In vivo imaging of tumor vascular endothelial cells

Dawen Zhao; Jason H. Stafford; Heling Zhou; Philip E. Thorpe

doi:10.1117/12.2007291

21 February 2013 In vivo imaging of tumor vascular endothelial cells

Dawen Zhao, Jason H. Stafford, Heling Zhou, Philip E. Thorpe

Proceedings Volume 8596, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications V; 859603 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2007291
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Phosphatidylserine (PS), normally restricted to the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane, becomes exposed on the outer surface of viable (non-apoptotic) endothelial cells in tumor blood vessels, probably in response to oxidative stresses present in the tumor microenvironment. In the present study, we optically imaged exposed PS on tumor vasculature in vivo using PGN635, a novel human monoclonal antibody that targets PS. PGN635 F(ab’)₂ was labeled with the near infrared (NIR) dye, IRDye 800CW. Human glioma U87 cells or breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells were implanted subcutaneously or orthotopically into nude mice. When the tumors reached ~5 mm in diameter, 800CW- PGN635 was injected via a tail vein and in vivo dynamic NIR imaging was performed. For U87 gliomas, NIR imaging allowed clear detection of tumors as early as 4 h later, which improved over time to give a maximal tumor/normal ratio (TNR = 2.9 ± 0.5) 24 h later. Similar results were observed for orthotopic MDA-MB-231 breast tumors. Localization of 800CW-PGN635 to tumors was antigen specific since 800CW-Aurexis, a control probe of irrelevant specificity, did not localize to the tumors, and pre-administration of unlabeled PGN635 blocked the uptake of 800CW-PGN635. Fluorescence microscopy confirmed that 800CW-PGN635 was binding to PS-positive tumor vascular endothelium. Our studies suggest that tumor vasculature can be successfully imaged in vivo to provide sensitive tumor detection.

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Dawen Zhao, Jason H. Stafford, Heling Zhou, and Philip E. Thorpe "In vivo imaging of tumor vascular endothelial cells", Proc. SPIE 8596, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications V, 859603 (21 February 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2007291

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Picosecond phenomena

In vivo imaging

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