Behavioral, medical imaging and histopathological features of a new rat model of bone cancer pain.

Pre-clinical bone cancer pain models mimicking the human condition are required to respond to clinical realities. Breast or prostate cancer patients coping with bone metastases experience intractable pain, which affects their quality of life. Advanced monitoring is thus required to clarify bone canc...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Louis Doré-Savard, Valérie Otis, Karine Belleville, Myriam Lemire, Mélanie Archambault, Luc Tremblay, Jean-François Beaudoin, Nicolas Beaudet, Roger Lecomte, Martin Lepage, Louis Gendron, Philippe Sarret
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0013774&type=printable
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850236500488224768
author Louis Doré-Savard
Valérie Otis
Karine Belleville
Myriam Lemire
Mélanie Archambault
Luc Tremblay
Jean-François Beaudoin
Nicolas Beaudet
Roger Lecomte
Martin Lepage
Louis Gendron
Philippe Sarret
author_facet Louis Doré-Savard
Valérie Otis
Karine Belleville
Myriam Lemire
Mélanie Archambault
Luc Tremblay
Jean-François Beaudoin
Nicolas Beaudet
Roger Lecomte
Martin Lepage
Louis Gendron
Philippe Sarret
author_sort Louis Doré-Savard
collection DOAJ
description Pre-clinical bone cancer pain models mimicking the human condition are required to respond to clinical realities. Breast or prostate cancer patients coping with bone metastases experience intractable pain, which affects their quality of life. Advanced monitoring is thus required to clarify bone cancer pain mechanisms and refine treatments. In our model of rat femoral mammary carcinoma MRMT-1 cell implantation, pain onset and tumor growth were monitored for 21 days. The surgical procedure performed without arthrotomy allowed recording of incidental pain in free-moving rats. Along with the gradual development of mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia, behavioral signs of ambulatory pain were detected at day 14 by using a dynamic weight-bearing apparatus. Osteopenia was revealed from day 14 concomitantly with disorganization of the trabecular architecture (µCT). Bone metastases were visualized as early as day 8 by MRI (T(1)-Gd-DTPA) before pain detection. PET (Na(18)F) co-registration revealed intra-osseous activity, as determined by anatomical superimposition over MRI in accordance with osteoclastic hyperactivity (TRAP staining). Pain and bone destruction were aggravated with time. Bone remodeling was accompanied by c-Fos (spinal) and ATF3 (DRG) neuronal activation, sustained by astrocyte (GFAP) and microglia (Iba1) reactivity in lumbar spinal cord. Our animal model demonstrates the importance of simultaneously recording pain and tumor progression and will allow us to better characterize therapeutic strategies in the future.
format Article
id doaj-art-511e056e7560415ebdcbf79ef1f1d627
institution OA Journals
issn 1932-6203
language English
publishDate 2010-10-01
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
record_format Article
series PLoS ONE
spelling doaj-art-511e056e7560415ebdcbf79ef1f1d6272025-08-20T02:01:57ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032010-10-01510e1377410.1371/journal.pone.0013774Behavioral, medical imaging and histopathological features of a new rat model of bone cancer pain.Louis Doré-SavardValérie OtisKarine BellevilleMyriam LemireMélanie ArchambaultLuc TremblayJean-François BeaudoinNicolas BeaudetRoger LecomteMartin LepageLouis GendronPhilippe SarretPre-clinical bone cancer pain models mimicking the human condition are required to respond to clinical realities. Breast or prostate cancer patients coping with bone metastases experience intractable pain, which affects their quality of life. Advanced monitoring is thus required to clarify bone cancer pain mechanisms and refine treatments. In our model of rat femoral mammary carcinoma MRMT-1 cell implantation, pain onset and tumor growth were monitored for 21 days. The surgical procedure performed without arthrotomy allowed recording of incidental pain in free-moving rats. Along with the gradual development of mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia, behavioral signs of ambulatory pain were detected at day 14 by using a dynamic weight-bearing apparatus. Osteopenia was revealed from day 14 concomitantly with disorganization of the trabecular architecture (µCT). Bone metastases were visualized as early as day 8 by MRI (T(1)-Gd-DTPA) before pain detection. PET (Na(18)F) co-registration revealed intra-osseous activity, as determined by anatomical superimposition over MRI in accordance with osteoclastic hyperactivity (TRAP staining). Pain and bone destruction were aggravated with time. Bone remodeling was accompanied by c-Fos (spinal) and ATF3 (DRG) neuronal activation, sustained by astrocyte (GFAP) and microglia (Iba1) reactivity in lumbar spinal cord. Our animal model demonstrates the importance of simultaneously recording pain and tumor progression and will allow us to better characterize therapeutic strategies in the future.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0013774&type=printable
spellingShingle Louis Doré-Savard
Valérie Otis
Karine Belleville
Myriam Lemire
Mélanie Archambault
Luc Tremblay
Jean-François Beaudoin
Nicolas Beaudet
Roger Lecomte
Martin Lepage
Louis Gendron
Philippe Sarret
Behavioral, medical imaging and histopathological features of a new rat model of bone cancer pain.
PLoS ONE
title Behavioral, medical imaging and histopathological features of a new rat model of bone cancer pain.
title_full Behavioral, medical imaging and histopathological features of a new rat model of bone cancer pain.
title_fullStr Behavioral, medical imaging and histopathological features of a new rat model of bone cancer pain.
title_full_unstemmed Behavioral, medical imaging and histopathological features of a new rat model of bone cancer pain.
title_short Behavioral, medical imaging and histopathological features of a new rat model of bone cancer pain.
title_sort behavioral medical imaging and histopathological features of a new rat model of bone cancer pain
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0013774&type=printable
work_keys_str_mv AT louisdoresavard behavioralmedicalimagingandhistopathologicalfeaturesofanewratmodelofbonecancerpain
AT valerieotis behavioralmedicalimagingandhistopathologicalfeaturesofanewratmodelofbonecancerpain
AT karinebelleville behavioralmedicalimagingandhistopathologicalfeaturesofanewratmodelofbonecancerpain
AT myriamlemire behavioralmedicalimagingandhistopathologicalfeaturesofanewratmodelofbonecancerpain
AT melaniearchambault behavioralmedicalimagingandhistopathologicalfeaturesofanewratmodelofbonecancerpain
AT luctremblay behavioralmedicalimagingandhistopathologicalfeaturesofanewratmodelofbonecancerpain
AT jeanfrancoisbeaudoin behavioralmedicalimagingandhistopathologicalfeaturesofanewratmodelofbonecancerpain
AT nicolasbeaudet behavioralmedicalimagingandhistopathologicalfeaturesofanewratmodelofbonecancerpain
AT rogerlecomte behavioralmedicalimagingandhistopathologicalfeaturesofanewratmodelofbonecancerpain
AT martinlepage behavioralmedicalimagingandhistopathologicalfeaturesofanewratmodelofbonecancerpain
AT louisgendron behavioralmedicalimagingandhistopathologicalfeaturesofanewratmodelofbonecancerpain
AT philippesarret behavioralmedicalimagingandhistopathologicalfeaturesofanewratmodelofbonecancerpain