肺癌防治动物模型研究进展

精准模拟肺癌发病病理过程的动物模型是促进肺癌基础和转化研究的关键，而目前常用的皮下移植瘤模型难以体现肺脏的基质环境特征。小动物活体成像技术可客观、动态地评价肺癌的肿瘤负荷变化及转移发生情况，在此基础上建立的肺癌原位移植瘤动物模型可解决以上难题，充分体现肺癌的发病学特征。而人源性肿瘤组织异种移植(patient derived tumor xenograft，PDTX)原位模型和类器官模型也可部分体现肿瘤微环境和肿瘤细胞的异质性，均已成为该领域的重要发展方向。     

One mouse,one patient paradigm: New avatars of personalized cancer therapy

Over the last few decades, study of cancer in mouse models has gained popularity. Sophisticated genetic manipulation technologies and commercialization of these murine systems have made it possible to generate mice to study human disease. Given the large socio-economic burden of cancer, both on academic research and the health care industry, there is a need for in vivo animal cancer models that can provide a rationale that is translatable to the clinic. Such a bench-to-bedside transition will facilitate a long term robust strategy that is economically feasible and clinically effective to manage cancer. The major hurdles in considering mouse models as a translational platform are the lack of tumor heterogeneity and genetic diversity, which are a hallmark of human cancers. The present review, while critical of these pitfalls, discusses two newly emerging concepts of personalized mouse models called “Mouse Avatars” and Co-clinical Trials. Development of “Mouse Avatars” entails implantation of patient tumor samples in mice for subsequent use in drug efficacy studies. These avatars allow for each patient to have their own tumor growing in an in vivo system, thereby allowing the identification of a personalized therapeutic regimen, eliminating the cost and toxicity associated with non-targeted chemotherapeutic measures. In Co-clinical Trials, genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs) are used to guide therapy in an ongoing human patient trial. Murine and patient trials are conducted concurrently, and information obtained from the murine system is applied towards future clinical management of the patient’s tumor. The concurrent trials allow for a real-time integration of the murine and human tumor data. In combination with several molecular profiling techniques, the “Mouse Avatar” and Co-clinical Trial concepts have the potential to revolutionize the drug development and health care process. The present review outlines the current status, challenges and the future potential of these two new in vivo approaches in the field of personalized oncology.