Tesson, Mathias and Stevenson, Katrina and Karim, Saadia A. and Nixon, Colin and Chalmers, Anthony J. and Sansom, Owen J. and O'Neill, Eric and Jones, Keaton and Morton, Jennifer P. (2024) Targeted irradiation in an autochthonous mouse model of pancreatic cancer. Disease Models and Mechanisms, 17 (3): dmm050463. ISSN 1754-8403
AI Summary:
The study aimed to develop and refine methods for targeted irradiation in autochthonous mouse models of pancreatic cancer. The researchers demonstrated accurate tumour-targeting, negligible off-target effects, and therapeutic efficacy.AI Topics:
The value of radiotherapy in the treatment of pancreatic cancer has been the subject of much debate but limited preclinical research. We hypothesise that the poor translation of radiation research into clinical trials of radiotherapy in pancreatic cancer is due, in part, to inadequate preclinical study models. Here, we have developed and refined methods for targeted irradiation in autochthonous mouse models of pancreatic cancer, using a small animal radiotherapy research platform. We tested and optimised strategies for administration of contrast agents, iohexol and the liver imaging agent Fenestra LC, to enable the use of computed tomography imaging in tumour localisation. We demonstrate accurate tumour-targeting, negligible off-target effects, and therapeutic efficacy, depending on dose, number of fractions and tumour size, and provide proof-of-concept that precise radiation can be delivered effectively to mouse pancreatic tumours with a clinically relevant microenvironment. This advance will allow investigation of the radiation response in murine pancreatic cancer, discovery of mechanisms and biomarkers of radiosensitivity or resistance, and development of radiosensitising strategies to inform clinical trials for precision radiotherapy in this disease.
Title | Targeted irradiation in an autochthonous mouse model of pancreatic cancer |
---|---|
Creators | Tesson, Mathias and Stevenson, Katrina and Karim, Saadia A. and Nixon, Colin and Chalmers, Anthony J. and Sansom, Owen J. and O'Neill, Eric and Jones, Keaton and Morton, Jennifer P. |
Identification Number | 10.1242/dmm.050463 |
Date | 14 March 2024 |
Divisions | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cancer Sciences |
Publisher | Company of Biologists |
Additional Information | This work was supported by Cancer Research UK core funding to the CRUK Scotland Institute (A31287), to JPM (A29996) and to the CRUK Scotland Centre (CTRQQR-2021\100006), by a Cancer Research UK Precision Panc grant (A25233), and by Pancreatic Cancer UK (2021RIF_28_Morton). Work was also supported by the CRUK RadNet Glasgow centre (A28803). |
URI | https://pub.demo35.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/335 |
---|
Item Type | Article |
---|---|
Depositing User | Unnamed user with email ejo1f20@soton.ac.uk |
SWORD Depositor | Users 37347 not found. |
Date Deposited | 11 Jun 2025 16:37 |
Revision | 35 |
Last Modified | 12 Jun 2025 09:57 |
![]() |