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  • Overview
  • Protocol
  • Results
  • Disclosures
  • Materials

Overview

This video demonstrates a method to generate a mouse model of pleural dissemination by injecting lung cancer cell suspension into the thoracic cavity of an immunodeficient mouse.

Protocol

All procedures involving animal models have been reviewed by the local institutional animal care committee and the JoVE veterinary review board.

1. Generation of a pleural dissemination model

  1. Prepare luciferase-expressing target cells and suspend 1.0 × 106 target cells in 100 µL of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS)
    NOTE: Intrathoracic cancer cells such as lung cancer and MPM are suitable as target cells. Luciferase-expressing cells were prepared via luciferase gene transfection, and high expression of luciferase was confirmed after > 10 cell passages. Cells....

Results

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Figure 1: Easy hand-made device for cell transplantation. Attach the stopper made with polystyrene foam to the 30G needle so that the tip remains at 5 mm. The tip of the needle should be bent to avoid pneumothorax.

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Figure 2: Injection of target cells in.......

Disclosures

No conflicts of interest declared.

Materials

NameCompanyCatalog NumberComments
1mL syringeTERUMOSS-01Tfor mice experiment
30G needleNipro1907613for mice experiment
BALB/cSlc-nu/nuJapan SLC
D-Luciferin (potassium salt)Cayman Chemical14681for bioluminescence imaging and DLIT
IsofluraneWako095-06573for mice anesthesia
0.25w/v% Trypsin-1mmol/l EDTA 4Na Solution with Phenol RedWako209-016941for cell culture
RPMI-1640 with L-glutamine and Phenol RedWako189-02025for cell culture

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