1/5. A human breast adenocarcinoma with chromosome and isoenzyme markers similar to those of the HeLa line.pleural effusion was obtained from a 51-year-old black woman who had breast adenocarcinoma and had received chemotherapy and radiation therapy after a radical mastectomy. Cytogenetic and isoenzymic analyses of the cells were performed within a few hours of obtaining the sample. Similar analyses were also done with a cell line established from this effusion. The stemline chromosome number was 35, one of the lowest in human neoplasms. In addition to a marker chromosome involving 1q, which is common in human breast tumors, we found several other marker chromosomes whose G-banding patterns were similar to some of the typical HeLa markers. Genetic signature analysis of 15 isoenzyme loci revealed that 13 were identical to those of HeLa. Both HeLa and the cell line described here express glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase type a, yet they were derived from heterozygotic individuals (ab). Our data indicate the necessity to extensive cytogenetic and biochemical analysis before conclusions are made that cell lines are actually intercell-line contaminants.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = neoplasm (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/5. growth of osteoid osteoma transplanted into athymic nude mice.An osteoid osteoma, excised from the neck of the femur of a 23-year-old man, was cut into four 1.5 mm3 fragments and immediately transplanted into muscle pouches in athymic nude mice. One fragment was devitalized by lyophilization before implantation. The viable tumor cell xenografts grew, differentiated into uncalcified osteoid, and retained the characteristics of the original tumor. The killed implants were resorbed, but both the surviving viable and nonviable tumor tissue induced the connective tissue cells of the mouse host bed to proliferate and differentiate into normal cartilage and calcified bone. The mouse new bone deposits were remodeled and colonized by bone marrow, a tissue not seen in osteoid osteomas. These observations suggest that the sclerotic bone shell characteristic of osteoid osteomas may be an inductive reaction of host bed tissue to an osteoma cell product that is comparable to bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) produced by normal bone cells and transferred by normal bone matrix.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.26965321094338keywords = connective (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/5. Hyperthermia with implanted electrodes: in vitro and in vivo correlations.Hyperthermia as a treatment for cancer has elicited much recent interest. However, major difficulties persist both in the technology for heating deep-seated tumors, and in thermal dosimetry. We have investigated a heating technique for deep-seated neoplasms that employs an internal implanted electrode and an external electrode to apply radiofrequency current to a tumor mass. The internal electrode consists of an array of stainless steel needles or wires which define a Faraday cage within the tumor, while the external electrode consists of a variety of electrical conductors at the skin surface. Phantom measurements have closely reproduced calculated temperature distributions. The temperature profiles within the volume enclosed by the internal electrode show relatively homogenous heating. temperature measurements in a rat tumor model have demonstrated that significant heating within such an internal electrode array is easily obtained. The heating may extend some centimeters outside the electrode. Using a dog model we have shown that with such a treatment technique the temperature profiles obtained are reproducible both spatially and temporally. A case report of a clinical application is presented. A 5 cm bronchogenic carcinoma was easily heated without significant heating of the surrounding normal lung, and without apparent toxicity. Such a technique may be applicable to a variety of operable but unresectable neoplasms. The reproducibility and relative homogeneity of heating suggest possible usefulness in combined modality trials.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2keywords = neoplasm (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/5. The reaction of giant cell tumors of bone to transplantation into athymic nude mice: including observations on osteoinduction in the host bed.Fresh biopsy specimens of three typical human giant cell tumors (GCT) were transplanted into athymic mice. The transplants were encapsulated in a host bed-derived fibrous connective tissue envelope. Multinucleated giant cells and mononucleated tumor cells survived chiefly on the vascularized surfaces of the inside of the envelope. fibroblasts proliferated and filled the interior of the transplants where vascularization was relatively insufficient. Since mitotic figures were absent in multinucleated cells, the question arises whether only the mononuclear stroma cells are neoplastic in nature. Multinucleated cells occasionally showed endocytosed pyknotic cells, and survived transplantation for as long as 35 days. When the original tumor contained islands of osteoid and bone cells, the transplants induced differentiation of mouse host bed connective tissue into normal new bone, including bone marrow.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.53930642188677keywords = connective (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/5. pulmonary blastoma. An ultrastructural study of a case and its transplanted tumor in athymic nude mice.A pulmonary blastoma in a 52-year-old Japanese man was serially transplanted into athymic nude mice. This report emphasizes the characteristics of the neoplasm seen on light and electron microscopic examination. The original tumor consisted of branching tubular structures and primitive mesenchymal components with a few smooth-muscle cell bundles, and resembled fetal lung tissue. Electron microscopic examination revealed that the immature stromal cells resembled epithelial cells. After serial passages in nude mice, the stromal element of the tumor disappeared, and the epithelial element showed squamous metaplasia and occasional mucus production. Endocrine-type granules were observed in a few tumor cells. Histogenetic considerations, including a suggestion that the tumor was derived from entodermal cells, are presented.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = neoplasm (Clic here for more details about this article) |