Antiangiogenic Cancer Therapy: Monitoring with Molecular US and a Clinically Translatable Contrast Agent (BR55)
Antiangiogenic Cancer Therapy: Monitoring with Molecular US and a Clinically Translatable Contrast Agent (BR55)
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DOI:
10.1148/radiol.10091858
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发表时间:
2010-08-01
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影响因子:
19.7
通讯作者:
Willmann, Juergen K.
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Pysz, Marybeth A.;Foygel, Kira;Willmann, Juergen K.
Purpose: To develop and test human kinase insert domain receptor (KDR)-targeted microbubbles (MBs) (MBKDR) for imaging KDR at the molecular level and for monitoring antiangiogenic therapy in a human colon cancer xenograft tumor model in mice.Materials and Methods: Animal studies were approved by the Institutional Administrative Panel on Laboratory Animal Care. A heterodimeric peptide that binds to human KDR with low nanomolar affinity (K-D = 0.5 nmol/L) was coupled onto the surface of perfluorobutane-containing lipid-shelled MBs (MBKDR). Binding specificity of MBKDR to human KDR and cross-reactivity with murine vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor 2 (VEGFR2) were tested in cell culture under flow shear stress conditions (at 100 sec 2 1). In vivo binding specificity of MBKDR to VEGFR2 was tested in human LS174T colon cancer xenografts in mice with a 40-MHz ultrasonographic (US) transducer. Targeted contrast material-enhanced US imaging signal by using MBKDR was longitudinally measured during 6 days in tumors with (n = 6) and without (n = 6) antiangiogenic treatment (anti-VEGF antibody). Ex vivo VEGFR2 staining and microvessel density analysis were performed. Significant differences were evaluated (t, Mann-Whitney, or Wilcoxon test).Results: Cell culture experiments showed four times greater binding specificity of MBKDR to human KDR and cross-reactivity to murine VEGFR2 (P 50% lower, P = .03) in treated tumors.Conclusion: Human MBKDR allow in vivo imaging and longitudinal monitoring of VEGFR2 expression in human colon cancer xenografts. (C) RSNA, 2010