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Sarreshtehdari A, Burdio F, López-Alonso B, Lucía Ó, Burdio JM, Villamonte M, Andaluz A, García-Arnas F, Berjano E, Moll X. Preliminary evaluation of the safety and efficacy of glucose solution infusion through the hepatic artery on irreversible electroporation focusing. Sci Rep 2023; 13:7120. [PMID: 37130847 PMCID: PMC10154417 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33487-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023] Open
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Due to electrical features of the tissue, such as impedance, which have a significant impact on irreversible electroporation (IRE) function, the administration of glucose solution 5% (GS5%) through the hepatic artery would focus IRE on scattered liver tumors. By creating a differential impedance between healthy and tumor tissue. This study aimed to determine the effects of the GS5% protocol on healthy liver tissue and its safety. 21 male Athymic nude rats Hsd: RH-Foxn1mu were used in the study. Animals were split into two groups. In group 1, a continuous infusion through the gastroduodenal artery of GS5% was performed to measure the impedance with a dose of 0.008 mL/g for 16 min. In group 2, the animals were divided into two subgroups for infusions of GS5%. Group 2.1, at 0.008 mL/g for 16 min. Group 2.2 at 0.03 mL/g for 4 min. Blood samples were collected after anesthesia has been induced. The second sample, after catheterization of the artery, and the third after the GS5% infusion. All the animals were sacrificed to collect histological samples. The survival rate during the experiment was 100%. A considerable impact on the impedance of the tissue was noticed, on average up to 4.31 times more than the baseline, and no side effects were observed after GS5% infusion. In conclusion, impedance alteration by Glucose solution infusion may focus IRE on tumor tissue and decrease IRE's effects on healthy tissue.
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- Amirhossein Sarreshtehdari
- Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Electronic Engineering and Communications, University of Zaragoza, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Electronic Engineering and Communications, University of Zaragoza, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Electronic Engineering and Communications, University of Zaragoza, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- BioMIT, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Tan Z, Jiang Y, Liang L, Wu J, Cao L, Zhou X, Song Z, Ye Z, Zhao Z, Feng H, Dong Z, Lin S, Zhou Z, Wang Y, Li X, Guan F. Dysregulation and prometastatic function of glycosyltransferase C1GALT1 modulated by cHP1BP3/ miR-1-3p axis in bladder cancer. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2022; 41:228. [PMID: 35864552 PMCID: PMC9306173 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-022-02438-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Abnormal glycosylation in a variety of cancer types is involved in tumor progression and chemoresistance. Glycosyltransferase C1GALT1, the key enzyme in conversion of Tn antigen to T antigen, is involved in both physiological and pathological conditions. However, the mechanisms of C1GALT1 in enhancing oncogenic phenotypes and its regulatory effects via non-coding RNA are unclear. Methods Abnormal expression of C1GALT1 and its products T antigen in human bladder cancer (BLCA) were evaluated with BLCA tissue, plasma samples and cell lines. Effects of C1GALT1 on migratory ability and proliferation were assessed in YTS-1 cells by transwell, CCK8 and colony formation assay in vitro and by mouse subcutaneous xenograft and trans-splenic metastasis models in vivo. Dysregulated circular RNAs (circRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) were profiled in 3 pairs of bladder cancer tissues by RNA-seq. Effects of miR-1-3p and cHP1BP3 (circRNA derived from HP1BP3) on modulating C1GALT1 expression were investigated by target prediction program, correlation analysis and luciferase reporter assay. Functional roles of miR-1-3p and cHP1BP3 on migratory ability and proliferation in BLCA were also investigated by in vitro and in vivo experiments. Additionally, glycoproteomic analysis was employed to identify the target glycoproteins of C1GALT1. Results In this study, we demonstrated upregulation of C1GALT1 and its product T antigen in BLCA. C1GALT1 silencing suppressed migratory ability and proliferation of BLCA YTS-1 cells in vitro and in vivo. Subsets of circRNAs and miRNAs were dysregulated in BLCA tissues. miR-1-3p, which is reduced in BLCA tissues, inhibited transcription of C1GALT1 by binding directly to its 3′-untranslated region (3′-UTR). miR-1-3p overexpression resulted in decreased migratory ability and proliferation of YTS-1 cells. cHP1BP3 was upregulated in BLCA tissues, and served as an miR-1-3p “sponge”. cHP1BP3 was shown to modulate migratory ability, proliferation, and colony formation of YTS-1 cells, and displayed tumor-suppressing activity in BLCA. Target glycoproteins of C1GALT1, including integrins and MUC16, were identified. Conclusions This study reveals the pro-metastatic and proliferative function of upregulated glycosyltransferase C1GLAT1, and provides preliminary data on mechanisms underlying dysregulation of C1GALT1 via miR-1-3p / cHP1BP3 axis in BLCA. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13046-022-02438-7.
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Eresen A, Zhou K, Sun C, Shangguan J, Wang B, Pan L, Hu S, Pang Y, Zhang Z, Tran RMN, Bhatia AP, Nouizi F, Abi-Jaoudeh N, Yaghmai V, Zhang Z. Early assessment of irreversible electroporation ablation outcomes by analyzing MRI texture: preclinical study in an animal model of liver tumor. Am J Transl Res 2022; 14:5541-5551. [PMID: 36105031 PMCID: PMC9452330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Accurate differentiation of temporary vs. permanent changes occurring following irreversible electroporation (IRE) holds immense importance for the early assessment of ablative treatment outcomes. Here, we investigated the benefits of advanced statistical learning models for an immediate evaluation of therapeutic outcomes by interpreting quantitative characteristics captured with conventional MRI. METHODS The preclinical study integrated twenty-six rabbits with anatomical and perfusion MRI data acquired with a 3T clinical MRI scanner. T1w and T2w MRI data were quantitatively analyzed, and forty-six quantitative features were computed with four feature extraction methods. The candidate key features were determined by graph clustering following the filtering-based feature selection technique, RELIEFF algorithm. Kernel-based support vector machines (SVM) and random forest (RF) classifiers interpreting quantitative features of T1w, T2w, and combination (T1w+T2w) MRI were developed for replicating the underlying characteristics of the tissues to distinguish IRE ablation regions for immediate assessment of treatment response. Accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and area under the receiver operating characteristics curve were used to evaluate classification performance. RESULTS Following the analysis of quantitative variables, three features were integrated to develop a SVM classification model, while five features were utilized for generating RF classifiers. SVM classifiers demonstrated detection accuracy of 91.06%, 96.15%, and 98.04% for individual and combination MRI data, respectively. Besides, RF classifiers obtained slightly lower accuracy compared to SVM which were 95.06%, 89.40%, and 94.38% respectively. CONCLUSIONS Quantitative models integrating structural characteristics of conventional T1w and T2w MRI data with statistical learning techniques identified IRE ablation regions allowing early assessment of treatment status.
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- Aydin Eresen
- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA,Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA,Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College HospitalBeijing 100000, China
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA,Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao UniversityQingdao 266000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA,Department of General Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityGuangzhou 510000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA,Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou UniversityChangzhou 213000, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA,Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow UniversitySuzhou 215000, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA,Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA,Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA,Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA,Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA,Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA,Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California IrvineIrvine, CA, USA
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Ma M, Guo D, Tan Z, Du J, Guan F, Li X. Fucosyltransferase 8 regulation and breast cancer suppression by transcription factor activator protein 2γ. Cancer Sci 2021; 112:3190-3204. [PMID: 34036684 PMCID: PMC8353918 DOI: 10.1111/cas.14987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Alterations of glycosyltransferase expression are often associated with tumor occurrence and progression. Among the many glycosyltransferases, increased expression of fucosyltransferase 8 (FUT8) has been frequently observed to be involved in progression and metastasis of various types of cancer. The regulatory mechanisms of FUT8 expression remain unclear. FUT8 expression was shown, in this study, to be elevated in breast cancer. Systematic analysis revealed that transcription factor activator protein 2γ (AP-2γ) is the target gene of microRNA-10b (miR-10b), which we previously identified as a positive regulator of FUT8. Overexpression of AP-2γ inhibited FUT8 expression, with associated reduction of cell invasiveness and migration ability. AP-2γ was capable of binding to transcription factor STAT3, and phosphorylation of STAT3 induced transcription of the FUT8 gene. On the basis of our findings, we propose that binding of AP-2γ to STAT3 results in formation of the AP-2γ/STAT3 complex and consequent inhibition of STAT3 phosphorylation, thereby preventing entry of p-STAT3 into the nucleus to initiate FUT8 transcription. This study clarifies the molecular mechanisms whereby transcription factor AP-2γ regulates FUT8 expression in breast cancer.
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- Minxing Ma
- Department of Oncology, The Fifth People's Hospital of Qinghai Province, Xining, China
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- Department of Central Lab, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Shandong University, Weihai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Joint International Research Laboratory of Glycobiology and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Fifth People's Hospital of Qinghai Province, Xining, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Joint International Research Laboratory of Glycobiology and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Hematology, School of Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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Burdío F, Sánchez-Velázquez P, Grande L, Mulier S, Radosevic A, Berjano E, Moll X, Andaluz A, García-Tejedor A. Comment on "Does Thermal Ablation Increase or Decrease the Risk of Tumor Local Recurrence?". Ann Surg 2021. [PMID: 33491980 DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Shangguan AJ, Sun C, Wang B, Pan L, Ma Q, Hu S, Yang J, Eresen A, Velichko Y, Yaghmai V, Zhang Z. DWI and DCE-MRI approaches for differentiating reversibly electroporated penumbra from irreversibly electroporated ablation zones in a rabbit liver model. Am J Cancer Res 2019; 9:1982-1994. [PMID: 31598399 PMCID: PMC6780669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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The purpose of our study was to investigate the hypothesis that DWI-MRI and DCE-MRI cab be used to distinguish between IRE and RE zones of IRE treatment in a rabbit liver model. 6 rabbits underwent baseline and post-procedure MR imaging with DWI and DCE-MRI as well as IRE (10 pulses, 2000 V, 10 µs/pulse, 10 ms between pulses). Rabbits were euthanized immediately after post-procedure MRI to acquire liver tissue for histology. Liver tissues were fixed and then stained with HE and TUNEL. T1w and T2w intensities in different treatment zones were calculated and normalized to paraspinal muscle signal. ADC maps were generated from DWI. AUC, PE, TTP, WIS, Ktrans, Kep, and VE were calculated from DCE-MRI. Apoptosis index was calculated from TUNEL stained tissues. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Entire IRE treated region was hyperintense compared with untreated tissues on T1w, with the RE zone having a higher signal intensity. On DWI, IRE treated tissue had decreased ΔADC. The IRE zone has a lower ΔADC than the RE zone within the treated region. On DCE-MRI, IRE zone demonstrated the highest TTP and the lowest PE, WIS, Ktrans, Kep, and VE, followed by the RE zone then the untreated tissue. TUNEL staining of liver tissues showed that the IRE zone had the highest apoptosis index, followed by the RE zone and then untreated tissue. In conclusion, DCE-MRI and DWI parameters allow differentiation between RE and IRE zones in a rabbit liver model.
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- Anna J Shangguan
- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
- Medical Student Training Program, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
- Department of Orthopaedics, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao UniversityQingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
- Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou UniversityChangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow UniversitySuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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Lee JM, Choi HS, Kim ES, Keum B, Seo YS, Jeen YT, Lee HS, Chun HJ, Um SH, Kim CD, Kim HB. Characterization of irreversible electroporation on the stomach: A feasibility study in rats. Sci Rep 2019; 9:9094. [PMID: 31235753 PMCID: PMC6591231 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45659-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a newly developed non-thermal ablative therapy. During the IRE procedure, the permeability of the cell membrane is irreversibly changed by application of high-energy pulses across the tissue. This induces the breakdown of cell homeostasis, and thereby cell death. Here, we present an in vivo study to demonstrate IRE ablation of gastric tissue and characterize the changes that occur with time therein. No significant complications were observed in the test rats during the experiment. The electroporated tissues exhibited apoptosis at 10, 24 and 48 h after IRE ablation. The apoptosis peaked at 10 h after IRE and then declined, suggesting that the ablated tissue rapidly recovered owing to intense metabolic activity. In addition, the electroporated tissues exhibited morphological changes such as pyknosis and karyorrhexis, while histological analysis showed that the blood vessels were preserved. Interestingly, electroporation greatly affected the mucosa and muscularis propria, but not the submucosa and serosa. This study suggests that IRE could potentially be used as a minimally invasive treatment for early gastric cancer that does not exhibit lymph node metastasis or dysplasia.
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- Jae Min Lee
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea.
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biosystems & Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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Mafeld S, Wong JJ, Kibriya N, Stenberg B, Manas D, Bassett P, Aslam T, Evans J, Littler P. Percutaneous Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) of Hepatic Malignancy: A Bi-institutional Analysis of Safety and Outcomes. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2018; 42:577-583. [PMID: 30465255 PMCID: PMC6394503 DOI: 10.1007/s00270-018-2120-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Aim Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a non-thermal ablative option in patients unsuitable for standard thermal ablation, due to its potential to preserve collagenous structures (vessels and ducts) and a reduced susceptibility to heat sink effects. In this series from two large tertiary referral hepatobiliary centres, we aim to assess the safety/outcomes of hepatic IRE. Materials and Methods Bi-institutional retrospective, longitudinal follow-up series of IRE for primary hepatic malignancy; [hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 20), cholangiocarcinoma (n = 3)] and secondary metastatic disease; colorectal (n = 28), neuroendocrine (n = 1), pancreatic (n = 1), breast (n = 1), gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST, n = 1) and malignant thymoma (n = 1). Outcome measures included procedural safety/effectiveness, time to progression and time to death. Results Between 2013 and 2017, 52 patients underwent percutaneous IRE of 59 liver tumours in 53 sessions. All tumours were deemed unsuitable for thermal ablation. Cases were performed using ultrasound (US) or computed tomography (CT) guidance. A complete ablation was achieved in n = 44, (75%) of cases with an overall complication rate of 17% (n = 9). Of the complete ablation group, median time to progression was 8 months. At 12 months, 44% were progression-free (95% CI 30–66%). The data suggest that larger lesion size (> 2 cm) is associated with shorter time to progression and there is highly significant difference with faster time to progression in mCRC compared with HCC. Median survival time was 38 months. Conclusion This bi-institutional review is the largest UK series of IRE and suggests this ablative technology can be a useful tool, but appears to mainly induce local tumour control rather than cure with HCC having better outcomes than mCRC.
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- Sebastian Mafeld
- Department of Interventional Radiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK.
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot St, Liverpool, L7 8XP, UK
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot St, Liverpool, L7 8XP, UK
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot St, Liverpool, L7 8XP, UK
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot St, Liverpool, L7 8XP, UK
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
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Pañella C, Castellví Q, Moll X, Quesada R, Villanueva A, Iglesias M, Naranjo D, Sánchez-Velázquez P, Andaluz A, Grande L, Ivorra A, Burdío F. Focused Transhepatic Electroporation Mediated by Hypersaline Infusion through the Portal Vein in Rat Model. Preliminary Results on Differential Conductivity. Radiol Oncol 2017; 51:415-421. [PMID: 29333120 PMCID: PMC5765318 DOI: 10.1515/raon-2017-0051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Spread hepatic tumours are not suitable for treatment either by surgery or conventional ablation methods. The aim of this study was to evaluate feasibility and safety of selectively increasing the healthy hepatic conductivity by the hypersaline infusion (HI) through the portal vein. We hypothesize this will allow simultaneous safe treatment of all nodules by irreversible electroporation (IRE) when applied in a transhepatic fashion. Material and methods Sprague Dawley (Group A, n = 10) and Athymic rats with implanted hepatic tumour (Group B, n = 8) were employed. HI was performed (NaCl 20%, 3.8 mL/Kg) by trans-splenic puncture. Deionized serum (40 mL/Kg) and furosemide (2 mL/Kg) were simultaneously infused through the jugular vein to compensate hypernatremia. Changes in conductivity were monitored in the hepatic and tumour tissue. The period in which hepatic conductivity was higher than tumour conductivity was defined as the therapeutic window (TW). Animals were monitored during 1-month follow-up. The animals were sacrificed and selective samples were used for histological analysis. Results The overall survival rate was 82.4% after the HI protocol. The mean maximum hepatic conductivity after HI was 2.7 and 3.5 times higher than the baseline value, in group A and B, respectively. The mean maximum hepatic conductivity after HI was 1.4 times higher than tumour tissue in group B creating a TW to implement selective IRE. Conclusions HI through the portal vein is safe when the hypersaline overload is compensated with deionized serum and it may provide a TW for focused IRE treatment on tumour nodules.
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- Clara Pañella
- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Informatics and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Insitute (IMIM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Chemoresistance and Predictive Factors Group, Program Against Cancer Therapeutic Resistance (ProCURE), Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical and Surgery Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del VallèsBarcelona, Spain
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- Medical and Surgery Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del VallèsBarcelona, Spain
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- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Insitute (IMIM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Informatics and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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