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Color-Coded Imaging of the Tumor Microenvironment (TME) in Human Patient-Derived Orthotopic Xenograft (PDOX) Mouse Models. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1329:163-179. [PMID: 34664239 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73119-9_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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The tumor microenvironment (TME) contains stromal cells in a complex interaction with cancer cells. This relationship has become better understood with the use of fluorescent proteins for in vivo imaging, originally developed by our laboratories. Spectrally distinct fluorescent proteins can be used for color-coded imaging of the complex interaction of the tumor microenvironment in the living state using cancer cells expressing a fluorescent protein of one color and host mice expressing another color fluorescent protein. Cancer cells engineered in vitro to express a fluorescent protein were orthotopically implanted into transgenic mice expressing a fluorescent protein of a different color. Confocal microscopy was then used for color-coded imaging of the TME. Color-coded imaging of the TME has enabled us to discover that stromal cells are necessary for metastasis. Patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) tumors were labeled by first passaging them orthotopically through transgenic nude mice expressing either green, red, or cyan fluorescent protein in order to label the stromal cells of the tumor. The colored stromal cells become stably associated with the PDOX tumors through multiple passages in transgenic colored nude mice or noncolored nude mice. The fluorescent protein-expressing stromal cells included cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). Using this model, specific cancer cell or stromal cell targeting by potential therapeutics can be visualized. Color-coded imaging enabled the visualization of apparent fusion of cancer and stromal cells. Color-coded imaging is a powerful tool visualizing the interaction of cancer and stromal cells during cancer progression and treatment.
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Turner MA, Amirfakhri S, Nishino H, Lwin TM, Savides TJ, Reid TR, Singer BB, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. A Patient-Derived Orthotopic Xenograft Model of Gastroesophageal-Junction Adenocarcinoma Translated to the Clinic by Tumor-Targeting Fluorescent Antibodies to Carcinoembryonic-Antigen-Related Cell-Adhesion Molecules. In Vivo 2021; 35:1959-1963. [PMID: 34182469 DOI: 10.21873/invivo.12463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIM During surgical resection of gastroesophageal-junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma, the margin status is often difficult to visualize resulting in high recurrence rates. The aim of the present study was to develop a labelling technique that would allow improved visualization of GEJ tumor margins for surgeons to reduce recurrence rates in a patient-like model. MATERIALS AND METHODS A patient GEJ tumor was obtained from an endoscopic biopsy and implanted subcutaneously in a nude mouse. A patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) model was established by implanting tumor fragments grown from a subcutaneous model to the cardia of the stomach of nude mice. CC1/3/5-SAB, an antibody to carcinoembryonic-antigen-related cell-adhesion molecules, was conjugated with infrared dye IRDye800 to create SAB-IR800. Forty-eight hours after i.v. injection of SAB-IR800, GEJ-PDOX mice were imaged. RESULTS Fluorescence imaging with SAB-IR800 brightly visualized the GEJ adenocarcinoma demonstrating specific targeting. In the PDOX model, injection of SAB-IR800 (50 μg) resulted in a tumor to background ratio of 1.78 at 48 hours and 1.86 at 72 hours. CONCLUSION PDOX models of GEJ tumors can be established from patients by endoscopic biopsy without undergoing surgical resection. GEJ PDOX models should be useful for developing novel diagnostics and therapeutics for this recalcitrant disease.
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- Michael A Turner
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.,VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.,VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.,VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, U.S.A
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- Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.,VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.,AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.; .,VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, U.S.A
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Kagawa T, Matsumi Y, Aono H, Ohara T, Tazawa H, Shigeyasu K, Yano S, Takeda S, Komatsu Y, Hoffman RM, Fujiwara T, Kishimoto H. Immuno-hyperthermia effected by antibody-conjugated nanoparticles selectively targets and eradicates individual cancer cells. Cell Cycle 2021; 20:1221-1230. [PMID: 34148497 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2021.1915604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Hyperthermia has been used for cancer therapy for a long period of time, but has shown limited clinical efficacy. Induction-heating hyperthermia using the combination of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and an alternating magnetic field (AMF), termed magnetic hyperthermia (MHT), has previously shown efficacy in an orthotopic mouse model of disseminated gastric cancer. In the present study, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), a type of MNP, were conjugated with an anti-HER2 antibody, trastuzumab and termed anti-HER2-antibody-linked SPION nanoparticles (anti-HER2 SPIONs). Anti-HER2 SPIONs selectively targeted HER2-expressing cancer cells co-cultured along with normal fibroblasts and HER2-negative cancer cells and caused apoptosis only in the HER2-expressing individual cancer cells. The results of the present study show proof-of-concept of a novel hyperthermia technology, immuno-MHT for selective cancer therapy, that targets individual cancer cells.Abbreviations: AMF: alternating magnetic field; DDW: double distilled water; DMEM: Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's; Medium; f: frequency; FBS: fetal bovine serum; FITC: Fluorescein isothiocyanate; GFP: green fluorescent protein; H: amplitude; Hsp: heat shock protein; MHT: magnetic hyperthermia; MNPs: magnetic nanoparticles; PI: propidium iodide; RFP: red fluorescent protein; SPION: superparamagnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticle.
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- Tetsuya Kagawa
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.,Center for Graduate Medical Education, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Matsumi Y, Kagawa T, Yano S, Tazawa H, Shigeyasu K, Takeda S, Ohara T, Aono H, Hoffman RM, Fujiwara T, Kishimoto H. Hyperthermia generated by magnetic nanoparticles for effective treatment of disseminated peritoneal cancer in an orthotopic nude-mouse model. Cell Cycle 2021; 20:1122-1133. [PMID: 34110969 PMCID: PMC8265816 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2021.1919441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Magnetic hyperthermia (MHT), which combines magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) with an alternating magnetic field (AMF), holds promise as a cancer therapy. There have been many studies about hyperthermia, most of which have been performed by direct injection of MNPs into tumor tissues. However, there have been no reports of treating peritoneal disseminated disease with MHT to date. In the present study, we treated peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer with MHT using superparamagnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticle (SPION) coated with carboxydextran as an MNP, in an orthotopic mouse model mimicking early peritoneal disseminated disease of gastric cancer. SPIONs of an optimal size were intraperitoneally administered, and an AMF (390 kHz, 28 kAm-1) was applied for 10 minutes, four times every three days. Three weeks after the first MHT treatment, the peritoneal metastases were significantly inhibited compared with the AMF-alone group or the untreated-control group. The results of the present study show that MHT can be applied as a new treatment option for disseminated peritoneal gastric cancer.Abbreviations: AMF: alternating magnetic field; Cy1: cytology-positive; DMEM: Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium; FBS: fetal bovine serum; H&E: hematoxylin and eosin; HIPEC: hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy; MEM: Minimum Essential Medium; MHT: magnetic hyperthermia; MNPs: magnetic nanoparticles; P0: macroscopic peritoneal dissemination; RFP: red fluorescent protein; SPION: superparamagnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticle.
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- Yuki Matsumi
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Center for Graduate Medical Education, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Guo Z, Cui Z. Fluorescent nanotechnology for in vivo imaging. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 13:e1705. [PMID: 33686803 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Fluorescent imaging in living animals gives an intuitive picture of the dynamic processes in the complex environment within a living being. However, animal tissues present a substantial barrier and are opaque to most wavelengths of visible light. Fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs) with new photophysical characteristics have shown excellent performance for in vivo imaging. Hence, fluorescent NPs have been widely studied and applied for the detection of molecular and biological processes in living animals. In addition, developments in the area of nanotechnology have allowed materials to be used in intact animals for disease detection, diagnosis, drug delivery, and treatment. This review provides information on the different types of fluorescent particles based on nanotechnology, describing their unique individual properties and applications for detecting vital processes in vivo. The development and application of new fluorescent NPs will provide opportunities for in vivo imaging with better penetration, sensitivity, and resolution. This article is categorized under: Diagnostic Tools > in vivo Nanodiagnostics and Imaging.
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- Zhengyuan Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Asada A, Hayakawa H, Yanase N, Abe K, Sakurai F, Mizuguchi H, Urata Y. A Flow Cytometry-Based Method to Determine the Titer of Adenoviruses Expressing an Extraneous Gene. Biol Pharm Bull 2018; 41:1615-1619. [PMID: 30270333 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b18-00316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In recent times, oncolytic viruses expressing an extraneous gene have attracted great interest; in fact, they have been engaged in multiple applications, such as medicine for cancer. Our group made an oncolytic adenovirus, namely, OBP-301, for use in treating solid cancers and press clinical trial to get approval for a pharmaceutical product. In this study, we applied a flow cytometry-based method to determine the titer of adenoviruses expressing an extraneous gene as well as assess their quality. We considered using the green fluorescent protein (GFP)50 titer as a measure of viral quality. The GFP50 titer (GFP50/mL) is the viral load required to render the HeLa S3 cell line 50% GFP-positive by analysing flow cytometry data. We measured the GFP50 titers for three types of recombinant adenoviruses (OBP-401, OBP-1101, and OBP-1106). We compared GFP50/mL and tissue culture infectious dose (TCID50/mL), a conventional titration index, and found that these titers showed a linear correlation, with a correlation coefficient of >0.9. Moreover, GFP50/mL showed high repetitive accuracy. We expect this flow cytometry-based method to be useful in case of clinically relevant viruses expressing an extraneous gene, in particular, to control viral quality.
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
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Lwin TM, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. Advantages of patient-derived orthotopic mouse models and genetic reporters for developing fluorescence-guided surgery. J Surg Oncol 2018; 118:253-264. [PMID: 30080930 PMCID: PMC6146062 DOI: 10.1002/jso.25150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Fluorescence-guided surgery can enhance the surgeon's ability to achieve a complete oncologic resection. There are a number of tumor-specific probes being developed with many preclinical mouse models to evaluate their efficacy. The current review discusses the different preclinical mouse models in the setting of probe evaluation and highlights the advantages of patient-derived orthotopic xenografts (PDOX) mouse models and genetic reporters to develop fluorescence-guided surgery.
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- Thinzar M. Lwin
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
- Department of Surgery, VA Medical Center, San Diego, CA
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A topically-sprayable, activatable fluorescent and retaining probe, SPiDER-βGal for detecting cancer: Advantages of anchoring to cellular proteins after activation. Oncotarget 2018; 8:39512-39521. [PMID: 28467810 PMCID: PMC5503628 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.17080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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SPiDER-βGal is a newly-developed probe that is activated by β-galactosidase and is then retained within cells by anchoring to intracellular proteins. Previous work has focused on gGlu-HMRG, a probe activated by γ-glutamyltranspeptidase, which demonstrated high sensitivity for the detection of peritoneal ovarian cancer metastases in an animal model. However, its fluorescence, after activation by γ-glutamyltranspeptidase, rapidly declines over time, limiting the actual imaging window and the ability to define the border of lesions. The purpose of this study is to compare the fluorescence signal kinetics of SPiDER-βGal with that of gGlu-HMRG using ovarian cancer cell lines in vitro and ex vivo tissue imaging. In vitro removal of gGlu-HMRG resulted in a rapid decrease of fluorescence intensity followed by a more gradual decrease up to 60 min while there was a gradual increase in fluorescence up to 60 min after removal of SPiDER-βGal. This is most likely due to internalization and retention of the dye within cells. This was also confirmed ex vivo tissue imaging using a red fluorescence protein (RFP)-labeled tumor model in which the intensity of fluorescence increased gradually after activation of SPiDER-βGal. Additionally, SPiDER-βGal resulted in intense enhancement within the tumor due to the high target-to-background ratio, which extended up to 60 min after activation. In contrast, gGlu-HMRG fluorescence resulted in decreasing fluorescence over time in extracted tumors. Thus, SPiDER-βGal has the advantages of higher signal with more signal retention, resulting in improved contrast of the tumor margin and suggesting it may be an alternative to existing activatable probes.
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Yano S, Takehara K, Miwa S, Kishimoto H, Tazawa H, Urata Y, Kagawa S, Bouvet M, Fujiwara T, Hoffman RM. Fluorescence-guided surgery of a highly-metastatic variant of human triple-negative breast cancer targeted with a cancer-specific GFP adenovirus prevents recurrence. Oncotarget 2018; 7:75635-75647. [PMID: 27689331 PMCID: PMC5342766 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.12314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We have previously developed a genetically-engineered GFP-expressing telomerase-dependent adenovirus, OBP-401, which can selectively illuminate cancer cells. In the present report, we demonstrate that targeting a triple-negative high-invasive human breast cancer, orthotopically-growing in nude mice, with OBP-401 enables curative fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS). OBP-401 enabled complete resection and prevented local recurrence and greatly inhibited lymph-node metastasis due to the ability of the virus to selectively label and subsequently kill cancer cells. In contrast, residual breast cancer cells become more aggressive after bright (white)-light surgery (BLS). OBP-401-based FGS also improved the overall survival compared with conventional BLS. Thus, metastasis from a highly-aggressive triple-negative breast cancer can be prevented by FGS in a clinically-relevant mouse model.
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- Shuya Yano
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Center for Innovative Clinical Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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Yano S, Takehara K, Kishimoto H, Tazawa H, Urata Y, Kagawa S, Bouvet M, Fujiwara T, Hoffman RM. Tumor-targeting adenovirus OBP-401 inhibits primary and metastatic tumor growth of triple-negative breast cancer in orthotopic nude-mouse models. Oncotarget 2018; 7:85273-85282. [PMID: 27863373 PMCID: PMC5356735 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.13296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Our laboratory previously developed a highly-invasive, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) variant using serial orthotopic implantation of the human MDA-MB-231 cell line in nude mice. The isolated variant was highly-invasive in the mammary gland and lymphatic channels and metastasized to lymph nodes in 10 of 12 mice compared to 2 of 12 of the parental cell line. In the present study, the tumor-selective telomerase dependent OBP-401 adenovirus was injected intratumorally (i.t.) (1 × 108 PFU) when the high-metastatic MDA-MB-231 primary tumor expressing red fluorescent protein (MDA-MB-231-RFP) reached approximately 500 mm3 (diameter; 10 mm). The mock-infected orthotopic primary tumor grew rapidly. After i.t. OBP-401 injection, the growth of the orthotopic tumors was arrested. Six weeks after implantation, the fluorescent area and fluorescence intensity showed no increase from the beginning of treatment. OBP-401 was then injected into high-metastatic MDA-MB-231-RFP primary orthotopic tumor growing in mice which already had developed metastasis within lymphatic ducts. All 7 of 7 control mice subsequently developed lymph node metastasis. In contrast, none of 7 mice which received OBP-401 had lymph node metastasis. Seven of 7 control mice also had gross lung metastasis. In contrast, none of the 7 mice which received OBP-401 had gross lung metastasis. Confocal laser microscopy imaging demonstrated that all control mice had diffuse lung metastases. In contrast, all 7 mice which received OBP-401 only had a few metastatic cells in the lung. OBP-401 treatment significantly extended survival of the treated mice.
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- Shuya Yano
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Center for Innovative Clinical Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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Tringale KR, Pang J, Nguyen QT. Image-guided surgery in cancer: A strategy to reduce incidence of positive surgical margins. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2018; 10:e1412. [PMID: 29474004 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Revised: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Primary treatment for many solid cancers includes surgical excision or radiation therapy, with or without the use of adjuvant therapy. This can include the addition of radiation and chemotherapy after primary surgical therapy, or the addition of chemotherapy and salvage surgery to primary radiation therapy. Both primary therapies, surgery and radiation, require precise anatomic localization of tumor. If tumor is not targeted adequately with initial treatment, disease recurrence may ensue, and if targeting is too broad, unnecessary morbidity may occur to nearby structures or remaining normal tissue. Fluorescence imaging using intraoperative contrast agents is a rapidly growing field for improving visualization in cancer surgery to facilitate resection in order to obtain negative margins. There are multiple strategies for tumor visualization based on antibodies against surface markers or ligands for receptors preferentially expressed in cancer. In this article, we review the incidence and clinical implications of positive surgical margins for some of the most common solid tumors. Within this context, we present the ongoing clinical and preclinical studies focused on the use of intraoperative contrast agents to improve surgical margins. This article is categorized under: Laboratory Methods and Technologies > Imaging.
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- Kathryn R Tringale
- Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.,Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.,Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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Dynamic fluorescent imaging with the activatable probe, γ-glutamyl hydroxymethyl rhodamine green in the detection of peritoneal cancer metastases: Overcoming the problem of dilution when using a sprayable optical probe. Oncotarget 2018; 7:51124-51137. [PMID: 27286461 PMCID: PMC5239463 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Optical fluorescence-guided imaging is increasingly used to guide surgery and endoscopic procedures. Activatable probes are particularly useful because of high target-to-background ratios that increase sensitivity for tiny cancer foci. However, green fluorescent activatable probes suffer from interference from autofluorescence found in biological tissue. The purpose of this study was to determine if dynamic imaging can be used to differentiate specific fluorescence arising from an activated probe in a tumor from autofluorescence in background tissues especially when low concentrations of the dye are applied. Serial fluorescence imaging was performed using various concentrations of γ-glutamyl hydroxymethyl rhodamine green (gGlu-HMRG) which was sprayed on the peritoneal surface with tiny implants of SHIN3-DsRed ovarian cancer tumors. Temporal differences in signal between specific green fluorescence in cancer foci and non-specific autofluorescence in background tissue were measured at 5, 10, 20 and 30 min after application of gGlu-HMRG and were processed into three kinetic maps reflecting maximum fluorescence signal (MF), wash-in rate (WIR), and area under the curve (AUC), respectively. Using concentrations up to 10 μM of gGlu-HMRG, the fluorescence intensity of cancer foci was significantly higher than that of small intestine but only at 30 min. However, on kinetic maps derived from dynamic fluorescence imaging, the signal of cancer foci was significantly higher than that of small intestine after only 5 min even at concentrations as low as 2.5 μM of gGlu-HMRG (p < 0.01). At lower concentrations, kinetic maps derived from dynamic fluorescence imaging were superior to unprocessed images for cancer detection.
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Hoffman RM. The Advantages of Using Fluorescent Proteins for In Vivo Imaging. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cpet.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Robert M. Hoffman
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego California
- AntiCancer Inc San Diego California
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Yano S, Takehara K, Tazawa H, Kishimoto H, Urata Y, Kagawa S, Fujiwara T, Hoffman RM. Therapeutic Cell-Cycle-Decoy Efficacy of a Telomerase-Dependent Adenovirus in an Orthotopic Model of Chemotherapy-Resistant Human Stomach Carcinomatosis Peritonitis Visualized With FUCCI Imaging. J Cell Biochem 2017; 118:3635-3642. [PMID: 27171483 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.25593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have established an orthotopic nude-mouse model of gastric cancer carcinomatosis peritonitis, a recalcitrant disease in human patients. Human MKN45 poorly-differentiated human gastric cancer cells developed carcinomatosis peritonitis upon orthotopic transplantation in nude mice. The MKN45 cells expressed the fluorescent ubiquitination-based cell cycle indicator (FUCCI) that color codes the phases of the cell cycle. The intra-peritoneal tumors and ascites contained mostly quiescent G1 /Go cancer cells visualized as red by FUCCI imaging. Cisplatinum (CDDP) treatment did not reduce bloody ascites, and larger tumors formed in the peritoneal cavity after CDDP treatment in an early-stage carcinomatosis peritonitis orthotopic mouse model. Paclitaxel-treated mice had reduced ascites, but also had large tumor masses in the peritonium after treatment with cancer cells mostly in G0 /G1 , visualized by FUCCI red. In contrast, OBP-301 telomerase-dependent adenovirus-treated mice had no ascites and only small tumor nodules consisting of cancer cells mostly in S/G2 phases in the early-stage carcinomatosis peritonitis model, visualized by FUCCI green. Furthermore, OBP-301 significantly reduced the size of tumors (P < 0.01) and ascites even in a late-stage carcinomatosis peritonitis model. These results suggest that quiescent peritoneally-disseminated gastric cancer cells are resistant to conventional chemotherapy, but OBP-301 significantly reduced the weight of the tumors and increased survival, suggesting clinical potential. J. Cell. Biochem. 118: 3635-3642, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Shuya Yano
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California.,Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California.,Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Center for Innovative Clinical Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.,Center for Innovative Clinical Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
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Yano S, Takehara K, Miwa S, Kishimoto H, Tazawa H, Urata Y, Kagawa S, Bouvet M, Fujiwara T, Hoffman RM. GFP labeling kinetics of triple-negative human breast cancer by a killer-reporter adenovirus in 3D Gelfoam® histoculture. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2017; 53:479-482. [PMID: 28233141 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-017-0133-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Shuya Yano
- AntiCancer, Inc., 7917 Ostrow Street, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., 7917 Ostrow Street, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., 7917 Ostrow Street, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Center for Innovative Clinical Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., 7917 Ostrow Street, San Diego, CA, USA.
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
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Characteristics of ovarian cancer detection by a near-infrared fluorescent probe activated by human NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase isozyme 1 (hNQO1). Oncotarget 2017; 8:61181-61192. [PMID: 28977855 PMCID: PMC5617415 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probes are ideal for in vivo imaging, because they offer deeper tissue penetration by the light and lower background autofluorescence than fluorophores that emit in the visible range. Q3STCy is a newly synthesized, NIR light-emitting probe that is activated by an enzyme commonly overexpressed in tumor cells, human nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (phosphate): quinone oxidoreductase isozyme 1, known as hNQO1 or DT-diaphorase. The purpose of this study is to compare the sensitivity of detecting peritoneal ovarian cancer metastasis (POCM) with Q3STCy and gGlu-HMRG, a green fluorescent probe, upon their surface application. In vitro uptake of Q3STCy was significantly higher than that of gGlu-HMRG. Using a red fluorescence protein (RFP)-labeled in vivo tumor model of POCM, the Q3STCy probe provided high sensitivity (96.9%) but modest specificity (61.0%), most likely the result of albumin-probe interactions and non-specific activation in nearby altered but healthy cells. Three types of kinetic maps based on maximum fluorescence signal (MF), wash-in rate (WIR), and area under the curve (AUC) allowed for differentiation of the activated fluorescence signal associated with POCM from the background signal of the small intestine, thereby significantly improving the specificity of Q3STCy to 80%, 100%, and 100% for MF, WIR, and AUC, as well yielding a moderate improvement in sensitivity (100% for all approaches) that is comparable to that with gGlu-HMRG, but with the added advantages of NIR fluorescence as the transduction modality. Such a new methodology has the potential to afford identification of cancerous lesions deeper within tissue.
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Yano S, Takehara K, Kishimoto H, Urata Y, Kagawa S, Bouvet M, Fujiwara T, Hoffman RM. Adenoviral targeting of malignant melanoma for fluorescence-guided surgery prevents recurrence in orthotopic nude-mouse models. Oncotarget 2017; 7:18558-72. [PMID: 26701857 PMCID: PMC4951309 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.6670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Malignant melanoma requires precise resection in order to avoid metastatic recurrence. We report here that the telomerase-dependent, green fluorescent protein (GFP)-containing adenovirus OBP-401 could label malignant melanoma with GFP in situ in orthotopic mouse models. OBP-401-based fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) resulted in the complete resection of malignant melanoma in the orthotopic models, where conventional bright-light surgery (BLS) could not. High-dose administration of OBP-401 enabled FGS without residual cancer cells or recurrence, due to its dual effect of cancer-cell labeling with GFP and killing.
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- Shuya Yano
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Takeda S, Yamada S, Hattori N, Nakamura K, Tanaka H, Kajiyama H, Kanda M, Kobayashi D, Tanaka C, Fujii T, Fujiwara M, Mizuno M, Hori M, Kodera Y. Intraperitoneal Administration of Plasma-Activated Medium: Proposal of a Novel Treatment Option for Peritoneal Metastasis From Gastric Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 2017; 24:1188-1194. [PMID: 28058557 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-016-5759-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The administration of fluid irradiated with non-equilibrium atmospheric pressure plasma (NEAPP) has attracted much interest as a novel therapeutic method for cancer. The authors previously reported on the efficacy of plasma-activated medium (PAM) for treating cancer cell lines through the induction of apoptosis. In this study, the therapeutic effect of PAM was evaluated in vivo using a peritoneal metastasis mouse model. METHODS Two gastric cancer cell lines were used in proliferation assays performed to optimize the production of PAM by changing the distance between the plasma source and the medium surface and by altering the volume of irradiated medium. Wound-healing and adhesion assays were conducted to determine the effect of PAM therapy on cell migration and adhesion capacity in vitro. Finally, a mouse model established by the intraperitoneal injection of enhanced green fluorescent protein-tagged gastric cancer cells was used to explore the efficacy of PAM administered intraperitoneally in inhibiting peritoneal metastasis formation. RESULTS Shorter distances between the plasma source and the medium surface and smaller volumes of treated medium increased the anti-tumor effect of PAM. The PAM treatment attenuated gastric cancer cell migration and adhesion in vitro. The intraperitoneal administration of PAM decreased the formation of peritoneal metastatic nodules by 60% in the mouse model, and no adverse events were observed. CONCLUSIONS Plasma-activated liquids may represent a novel therapeutic method for the treatment of peritoneal metastases in gastric cancer.
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- Shigeomi Takeda
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Center for Advanced Medicine and Clinical Research, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Patel P, Kato T, Ujiie H, Wada H, Lee D, Hu HP, Hirohashi K, Ahn JY, Zheng J, Yasufuku K. Multi-Modal Imaging in a Mouse Model of Orthotopic Lung Cancer. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161991. [PMID: 27584018 PMCID: PMC5008802 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Investigation of CF800, a novel PEGylated nano-liposomal imaging agent containing indocyanine green (ICG) and iohexol, for real-time near infrared (NIR) fluorescence and computed tomography (CT) image-guided surgery in an orthotopic lung cancer model in nude mice. Methods CF800 was intravenously administered into 13 mice bearing the H460 orthotopic human lung cancer. At 48 h post-injection (peak imaging agent accumulation time point), ex vivo NIR and CT imaging was performed. A clinical NIR imaging system (SPY®, Novadaq) was used to measure fluorescence intensity of tumor and lung. Tumor-to-background-ratios (TBR) were calculated in inflated and deflated states. The mean Hounsfield unit (HU) of lung tumor was quantified using the CT data set and a semi-automated threshold-based method. Histological evaluation using H&E, the macrophage marker F4/80 and the endothelial cell marker CD31, was performed, and compared to the liposomal fluorescence signal obtained from adjacent tissue sections Results The fluorescence TBR measured when the lung is in the inflated state (2.0 ± 0.58) was significantly greater than in the deflated state (1.42 ± 0.380 (n = 7, p<0.003). Mean fluorescent signal in tumor was highly variable across samples, (49.0 ± 18.8 AU). CT image analysis revealed greater contrast enhancement in lung tumors (a mean increase of 110 ± 57 HU) when CF800 is administered compared to the no contrast enhanced tumors (p = 0.0002). Conclusion Preliminary data suggests that the high fluorescence TBR and CT tumor contrast enhancement provided by CF800 may have clinical utility in localization of lung cancer during CT and NIR image-guided surgery.
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- Priya Patel
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
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- TECHNA Institute, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- * E-mail: (KY); (JZ)
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
- TECHNA Institute, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- * E-mail: (KY); (JZ)
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Murakami T, Hiroshima Y, Zhao M, Zhang Y, Chishima T, Tanaka K, Bouvet M, Endo I, Hoffman RM. Therapeutic efficacy of tumor-targeting Salmonella typhimurium A1-R on human colorectal cancer liver metastasis in orthotopic nude-mouse models. Oncotarget 2016; 6:31368-77. [PMID: 26375054 PMCID: PMC4741612 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Liver metastasis is the most frequent cause of death from colon and other cancers. Generally, liver metastasis is recalcitrant to treatment. The aim of this study is to determine the efficacy of tumor-targeting Salmonella typhimurium A1-R on liver metastasis in orthotopic mouse models. HT-29 human colon cancer cells expressing red fluorescent protein (RFP) were used in the present study. S. typhimurium A1-R infected HT-29 cells in a time-dependent manner, inhibiting cancer-cell proliferation in vitro. S. typhimurium A1-R promoted tumor necrosis and inhibited tumor growth in a subcutaneous tumor mouse model of HT-29-RFP. In orthotopic mouse models, S. typhimurium A1-R targeted liver metastases and significantly reduced their growth. The results of this study demonstrate the future clinical potential of S. typhimurium A1-R targeting of liver metastasis.
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- Takashi Murakami
- AntiCancer Inc., San Diego, California, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.,Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- AntiCancer Inc., San Diego, California, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.,Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- AntiCancer Inc., San Diego, California, USA
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- AntiCancer Inc., San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- AntiCancer Inc., San Diego, California, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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Zhang X, Li Y, Zhou Y, Mao F, Lin Y, Guan J, Sun Q. Diagnostic Performance of Indocyanine Green-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0155597. [PMID: 27280407 PMCID: PMC4900647 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background The diagnostic performance of indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for the presence of metastases in breast cancer remains unclear. Objective We performed a meta-analysis to investigate the diagnostic performance of ICG-guided SLNB. Methods Eligible studies were identified from searches of the databases PubMed and EMBASE up to September 2015. Studies that reported the detection rate of ICG fluorescence-guided SLNB with full axillary lymph node dissection and histological or immunohistochemical examinations were included. A meta-analysis was performed to generate pooled detection rate, sensitivity, specificity, false negative rate, diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) and a summary receiver operator characteristic curve (SROC). Results Nineteen published studies were included to generate a pooled detection rate, comprising 2594 patients. The pooled detection rate was 0.98 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.96–0.99). Six studies finally met the criteria for meta-analysis, which yielded a pooled sensitivity of 0.92 (95% CI, 0.85–0.96), specificity 1 (95% CI, 0.97–1), and DOR 311.47 (95% CI, 84.11–1153.39). The area under the SROC was 0.9758. No publication bias was found. Conclusion ICG fluorescence-guided SLNB is viable for detection of lymph node metastases in breast cancer. Large-scale randomized multi-center trials are necessary to confirm our results.
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- Xiaohui Zhang
- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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Yano S, Miwa S, Kishimoto H, Urata Y, Tazawa H, Kagawa S, Bouvet M, Fujiwara T, Hoffman RM. Eradication of osteosarcoma by fluorescence-guided surgery with tumor labeling by a killer-reporter adenovirus. J Orthop Res 2016; 34:836-44. [PMID: 26479501 DOI: 10.1002/jor.23073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
In a previous study, we developed fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) for osteosarcoma using an orthotopic model with 143B human osteosarcoma cells expressing red fluorescent protein (RFP) implanted into the intramedullary cavity of the tibia in nude mice. The FGS-treated mice had a significantly higher disease-free survival (DFS) rate than the bright-light surgery (BLS). However, although FGS significantly reduced the recurrence of the primary tumor, it did not reduce lung metastasis. In the present study, we utilized the OBP-401 telomerase-dependent killer-reporter adenovirus, carrying green fluorescent protein (GFP), to label human osteosarcoma in situ in orthotopic mouse models. OBP-401-illuminated human osteosarcoma cell lines, 143B and MNNG/HOS cells in vitro and in vivo. OBP-401 tumor illumination enabled effective FGS of the 143B-derived orthotopic mouse model of human osteosarcoma model as well as FGS eradication of residual cancer cells after BLS. OBP-401-assisted FGS significantly inhibited local recurrence and lung metastasis after surgery, thereby prolonging DFS and overall survival (OS), achieving a very important improvement of therapeutic outcomes over our previously reported FGS study. These therapeutic benefits of FGS were demonstrated using a clinically-viable methodology of direct labeling of human osteosarcoma in situ with the OBP-401 killer-reporter adenovirus in contrast with previous reports, which used genetically engineered labeled cells or antibody-based fluorescent labels for FGS. © 2015 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 34:836-844, 2016.
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- Shuya Yano
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California.,Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California.,Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California.,Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Center for Innovative Clinical Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California.,Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California
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Miwa S, De Magalhães N, Toneri M, Zhang Y, Cao W, Bouvet M, Tsuchiya H, Hoffman RM. Fluorescence-guided surgery of human prostate cancer experimental bone metastasis in nude mice using anti-CEA DyLight 650 for tumor illumination. J Orthop Res 2016; 34:559-65. [PMID: 26135883 DOI: 10.1002/jor.22973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The present report demonstrates efficacy of fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) to resect and prevent recurrence of experimental skeletal metastasis in a nude-mouse model of human prostate cancer. Green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing PC-3 human prostate cancer cells were injected into the intramedullary cavity of the tibia in 25 nude mice. One week after implantation, monoclonal antibodies, specific for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), labeled with DyLight 650, were injected into the tail vein of 13 mice. Thirteen mice underwent FGS and 12 mice underwent bright-light surgery (BLS). Weekly GFP fluorescence imaging of the mice was performed to observe tumor recurrence. The extent of residual tumor after BLS was 13-fold greater than after FGS (p < 0.001). Time-course imaging visualized rapid growth of the residual tumor in the BLS group, whereas the FGS group showed only slight tumor growth and significantly improved disease-free survival of the treated mice. Our study demonstrated that FGS significantly reduced residual tumor as well as the recurrence of experimental prostate-cancer bone metastasis. The present results suggest that FGS will be effective for resection of skeletal metastases in selected patients with prostate cancer.
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- Shinji Miwa
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California
- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California
- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California
- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
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Yano S, Takehara K, Miwa S, Kishimoto H, Hiroshima Y, Murakami T, Urata Y, Kagawa S, Bouvet M, Fujiwara T, Hoffman RM. Improved Resection and Outcome of Colon-Cancer Liver Metastasis with Fluorescence-Guided Surgery Using In Situ GFP Labeling with a Telomerase-Dependent Adenovirus in an Orthotopic Mouse Model. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148760. [PMID: 26849435 PMCID: PMC4743860 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) of cancer is an area of intense development. In the present report, we demonstrate that the telomerase-dependent green fluorescent protein (GFP)-containing adenovirus OBP-401 could label colon-cancer liver metastasis in situ in an orthotopic mouse model enabling successful FGS. OBP-401-GFP-labeled liver metastasis resulted in complete resection with FGS, in contrast, conventional bright-light surgery (BLS) did not result in complete resection of the metastasis. OBP-401-FGS reduced the recurrence rate and prolonged over-all survival compared with BLS. In conclusion, adenovirus OBP-401 is a powerful tool to label liver metastasis in situ with GFP which enables its complete resection, not possible with conventional BLS.
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- Shuya Yano
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America
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DeLong JC, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. Current status and future perspectives of fluorescence-guided surgery for cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2015; 16:71-81. [PMID: 26567611 DOI: 10.1586/14737140.2016.1121109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Curative cancer surgery is dependent on the removal of all primary tumor and metastatic cancer cells. Preoperative imaging, intraoperative inspection and palpation, as well as pathological margin confirmation aid the surgeon, but these methods are lacking in sensitivity and can be highly subjective. Techniques in fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) are emerging that selectively illuminate cancer cells, enhancing the distinction between tumors and surrounding tissues with the potential for single-cell sensitivity. FGS enhances tumor detection, surgical navigation, margin confirmation, and in some cases can be combined with therapeutic techniques to eliminate microscopic disease. In this review, we describe the preclinical developments and currently-used techniques for FGS.
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- Jonathan C DeLong
- a Department of Surgery , University of California San Diego , San Diego , CA , USA
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- a Department of Surgery , University of California San Diego , San Diego , CA , USA.,b AntiCancer, Inc ., San Diego , CA , USA
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- a Department of Surgery , University of California San Diego , San Diego , CA , USA
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Kawakubo K, Ohnishi S, Hatanaka Y, Hatanaka KC, Hosono H, Kubota Y, Kamiya M, Kuwatani M, Kawakami H, Urano Y, Sakamoto N. Feasibility of Using an Enzymatically Activatable Fluorescence Probe for the Rapid Evaluation of Pancreatic Tissue Obtained Using Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration: a Pilot Study. Mol Imaging Biol 2015; 18:463-71. [DOI: 10.1007/s11307-015-0898-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Murakami T, Hiroshima Y, Zhang Y, Chishima T, Tanaka K, Bouvet M, Endo I, Hoffman RM. Fluorescence-Guided Surgery of Liver Metastasis in Orthotopic Nude-Mouse Models. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0138752. [PMID: 26427050 PMCID: PMC4591295 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We report here the development of fluorescence-guided surgery of liver metastasis. HT29 human colon cancer cells expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) were initially injected in the spleen of nude mice. Three weeks later, established liver metastases were harvested and implanted on the left lobe of the liver in other nude mice in order to make an orthotopic liver metastasis model. Fourteen mice with a single liver metastasis were randomized into bright-light surgery (BLS) or fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) groups. Seven mice were treated with BLS, seven were treated with FGS. Three weeks after implantation, the left lobe of the liver with a single metastasis was exposed through a median abdominal incision. BLS was performed under white light. FGS was performed using a hand-held portable fluorescence imaging system (Dino-Lite). Post-surgical residual tumor fluorescence was visualized with the OV100 Small Animal Imaging System. Residual tumor fluorescence after BLS was clearly visualized at high magnification with the OV100. In contrast, residual tumor fluorescence after FGS was not detected even at high magnification with the OV100. These results demonstrate the feasibility of FGS for liver metastasis.
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- Takashi Murakami
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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In this chapter, we describe protocols for tumor imaging technologies in mouse models. These models utilize human cancer cell lines which have been genetically engineered to selectively express high levels of green fluorescent protein (GFP) or red fluorescent protein (RFP). Tumors with fluorescent genetic reporters are established subcutaneously in nude mice, and fragments of the subcutaneous tumors are then surgically transplanted onto the orthotopic organ. Locoregional tumor growth and distant metastasis of these orthotopic implants occur spontaneously and rapidly throughout the abdomen in a manner consistent with clinical human disease. Highly specific, high-resolution, real-time quantitative fluorescence imaging of tumor growth and metastasis may be achieved in vivo without the need for contrast agents, invasive techniques, or expensive imaging equipment. Transplantation of RFP-expressing tumor fragments onto the pancreas of GFP- or cyan fluorescent protein (CFP)-expressing transgenic nude mice was used to facilitate visualization of tumor-host interaction between the pancreatic cancer cells and host-derived stroma and vasculature. Such in vivo models have enabled us to visualize in real time and acquire images of the progression of pancreatic cancer in the live animal, and to demonstrate the real-time antitumor and antimetastatic effects of several novel therapeutic strategies on a variety of malignancies. We discuss studies from our laboratory that demonstrate that fluorescence imaging in mice is complementary to other modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or ultrasound. These fluorescent models are powerful and reliable tools with which to investigate metastatic human cancer and novel therapeutic strategies directed against it.
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Yano S, Zhang Y, Miwa S, Kishimoto H, Urata Y, Bouvet M, Kagawa S, Fujiwara T, Hoffman RM. Precise navigation surgery of tumours in the lung in mouse models enabled by in situ fluorescence labelling with a killer-reporter adenovirus. BMJ Open Respir Res 2015; 2:e000096. [PMID: 26380093 PMCID: PMC4567685 DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2015-000096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Revised: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background Current methods of image-guided surgery of tumours of the lung mostly rely on CT. A sensitive procedure of selective tumour fluorescence labelling would allow simple and high-resolution visualisation of the tumour for precise surgical navigation. Methods Human lung cancer cell lines H460 and A549 were genetically transformed to express red fluorescent protein (RFP). Tumours were grown subcutaneously for each cell line and harvested and minced for surgical orthotopic implantation on the left lung of nude mice. Tumour growth was measured by fluorescence imaging. After the tumours reached 5 mm in diameter, they were injected under fluorescence guidance with the telomerase-dependent green fluorescent protein (GFP)-containing adenovirus, OBP-401. Viral labelling of the lung tumours with GFP precisely colocalised with tumour RFP expression. Three days after administration of OBP-401, fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) was performed. Results FGS of tumours in the lung was enabled by labelling with a telomerase-dependent adenovirus containing the GFP gene. Tumours in the lung were selectively and brightly labelled. FGS enabled complete lung tumour resection with no residual fluorescent tumour. Conclusions FGS of tumours in the lung is feasible and more effective than bright-light surgery.
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- Shuya Yano
- AntiCancer, Inc. , San Diego, California , USA ; Department of Surgery , University of California , San Diego, California , USA ; Department of Gastroenterological Surgery , Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Okayama , Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc. , San Diego, California , USA
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- AntiCancer, Inc. , San Diego, California , USA ; Department of Surgery , University of California , San Diego, California , USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery , Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Okayama , Japan
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- Department of Surgery , University of California , San Diego, California , USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery , Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Okayama , Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery , Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Okayama , Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc. , San Diego, California , USA ; Department of Surgery , University of California , San Diego, California , USA
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Hong H, Lim D, Kim GJ, Park SH, Sik Kim H, Hong Y, Choy HE, Min JJ. Targeted deletion of the ara operon of Salmonella typhimurium enhances L-arabinose accumulation and drives PBAD-promoted expression of anti-cancer toxins and imaging agents. Cell Cycle 2015; 13:3112-20. [PMID: 25486570 DOI: 10.4161/15384101.2014.949527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Tumor-specific expression of antitumor drugs can be achieved using attenuated Salmonella typhimurium harboring the PBAD promoter, which is induced by L-arabinose. However, L-arabinose does not accumulate because it is metabolized to D-xylulose-5-P by enzymes encoded by the ara operon in Salmonellae. To address this problem, we developed an engineered strain of S. typhimurium in which the ara operon is deleted. Linear DNA transformation was performed using λ red recombinase to exchange the ara operon with linear DNA carrying an antibiotic-resistance gene with homology to regions adjacent to the ara operon. The ara operon-deleted strain and its parental strain were transformed with a plasmid encoding Renilla luciferase variant 8 (RLuc8) or cytolysin A (clyA) under the control of the PBAD promoter. Luciferase assays demonstrated that RLuc8 expression was 49-fold higher in the ara operon-deleted S. typhimurium than in the parental strain after the addition of L-arabinose. In vivo bioluminescence imaging showed that the tumor tissue targeted by the ara operon-deleted Salmonella had a stronger imaging signal (~30-fold) than that targeted by the parental strain. Mice with murine colon cancer (CT26) that had been injected with the ara operon-deleted S. typhimurium expressing clyA showed significant tumor suppression. The present report demonstrates that deletion of the ara operon of S. typhimurium enhances L-arabinose accumulation and thereby drives PBAD-promoted expression of cytotoxic agents and imaging agents. This is a promising approach for tumor therapy and imaging.
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- Hyun Hong
- a Department of Nuclear Medicine ; Chonnam National University Medical School and Hwasun Hospital ; Jeonnam , Republic of Korea
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Yano S, Hiroshima Y, Maawy A, Kishimoto H, Suetsugu A, Miwa S, Toneri M, Yamamoto M, Katz MH, Fleming JB, Urata Y, Tazawa H, Kagawa S, Bouvet M, Fujiwara T, Hoffman RM. Color-coding cancer and stromal cells with genetic reporters in a patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) model of pancreatic cancer enhances fluorescence-guided surgery. Cancer Gene Ther 2015; 22:344-50. [PMID: 26088297 PMCID: PMC4523223 DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2015.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Precise fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) for pancreatic cancer has the potential to greatly improve the outcome in this recalcitrant disease. To achieve this goal, we have used genetic reporters to color code cancer and stroma cells in a patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) model. The telomerase-dependent green fluorescent protein (GFP)-containing adenovirus OBP-401 was used to label the cancer cells of a pancreatic cancer PDOX. The PDOX was previously grown in a red fluorescent protein (RFP) transgenic mouse that stably labeled the PDOX stroma cells bright red. The color-coded PDOX model enabled FGS to completely resect the pancreatic tumors including stroma. Dual-colored FGS significantly prevented local recurrence, which bright-light surgery or single-color FGS could not. FGS, with color-coded cancer and stroma cells has important potential for improving the outcome of recalcitrant-cancer surgery.
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- Shuya Yano
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncoloy, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncoloy, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Innovative Clinical Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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Yano S, Miwa S, Kishimoto H, Uehara F, Tazawa H, Toneri M, Hiroshima Y, Yamamoto M, Urata Y, Kagawa S, Bouvet M, Fujiwara T, Hoffman RM. Targeting tumors with a killer-reporter adenovirus for curative fluorescence-guided surgery of soft-tissue sarcoma. Oncotarget 2015; 6:13133-48. [PMID: 26033451 PMCID: PMC4537004 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) of cancer is an area of intense interest. However, FGS of cancer has not yet been shown to be curative due to residual microscopic disease. Human fibrosarcoma HT1080 expressing red fluorescent protein (RFP) was implanted orthotopically in the quadriceps femoris muscle of nude mice. The tumor-bearing mice were injected with high and low-dose telomerase-dependent, green fluorescent protein (GFP)-containing adenovirus OBP-401, which labeled the tumor with GFP. Fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) or bright light surgery (BLS) was then performed. OBP-401 could label soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) with GFP in situ, concordant with RFP. OBP-401-based FGS resulted in superior resection of STS in the orthotopic model of soft-tissue sarcoma, compared to BLS. High-dose administration of OBP-401 enabled FGS without residual sarcoma cells or local or metastatic recurrence, due to its dual effect of cancer-cell labeling with GFP and killing. High-dose OBP-401 based-FGS improved disease free survival (p = 0.00049) as well as preserved muscle function compared with BLS. High-dose OBP-401-based FGS could cure STS, a presently incurable disease. Since the parent virus of OBP-401, OBP-301, has been previously proven safe in a Phase I clinical trial, it is expected the OBP-401-FGS technology described in the present report should be translatable to the clinic in the near future.
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- Shuya Yano
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- Center for Innovative Clinical Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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Experimental Curative Fluorescence-guided Surgery of Highly Invasive Glioblastoma Multiforme Selectively Labeled With a Killer-reporter Adenovirus. Mol Ther 2015; 23:1182-1188. [PMID: 25896244 DOI: 10.1038/mt.2015.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) of cancer is an area of intense current interest. However, although benefits have been demonstrated with FGS, curative strategies need to be developed. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most invasive of cancers and is not totally resectable using standard bright-light surgery (BLS) or current FGS strategies. We report here a curative strategy for FGS of GBM. In this study, telomerase-dependent adenovirus OBP-401 infection brightly and selectively labeled GBM with green fluorescent protein (GFP) for FGS in orthotopic nude mouse models. OBP-401-based FGS enabled curative resection of GBM without recurrence for at least 150 days, compared to less than 30 days with BLS.
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Fluorescence-guided surgery: it is the cure that matters: in reply to Giorgakis and colleagues. J Am Coll Surg 2015; 220:377-9. [PMID: 25700908 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Multicolored proteins have allowed the color-coding of cancer cells growing in vivo and enabled the distinction of host from tumor with single-cell resolution. Non-invasive imaging with fluorescent proteins enabled the dynamics of metastatic cancer to be followed in real time in individual animals. Non-invasive imaging of cancer cells expressing fluorescent proteins has allowed the real-time determination of efficacy of candidate antitumor and antimetastatic agents in mouse models. The use of fluorescent proteins to differentially label cancer cells in the nucleus and cytoplasm can visualize the nuclear-cytoplasmic dynamics of cancer cells in vivo including: mitosis, apoptosis, cell-cycle position, and differential behavior of nucleus and cytoplasm that occurs during cancer-cell deformation and extravasation. Recent applications of the technology described here include linking fluorescent proteins with cell-cycle-specific proteins such that the cells change color from red to green as they transit from G1 to S phases. With the macro- and micro-imaging technologies described here, essentially any in vivo process can be imaged, giving rise to the new field of in vivo cell biology using fluorescent proteins.
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- Robert M. Hoffman
- AntiCancer, Inc., Dept. of Surgery, University of California San Diego
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Fluorescence-guided surgery of retroperitoneal-implanted human fibrosarcoma in nude mice delays or eliminates tumor recurrence and increases survival compared to bright-light surgery. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0116865. [PMID: 25710463 PMCID: PMC4339719 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The aim of this study is to determine if fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) can eradicate human fibrosarcoma growing in the retroperitoneum of nude mice. One week after retroperitoneal implantation of human HT1080 fibrosarcoma cells, expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) (HT-1080-GFP), in nude mice, bright-light surgery (BLS) was performed on all tumor-bearing mice (n = 22). After BLS, mice were randomized into 2 treatment groups; BLS-only (n = 11) or the combination of BLS + FGS (n = 11). The residual tumors remaining after BLS were resected with FGS using a hand-held portable imaging system under fluorescence navigation. The average residual tumor area after BLS + FGS was significantly smaller than after BLS-only (0.4 ± 0.4 mm2 and 10.5 ± 2.4 mm2, respectively; p = 0.006). Five weeks after surgery, the fluorescent-tumor areas of BLS- and BLS + FGS-treated mice were 379 ± 147 mm2 and 11.7 ± 6.9 mm2, respectively, indicating that FGS greatly inhibited tumor recurrence compared to BLS. The combination of BLS + FGS significantly decreased fibrosarcoma recurrence compared to BLS-only treated mice (p < 0.001). Mice treated with BLS+FGS had a significantly higher disease-free survival rate than mice treated with BLS-only at five weeks after surgery. These results suggest that combination of BLS + FGS significantly reduced the residual fibrosarcoma volume after BLS and improved disease-free survival.
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Biological ablation of sentinel lymph node metastasis in submucosally invaded early gastrointestinal cancer. Mol Ther 2014; 23:501-9. [PMID: 25523761 DOI: 10.1038/mt.2014.244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Currently, early gastrointestinal cancers are treated endoscopically, as long as there are no lymph node metastases. However, once a gastrointestinal cancer invades the submucosal layer, the lymph node metastatic rate rises to higher than 10%. Therefore, surgery is still the gold standard to remove regional lymph nodes containing possible metastases. Here, to avoid prophylactic surgery, we propose a less-invasive biological ablation of lymph node metastasis in submucosally invaded gastrointestinal cancer patients. We have established an orthotopic early rectal cancer xenograft model with spontaneous lymph node metastasis by implantation of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-labeled human colon cancer cells into the submucosal layer of the murine rectum. A solution containing telomerase-specific oncolytic adenovirus was injected into the peritumoral submucosal space, followed by excision of the primary rectal tumors mimicking the endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) technique. Seven days after treatment, GFP signals had completely disappeared indicating that sentinel lymph node metastasis was selectively eradicated. Moreover, biologically treated mice were confirmed to be relapse-free even 4 weeks after treatment. These results indicate that virus-mediated biological ablation selectively targets lymph node metastasis and provides a potential alternative to surgery for submucosal invasive gastrointestinal cancer patients.
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Miwa S, Hiroshima Y, Yano S, Zhang Y, Matsumoto Y, Uehara F, Yamamoto M, Kimura H, Hayashi K, Tsuchiya H, Hoffman RM, Hoffman RM. Fluorescence-guided surgery improves outcome in an orthotopic osteosarcoma nude-mouse model. J Orthop Res 2014; 32:1596-601. [PMID: 25138581 PMCID: PMC4198468 DOI: 10.1002/jor.22706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In order to develop a model for fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS), 143B human osteosarcoma cells expressing red fluorescent protein (RFP) were injected into the intramedullary cavity of the tibia in nude mice. The fluorescent areas of residual tumors after bright-light surgery (BLS) and FGS were 10.2 ± 2.4 mm(2) and 0.1 ± 0.1 mm(2) , respectively (p<0.001). The BLS-treated mice and BLS+cisplatinum (CDDP)-treated mice had significant recurrence. In contrast, the FGS mice and FGS+CDDP mice had very little recurring tumor growth. Disease-free survival (DFS) in the BLS-, BLS+CDDP-, FGS-, and FGS+CDDP-treated mice was 12.5%, 37.5%, 75.0%, and 87.5%, respectively. The FGS-treated mice had a significantly higher DFS rate than the BLS-treated mice (p=0.021). The FGS+CDDP-treated mice had significantly higher DFS rate than the BLS+CDDP-treated mice (p=0.043). Although chemotherapy significantly reduced multiple metastases (p=0.033), there was no significant correlation between FGS and lung metastasis. FGS significantly reduced the recurrence of the primary tumor but did not reduce lung metastasis. The combination of FGS and adjuvant CDDP reduced tumor recurrence and prevented multiple metastases. FGS and adjuvant chemotherapy should be performed as early as possible in the disease to prevent both recurrence and metastatic development.
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- Shinji Miwa
- AntiCancer, Inc.; San Diego, California USA,Department of Surgery; University of California, San Diego; San Diego, California USA,Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc.; San Diego, California USA,Department of Surgery; University of California, San Diego; San Diego, California USA
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- AntiCancer, Inc.; San Diego, California USA,Department of Surgery; University of California, San Diego; San Diego, California USA
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- AntiCancer, Inc.; San Diego, California USA
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- Department of Surgery; University of California, San Diego; San Diego, California USA
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- AntiCancer, Inc.; San Diego, California USA,Department of Surgery; University of California, San Diego; San Diego, California USA
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- AntiCancer, Inc.; San Diego, California USA,Department of Surgery; University of California, San Diego; San Diego, California USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc.; San Diego, California USA,Department of Surgery; University of California, San Diego; San Diego, California USA
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Miwa S, Matsumoto Y, Hiroshima Y, Yano S, Uehara F, Yamamoto M, Zhang Y, Kimura H, Hayashi K, Yamamoto N, Bouvet M, Sugimoto N, Tsuchiya H, Hoffman RM. Fluorescence-guided surgery of prostate cancer bone metastasis. J Surg Res 2014; 192:124-33. [PMID: 24972740 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.05.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 03/16/2014] [Accepted: 05/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) of prostate cancer experimental skeletal metastasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Green fluorescent protein-expressing PC-3 human prostate cancer cells (PC-3-green fluorescent protein) were injected into the intramedullary cavity of the tibia in 32 nude mice. After 2 wk, 16 of the mice underwent FGS; the other 16 mice underwent bright-light surgery (BLS). Half of BLS and FGS mice (8 mice in each group) received zoledronic acid (ZOL). Weekly fluorescence imaging of the mice was performed. Six weeks after surgery, metastases to lung and inguinal lymph node were evaluated by fluorescence imaging. RESULTS The percentage of residual tumor after BLS and FGS was 9.9 ± 2.2% and 0.9 ± 0.3%, respectively (P < 0.001). FGS reduced recurrent cancer growth compared with BLS (P < 0.005). Although FGS alone had no significant effect on inguinal lymph node metastases, lung metastasis or disease-free survival (DFS), ZOL in combination with FGS significantly increased DFS (P = 0.01) in comparison with the combination of BLS and ZOL. ZOL reduced lymph node metastases (P = 0.033) but not lung metastasis. CONCLUSIONS FGS significantly reduced recurrence of experimental prostate cancer bone metastasis compared with BLS. The combination of FGS and ZOL increased DFS over BLS and ZOL. ZOL inhibited lymph node metastasis but not lung metastasis.
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- Shinji Miwa
- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, California; Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
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- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, California; Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
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- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, California; Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
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- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, California; Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
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- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, California; Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
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- Department of Physiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, California; Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
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Metildi CA, Felsen CN, Savariar EN, Nguyen QT, Kaushal S, Hoffman RM, Tsien RY, Bouvet M. Ratiometric activatable cell-penetrating peptides label pancreatic cancer, enabling fluorescence-guided surgery, which reduces metastases and recurrence in orthotopic mouse models. Ann Surg Oncol 2014; 22:2082-7. [PMID: 25319581 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-014-4144-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of using matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9)-cleavable ratiometric activatable cell-penetrating peptides (RACPPs) conjugated to Cy5 and Cy7 fluorophores to accurately label pancreatic cancer for fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) in an orthotopic mouse model. METHODS Orthotopic mouse models were established using MiaPaCa-2-GFP human pancreatic cancer cells. Two weeks after implantation, tumor-bearing mice were randomized to conventional white light reflectance (WLR) surgery or FGS. FGS was performed at far-red and infrared wavelengths with a customized fluorescence-dissecting microscope 2 h after injection of MMP-2 and MMP-9-cleavable RACPPs. Green fluorescence imaging of the GFP-labeled cancer cells was used to assess the effectiveness of surgical resection and monitor recurrence. At 8 weeks, mice were sacrificed to evaluate tumor burden and metastases. RESULTS Mice in the WLR group had larger primary tumors than mice in the FGS group at termination [1.72 g ± standard error (SE) 0.58 vs. 0.25 g ± SE 0.14; respectively, p = 0.026). Mean disease-free survival was significantly lengthened from 5.33 weeks in the WLR group to 7.38 weeks in the FGS group (p = 0.02). Recurrence rates were lower in the FGS group than in the WLR group (38 vs. 73 %; p = 0.049). This translated into lower local and distant recurrence rates for FGS compared to WLR (31 vs. 67 for local recurrence, respectively, and 25 vs. 60 % for distant recurrence, respectively). Metastatic tumor burden was significantly greater in the WLR group than in the FGS group (96.92 mm(2) ± SE 52.03 vs. 2.20 mm(2) ± SE 1.43; respectively, χ (2) = 5.455; p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS RACPPs can accurately and effectively label pancreatic cancer for effective FGS, resulting in better postresection outcomes than for WLR surgery.
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- Cristina A Metildi
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Hiroshima Y, Maawy A, Zhang Y, Sato S, Murakami T, Yamamoto M, Uehara F, Miwa S, Yano S, Momiyama M, Chishima T, Tanaka K, Bouvet M, Endo I, Hoffman RM. Fluorescence-guided surgery in combination with UVC irradiation cures metastatic human pancreatic cancer in orthotopic mouse models. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99977. [PMID: 24924955 PMCID: PMC4055701 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The aim of this study is to determine if ultraviolet light (UVC) irradiation in combination with fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) can eradicate metastatic human pancreatic cancer in orthotopic nude–mouse models. Two weeks after orthotopic implantation of human MiaPaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cells, expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP), in nude mice, bright-light surgery (BLS) was performed on all tumor-bearing mice (n = 24). After BLS, mice were randomized into 3 treatment groups; BLS-only (n = 8) or FGS (n = 8) or FGS-UVC (n = 8). The residual tumors were resected using a hand-held portable imaging system under fluorescence navigation in mice treated with FGS and FGS-UVC. The surgical resection bed was irradiated with 2700 J/m2 UVC (254 nm) in the mice treated with FGS-UVC. The average residual tumor area after FGS (n = 16) was significantly smaller than after BLS only (n = 24) (0.135±0.137 mm2 and 3.338±2.929 mm2, respectively; p = 0.007). The BLS treated mice had significantly reduced survival compared to FGS- and FGS-UVC-treated mice for both relapse-free survival (RFS) (p<0.001 and p<0.001, respectively) and overall survival (OS) (p<0.001 and p<0.001, respectively). FGS-UVC-treated mice had increased RFS and OS compared to FGS-only treated mice (p = 0.008 and p = 0.025, respectively); with RFS lasting at least 150 days indicating the animals were cured. The results of the present study suggest that UVC irradiation in combination with FGS has clinical potential to increase survival.
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- Yukihiko Hiroshima
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Tong Y, You L, Liu H, Li L, Meng H, Qian Q, Qian W. Potent antitumor activity of oncolytic adenovirus expressing Beclin-1 via induction of autophagic cell death in leukemia. Oncotarget 2014; 4:860-74. [PMID: 23765161 PMCID: PMC3757243 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.1018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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An attractive strategy among adenovirus-based oncolytic systems is to design adenoviral vectors to express pro-apoptotic genes, in which this gene-virotherapy approach significantly enhances tumor cell death by activating apoptotic pathways. However, the existence of cancer cells with apoptotic defects is one of the major obstacles in gene-virotherapy. Here, we investigated whether a strategy that combines the oncolytic effects of an adenoviral vector with simultaneous expression of Beclin-1, an autophagy gene, offers a therapeutic advantage for leukemia. A Beclin-1 cDNA was cloned in an oncolytic adenovirus with chimeric Ad5/11 fiber (SG511-BECN). SG511-BECN treatment induced significant autophagic cell death, and resulted in enhanced cell killing in a variety of leukemic cell lines and primary leukemic blasts. SG511-BECN effects were seen in chronic myeloid leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia with resistance to imatinib or chemotherapy, but exhibited much less cytotoxicity on normal cells. The SG511-BECN-induced autophagic cell death could be partially reversed by RNA interference knockdown of UVRAG, ATG5, and ATG7. We also showed that SG511-BECN strongly inhibited the growth of leukemic progenitors in vitro. In murine leukemia models, SG511-BECN prolonged the survival and decreased the xenograft tumor size by inducing autophagic cell death. Our results suggest that infection of leukemia cells with an oncolytic adenovirus overexpressing Beclin-1 can induce significant autophagic cell death and provide a new strategy for the elimination of leukemic cells via a unique mechanism of action distinct from apoptosis.
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- Yin Tong
- Institute of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, P.R. China
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Miwa S, Yano S, Hiroshima Y, Tome Y, Uehara F, Mii S, Efimova EV, Kimura H, Hayashi K, Tsuchiya H, Hoffman RM. Imaging UVC-induced DNA damage response in models of minimal cancer. J Cell Biochem 2014; 114:2493-9. [PMID: 23744630 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.24599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We have previously demonstrated that the ultraviolet (UV) light is effective against a variety of cancer cells in vivo as well as in vitro. In the present report, we imaged the DNA damage repair response of minimal cancer after UVC irradiation. DNA-damage repair response to UV irradiation was imaged on tumors growing in 3D culture and in superficial tumors grown in vivo. UV-induced DNA damage repair was imaged with GFP fused to the DNA damage response (DDR)-related chromatin-binding protein 53BP1 in MiaPaCa-2 human pancreatic cancer cells. Three-dimensional Gelfoam® histocultures and confocal imaging enabled 53BP1-GFP nuclear foci to be observed within 1 h after UVC irradiation, indicating the onset of DNA damage repair response. A clonogenic assay showed that UVC inhibited MiaPaCa-2 cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner, while UVA and UVB showed little effect on cell proliferation. Induction of UV-induced 53BP1-GFP focus formation was limited up to a depth of 40 µm in 3D-culture of MiaPaCa-2 cells. The MiaPaCa-2 cells irradiated by UVC light in a skin-flap mouse model had a significant decrease of tumor growth compared to untreated controls. Our results also demonstrate that 53BP1-GFP is an imageable marker of UV-induced DNA damage repair response of minimal cancer and that UVC is a useful tool for the treatment of residual cancer since UVC can kill superficial cancer cells without damage to deep tissue.
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- Shinji Miwa
- AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California; Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan
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Hong Y, Won J, Lee Y, Lee S, Park K, Chang KT, Hong Y. Melatonin treatment induces interplay of apoptosis, autophagy, and senescence in human colorectal cancer cells. J Pineal Res 2014; 56:264-74. [PMID: 24484372 DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In Asia, the incidence of colorectal cancer has been increasing gradually due to a more Westernized lifestyle. The aim of study is to determine the interaction between melatonin-induced cell death and cellular senescence. We treated HCT116 human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells with 10 μm melatonin and determined the levels of cell death-related proteins and evaluated cell cycle kinetics. The plasma membrane melatonin receptor, MT1, was significantly decreased by melatonin in a time-dependent manner, whereas the nuclear receptor, RORα, was increased only after 12 hr treatment. HCT116 cells, which upregulated both pro-apoptotic Bax and anti-apoptotic Bcl-xL in the early response to melatonin treatment, activated autophagic as well as apoptotic machinery within 18 hr. Melatonin decreased the S-phase population of the cells to 57% of the control at 48 hr, which was concomitant with a reduction in BrdU-positive cells in the melatonin-treated cell population. We found not only marked attenuation of E- and A-type cyclins, but also increased expression of p16 and p-p21. Compared to the cardiotoxicity of Trichostatin A in vitro, single or cumulative melatonin treatment induced insignificant detrimental effects on neonatal cardiomyocytes. We found that 10 μm melatonin activated cell death programs early and induced G1-phase arrest at the advanced phase. Therefore, we suggest that melatonin is a potential chemotherapeutic agent for treatment of colon cancer, the effects of which are mediated by regulation of both cell death and senescence in cancerous cells with minimized cardiotoxicity.
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- Yunkyung Hong
- Department of Rehabilitation Science, Graduate School of Inje University, Gimhae, Korea; Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease Center, College of Biomedical Science & Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae, Korea; Ubiquitous Healthcare Research Center, Inje University, Gimhae, Korea
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Advantages of fluorescence-guided laparoscopic surgery of pancreatic cancer labeled with fluorescent anti-carcinoembryonic antigen antibodies in an orthotopic mouse model. J Am Coll Surg 2014; 219:132-41. [PMID: 24768506 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2013] [Revised: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Our laboratory has previously developed fluorescence-guided surgery of pancreatic and other cancers in orthotopic mouse models. Laparoscopic surgery is being used more extensively in surgical oncology. This report describes the efficacy of laparoscopic fluorescence-guided surgery of pancreatic cancer in an orthotopic mouse model. STUDY DESIGN Mouse models of human pancreatic cancer were established with fragments of the BxPC-3 red fluorescent protein-expressing human pancreatic cancer using surgical orthotopic implantation. Mice were randomized to bright-light laparoscopic surgery (BLLS) or to fluorescence-guided laparoscopic surgery (FGLS). Fluorescence-guided laparoscopic surgery was performed with a light-emitting diode light source through a 495-nm emission filter in order to resect the primary tumors and any additional separate submillimeter tumor deposits within the pancreas, the latter of which was not possible with BLLS. Tumors were labeled with anti-CEA AlexaFluor 488 antibodies 24 hours before surgery with intravenous injection. Perioperative fluorescence images were obtained to evaluate tumor size. Mice were followed postoperatively to assess for recurrence and at termination to evaluate tumor burden. RESULTS At termination, the FGLS-treated mice had less pancreatic tumor volume than the BLLS-treated mice (5.75 mm(2) vs 28.43 mm(2), respectively; p = 0.012) and lower tumor weight (21.1 mg vs 174.4 mg, respectively; p = 0.033). Fluorescence-guided laparoscopic surgery compared with BLLS also decreased local recurrence (50% vs 80%, respectively; p = 0.048) and distant recurrence (70% vs 95%, respectively; p = 0.046). More mice in the FGLS group than the BLLS group were free of tumor at termination (25% vs 5%, respectively). Median disease-free survival was lengthened from 2 weeks with BLLS (95% CI, 1.635-2.365) to 7 weeks with FGLS (95% CI, 5.955-8.045; p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Fluorescence-guided laparoscopic surgery is more effective than BLLS and, therefore, has important potential for surgical oncology.
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Nakajima T, Sano K, Sato K, Watanabe R, Harada T, Hanaoka H, Choyke PL, Kobayashi H. Fluorescence-lifetime molecular imaging can detect invisible peritoneal ovarian tumors in bloody ascites. Cancer Sci 2014; 105:308-14. [PMID: 24479901 PMCID: PMC3949209 DOI: 10.1111/cas.12343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2013] [Revised: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Blood contamination, such as bloody ascites or hemorrhages during surgery, is a potential hazard for clinical application of fluorescence imaging. In order to overcome this problem, we investigate if fluorescence-lifetime imaging helps to overcome this problem. Samples were prepared at concentrations ranging 0.3-2.4 μm and mixed with 0-10% of blood. Fluorescence intensities and lifetimes of samples were measured using a time-domain fluorescence imager. Ovarian cancer SHIN3 cells overexpressing the D-galactose receptor were injected into the peritoneal cavity 2.5 weeks before the experiments. Galactosyl serum albumin-rhodamine green (GSA-RhodG), which bound to the D-galactose receptor and was internalized thereafter, was administered intraperitoneally to peritoneal ovarian cancer-bearing mice with various degrees of bloody ascites. In vitro study showed a linear correlation between fluorescence intensity and probe concentration (r(2) > 0.99), whereas the fluorescence lifetime was consistent (range, 3.33 ± 0.15-3.75 ± 0.04 ns). By adding 10% of blood to samples, fluorescence intensities decreased to <1%, while fluorescence lifetimes were consistent. In vivo fluorescence lifetime of GSA-RhodG stained tumors was longer than the autofluorescence lifetime (threshold, 2.87 ns). Tumor lesions under hemorrhagic peritonitis were not depicted using fluorescence intensity imaging; however, fluorescence-lifetime imaging clearly detected tumor lesions by prolonged lifetimes. In conclusion, fluorescence-lifetime imaging with GSA-RhodG depicted ovarian cancer lesions, which were invisible in intensity images, in hemorrhagic ascites.
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- Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MA, USA
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Hiroshima Y, Maawy A, Sato S, Murakami T, Uehara F, Miwa S, Yano S, Momiyama M, Chishima T, Tanaka K, Bouvet M, Endo I, Hoffman RM. Hand-held high-resolution fluorescence imaging system for fluorescence-guided surgery of patient and cell-line pancreatic tumors growing orthotopically in nude mice. J Surg Res 2013; 187:510-7. [PMID: 24373959 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.11.1083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2013] [Revised: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND In this study, we investigated the advantages of fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) in mice of a portable hand-sized imaging system compared with a large fluorescence imaging system or a long-working-distance fluorescence microscope. METHODS Mouse models of human pancreatic cancer for FGS included the following: (1) MiaPaCa-2-expressing green fluorescent protein, (2) BxPC3 labeled with Alexa Fluor 488-conjucated anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) antibody, and (3) patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) labeled with Alexa Fluor 488-conjugated anti-carbohydrate antigen 19-9 antibody. RESULTS Each device could clearly detect the primary MiaPaCa-2-green fluorescent protein tumor and any residual tumor after FGS. In the BxPC3 model labeled with Alexa Fluor 488-conjugated anti-CEA, each device could detect the primary tumor, but the MVX10 could not clearly detect the residual tumor remaining after FGS whereas the other devices could. In the PDOX model labeled with Alexa Fluor 488-conjugated anti-carbohydrate antigen 19-9, only the portable hand-held device could distinguish the residual tumor from the background, and complete resection of the residual tumor was achieved under fluorescence navigation. CONCLUSIONS The results described in the present report suggest that the hand-held mobile imaging system can be applied to the clinic for FGS because of its convenient size and high sensitivity which should help make FGS widely used.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate/immunology
- Carcinoembryonic Antigen/immunology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Disease Models, Animal
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics
- Humans
- Image Enhancement/instrumentation
- Image Enhancement/methods
- Mice
- Mice, Nude
- Microscopy, Fluorescence/instrumentation
- Microscopy, Fluorescence/methods
- Neoplasm Transplantation/methods
- Neoplasm, Residual/pathology
- Neoplasm, Residual/surgery
- Pancreatic Neoplasms/pathology
- Pancreatic Neoplasms/surgery
- Surgery, Computer-Assisted/instrumentation
- Surgery, Computer-Assisted/methods
- Transplantation, Heterologous/methods
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Affiliation(s)
- Yukihiko Hiroshima
- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, California; Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California; Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, California; Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
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- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, California; Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
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- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, California; Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California.
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- AntiCancer, Inc, San Diego, California; Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
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Mitsunaga M, Kosaka N, Choyke PL, Young MR, Dextras CR, Saud SM, Colburn NH, Sakabe M, Nagano T, Asanuma D, Urano Y, Kobayashi H. Fluorescence endoscopic detection of murine colitis-associated colon cancer by topically applied enzymatically rapid-activatable probe. Gut 2013; 62:1179-86. [PMID: 22698650 PMCID: PMC6309695 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Screening colonoscopy to monitor for early colitis-associated colon cancer (CAC) is difficult due to the aberrant mucosal patterns associated with long-standing colitis. The aim of this study was to develop a rapid fluorescent detection method for use during colonoscopy for improving the detection of CAC utilising a topically applied enzymatically activatable probe (gGlu-HMRG) which fluoresces in the presence of γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT), an enzyme associated with cancer. METHODS Expression of GGT in colon cell lines was examined with fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry. A mouse model (azoxymethane/dextran sulphate sodium) of CAC was used and mice were examined with white light and fluorescence colonoscopy before and after topical gGlu-HMRG administration. RESULTS Expression of GGT, although variable, was higher in human colon cancer cells than normal human colon cells. Using fluorescence colonoscopy in mice, gGlu-HMRG fluorescent lesions were detected 5 min after topical administration and fluorescence persisted for at least 30 min. Fluorescence guided biopsy revealed all fluorescent lesions that contained cancer or dysplasia (n=16), whereas three out of 12 non-fluorescent lesions contained low grade dysplasia and others did not contain neoplastic histology. Microscopic inflammatory infiltration also had variable fluorescence but in general was much lower (∼10-fold) in signal than cancer. Repeat fluorescence endoscopy allowed individual tumours to be monitored. CONCLUSION These results suggest that gGlu-HMRG can improve endoscopic detection of CAC with a higher target to background ratio than conventional white light colonoscopy. This could be of benefit to patients with long-standing colitis who must undergo repeated screening colonoscopies.
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- Makoto Mitsunaga
- Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, Frederick National Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute-, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, Frederick National Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute-, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, Frederick National Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute-, Frederick, Maryland, USA,National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Nutritional Science Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, Frederick National Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute-, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Sano K, Nakajima T, Miyazaki K, Ohuchi Y, Ikegami T, Choyke PL, Kobayashi H. Short PEG-linkers improve the performance of targeted, activatable monoclonal antibody-indocyanine green optical imaging probes. Bioconjug Chem 2013; 24:811-6. [PMID: 23600922 DOI: 10.1021/bc400050k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The ability to switch optical imaging probes from the quenched (off) to the active state (on) has greatly improved target to background ratios. The optimal activation efficiency of an optical probe depends on complete quenching before activation and complete dequenching after activation. For instance, monoclonal antibody-indocyanine green (mAb-ICG) conjugates, which are promising agents for clinical translation, are normally quenched, but can be activated when bound to a cell surface receptor and internalized. However, the small fraction of commonly used ICG derivative (ICG-Sulfo-OSu) can bind noncovalently to its mAb and is, thus, gradually released from the mAb leading to relatively high background signal especially in the liver and the abdomen. In this study, we re-engineered a mAb-ICG conjugate, (Panitumumab-ICG) using bifunctional ICG derivatives (ICG-PEG4-Sulfo-OSu and ICG-PEG8-Sulfo-OSu) with short polyethylene glycol (PEG) linkers. Higher covalent binding (70-86%) was observed using the bifunctional ICG with short PEG linkers resulting in less in vivo noncovalent dissociation. Panitumumab-ICG conjugates with short PEG linkers were able to detect human epidermal growth factor receptor 1 (EGFR)-positive tumors with high tumor-to-background ratios (15.8 and 6.9 for EGFR positive tumor-to-negative tumor and tumor-to-liver ratios, respectively, at 3 d postinjection).
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- Kohei Sano
- Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Sano K, Mitsunaga M, Nakajima T, Choyke PL, Kobayashi H. In vivo breast cancer characterization imaging using two monoclonal antibodies activatably labeled with near infrared fluorophores. Breast Cancer Res 2013; 14:R61. [PMID: 22510481 PMCID: PMC3446396 DOI: 10.1186/bcr3167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2012] [Accepted: 04/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Introduction The gene expression profiles of cancer cells are closely related to their aggressiveness and metastatic potential. Antibody-based immunohistochemistry (IHC) of tissue specimens is a common method of identifying expressed proteins in cancer cells and increasingly inform treatment decisions. Molecular imaging is a potential method of performing similar IHC studies in vivo without the requirement for biopsy or tumor excision. To date, antibody-based imaging has been limited by high background levels related to slow clearance, making such imaging practical. However, optically activatable imaging agents, which are only fluorescent when bound to their cognate receptor, open the possibility of doing in vivo multi-color IHC. Methods We describe the use of activatable, near infrared fluorescence-labeled AlexaFluor680 (Alexa680) conjugated panitumumab (Pan) targeted against human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) (Pan-Alexa680) and Indocyanine Green (ICG) conjugated trastuzumab (Tra) targeted against human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2) (Tra-ICG) were synthesized and evaluated in cells in vitro and in an orthotopic breast cancer mouse model in vivo. Results Pan-Alexa680 (self-quenched; SQ) and Tra-ICG were initially quenched but demonstrated a 5.2- and 50-fold dequenching capacity under detergent treatment, respectively. In vitro microscopy and flow cytometry using MDA-MB-468 (EGFR+/HER2-) and 3T3/HER2 cells (EGFR-/HER2+), demonstrated specific fluorescence signal for each cell type based on binding to Pan-Alexa680(SQ) or Tra-ICG. An in vivo imaging study employing a cocktail of Pan-Alexa680(SQ) and Tra-ICG (each 50 μg) was injected into mice with orthotopic MDA-MB-468 and 3T3/HER2 tumors in the breast. Each probe visualized only the target-specific breast tumor. Conclusions Multi-color target-specific fluorescence breast cancer imaging can be achieved in vivo by employing two activatable fluorescent probes administered as a cocktail. The images allowed us to see a specific receptor expression in each breast tumor without post-image processing.
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- Kohei Sano
- Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Building 10, RoomB3B69, 10 Center Dr. Bethesda, MD 0892-1088, USA
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