Establishment and consistency analysis of xenograft models for human tumors of primary liver cancer
10.3760/cma.j.cn113884-20250517-00160
- VernacularTitle:原发性肝癌人源性肿瘤异种移植模型的建立及一致性分析
- Author:
Long YANG
1
;
Pinsheng HAN
;
Ze WANG
;
Tao CUI
;
Yamin ZHANG
Author Information
1. 天津市第一中心医院肝胆外科，天津 300192
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Liver neoplasms;
Xenotransplantation of tumors;
Mutated genes
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery
2025;31(11):846-850
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To establish a patient-derived tumor xenograft (PDX) model of primary liver cancer (PLC), and to analyze the pathological features, proliferation and drug-related gene mutation characteristics of the primary tumor and the PDX model of primary liver cancer.Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on the tumor samples of 64 PLC patients who underwent hepatectomy in the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery of Tianjin First Central Hospital from January 2019 to December 2020. Among them, there were 46 males and 18 females, with an average age of (60.7±9.4) years. The degree of tumor differentiation and whether there was vascular invasion were recorded. The pathology of the primary tumor and each generation of PDX models was observed. Immunohistochemical staining was used to detect the characteristic proteins and proliferation-related protein of PLC. The genes related to drug use in PLC PDX models were analyzed in the primary tumor.Results:Among the tumor tissues of 64 PLC patients, 31 cases (48.4%) were successfully transplanted into nude mice and passaged to subsequent generations. In the primary tumor tissues and PDX models of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the cancer nodules were clearly distinguishable, the cancer cells were arranged disorderly, and distributed in nests or cords. The tumor cell nuclei were large and deeply stained. In the primary tumor tissues and each generation of PDX models of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), there were ICC adenocarcinoma-like structures, with well-differentiated tumor glands and glandular structures composed of cuboidal or columnar tumor cells, presenting as small individual glands or interwoven glands. The degree of differentiation of the PDX models of HCC and ICC patients was basically consistent with that of the primary tumors. Immunohistochemistry showed that proliferating cell nuclear antigen staining of the primary tumors and PDX model transplanted tumors of HCC and ICC patients was strongly positive. The Ki-67 staining positive rate of the primary tumors and PDX model transplanted tumors of HCC was > 80%, and that of ICC was > 70%. Alpha-fetoprotein was strongly positive in the primary tumors and PDX model transplanted tumors of HCC and ICC. The common mutations of transplanted tumors and the primary tumors of P24 HCC patients were 90%, and those of P43 ICC patients were 89%, 94%, and 94%, respectively.Conclusion:The constructed PDX model is highly consistent with the biological characteristics of the primary tumor.
