Real-Time Fluorescence Imaging Using Indocyanine Green to Assess Therapeutic Effects of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy in Tumor Model Mice

Background: Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) is a cancer therapy that causes an increase in tumor perfusion, a phenomenon termed the super-enhanced permeability and retention effect. Currently, in vivo treatment efficacy of NIR-PIT is observable days after treatment, but monitoring would b...

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Main Authors: Adrian Rosenberg, Daiki Fujimura MD, Ryuhei Okada MD, PhD, Aki Furusawa PhD, Fuyuki Inagaki MD, PhD, Hiroaki Wakiyama MD, PhD, Takuya Kato MD, PhD, Peter L. Choyke MD, Hisataka Kobayashi MD, PhD
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Published: SAGE Publications 2020-06-01
Series:Molecular Imaging
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1536012120934965
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author Adrian Rosenberg
Daiki Fujimura MD
Ryuhei Okada MD, PhD
Aki Furusawa PhD
Fuyuki Inagaki MD, PhD
Hiroaki Wakiyama MD, PhD
Takuya Kato MD, PhD
Peter L. Choyke MD
Hisataka Kobayashi MD, PhD
author_facet Adrian Rosenberg
Daiki Fujimura MD
Ryuhei Okada MD, PhD
Aki Furusawa PhD
Fuyuki Inagaki MD, PhD
Hiroaki Wakiyama MD, PhD
Takuya Kato MD, PhD
Peter L. Choyke MD
Hisataka Kobayashi MD, PhD
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description Background: Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) is a cancer therapy that causes an increase in tumor perfusion, a phenomenon termed the super-enhanced permeability and retention effect. Currently, in vivo treatment efficacy of NIR-PIT is observable days after treatment, but monitoring would be improved by more acute detection of intratumor change. Fluorescence imaging may detect increased tumor perfusion immediately after treatment. Methods: In the first experiment, athymic nude mouse models bearing unilateral subcutaneous flank tumors were treated with either NIR-PIT or laser therapy only. In the second experiment, mice bearing bilateral flank tumors were treated with NIR-PIT only on the left-sided tumor. In both groups, immediately after treatment, indocyanine green was injected at different doses intravenously, and mice were monitored with the Shimadzu LIGHTVISION fluorescence imaging system for 1 hour. Results: Tumor-to-background ratio of fluorescence intensity increased over the 60 minutes of monitoring in treated mice but did not vary significantly in control mice. Tumor-to-background ratio was highest in the 1 mg kg −1 and 0.3 mg kg −1 doses. In mice with bilateral tumors, tumor-to-untreated tumor ratio increased similarly. Conclusions: Acute changes in tumor perfusion after NIR-PIT can be detected by real-time fluorescence imaging.
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spelling doaj.art-940fa7e2050d4118b9a413114e40e0bd2024-03-02T03:15:50ZengSAGE PublicationsMolecular Imaging1536-01212020-06-011910.1177/1536012120934965Real-Time Fluorescence Imaging Using Indocyanine Green to Assess Therapeutic Effects of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy in Tumor Model MiceAdrian Rosenberg0Daiki Fujimura MD1Ryuhei Okada MD, PhD2Aki Furusawa PhD3Fuyuki Inagaki MD, PhD4Hiroaki Wakiyama MD, PhD5Takuya Kato MD, PhD6Peter L. Choyke MD7Hisataka Kobayashi MD, PhD8 Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USABackground: Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) is a cancer therapy that causes an increase in tumor perfusion, a phenomenon termed the super-enhanced permeability and retention effect. Currently, in vivo treatment efficacy of NIR-PIT is observable days after treatment, but monitoring would be improved by more acute detection of intratumor change. Fluorescence imaging may detect increased tumor perfusion immediately after treatment. Methods: In the first experiment, athymic nude mouse models bearing unilateral subcutaneous flank tumors were treated with either NIR-PIT or laser therapy only. In the second experiment, mice bearing bilateral flank tumors were treated with NIR-PIT only on the left-sided tumor. In both groups, immediately after treatment, indocyanine green was injected at different doses intravenously, and mice were monitored with the Shimadzu LIGHTVISION fluorescence imaging system for 1 hour. Results: Tumor-to-background ratio of fluorescence intensity increased over the 60 minutes of monitoring in treated mice but did not vary significantly in control mice. Tumor-to-background ratio was highest in the 1 mg kg −1 and 0.3 mg kg −1 doses. In mice with bilateral tumors, tumor-to-untreated tumor ratio increased similarly. Conclusions: Acute changes in tumor perfusion after NIR-PIT can be detected by real-time fluorescence imaging.https://doi.org/10.1177/1536012120934965
spellingShingle Adrian Rosenberg
Daiki Fujimura MD
Ryuhei Okada MD, PhD
Aki Furusawa PhD
Fuyuki Inagaki MD, PhD
Hiroaki Wakiyama MD, PhD
Takuya Kato MD, PhD
Peter L. Choyke MD
Hisataka Kobayashi MD, PhD
Real-Time Fluorescence Imaging Using Indocyanine Green to Assess Therapeutic Effects of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy in Tumor Model Mice
Molecular Imaging
title Real-Time Fluorescence Imaging Using Indocyanine Green to Assess Therapeutic Effects of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy in Tumor Model Mice
title_full Real-Time Fluorescence Imaging Using Indocyanine Green to Assess Therapeutic Effects of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy in Tumor Model Mice
title_fullStr Real-Time Fluorescence Imaging Using Indocyanine Green to Assess Therapeutic Effects of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy in Tumor Model Mice
title_full_unstemmed Real-Time Fluorescence Imaging Using Indocyanine Green to Assess Therapeutic Effects of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy in Tumor Model Mice
title_short Real-Time Fluorescence Imaging Using Indocyanine Green to Assess Therapeutic Effects of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy in Tumor Model Mice
title_sort real time fluorescence imaging using indocyanine green to assess therapeutic effects of near infrared photoimmunotherapy in tumor model mice
url https://doi.org/10.1177/1536012120934965
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