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Technical Report


Nature Medicine 10, 1257 - 1260 (2004)
Published online: 24 October 2004 | doi:10.1038/nm1120

Dissecting tumor maintenance requirements using bioluminescence imaging of cell proliferation in a mouse glioma model

Lene Uhrbom1,2,3, Edward Nerio2,3 & Eric C Holland2


Bioluminescence imaging has previously been used to monitor the formation of grafted tumors in vivo and measure cell number during tumor progression and response to therapy. The development and optimization of successful cancer therapy strategies may well require detailed and specific assessment of biological processes in response to mechanistic intervention. Here, we use bioluminescence imaging to monitor the cell cycle in a genetically engineered, histologically accurate model of glioma in vivo. In these platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-driven oligodendrogliomas, G1 cell-cycle arrest is generated by blockade of either the PDGF receptor or mTOR using small-molecule inhibitors.