Validation of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry for longitudinal quantification of tumor burden in a murine model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Autor: Zachary R Sechrist, Grace Lee, Edward M Schwarz, Calvin L Cole
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 1, p e0292196 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292196&type=printable
Popis: Noninvasive imaging is central to preclinical, in vivo models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). While bioluminescent imaging (BLI) is a gold standard, its signal is dependent on the metabolic activity of tumor cells. In contrast, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is a direct measure of body composition. Thus, we aimed to assess its potential for longitudinal quantification of tumor burden versus BLI. We utilized the KCKO murine model of PDAC and subjected tumor-bearing (n = 20) and non-tumor control (NTC) (n = 10) animals to weekly BLI and DEXA measurements for up to 10 weeks. While BLI detected tumors at 1-week, it failed to detect tumor growth, displayed a decreasing trend overtime (slope = -9.0x108; p = 0.0028), and terminal signal did not correlate with ex vivo tumor mass (r = 0.01853; p = 0.6286). In contrast, DEXA did not detect elevated changes in abdominal cavity lean mass until week 2 post inoculation and tumors were not visible until week 3, but successfully quantified a tumor growth trend (slope = 0.7322; p
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