title: The response of RIF-1 fibrosarcomas to the vascular-disrupting agent ZD6126 assessed by in vivo and ex vivo 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
abstract: The response of radiation-induced fibrosarcoma 1 (RIF-1) tumors treated with the vascular-disrupting agent (VDA) ZD6126 was assessed by in vivo and ex vivo 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) methods. Tumors treated with 200 mg/kg ZD6126 showed a significant reduction in total choline (tCho) in vivo 24 hours after treatment, whereas control tumors showed a significant increase in tCho. This response was investigated further within both ex vivo unprocessed tumor tissues and tumor tissue metabolite extracts. Ex vivo high-resolution magic angle spinning (HRMAS) and 1H MRS of metabolite extracts revealed a significant reduction in phosphocholine and glycerophosphocholine in biopsies of ZD6126-treated tumors, confirming in vivo tCho response. ZD6126-induced reduction in choline compounds is consistent with a reduction in cell membrane turnover associated with necrosis and cell death following disruption of the tumor vasculature. In vivo tumor tissue water diffusion and lactate measurements showed no significant changes in response to ZD6126. Spin-spin relaxation times (T2) of water and metabolites also remained unchanged. Noninvasive 1H MRS measurement of tCho in vivo provides a potential biomarker of tumor response to VDAs in RIF-1 tumors.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research UK Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Research Group, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, St. George's, University of London, London SW17 ORE, UK. mbasetti@sgul.ac.uk
authors.forename: Basetti
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Madhu
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Waterton
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: Anderson J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Simon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C455219:N-acetylcochinol-O-phosphate; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds