Arteaga-Marrero N, Brekke Rygh C, Mainou-Gomez JF, Adamsen TCH, Lutay N, Reed RK, Olsen DR. Radiation treatment monitoring using multimodal functional imaging: PET/CT ((18)F-Fluoromisonidazole & (18)F-Fluorocholine) and DCE-US.
J Transl Med 2015;
13:383. [PMID:
26682742 PMCID:
PMC4683758 DOI:
10.1186/s12967-015-0708-5]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Background
This study aims to assess the effect of radiation treatment on the tumour vasculature and its downstream effects on hypoxia and choline metabolism using a multimodal approach in the murine prostate tumour model CWR22. Functional parameters derived from Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Computer Tomography (CT) with 18F-Fluoromisonidazole (18F-FMISO) and 18F-Fluorocholine (18F-FCH) as well as Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (DCE-US) were employed to determine the relationship between metabolic parameters and microvascular parameters that reflect the tumour microenvironment. Immunohistochemical analysis was employed for validation.
Methods
PET/CT and DCE-US were acquired pre- and post-treatment, at day 0 and day 3, respectively. At day 1, radiation treatment was delivered as a single fraction of 10 Gy. Two experimental groups were tested for treatment response with 18F-FMISO and 18F-FCH.
Results
The maximum Standardized Uptake Values (SUVmax) and the mean SUV (SUVmean) for the 18F-FMISO group were decreased after treatment, and the SUVmean of the tumour-to-muscle ratio was correlated to microvessel density (MVD) at day 3. The kurtosis of the amplitude of the contrast uptake A was significantly decreased for the control tumours in the 18F-FCH group. Furthermore, the eliminating rate constant of the contrast agent from the plasma kel derived from DCE-US was negatively correlated to the SUVmean of tumour-to-muscle ratio, necrosis and MVD.
Conclusions
The present study suggests that the multimodal approach using 18F-FMISO PET/CT and DCE-US seems reliable in the assessment of both microvasculature and necrosis as validated by histology. Thus, it has valuable diagnostic and prognostic potential for early non-invasive evaluation of radiotherapy.
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