Magnetization Transfer And T-2-Weighted Mri Studies Are Useful For Visualizing Phenotypic Presentations Of Orthotopic, Patient-Derived Xenograft Mouse Models Of Glioblastoma

Introduction: Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models for glioblastoma (GBM) from resected tumor tissues replicate several features of the original tumor. They are considered to be representative models to study tumor progression, and to test responses to putative therapies. Longitudinal noninvasive imaging can be useful in such investigations. To that end, we employed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to visualize and measure tumor burden in four different PDX models of GBM. Experimental procedures: Four orthotopic mouse PDX models, HF2587, HF2927, HF3077 and HF3253, developed from neurosphere cultures of four different human glioblastoma samples were used in the study. The neurosphere cells were implanted into the right striatum in immunocompromised nude mice (n=5-8 per model) and allowed to grow for 2-8 weeks, depending on their known growth rates from previous studies. They were imaged in a Varian 7T MRI system with the following weightings: T2, T1, magnetization transfer (MT), and contrast enhanced MRI (CE-MRI) with Magnevist as the contrast agent (CA). Following imaging, all the mice were sacrificed and their brains processed for hematoxylin and eosin (HE 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 3860. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-3860