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Evaluation of tumor ischemia in response to an indole-based vascular disrupting agent using BLI and (19)F MRI.

ABSTRACT: Vascular disrupting agents (VDAs) have been proposed as an effective broad spectrum approach to cancer therapy, by inducing ischemia leading to hypoxia and cell death. A novel VDA (OXi8007) was recently reported to show rapid acute selective shutdown of tumor vasculature based on color-Doppler ultrasound. We have now expanded investigations to noninvasively assess perfusion and hypoxiation of orthotopic human MDA-MB-231/luc breast tumor xenografts following the administration of OXi8007 based on dynamic bioluminescence imaging (BLI) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). BLI showed significantly lower signal four hours after the administration of OXi8007, which was very similar to the response to combretastatin A-4P (CA4P), but the effect lasted considerably longer, with the BLI signal remaining depressed at 72 hrs. Meanwhile, control tumors exhibited minimal change. Oximetry used (19)F MRI of the reporter molecule hexafluorobenzene and FREDOM (Fluorocarbon Relaxometry using Echo Planar Imaging for Dynamic Oxygen Mapping) to assess pO2 distributions during air and oxygen breathing. pO2 decreased significantly upon the administration of OXi8007 during oxygen breathing (from 122 ± 64 to 34 ± 20 Torr), with further decrease upon switching the gas to air (pO2 = 17 ± 9 Torr). pO2 maps indicated intra-tumor heterogeneity in response to OXi8007, though ultimately all tumor regions became hypoxic. Both BLI and FREDOM showed the efficacy of OXi8007. The pO2 changes measured by FREDOM may be crucial for future study of combined therapy.

SUBMITTER: Zhou H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4396009 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Evaluation of tumor ischemia in response to an indole-based vascular disrupting agent using BLI and (19)F MRI.

Zhou Heling H Hallac Rami R RR Lopez Ramona R Denney Rebecca R MacDonough Matthew T MT Li Li L Liu Li L Graves Edward E EE Trawick Mary Lynn ML Pinney Kevin G KG Mason Ralph P RP

American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 20150115 2

Vascular disrupting agents (VDAs) have been proposed as an effective broad spectrum approach to cancer therapy, by inducing ischemia leading to hypoxia and cell death. A novel VDA (OXi8007) was recently reported to show rapid acute selective shutdown of tumor vasculature based on color-Doppler ultrasound. We have now expanded investigations to noninvasively assess perfusion and hypoxiation of orthotopic human MDA-MB-231/luc breast tumor xenografts following the administration of OXi8007 based on ...[more]

PMID: 25973335

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Evaluation of tumor ischemia in response to an indole-based vascular disrupting agent using BLI and (19)F MRI.

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Evaluation of tumor ischemia in response to an indole-based vascular disrupting agent using BLI and (19)F MRI.

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