Establishment, characteristics, and utilization of a new in vivo-in vitro system

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1989 Feb;16(2):353-6.

Abstract

Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are two important methods for malignant tumor treatment. To research radiobiological response in therapy, we have established a better experimental method in contrast to the traditional ones such as TCD50, regrowth delay, cell survival curve, etc, all with their limitations. A new mouse tumor in vivo-in vitro system LA795 Vv-Vt has been developed for studies on radiobiology. Such a system could be used to study the in vivo response of a solid tumor by the in vitro cloning assay. For the purpose of increasing the PE in vitro, LA795 Vv-Vt tumor line was purified through culturing the cells as a clonogenic spheroid. The spheroids were then injected into the flank of mouse subcutaneously for tumor growth. The in vivo-in vitro system LA795 Vv-Vt is an excellent model dissecting and analyzing the various factors which affect tumor development and determine the response of tumor to specific agent and regimens.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Aggregation
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Mice
  • Models, Biological
  • Neoplasm Transplantation
  • Neoplasms, Experimental*