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Peter SB, Nandhan VR. 31-Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Evaluation of Glioma and Metastases in 3T MRI. Indian J Radiol Imaging 2022; 31:873-881. [PMID: 35136499 PMCID: PMC8817830 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1741090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Background:
31-Phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31-P MRS) has excellent potential for clinical neurological practice because of its noninvasive in-vivo assessment of cellular energy metabolism and the indirect evaluation of the phospholipid composition of the cell membrane, intracellular pH, and intracellular Mg2+ concentration.
Purpose:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the metabolic characteristics of glioma and metastases using 31-P MRS and assess utility to differentiate both.
Study Type:
Prospective study.
Population:
Fifteen consecutive patients with brain tumor.
Field Strength/Sequence:
Three-tesla magnetic resonance imaging/three-dimensional MRS imaging sequence.
Statistical Tests:
Unpaired sample
t
-test, and one-way analysis of variance with Tukey's post-hoc test.
Results:
Significantly decreased values of phosphomonoesters/inorganic phosphate (PME/Pi) in the tumor group (1.22 ± 0.72) compared with controls (2.28 ± 1.44) with a
p
-value of 0.041 were observed. There is a significant decrease in phosphocreatine (PCr)/Pi values (energy demand) in the tumor group (2.76 ± 0.73) compared with controls (4.13 ± 1.75) with a
p
-value of 0.050. Significant increase in Pi/adenosine triphosphate (ATP) was noted in tumor group (0.28 ± 0.09) compared with controls (0.22 ± 0.08) with
p
-value 0.049. Among tumor group, PME/PCr values were significantly decreased in gliomas (0.35 ± 0.17) than metastasis (0.58 ± 0.23) compared with controls with a
p
-value of 0.047. A significant decrease in PME/ATP was noted in gliomas (0.25 ± 0.12) than metastasis (0.41 ± 0.14) compared with controls with a
p
-value of 0.034. The tumor group exhibits alkaline pH (7.12 ± 0.10) compared with the normal parenchyma (7.04 ± 0.06) with a significant
p
-value of 0.025. Glioma and metastasis could not be differentiated with pH. However, the perilesional edema of glioma shows alkaline pH (7.09 ± 0.06) and metastasis shows acidic pH (7.02 ± 0.05) with a significant
p
-value of 0.030.
Conclusion:
Our study provides new insight into the cellular constituents and pH of gliomas and metastases and results were significant in differentiation between these two. However, due to the additional high expense, it is available as a research tool in very few institutions in India.
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- S. Babu Peter
- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Barnard Institute of Radiology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Barnard Institute of Radiology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Pronin IN, Batalov AI, Shultz EI, Mertsalova MP, Vikhrova NB, Pogosbekyan EL, Konakova TA, Kornienko VN. [Phosphorus MR spectroscopy and 18F-FDG PET/CT in the study of energy metabolism of glial tumors]. ZHURNAL VOPROSY NEĬROKHIRURGII IMENI N. N. BURDENKO 2021; 85:26-33. [PMID: 33864666 DOI: 10.17116/neiro20218502126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study energy metabolism in glial tumors using dynamic MR spectroscopy and 18F-FDG PET/CT. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 19 patients (9 women and 10 men) with newly diagnosed supratentorial glial tumors WHO Grade I-IV (diffuse astrocytoma - 4 cases, oligodendroglioma - 4 cases, anaplastic astrocytoma - 5 cases, glioblastoma - 6 cases). All patients underwent examination and surgical treatment at the Burdenko Neurosurgery Center. Dynamic MR spectroscopy and 18F-FDG PET/CT were applied in each patient. RESULTS We found multiple correlations between the ratio of bioorganic phosphate peaks and parameters of glucose uptake by tumor tissue. These relationships were more significant in patients with high-grade tumors: positive significant correlation between SUVtumor and PME/PCr ratio (RS=0.75, p=0.01), T/Nmix and βATP/Pi ratio (Rs=0.76, p=0.02), SUVpeaktumor and aATP/Pi ratio (RS=0.77, p=0.008). Moreover, there were negative correlations between SUVtumor and PCr/bATP ratio (RS= -0.66, p=0.05), T/Nmix and PDE/bATP ratio (RS= -0.83, p=0.006), SUVpeaktumor and PDE/aATP ratio (RS= -0.76, p=0.009). CONCLUSION High-grade gliomas were characterized by higher glucose consumption, ATP release (intensification of energy metabolism) and faster cell membrane synthesis. These processes indicate enhanced proliferation of tumor cells (intensification of plastic metabolism).
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- I N Pronin
- Burdenko Neurosurgical Center, Moscow, Russia
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- Burdenko Neurosurgical Center, Moscow, Russia
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- Burdenko Neurosurgical Center, Moscow, Russia
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Kamble RB, Peruvumba N J, Shivashankar R. Energy status and metabolism in intracranial space occupying lesions: a prospective 31p spectroscopic study. J Clin Diagn Res 2014; 8:RC05-8. [PMID: 25584283 DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2014/10176.5139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2014] [Accepted: 09/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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AIM Intracranial space occupying lesions can be infective or tumour. There are various advanced Magnetic resonance imaging techniques like perfusion, diffusion and proton spectroscopy which can differentiate between them. However, (31) Phosphorus spectroscopy studies the energy status and the metabolism pattern of various tissues and can be used potentially to differentiate between them depending on their Metabolism pattern. Thus, we aimed to study energy status of various intracranial lesions and try to differentiate between them including grades of gliomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS (31)PMRS was done in 1.5T MRI in 43 patients prior to surgery or through/via stereo-tactic biopsy, of which 25 were men and 18 women with mean age 41.34 y ranging from 7-71 y. Single voxel phosphorus spectroscopy was done from the solid portion of the lesions and data was analysed and post processed. RESULTS Study includes Lymphoma (n=6), Grade 1 and 2 glioma (n=5), grade 3 glioma (n=9), grade 4 glioma(n=6), metastases (n=5), tuberculoma (n=7) and pyogenic abscesses (n=5). The integral values of PME, Pi, PDE, γ-ATP, α-ATP, β-ATP with reference to the position of PCr were calculated along with various ratios. Integral values of Pi and PDE were significantly increased in metastases but decreased in gliomas grade 1-2 compared to other pathologic conditions. Mean integral values of LEP (low energy phosphates) and total phosphates were significantly decreased in gliomas grades 1 and 2 and increased in metastases when compared with other pathologic conditions. PCr /Pi was increased in glioma grades 1, 2 and 3 but decreased in metastases; the significance was observed only in gliomas grade 3 and metastases. Metabolic ratios of PDE/β ATP and Pi/βATP were decreased in glioma grades 1 and 2 and increased in metastases with statistical significance. CONCLUSION (31)PMRS may help in differentiating primary from secondary lesions and assess grades of gliomas.
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Abrantes AM, Rio J, Tavares LC, Carvalho RA, Botelho MF. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in cancer diagnostics. Oncol Rev 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s12156-010-0050-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Reisner E, Arion VB, Keppler BK, Pombeiro AJ. Electron-transfer activated metal-based anticancer drugs. Inorganica Chim Acta 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2006.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Mazumder UK, Gupta M, Karki SS, Bhattacharya S, Rathinasamy S, Sivakumar T. Synthesis and pharmacological activities of some mononuclear Ru(II) complexes. Bioorg Med Chem 2005; 13:5766-73. [PMID: 15982893 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.05.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2005] [Revised: 05/28/2005] [Accepted: 05/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A series of mononuclear Ru(II) complexes of the type [Ru(M)2(U)]2+, where M = 2,2'-bipyridine/1,10-phenanthroline and U = tpl (Ru1), 4-Cl-tpl (Ru2), 4-CH3-tpl (Ru3), 4-CH3O-tpl (Ru4), and 4-NO2-tpl (Ru5), -pai (Ru6), where tpl = thiopicolinanilide and pai = 2-phenyl-azo-imidazole, have been prepared and characterized by IR, UV-Vis, 1H NMR, 13C-NMR, FAB-Mass spectrophotometer, and elemental analysis. The complexes display metal-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) transitions in the visible region. The title complexes were subjected to in vivo anticancer activity tests against a transplantable murine tumor cell line, Ehrlich's ascitic carcinoma (EAC) and in vitro antibacterial activity against Gram positive and Gram negative microorganisms. Ru1-Ru6 were found to increase the life span of the tumor hosts by 19-52%, and decreased tumor volume and viable ascitic cell count. The results of the present study clearly demonstrated the tumor inhibitory activity of the ruthenium chelates against transplantable murine tumor cell line. The treatment with ruthenium complexes could be secondary to tumor regression or due to the action of the compounds itself. The significant antibacterial activity was observed for Ru1-Ru4 against microorganisms like Vibrio cholera 865, Staphylococcus aureus 6571, and Shigella flexneri as compared to that of standard drug chloramphenical. Ru5 showed moderate activity against S. aureus 8530. However, all the complexes fail to show significant antibacterial activity against V. cholera 14033 and Shigella sonnai.
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- Upal K Mazumder
- Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India.
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Schwarz AJ, Maisey NR, Collins DJ, Cunningham D, Huddart R, Leach MO. Early in vivo detection of metabolic response: a pilot study of 1H MR spectroscopy in extracranial lymphoma and germ cell tumours. Br J Radiol 2002; 75:959-66. [PMID: 12515704 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.75.900.750959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Monitoring therapeutic efficacy is essential in oncological practice. We have investigated the feasibility of using proton (1)H MR spectroscopy (MRS), localized to malignant lymphoma and germ cell lesions outside the cranial cavity, to monitor tumour metabolism in vivo during chemotherapy treatment. (1)H single voxel MRS, (stimulated echo acquisition mode, repetition time/echo time=2000/20 ms) was performed prior to treatment in patients with lymphoma or germ cell tumours, and during the first cycle of chemotherapy. Patient response was assessed by independent clinical follow-up at a median of 57 days (range 44-93 days) post-treatment. All 12 non-cystic lesions scanned showed a signal assigned to choline-containing metabolites (tCho); 9 were scanned both pre- and post-treatment. Changes in the tCho:water ratio following treatment were found to predict subsequent patient response. In seven of these nine patients, the tCho:water ratio decreased in the first post-treatment scan, and all subsequently achieved a partial response to treatment. In the remaining two patients, both of whom progressed on treatment, the tCho:water ratio did not change significantly. Normalized to pre-treatment values, the non-responder group values (1.07 and 0.97) were clearly distinct from the responder group, whose values ranged from 0.43 to below detection level. To our knowledge, this is the first report of (1)H MR spectra from these tumour types and sites. These preliminary results indicate that metabolite signals can be detected using (1)H MRS in these tumour types and locations, as has already been established in the brain, breast and prostate. Moreover, the differential changes observed in the tCho region of the spectrum suggest that (1)H MRS could provide an early and sensitive indicator of metabolic response to chemotherapy.
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- A J Schwarz
- Cancer Research UK Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research Group, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
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Saitoh JI, Sakurai H, Suzuki Y, Muramatsu H, Ishikawa H, Kitamoto Y, Akimoto T, Hasegawa M, Mitsuhashi N, Nakano T. Correlations between in vivo tumor weight, oxygen pressure, 31P NMR spectroscopy, hypoxic microenvironment marking by beta-D-iodinated azomycin galactopyranoside (beta-D-IAZGP), and radiation sensitivity. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002; 54:903-9. [PMID: 12377344 DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(02)03013-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to evaluate the amount of hypoxic fraction in a rodent tumor by means of polarographic oxygen electrode, phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS), and a newly synthesized hypoxic marker, beta-D-iodinated azomycin galactopyranoside (beta-D-IAZGP). We also investigated the radiosensitivity for tumors of different weights. METHODS AND MATERIALS Murine mammary carcinoma cells, FM3A, were subcutaneously implanted into the back of 5-week-old male C3H/He mice. beta-D-IAZGP radiolabeled with 123I or with 125I was injected intravenously into tumor-bearing mice, and marker distribution was measured by nuclear medicine procedures. Radiosensitivity of the tumor was measured by the in vivo/in vitro clonogenic assay. Tumor oxygenation status was also measured directly by polarographic oxygen electrodes and indirectly estimated from 31P-MR spectra. RESULTS Higher accumulation of 123I-beta-D-IAZGP was observed in the tumors than in normal tissues at 24 h after administration. As to biodistribution of 125I-beta-D-IAZGP, the tumor/blood ratio varied widely, but correlated significantly with tumor weight. Mean oxygen pressure (pO2) values and ratios of nucleoside triphosphate beta to inorganic phosphate (beta-ATP/Pi) and of phosphocreatine to inorganic phosphate (PCr/Pi) decreased significantly with the increase in tumor volume. As tumor volume increased, the surviving fraction of cells from tumors irradiated in vivo increased significantly. CONCLUSIONS The increase in tumor volume was significantly correlated with a reduction in mean pO2, a decrease in the ratios of beta-ATP/Pi or PCr/Pi, an increase in uptake of beta-D-IAZGP, and an increase in radioresistance. Because the uptake of beta-D-IAZGP can be measured noninvasively by nuclear medicine techniques, it could be clinically useful for monitoring hypoxia in human tumors.
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- Jun-Ichi Saitoh
- Department of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan.
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Kunz-Schughart LA, Freyer JP. Phosphorous metabolites and steady-state energetics of transformed fibroblasts during three-dimensional growth. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2002; 283:C1287-97. [PMID: 12225991 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00097.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Rat1-T1 and MR1 spheroids represent separate transformed phenotypes originated from the same rat fibroblasts that differ in three-dimensional (3D) growth kinetics, histological structure, and oxygenation status. In the present study, (31)P-NMR spectroscopy of perfused spheroid suspensions was used to investigate cellular energetics relative to 3D growth, development of necrosis, and cell cycle distribution. Both spheroid types were characterized by a remarkably low amount of free (inorganic) phosphate (P(i)) and a low phosphocreatine peak. The ratio of nucleoside triphosphate (NTP) to P(i) ranged between 1.5 and 2.0. Intracellular pH, NTP-to-P(i) ratio, and NTP/cell remained constant throughout spheroid growth, being unaffected by the emergence of oxygen deficiency, cell quiescence, and necrosis. However, a 50% decrease in the ratio of the lipid precursors phosphorylcholine and phosphorylethanolamine (PC/PE) was observed with increasing spheroid size and was correlated with an increased G(1)/G(0) phase cell fraction. In addition, the ratio of the phospholipid degradation products glycerophosphorylcholine and glycerophosphorylethanolamine (GPC/GPE) increased with spheroid diameter in Rat1-T1 aggregates. We conclude that changes in phospholipid metabolism, rather than alterations in energy-rich phosphates, reflect cell quiescence in spheroid cultures, because cells in the inner oxygen-deficient zones seem to adapt their energy metabolism to the environmental conditions before necrotic cell destruction.
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- Leoni A Kunz-Schughart
- Langham Resource, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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Franks SE, Smith MR, Arias-Mendoza F, Shaller C, Padavic-Shaller K, Kappler F, Zhang Y, Negendank WG, Brown TR. Phosphomonoester concentrations differ between chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells and normal human lymphocytes. Leuk Res 2002; 26:919-26. [PMID: 12163053 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(02)00035-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Levels of phospholipid-related metabolites of chronic lymphocytic leukemia lymphocytes (CLL) and normal human lymphocytes were quantified using phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The CLL cells versus normal lymphocytes showed significant increases of phosphoethanolamine(Etn-P) (8.11+/-2.10 mean+/-S.E., micromol/g wet weight, n=12 versus 3.63+/-1.10, n=3, P<or=0.002), phosphocholine (2.10+/-0.37, n=12 versus 0.36+/-0.09, n=3, P<or=0.01), glycerophosphoethanolamine (0.26+/-0.03, n=10 versus 0.11+/-0.05, n=3, P<or=0.004), and glycerophosphocholine (0.33+/-0.03, n=10 versus 0.17+/-0.05, n=3, P<or=0.003). Further, the phospholipid precursor ethanolamine (Eth) was studied in blood and was found significantly lowered in CLL patients (4.6+/-1.6 microM, n=25) compared to normal volunteers (7.7+/-2.5, n=12, P<or=0.001). Increased intermediates with depletion of precursors suggest the presence of sustained phospholipid metabolism activation in CLL.
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- Suzanne E Franks
- NMR and Medical Spectroscopy, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burholme Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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Clarke MJ, Zhu F, Frasca DR. Non-platinum chemotherapeutic metallopharmaceuticals. Chem Rev 1999; 99:2511-34. [PMID: 11749489 DOI: 10.1021/cr9804238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 778] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- M J Clarke
- Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467
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Olsen DR, Rofstad EK. Monitoring of tumor reoxygenation following irradiation by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy: an experimental study of human melanoma xenografts. Radiother Oncol 1999; 52:261-7. [PMID: 10580874 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(99)00075-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Inadequate tumor reoxygenation during radiation therapy may cause local treatment failure. This study was aimed at investigating the potential usefulness of 31P-MRS in monitoring tumor reoxygenation following radiation treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tumors of two human melanoma xenograft lines (BEX-t and HUX-t) were exposed to 15.0 Gy, and then the fraction of radiobiologically hypoxic cells, measured by using the paired survival curve method, or tumor bioenergetic status, measured by 31P-MRS as the (PCr + NTPbeta)/Pi resonance ratio, was determined versus time after the radiation exposure. RESULTS Untreated BEX-t and HUX-t tumors showed similar fractions of radiobiologically hypoxic cells and similar bioenergetic status, whereas both parameters differed substantially between the lines in irradiated tumors. A close association was found between radiation-induced changes in tumor bioenergetic status and radiation-induced changes in the fraction of radiobiologically hypoxic cells. CONCLUSION 31P-MRS is a potentially useful method for monitoring tumor reoxygenation following radiation treatment.
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- D R Olsen
- Department of Medical Physics, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo
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The application of 31P MR spectroscopy in the characterization and treatment of malignant human extremity tumors is reviewed and placed in the perspective of results obtained in murine sarcomas. Despite the now widespread acquisition of gradient localized spectral maps, the low spatial resolution that can be achieved at 1.5 or 2 T with 31P MRS, greatly limits its use in the study of tumor heterogeneity. The potential of 31P MRS is in the evaluation and monitoring of large inoperable extremity tumors. There are early spectral changes in human extremity sarcomas monitored after therapy, and recent studies have shown that the 31P MR spectra measured before treatment, and the changes in phosphate metabolites measured shortly thereafter, correlate with the clinical response after 2 or 3 months. Larger clinical studies are needed to confirm whether correlations of, for instance, pretreatment tumor pH with necrosis at resection and Pi decrease with tumor regression, can be used as a predictive test for clinical response.
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- P E Sijens
- Department of Radiology, Dr Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Nordsmark M, Keller J, Nielsen OS, Lundorf E, Overgaard J. Tumour oxygenation assessed by polarographic needle electrodes and bioenergetic status measured by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy in human soft tissue tumours. Acta Oncol 1998; 36:565-71. [PMID: 9408145 DOI: 10.3109/02841869709001317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of polarographic oxygen electrode measurements and phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) in extravisceral soft tissue tumours, designated to receive preoperative radiotherapy. Pretreatment tumour oxygenation was determined in 41 cases and 31P-MRS was amenable to lesions in 34 patients. Biopsies were characterized histopathologically as 25 primary soft tissue sarcomas (STS), 2 recurrent STS, 9 benign and 5 other malignancies. Evaluation of phosphorus (31P) spectra was possible in 11 cases. The oxygenation status of normal tissue was higher than that of tumours, whereas no difference was found between oxygenation status of benign lesions and that of STS. There was substantial variation between tumours in the median pO2 and the bioenergetic status (beta-NTP/Pi). No correlation was found between tumour pO2 and volume (n = 25). Moreover, there was no correlation between beta-NTP/Pi and the median tumour pO2, the fraction of pO2 values < or =2.5 mmHg or tumour volume (n = 10), respectively. In conclusion, oxygen electrode assessment was found to be a clinically applicable and feasible technique for measuring tumour oxygenation status, whereas the success of 31P-MRS in human neoplasms was limited by a very poor resolution in the phosphorus signal that allowed analysis of 31P spectra in 11 tumours out of 34 cases.
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- M Nordsmark
- Danish Cancer Society, Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C.
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Mason RP, Antich PP, Babcock EE, Constantinescu A, Peschke P, Hahn EW. Non-invasive determination of tumor oxygen tension and local variation with growth. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1994; 29:95-103. [PMID: 8175452 DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(94)90231-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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PURPOSE The objective was to develop and demonstrate a novel noninvasive technique of measuring regional pO2 in tumors. The method is based on measuring 19F nuclear magnetic resonance spin-lattice relaxation rate (R1 = 1/T1) of perfluorocarbon (PFC) emulsion discretely sequestered in a tumor. METHODS AND MATERIALS We have examined pO2 in the Dunning prostate tumor R3327-AT1 implanted in a Copenhagen rat. Oxypherol blood substitute emulsion was administered intravenously and became sequestered in tissue. Proton magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed tumor anatomy and correlated 19F MRI indicated the distribution of perfluorocarbon. Fluorine-19 spectroscopic relaxometry was used to measure pO2 in the tumor and repeated measurements over a period of 3 weeks showed the variation in local pO2 during tumor growth. RESULTS Perfluorocarbon initially resided in the vascularized peripheral region of the tumor: 19F nuclear magnetic resonance R1 indicated pO2 approximately 75 torr in a small tumor (approximately 1 cm) in an anesthetized rat. As the tumor grew, the sequestered PFC retained its original distribution. When the tumor had doubled in size the residual PFC was predominantly in the core of the tumor and the pO2 of this region was approximately 1 torr indicating central tumor hypoxia. CONCLUSION We have demonstrated a novel noninvasive approach to monitoring regional tumor pO2. Given the critical role of oxygen tension in tumor response to therapy this may provide new insight into tumor physiology, the efficacy of various therapeutic approaches, and ultimately provide a clinical technique for assessing individual tumor oxygenation.
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- R P Mason
- Department of Radiology, UT-Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9058
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Rofstad EK, Lyng H, Olsen DR, Steinsland E. Non-invasive assessment of tumor oxygenation status by integrated 31P NMR spectroscopy and 1H NMR imaging. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1994; 345:531-8. [PMID: 8079755 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2468-7_71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- E K Rofstad
- Department of Biophysics, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo
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Lyng H, Olsen DR, Southon TE, Rofstad EK. 31P-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in vivo of six human melanoma xenograft lines: tumour bioenergetic status and blood supply. Br J Cancer 1993; 68:1061-70. [PMID: 8260356 PMCID: PMC1968640 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1993.483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Six human melanoma xenograft lines grown s.c. in BALB/c-nu/nu mice were subjected to 31P-nuclear magnetic resonance (31P-NMR) spectroscopy in vivo. The following resonances were detected: phosphomonoesters (PME), inorganic phosphate (Pi), phosphodiesters (PDE), phosphocreatine (PCr) and nucleoside triphosphate gamma, alpha and beta (NTP gamma, alpha and beta). The main purpose of the work was to search for possible relationships between 31P-NMR resonance ratios and tumour pH on the one hand and blood supply per viable tumour cell on the other. The latter parameter was measured by using the 86Rb uptake method. Tumour bioenergetic status [the (PCr + NTP beta)/Pi resonance ratio], tumour pH and blood supply per viable tumour cell decreased with increasing tumour volume for five of the six xenograft lines. The decrease in tumour bioenergetic status was due to a decrease in the (PCr + NTP beta)/total resonance ratio as well as an increase in the Pi/total resonance ratio. The decrease in the (PCr + NTP beta)/total resonance ratio was mainly a consequence of a decrease in the PCr/total resonance ratio for two lines and mainly a consequence of a decrease in the NTP beta/total resonance ratio for three lines. The magnitude of the decrease in the (PCr + NTP beta)/total resonance ratio and the magnitude of the decrease in tumour pH were correlated to the magnitude of the decrease in blood supply per viable tumour cell. Tumour pH decreased with decreasing tumour bioenergetic status, and the magnitude of this decrease was larger for the tumour lines showing a high than for those showing a low blood supply per viable tumour cell. No correlations across the tumour lines were found between tumour pH and tumour bioenergetic status or any other resonance ratio on the one hand and blood supply per viable tumour cell on the other. The differences in the 31P-NMR spectrum between the tumour lines were probably caused by differences in the intrinsic biochemical properties of the tumour cells rather than by the differences in blood supply per viable tumour cell. Biochemical properties of particular importance included rate of respiration, glycolytic capacity and tolerance to hypoxic stress. On the other hand, tumour bioenergetic status and tumour pH were correlated to blood supply per viable tumour cell within individual tumour lines. These observations suggest that 31P-NMR spectroscopy may be developed to be a clinically useful method for monitoring tumour blood supply and parameters related to tumour blood supply during and after physiological intervention and tumour treatment. However, clinically useful parameters for prediction of tumour treatment resistance caused by insufficient blood supply can probably not be derived from a single 31P-NMR spectrum since correlations across tumour lines were not detected; additional information is needed.
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Affiliation(s)
- H Lyng
- Department of Biophysics and Medical Physics, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Motebello, Oslo
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The literature describing 31P, 1H, 13C, 23Na and 19F MRS in vivo in human cancers is reviewed. Cancers have typical metabolic characteristics in 31P and 1H MRS including high levels of phospholipid metabolites and a cellular pH more alkaline than normal. These alone are not specific for cancer but are diagnostic in appropriate clinical settings. Some metabolic characteristics appear to be prognostic indices and correlation with treatment response is emerging as an important potentially cost-effective use of MRS in oncology. 19F MRS examines pharmacokinetics of 5-fluorouracil and by demonstrating its retention predicts response of a cancer to treatment. Current needs include improvement of diagnostic specificity by use of techniques like multivoxel MRS, proton decoupling of 31P, short echo time and fat-suppressed 1H MRS, 13C MRS direct or via 1H-observe, and statistical analysis of multiple spectral features. Trials in large populations in well defined clinical settings are needed to determine if MRS can provide independent prognostic indices useful in cancer management.
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- W Negendank
- Department of NMR and Medical Spectroscopy, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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