Buatti JM, Friedman WA, Theele DP, Bova FJ, Mendenhall WM. The lazaroid U74389G protects normal brain from stereotactic radiosurgery-induced radiation injury.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1996;
34:591-7. [PMID:
8621283 DOI:
10.1016/0360-3016(95)02113-2]
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Abstract
PURPOSE
To test an established model of stereotactic radiosurgery-induced radiation injury with pretreatments of either methylprednisolone or the lazaroid U74389G.
METHODS AND MATERIALS
Nine cats received stereotactic radiosurgery with a linear accelerator using and animal radiosurgery device. Each received a dose of 125.0 Gy prescribed to the 84% isodose shell to the anterior limb of the right internal capsule. One animal received no pretreatment, two received citrate vehicle, three received 30 mg/kg of methylprednisolone, and three received 5 mg/kg of U74389G. After irradiation, the animals had frequent neurologic examinations, and neurologic deficits developed in all of them. Six months after the radiation treatment, the animals were anesthetized, and had gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) scans, followed by Evans blue dye perfusion, euthanasia, and brain fixation.
RESULTS
Magnetic resonance scans revealed a decrease in the size of the lesions from a mean volume of 0.45 +/- 0.06 cm(3) in the control, vehicle-treated, and methylpredniosolone-treated animals to 0.22 +/- 0.14 cm(3) in the U74389G-treated group. The scans also suggested the absence of necrosis and ventricular dilatation in the lazaroid-treated group. Gross pathology revealed that lesions produced in the untreated, vehicle-treated, and methylprednisolone-treated cats were similar and were characterized by a peripheral zone of Evans blue dye staining with a central zone of a mature coagulative necrosis and focal hemorrhage. However, in the U74389G-treated animals, the lesions were found to have an area of Evans blue dye staining, but lacked discrete areas of necrosis and hemorrhage.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that the lazaroid U74389G protects the normal brain from radiation injury produced by stereotactic radiosurgery.
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