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Boguszewicz Ł, Heyda A, Ciszek M, Bieleń A, Skorupa A, Mrochem-Kwarciak J, Składowski K, Sokół M. Metabolite Biomarkers of Prolonged and Intensified Pain and Distress in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Radio- or Chemoradiotherapy by Means of NMR-Based Metabolomics-A Preliminary Study. Metabolites 2024; 14:60. [PMID: 38248863 PMCID: PMC10819132 DOI: 10.3390/metabo14010060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) has a detrimental impact on patient quality of life. The rate of recognized distress/depression among HNSCC patients ranges from 9.8% to 83.8%, and the estimated prevalence of depression among patients receiving radiotherapy is 63%. Shorter overall survival also occurs in preexisting depression or depressive conditions. The present study analyzes the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) blood serum metabolic profiles during radio-/chemoradiotherapy and correlates the detected alterations with pain and/or distress accumulated with the disease and its treatment. NMR spectra were acquired on a Bruker 400 MHz spectrometer and analyzed using multivariate methods. The results indicate that distress and/or pain primarily affect the serum lipids and metabolites of energy (glutamine, glucose, lactate, acetate) and one-carbon (glycine, choline, betaine, methanol, threonine, serine, histidine, formate) metabolism. Sparse disturbances in the branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) and in the metabolites involved in protein metabolism (lysine, tyrosine, phenylalanine) are also observed. Depending on the treatment modality-radiotherapy or concurrent chemoradiotherapy-there are some differences in the altered metabolites.
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Affiliation(s)
- Łukasz Boguszewicz
- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (M.C.); (A.S.); (M.S.)
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- 1st Radiation and Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (A.H.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (M.C.); (A.S.); (M.S.)
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- 1st Radiation and Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (A.H.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (M.C.); (A.S.); (M.S.)
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- Analytics and Clinical Biochemistry Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland;
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- 1st Radiation and Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (A.H.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (M.C.); (A.S.); (M.S.)
- 1st Radiation and Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (A.H.); (A.B.)
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Boguszewicz Ł, Bieleń A, Ciszek M, Skorupa A, Mrochem-Kwarciak J, Składowski K, Sokół M. Metabolomic Insight into Implications of Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Concomitant Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 25:188. [PMID: 38203359 PMCID: PMC10779362 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25010188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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The present study compares two groups of locally advanced patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA-HNSCC) undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCHRT), specifically those for whom it is a first-line treatment and those who have previously received induction chemotherapy (iCHT). The crucial question is whether iCHT is a serious burden during subsequent treatment for LA-HNSCC and how iCHT affects the tolerance to cCHRT. Of the 107 LA-HNSCC patients, 54 received cisplatin-based iCHT prior to cCHRT. The patients were clinically monitored at weekly intervals from the day before until the completion of the cCHRT. The 843 blood samples were collected and divided into two aliquots: for laboratory blood tests and for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy (a Bruker 400 MHz spectrometer). The NMR metabolites and the clinical parameters from the laboratory blood tests were analyzed using orthogonal partial least squares analysis (OPLS) and the Mann-Whitney U test (MWU). After iCHT, the patients begin cCHRT with significantly (MWU p-value < 0.05) elevated blood serum lipids, betaine, glycine, phosphocholine, and reticulocyte count, as well as significantly lowered NMR inflammatory markers, serine, hematocrit, neutrophile, monocyte, red blood cells, hemoglobin, and CRP. During cCHRT, a significant increase in albumin and psychological distress was observed, as well as a significant decrease in platelet, N-acetyl-cysteine, tyrosine, and phenylalanine, in patients who received iCHT. Importantly, all clinical symptoms (except the decreased platelets) and most metabolic alterations (except for betaine, serine, tyrosine, glucose, and phosphocholine) resolve until the completion of cCHRT. In conclusion, iCHT results in hematological toxicity, altered lipids, and one-carbon metabolism, as well as downregulated inflammation, as observed at the beginning and during cCHRT. However, these complications are temporary, and most of them resolve at the end of the treatment. This suggests that iCHT prior to cCHRT does not pose a significant burden and should be considered as a safe treatment option for LA-HNSCC.
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- Łukasz Boguszewicz
- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (M.C.); (A.S.); (M.S.)
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- 1st Radiation and Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (A.B.)
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (M.C.); (A.S.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (M.C.); (A.S.); (M.S.)
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- Analytics and Clinical Biochemistry Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland;
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- 1st Radiation and Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (A.B.)
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (M.C.); (A.S.); (M.S.)
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Boguszewicz Ł. Predictive Biomarkers for Response and Toxicity of Induction Chemotherapy in Head and Neck Cancers. Front Oncol 2022; 12:900903. [PMID: 35875133 PMCID: PMC9299243 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.900903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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This review focuses on the molecular biology of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas and presents current and emerging biomarkers of the response of patients to induction chemotherapy. The usefulness of genes, proteins, and parameters from diagnostic clinical imaging as well as other clinicopathological parameters is thoroughly discussed. The role of induction chemotherapy before radiotherapy or before chemo-radiotherapy is still debated, as the data on its efficacy are somehow confusing. Despite the constant improvement of treatment protocols and the introduction of new cytostatics, there is still no consensus regarding the use of induction chemotherapy in the treatment of head and neck cancer, with the possible exception of larynx preservation. Such difficulties indicate that potential future treatment strategies should be personalized. Personalized medicine, in which individual tumor genetics drive the selection of targeted therapies and treatment plans for each patient, has recently emerged as the next generation of cancer therapy. Early prediction of treatment outcome or its toxicity may be highly beneficial for those who are at risk of the development of severe toxicities or treatment failure—a different treatment strategy may be applied to these patients, sparing them unnecessary pain. The literature search was carried out in the PubMed and ScienceDirect databases as well as in the selected conference proceedings repositories. Of the 265 articles and abstracts found, only 30 met the following inclusion criteria: human studies, analyzing prediction of induction chemotherapy outcome or toxicity based on the pretreatment (or after the first cycle, if more cycles of induction were administered) data, published after the year 2015. The studies regarding metastatic and recurrent cancers as well as the prognosis of overall survival or the outcome of consecutive treatment were not taken into consideration. As revealed from the systematic inspection of the papers, there are over 100 independent parameters analyzed for their suitability as prognostic markers in HNSCC patients undergoing induction chemotherapy. Some of them are promising, but usually they lack important features such as high specificity and sensitivity, low cost, high positive predictive value, clinical relevance, short turnaround time, etc. Subsequent studies are necessary to confirm the usability of the biomarkers for personal medicine.
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- Łukasz Boguszewicz
- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Warszawa, Poland
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Boguszewicz Ł, Bieleń A, Jarczewski JD, Ciszek M, Skorupa A, Składowski K, Sokół M. Molecular response to induction chemotherapy and its correlation with treatment outcome in head and neck cancer patients by means of NMR-based metabolomics. BMC Cancer 2021; 21:410. [PMID: 33858370 PMCID: PMC8048324 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-021-08137-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background The aim of this prospective study is to identify the biomarkers associated with the effects of induction chemotherapy (iCHT) in terms of the favorable/weaker response to the treatment in locally advanced head and neck squamous cells carcinomas (LA-HNSCC). Methods The studied group consisted of 53 LA-HNSCC patients treated with iCHT. The treatment tolerance was measured by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE). The response to the treatment was evaluated by the clinical, fiberoptic and radiological examinations made before and after iCHT (the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors was used for classifying the extent of cancer spread). Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) serum spectra of the samples collected before and after iCHT were acquired with a 400 MHz spectrometer and analyzed using the multivariate and univariate statistical methods. Results The molecular response to iCHT involves an increase of the serum lipids which is accompanied by the simultaneous decrease of alanine, glucose and N-acetyl-glycoprotein (NAG). Furthermore, in males, the iCHT induced changes in the lipid signals and NAG significantly correlate with the regression of the primary tumor. The OPLS-DA multivariate model identified two subgroups of the patients with a weaker metabolic and clinical response. The first one consisted of the patients with a significantly lower initial nodal stage, the second one showed no differences in the initial clinical and metabolic statuses. Conclusions The NMR-based metabolomic study of the serum spectra revealed that iCHT induces the marked changes in the LA-HNSCC patients’ metabolic profiles and makes it possible to stratify the patients according to their response to iCHT. These effects are sex dependent. Further studies on a larger scale accounting for sex and the clinical and metabolic factors are warranted. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12885-021-08137-4.
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- Łukasz Boguszewicz
- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Warszawa, Poland.
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- 1st Radiation and Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Warszawa, Poland
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- Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Warszawa, Poland
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- 1st Radiation and Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Warszawa, Poland
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Paprocka J, Jezela-Stanek A, Boguszewicz Ł, Sokół M, Lipiński P, Jamroz E, Emich-Widera E, Tylki-Szymańska A. The First Metabolome Analysis in Children with Epilepsy and ALG13-CDG Resulting from c.320A>G Variant. Children (Basel) 2021; 8:251. [PMID: 33807002 PMCID: PMC8004727 DOI: 10.3390/children8030251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND ALG13-CDG belongs to the congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG), which is an expanding group of multisystemic metabolic disorders caused by the N-linked, O-linked oligosaccharides, shared substrates, glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors, and dolichols pathways with high genetic heterogeneity. Thus, as far as clinical presentation, laboratory findings, and treatment are concerned, many questions are to be answered. Three individuals presented here may serve as a good example of clinical heterogeneity. This manuscript describes the first metabolomic analysis using NMR in three patients with epileptic encephalopathy due to the recurrent c.320A>G variant in ALG13, characterized to date only in about 60 individuals (mostly female). This is an important preliminary step in the understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease associated with this variant in the rare genetic condition. The disease is assumed to be a disorder of N-glycosylation given that this is the only known function of the ALG13 protein. Despite this, protein electrophoresis, which is abnormal in most conditions due to abnormalities in N-glycosylation, has been normal or only mildly abnormal in the ALG13 patients. METHODS Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in conjunction with multivariate and univariate modelling were used to analyze the metabolic profile of the blood serum samples acquired from the studied patients. RESULTS Three metabolites were identified as potential biomarkers: betaine, N-acetyl-glycoprotein, and carnitine. CONCLUSIONS Since presented data are the first to be collected so far, they need be verified in further studies. Our intention was to turn attention toward possible CDG-ALG13 laboratory markers that would have clinical significance.
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- Justyna Paprocka
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland; (E.J.); (E.E.-W.)
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- Department of Genetics and Clinical Immunology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, 01-138 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (Ł.B.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland; (Ł.B.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Disorders, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland; (P.L.); (A.T.-S.)
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland; (E.J.); (E.E.-W.)
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland; (E.J.); (E.E.-W.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Disorders, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland; (P.L.); (A.T.-S.)
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Skorupa A, Ciszek M, Chmielik E, Boguszewicz Ł, Oczko-Wojciechowska M, Kowalska M, Rusinek D, Tyszkiewicz T, Kluczewska-Gałka A, Czarniecka A, Jarząb B, Sokół M. Shared and unique metabolic features of the malignant and benign thyroid lesions determined with use of 1H HR MAS NMR spectroscopy. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1344. [PMID: 33446721 PMCID: PMC7809111 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79565-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The purpose of this work was to investigate the distinct and common metabolic features of the malignant and benign thyroid lesions in reference to the non-transformed tissue from the contralateral gland (chronic thyroiditis and colloid goiter). 1H HR MAS NMR spectra of 38 malignant lesions, 32 benign lesions and 112 samples from the non-tumoral tissue (32 from chronic thyroiditis and 80 samples from colloid goiter) were subjected both to multivariate and univariate analysis. The increased succinate, glutamine, glutathione, serine/cysteine, ascorbate, lactate, taurine, threonine, glycine, phosphocholine/glycerophosphocholine and decreased lipids were found in both lesion types in comparison to either colloid goiter or chronic thyroiditis. The elevated glutamate and choline, and reduced citrate and glucose were additionally evident in these lesions in reference to goiter, while the increased myo-inositol-in comparison to thyroiditis. The malignant lesions were characterized by the higher alanine and lysine levels than colloid goiter and thyroiditis, while scyllo-inositol was uniquely increased in the benign lesions (not in cancer) in comparison to both non-tumoral tissue types. Moreover, the benign lesions presented with the unique increase of choline in reference to thyroiditis (not observed in the cancerous tissue). The metabolic heterogeneity of the non-tumoral tissue should be considered in the analysis of metabolic reprogramming in the thyroid lesions.
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- Agnieszka Skorupa
- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102, Gliwice, Poland.
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102, Gliwice, Poland
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- Tumor Pathology Department, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Genetic and Molecular Diagnostics of Cancer, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Genetic and Molecular Diagnostics of Cancer, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Genetic and Molecular Diagnostics of Cancer, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Genetic and Molecular Diagnostics of Cancer, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102, Gliwice, Poland
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- The Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102, Gliwice, Poland
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Skorupa A, Woźnica A, Ciszek M, Staniszewski M, Kijonka M, Kozicki M, Woźniak B, Orlef A, Polański A, Boguszewicz Ł, Sokół M. Application of high field magnetic resonance microimaging in polymer gel dosimetry. Med Phys 2020; 47:3600-3613. [PMID: 32301510 PMCID: PMC7496647 DOI: 10.1002/mp.14186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this work was to examine the suitability of VIPARnd polymer gel–9.4 T magnetic resonance microimaging system for high spatial resolution dose distribution measurements. Methods The VIPARnd samples (3 cm in outside diameter and 12 cm in height) were exposed to ionizing radiation by using a linear accelerator (Varian TrueBeam, USA; 6 MV x‐ray beam). In the calibration stage, nine gel dosimeter vials were irradiated in a water phantom homogenously to the doses from 1.5 to 30 Gy in order to obtain R2‒dose relation. In the verification stage, two gel dosimeter vials were irradiated in the half beam penumbra area of 10 × 10 cm radiation field using the amount of monitor units appropriate to deliver 20 Gy at the field center. The gels were imaged on a vertical 9.4 T magnetic resonance (MR) microimaging scanner using single slice and multislice (9 slices) multiecho (90 × 7 ms) sequences at the spatial resolutions of 0.2–0.4 × 0.2–0.4 × 3 mm3 and 0.2–0.4 × 0.2–0.4 × 1 mm3 respectively. The gels were subjected to microimaging during the period of two weeks after irradiation. The reference data consisted of the dose profiles measured using the diode dosimetry, radiochromic film, ionization chamber, and the water phantom system. Results The VIPARnd‒9.4 T MR microimaging system was characterized by the dose sensitivity of 0.067 ± 0.002 Gy−1 s−1 at day 3 after irradiation. The dose resolution at 10 Gy (at P = 95%) was equal to 0.42 Gy at day 3 after irradiation using a single slice sequence (0.2 × 0.2 × 3 mm3) and 2.0 Gy at day 4 after irradiation using a multislice sequence (0.2 × 0.2 × 1 mm3) for one signal acquisition (measurement time: 15 min). These values were improved by ~1.4‐fold when using four signal acquisitions in the single slice sequence, and by ~2.78‐fold for 12 signal acquisitions in the multislice sequence. Furthermore, decreasing the in‐plane resolution from 0.2 × 0.2 mm2 to 0.4 × 0.4 mm2 resulted in a dose resolution of 0.3 Gy and 1 Gy at 10 Gy (at P = 95%) for one signal acquisition in the single slice and multislice sequences respectively (measurement time: 7.5 min). As reveals from the gamma index analysis the dose distributions measured at days 3–4 postirradiation using both VIPARnd verification phantoms agree with the data obtained using a silicon diode, assuming 1 mm/5% criterion. A good interphantom reproducibility of the polymer gel dosimetry was proved by monitoring of two phantoms up to 10 days after irradiation. However, the agreement between the dose distributions measured using the diode and polymer gel started to get worse from day 5 after irradiation. Conclusion The VIPARnd–9.4T MR microimaging system allows to obtain dose resolution of 0.42 Gy at 10 Gy (at P = 95%) for a spatial resolution of 0.2 × 0.2 × 3 mm3 (acquisition time: 15 min). Further studies are required to improve a temporal stability of the gel‐derived dose distribution.
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- Agnieszka Skorupa
- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeże Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeże Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeże Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, Gliwice, 44-100, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeże Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Informatics and Chemistry of Polymer Materials, Lodz University of Technology, Żeromskiego 116, A33, Lodz, 90-924, Poland.,GeVero Co., Tansmana 2/11, Lodz, 92-548, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeże Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeże Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, Gliwice, 44-100, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeże Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeże Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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Skorupa A, Ciszek M, Pilny E, Smolarczyk R, Jarosz-Biej M, Boguszewicz Ł, Krakowczyk Ł, Szala S, Sokół M, Cichoń T. Monitoring of diffusion properties and transverse relaxation time of mouse ischaemic muscle after administration of human mesenchymal stromal cells derived from adipose tissue. Cell Prolif 2019; 52:e12672. [PMID: 31441162 PMCID: PMC6869084 DOI: 10.1111/cpr.12672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Objectives Application of non‐invasive imaging methods plays an important role in the assessment of cellular therapy effects in peripheral artery disease. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the kinetics of MRI‐derived parameters characterizing ischaemic hindlimb muscle after administration of human mesenchymal stromal cells derived from adipose tissue (hADSC) in mice. Materials and methods MRI experiments were performed on a 9.4T Bruker system. The measurement protocol included transverse relaxation time mapping and diffusion tensor imaging. The monitoring period encompassed 14 days after femoral artery ligation and subsequent cell administration. The effect of hADSC transplantation was compared with the effect of normal human dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs) and phosphate‐buffered saline injection. Results The most significant differences between the hADSC group and the remaining ones were observed around day 3 after ischaemia induction (increased transverse relaxation time in the hADSC group in comparison with the control group) and around day 7 (increased transverse relaxation time and decreased third eigenvalue of the diffusion tensor in the hADSC group in comparison with the control and NHDF groups) at the site of hADSC injection. Histologically, it was associated with increased macrophage infiltration at days 3‐7 and with the presence of small regenerating fibres in the ischaemic tissue at day 7. Conclusions Our results underscore the important role of macrophages in mediating the therapeutic effects of hADSCs and confirm the huge potential of magnetic resonance imaging in monitoring of cellular therapy effects.
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- Agnieszka Skorupa
- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Center for Translational Research and Molecular Biology of Cancer, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Center for Translational Research and Molecular Biology of Cancer, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Center for Translational Research and Molecular Biology of Cancer, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Center for Translational Research and Molecular Biology of Cancer, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Center for Translational Research and Molecular Biology of Cancer, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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Boguszewicz Ł, Bieleń A, Mrochem-Kwarciak J, Skorupa A, Ciszek M, Heyda A, Wygoda A, Kotylak A, Składowski K, Sokół M. NMR-based metabolomics in real-time monitoring of treatment induced toxicity and cachexia in head and neck cancer: a method for early detection of high risk patients. Metabolomics 2019; 15:110. [PMID: 31420744 PMCID: PMC6697714 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-019-1576-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Nutritional treatment in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cancer (HNSCC) patients undergoing radio-/chemo-radiotherapy (RT/CHRT) is complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach. In this study the real-time dynamic changes in serum metabolome during RT/CHRT in HNSCC patients were monitored using NMR-based metabolomics. OBJECTIVES The main goal was to find the metabolic markers that could help prevent of acute radiation sequelae (ARS) escalation. METHODS 170 HNSCC patients were treated radically with RT/CHRT. Blood samples were collected weekly, starting from the day before the treatment and stopping within the week after the RT/CHRT completion, resulting in a total number of 1328 samples. 1H NMR spectra were acquired on Bruker 400 MHz spectrometer at 310 K and analyzed using principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA). Additional statistical analyses were performed on the quantified metabolites. RESULTS PCA has detected a group of distinct outliers corresponding to ketone bodies (3HB, Ace, AceAce). These outliers were found to identify the individuals at high risk of weight loss, mainly by the 3HB changes, which was confirmed by the patients' medical data. In the OPLS-DA models a transition from the lowest to the highest weight loss is seen, defining the metabolic time trajectories for the patients from the studied groups during RT/CHRT. 3HB is a relatively sensitive marker that allows earlier identification of the patients at higher risk of > 10% weight loss. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that metabolic alterations, characteristic for malnutrition or cachexia, can be detected already at the beginning of the treatment, making it possible to monitor the patients with a higher risk of weight loss.
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- Ł Boguszewicz
- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland.
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- I Radiation And Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- Analytics and Clinical Biochemistry Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland
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- I Radiation And Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- I Radiation And Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- I Radiation And Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- I Radiation And Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland
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Mrochem-Kwarciak J, Rutkowski T, Wygoda A, Chmura A, Deja R, Boguszewicz Ł, Widlak P, Brewczyński A, Skladowski K. Prognostic Value of Reticulocyte, Immature Reticulocyte, and Osteopontin in HNSCC Patients Treated by Radiation And Chemotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.12.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Paprocka J, Kijonka M, Boguszewicz Ł, Sokół M. Melatonin in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Analysis Using Modern Mathematical Modeling Methods. Int J Endocrinol 2017; 2017:8234502. [PMID: 28529525 PMCID: PMC5424573 DOI: 10.1155/2017/8234502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Revised: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Purpose. The aim of the study was to assess melatonin secretion pattern in children with TSC and to compare it with the secretion patterns in children with and without epilepsy. Material and Methods. Melatonin secretion was measured every three hours using the RIA method in four children with recognized TSC. The parameters of the melatonin secretion models were interpreted and compared with those obtained for the patients with epilepsy (n = 76) and the children from the control, nonepileptic group (n = 36). To describe the diurnal melatonin secretion, mathematical model was constructed and nonlinear least squares method with the Levenberg-Marquardt optimization algorithm was applied to approximate its parameters. The dim light melatonin onset (DLMO) parameters were also estimated from the model. Results and Conclusions. Statistically significant differences were found between the TSC melatonin secretion profiles and the nonepileptic control group. The profiles for the epileptic and TSC groups were found to be similar. For the TSC group, though a small one, the variations in the MLT release amplitudes seem to be independent of the total number of seizures; however, the MLT release shift appears to depend on the number of seizures.
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- Justyna Paprocka
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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