Article ; Online: Perfusion and Inflation of the Mouse Lung for Tumor Histology.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
2020 , Issue 162
Abstract: The ability to evaluate lung histology is critical for the fields of lung cancer research and cancer metastasis. It is equally important to perform necropsies rapidly and efficiently from studies without sacrificing the quality of the tissues procured. ... ...
Abstract | The ability to evaluate lung histology is critical for the fields of lung cancer research and cancer metastasis. It is equally important to perform necropsies rapidly and efficiently from studies without sacrificing the quality of the tissues procured. The goal of this protocol is to present a method to rapidly perfuse, inflate, and fix mouse lungs for downstream histological analysis. This method does not standardize lung inflation; thus, it does not require any special procedures or equipment and instead simply instills fixative directly through the trachea following perfusion through the heart. This allows for sufficient estimation of tumor size, histology, and scoring. This also allows for the collection of frozen tissue prior to lung tissue fixation. This method is limited in that it does not allow for later morphometric quantification of the lung; however, it is more than sufficient for lung tumor analysis from genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs), syngeneic models, as well as xenograft tumor and metastasis studies. |
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MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Humans ; Lung/pathology ; Lung Neoplasms/pathology ; Mice ; Perfusion ; Staining and Labeling ; Tissue Fixation ; Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-08-06 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Video-Audio Media |
ZDB-ID | 2259946-0 |
ISSN | 1940-087X ; 1940-087X |
ISSN (online) | 1940-087X |
ISSN | 1940-087X |
DOI | 10.3791/60605 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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