and compared with that of the original specimens.

RESULTSAll mice survived with nice wound healing after the surgery. There was no obvious difference in the acid mucopolysaccharide content in keloid and hyperplastic scar before implantation (3448 +/- 1452, 1940 +/- 509), and after implantation (3237 +/- 1871, 1809 +/- 552, P > 0.05). The implants maintained the collagen pattern, with no signs of cell degeneration and necrosis.

CONCLUSIONThis experiment showed that the viability and morphology of hypertrophic scars and keloids were maintained after they were implanted in nude mice. Therefore it is feasible to use nude mice as the animal model in the study of hypertrophic scars and keloids.

This study investigated the "homing" phenomenon in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The "homing" specificity of endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) by establishing an orthotopic implantation model in nude mice. EPCs harvested from the marrow cells were separated by density gradient centrifugation. Fluorescence microscope, flow cytometry (FCM) and double fluorescence staining with FITC-UEA-I and DiI-ac-LDL, were employed to identify the cells. 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) labelling and real-time PCR were used for detecting the expression of CD133 and chemokines to trace and observe the distribution of EPCs. Our results showed that the distribution rate of EPCs was obviously higher than that in other important organs and the negative control group. Detection of CD133 and chemokines yielded similar results in difference tissues. Our experiment confirmed that the chemotaxis of EPCs does exist in HCC. Moreover, HIF-1α, SDF-1 and VEGF might play important roles in the "homing" of EPCs in HCC. EPCs might be a potential candidate for targeting vector of HCC for gene therapy.
Animals ; Endothelial Cells ; pathology ; Liver Neoplasms ; pathology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Nude ; Stem Cells ; pathology

OBJECTIVETo explore the influence of chemosensitivity of Tca8113 cells by modified MTT assay after the animal model of Tca8113 were treated by the ultrasound hyperthermia.

METHODSThe MTT assay of the BALB/C nu/nu mice model of Tca8113 cells treated by the ultrasound hyperthermia in vivo was performed.

RESULTSThe chemosensitivity to the 9 kinds of drugs demonstrated no significant differences between the Tca8113 cells in the control group, the 39 degrees C-treated group and the groups treated from 41 degrees C to 44 degrees C. But significant differences between the 40 degrees C-treated group and the 41 degrees C or 42 degrees C-treated group existed. In the heating-time grades test, there were no significant differences in the chemosensitivity to the 9 kinds of drugs between these three pairs of group (the control group and the 15 min-treated group, the 30 min-treated and the 45 min-treated group, the 60 min-treated and the 75 min-treated group). But there were significant differences between the 30 min-treated or the 45 min-treated group and the 60 min-treated or the 75 min-treated group.

CONCLUSIONUltrasound hyperthermia performed in 42 degrees C for 30-45 min can improve the chemosensitivity of Tca8113 cells to some drugs significantly, which confirms the rationality of synchronous combination of hyperthermia and chemotherapy in the chemosensitivity point of view for the first time.