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Putz EJ, Putz AM, Boettcher A, Charley S, Sauer M, Palmer M, Phillips R, Hostetter J, Loving CL, Cunnick JE, Tuggle CK. Successful development of methodology for detection of hapten-specific contact hypersensitivity (CHS) memory in swine. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0223483. [PMID: 31596901 PMCID: PMC6785115 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Hapten contact hypersensitivity (CHS) elicits a well-documented inflammation response that can be used to illustrate training of immune cells through hapten-specific CHS memory. The education of hapten-specific memory T cells has been well-established, recent research in mice has expanded the “adaptive” characteristic of a memory response from solely a function of the adaptive immune system, to innate cells as well. To test whether similar responses are seen in a non-rodent model, we used hapten-specific CHS to measure the ear inflammation response of outbred pigs to dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB), oxazolone (OXA), or vehicle controls. We adapted mouse innate memory literature protocols to the domestic pig model. Animals were challenged up to 32 days post initial sensitization exposure to the hapten, and specific ear swelling responses to this challenge were significant for 7, 21, and 32 days post-sensitization. We established hapten-specific CHS memory exists in a non-rodent model. We also developed a successful protocol for demonstrating these CHS responses in a porcine system.
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- E. J. Putz
- Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science, Ames, IA, United States of America
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- Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science, Ames, IA, United States of America
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- Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science, Ames, IA, United States of America
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- Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science, Ames, IA, United States of America
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- Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science, Ames, IA, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS-National Animal Disease Center, Infectious Bacterial Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, Ames, IA, United States of America
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- Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathology Science, Ames, IA, United States of America
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- Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathology Science, Ames, IA, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS-National Animal Disease Center, Food Safety and Enteric Pathogens Research Unit, Ames, IA, United States of America
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- Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science, Ames, IA, United States of America
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- Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science, Ames, IA, United States of America
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Powell EJ, Charley S, Boettcher A, Varley L, Brown J, Schroyen M, Adur MK, Dekkers S, Isaacson D, Sauer M, Cunnick J, Ellinwood NM, Ross JW, Dekkers J, Tuggle C. Creating effective biocontainment facilities and maintenance protocols for raising specific pathogen-free, severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) pigs. Lab Anim 2018; 52:402-412. [PMID: 29325489 PMCID: PMC7737622 DOI: 10.1177/0023677217750691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is defined by the lack of an adaptive immune system. Mutations causing SCID are found naturally in humans, mice, horses, dogs, and recently in pigs, with the serendipitous discovery of the Iowa State University SCID pigs. As research models, SCID animals are naturally tolerant of xenotransplantation and offer valuable insight into research areas such as regenerative medicine, cancer therapy, as well as immune cell signaling mechanisms. Large-animal biomedical models, particularly pigs, are increasingly essential to advance the efficacy and safety of novel regenerative therapies on human disease. Thus, there is a need to create practical approaches to maintain hygienic severe immunocompromised porcine models for exploratory medical research. Such research often requires stable genetic lines for replication and survival of healthy SCID animals for months post-treatment. A further hurdle in the development of the ISU SCID pig as a biomedical model involved the establishment of facilities and protocols necessary to obtain clean SPF piglets from the conventional pig farm on which they were discovered. A colony of homozygous SCID boars and SPF carrier sows has been created and maintained through selective breeding, bone marrow transplants, innovative husbandry techniques, and the development of biocontainment facilities.
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University
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- Laboratory Animal Resources, Iowa State University
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University
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Boettcher AN, Kiupel M, Adur M, Cocco E, Santin A, Charley S, Risinger J, Tuggle C, Shapiro E. Abstract LB-042: Successful tumor formation following xenotransplantation of primary human ovarian cancer cells into severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) pigs. Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2018-lb-042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ovarian cancer (OvCa) is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy, with 2/3 of patients having late-stage disease (stages II-IV) at diagnosis. Preclinical animal models for cancer research have primarily been restricted to rodents, but many preclinical cancer drug trials that succeed in mice fail in humans, potentially due to vast differences in physiology and size. Therefore, we sought to determine if pigs, which are more similar to humans in terms of anatomy and physiology, would be a viable preclinical animal model for OvCa. Our group has pioneered the development of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) pigs for biomedical research, a key technological advancement for xenotransplantation of human ovarian cancer cells to form tumors. In this study, we injected human OSPC-ARK-1 cells, a chemotherapy-resistant primary ovarian serous papillary carcinoma cell line, into the neck muscle and ear tissue of four SCID and two non-SCID pigs. Tumors developed in the ears of three SCID pigs, while two SCID pigs developed tumors in neck tissue, all of which were confirmed at pathology as true neoplasms. Non-SCID animals did not develop tumors in any location. Confirmation that OSPC-ARK1 cells can form tumors in SCID pigs substantiates further development of orthotopic models of OvCa in pigs for researching improved OvCa therapeutic and diagnostic methods.
Citation Format: Adeline N. Boettcher, Matti Kiupel, Malavika Adur, Emiliano Cocco, Alessandro Santin, Sara Charley, John Risinger, Christopher Tuggle, Erik Shapiro. Successful tumor formation following xenotransplantation of primary human ovarian cancer cells into severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) pigs [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr LB-042.
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- 3Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY
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