Poster presentation
Open Access
Volume 7 Supplement 2
São Paulo Advanced School of Comparative Oncology: Abstracts
Evaluation of different methods to obtain primary mammary epithelial cell cultures from canine spontaneous mammary gland tumors
BMC Proceedings20137(Suppl 2):P41
https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-6561-7-S2-P41
© Gentile et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013
Published: 4 April 2013
Background
Mammary gland neoplasms are the most prevalent tumors in dogs, and their treatment is still challenging. A crucial problem in the handling of this type of neoplasm is to obtain primary mammary epithelial cell cultures from the original tumors. The aim of this study was to determine the best conditions to culture primary mammary epithelial cells from several histological types of canine breast tumors.
Materials and methods
Several culturing conditions have been tested including enzymes such as collagenases types III and IV, trypsin and hyaluronidase, differential centrifugation and trypsinization. Four tumor samples were processed to obtain organoids, stromal and epithelial cells. The histological tumor types studied were mixed carcinoma and simple adenoma. The cells were phenotypically characterized according to an immunocytochemical panel, including cytokeratins, alpha smooth muscle actin and vimentin.
Results
Results have shown that the best method of obtaining primary epithelial cell lines comprises the use of collagenase type I, hyaloronidase and trypsin followed by serial differential trypsinization.
Conclusions
Standardization of such methodological tools in the canine model for the study of cancer will allow a more detailed analysis of the action of new antineoplastic agents, which could be applied to animals and, eventually, to humans.
Financial support
FAPESP and CNPq.
Authors’ Affiliations
(1)
Laboratory of Comparative and Experimental Oncology, Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP)
(2)
Veterinary Hospital Cães e Gatos
(3)
University Anhembi Morumbi
(4)
Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP)
Copyright
© Gentile et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013
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