Orthotopic Human Prostate Cancer Model in Athymic Nude Rat

  • Human Prostate cancer (LnCaP) cell line
  • Proprietary Immunomodulation of BRM ru/ru nude rat (SuperNude)
  • Implanted into prostate of SuperNude/BRM rat strain (Athymic and lyp insert)
  • Readouts: thru 8 weeks, Body Weight, Tumor Size at Necropsy and Histopathology relative to time post treatment

Timeline

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Protocol:

  • Athymic male nu rats (90+ days)
  • Group Size n=6
  • Pre-treatment
    • Proprietary Treatment (Day -6, -4, and -2)
    • Survival Surgery (Day 1): inject 106 LnCaP cells, left ventral prostate lobe
  • Treatment Groups (2x weekly, Days 14-28)
    • Doxorubicin 5mg/kg, IV
    • Suramin 10mg/kg, IV
    • Doxorubicin + Suramin, IV
    • vehicle
  • Analyses
    • Clinical: body weight and serum PSA, weekly
    • Terminal: Tumor Weight and Histopathology