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Thind K, Jensen MD, Hegarty E, Chen AP, Lim H, Martinez-Santiesteban F, Van Dyk J, Wong E, Scholl TJ, Santyr GE. Mapping metabolic changes associated with early Radiation Induced Lung Injury post conformal radiotherapy using hyperpolarized ¹³C-pyruvate Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging. Radiother Oncol 2014; 110:317-22. [PMID: 24440041 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Revised: 11/28/2013] [Accepted: 11/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE Radiation Pneumonitis (RP) limits radiotherapy. Detection of early metabolic changes in the lungs associated with RP may provide an opportunity to adjust treatment before substantial toxicities occur. In this work, regional lactate-to-pyruvate signal ratio (lac/pyr) was quantified in rat lungs and heart following administration of hyperpolarized (13)C-pyruvate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at day 5, 10, 15 and 25-post conformal radiotherapy. These results were also compared to histology and blood analyses. METHODS The lower right lungs of 12 Sprague Dawley rats were irradiated in 2 fractions with a total dose of 18.5 Gy using a modified micro-CT system. Regional lactate and pyruvate data were acquired from three irradiated and three age-matched healthy rats at each time point on days 5, 10, 15 and 25-post radiotherapy. Arterial blood was collected from each animal prior to the (13)C-pyruvate injection and was analyzed for blood lactate concentration and arterial oxygen concentration (paO₂). Macrophage count was computed from the histology of all rat lungs. RESULTS A significant increase in lac/pyr was observed in both right and left lungs of the irradiated cohort compared to the healthy cohort for all time points. No increase in lac/pyr was observed in the hearts of the irradiated cohort compared to the hearts of the healthy cohorts. Blood lactate concentration and paO2 did not show a significant change between the irradiated and the healthy cohorts. Macrophage count in both right and left lungs was elevated for the irradiated cohort compared to the healthy cohort. CONCLUSIONS Metabolic changes associated with RP may be mapped as early as five days post conformal radiotherapy. Over the small sample size in each cohort, elevated macrophage count, consistent with early phase of inflammation was highly correlated to increases in lac/pyr in both the irradiated and unirradiated lungs. Further experiments with larger sample size may improve the confidence of this finding.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kundan Thind
- Dept. of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada; Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada.
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- Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada
| | | | - Heeseung Lim
- Dept. of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada; Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada
| | | | - Jake Van Dyk
- Dept. of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada; Dept. of Oncology, Western University, London, Canada
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- Dept. of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada; Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada; Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Western University, London, Canada
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- Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada
| | - Giles E Santyr
- Dept. of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada; Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada; Dept. of Medical Imaging, Western University, London, Canada
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