Tomographic fluorescence imaging of tumor vascular volume in mice |
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Authors: | Montet Xavier Figueiredo Jose-Luiz Alencar Herlen Ntziachristos Vasilis Mahmood Umar Weissleder Ralph |
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Institution: | Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Building 149, 13th St, Room 5403, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. |
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Abstract: | PURPOSE: To prospectively determine the feasibility of imaging vascular volume fraction (VVF) and its therapeutic inhibition in mouse models of cancer with three-dimensional fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: All studies were approved by the institutional animal review committee and were in accordance with National Institutes of Health guidelines. CT26 colon tumor-bearing mice were imaged with FMT after intravenous administration of long-circulating near-infrared fluorescent blood-pool agents optimized for two nonoverlapping excitation wavelengths (680 and 750 nm). A total of 58 mice were used for imaging VVF to evaluate the following: (a) differences in ectopically and orthotopically implanted tumors (n = 10), (b) cohorts of mice (n = 24) treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antibody, (c) serial imaging in same animal to determine natural course of angiogenesis (n = 4), and (d) dose response to anti-VEGF therapy (n = 20). To compare groups receiving antiangiogenic chemotherapy, analysis of variance was used. RESULTS: Fluorochrome concentrations derived from FMT measurements were reconstructed with an accuracy of +/-10% at 680 nm and +/-7% at 750 nm and in a depth-independent manner, unlike at reflectance imaging. FMT measurements of vascular fluorescent probes were linear, with concentration over several orders of magnitude (r > 0.98). VVFs of colonic tumors, which varied considerably among animals (3.5% +/- 1.5 standard deviation]), could be depicted with in vivo imaging in three dimensions with less than 5 minutes of imaging and less than 3 minutes of analysis. The natural course of angiogenesis and its inhibition could be reliably imaged and depicted serially in different experimental setups. CONCLUSION: FMT is a tomographic optical imaging technique that, in conjunction with appropriate fluorescent probes, allows quantitative visualization of biologic processes. |
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