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Abstract #1120

Irradiated Brain Parenchyma Promotes Virulent Proliferation of Naive Glioma Cells: Mouse Model of Recurrent Glioblastoma

Chong Duan1, Ruimeng Yang2,3, Liya Yuan4, John A Engelbach2, Sonika Dahiya5, Christina I Tsien6, Keith Rich4, Joseph JH Ackerman1,2, and Joel R Garbow2,7

1Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, 2Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, 3Radiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 4Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, 5Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, 6Radiation Oncology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, 7Alvin J Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis

For many years, research on recurrent glioblastoma has largely focused on therapy-induced cancer-cell changes. Herein, we show that gliomas resulting from naïve, non-irradiated DBT tumor cells implanted into irradiated mouse brains grow more rapidly than tumors resulting from naïve DBT cells implanted into non-irradiated mouse brains. Likewise, survival post-implantation is reduced, and MRI and histology document striking differences between naïve tumors implanted in irradiated vs. non-irradiated brain. Collectively, these data provide new insights into the enhanced invasiveness of recurrent gliomas and, importantly, demonstrate a novel recurrent glioblastoma model for further investigation of the long-term effects of radiotherapy on tumor microenvironment.

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