Abstract
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) encompasses a heterogenous group of tumors, but representative preclinical models are lacking. We previously showed that patient-derived tumorgraft (TG) models recapitulate the biology and treatment responsiveness. Through systematic orthotopic implantation of tumor samples from 926 ethnically diverse individuals into non-obese diabetic (NOD)/severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice, we generate a resource comprising 172 independently derived, stably engrafted TG lines from 148 individuals. TG lines are characterized histologically and genomically (whole-exome [n = 97] and RNA [n = 102] sequencing). The platform features a variety of histological and oncogenotypes, including TCGA clades further corroborated through orthogonal metabolomic analyses. We illustrate how it enables a deeper understanding of RCC biology; enables the development of tissue- and imaging-based molecular probes; and supports advances in drug development.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 110055 |
Journal | Cell Reports |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 23 2021 |
Keywords
- BAP1
- HIF
- NGS
- PET
- PT2385
- TAK-243
- VHL
- animal models
- belzutifan
- biomarkers
- iPET
- immunoPET
- kidney cancer
- metabolomics
- molecular imaging
- patient-derived xenograft
- radiotracer
- renal cell carcinoma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology