Intracellular Water Lifetime as a Tumor Biomarker to Monitor Doxorubicin Treatment via FFC-Relaxometry in a Breast Cancer Model

This study aims to explore whether the water exchange rate constants in tumor cells can act as a hallmark of pathology status and a reporter of therapeutic outcomes. It has been shown, using 4T1 cell cultures and murine allografts, that an early assessment of the therapeutic effect of doxorubicin ca...

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Autores principales: Maria Rosaria Ruggiero, Simona Baroni, Valeria Bitonto, Roberto Ruiu, Smeralda Rapisarda, Silvio Aime, Simonetta Geninatti Crich
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e704e27b3e7d4c89a99602ff6b0019b62021-12-03T06:00:53ZIntracellular Water Lifetime as a Tumor Biomarker to Monitor Doxorubicin Treatment via FFC-Relaxometry in a Breast Cancer Model2234-943X10.3389/fonc.2021.778823https://doaj.org/article/e704e27b3e7d4c89a99602ff6b0019b62021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.778823/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2234-943XThis study aims to explore whether the water exchange rate constants in tumor cells can act as a hallmark of pathology status and a reporter of therapeutic outcomes. It has been shown, using 4T1 cell cultures and murine allografts, that an early assessment of the therapeutic effect of doxorubicin can be detected through changes in the cellular water efflux rate constant kio. The latter has been estimated by analyzing the magnetization recovery curve in standard NMR T1 measurements when there is a marked difference in the proton relaxation rate constants (R1) between the intra- and the extra-cellular compartments. In cellular studies, T1 measurements were carried out on a relaxometer working at 0.5 T, and the required difference in R1 between the two compartments was achieved via the addition of a paramagnetic agent into the extracellular compartment. For in-vivo experiments, the large difference in the R1 values of the two-compartments was achieved when the T1 measurements were carried out at low magnetic field strengths. This task was accomplished using a Fast Field Cycling (FFC) relaxometer that was properly modified to host a mouse in its probe head. The decrease in kio upon the administration of doxorubicin is the result of the decreased activity of Na+/K+-ATPase, as shown in an independent test on the cellular uptake of Rb ions. The results reported herein suggest that kio can be considered a non-invasive, early and predictive biomarker for the identification of responsive patients immediately from the first doxorubicin treatment.Maria Rosaria RuggieroSimona BaroniValeria BitontoRoberto RuiuSmeralda RapisardaSilvio AimeSimonetta Geninatti CrichFrontiers Media S.A.articleNMR relaxometrytheranosticsdoxorubicinmagnetic resonance imagingcellular water efflux rate constantNeoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensRC254-282ENFrontiers in Oncology, Vol 11 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic NMR relaxometry
theranostics
doxorubicin
magnetic resonance imaging
cellular water efflux rate constant
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
RC254-282
spellingShingle NMR relaxometry
theranostics
doxorubicin
magnetic resonance imaging
cellular water efflux rate constant
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
RC254-282
Maria Rosaria Ruggiero
Simona Baroni
Valeria Bitonto
Roberto Ruiu
Smeralda Rapisarda
Silvio Aime
Simonetta Geninatti Crich
Intracellular Water Lifetime as a Tumor Biomarker to Monitor Doxorubicin Treatment via FFC-Relaxometry in a Breast Cancer Model
description This study aims to explore whether the water exchange rate constants in tumor cells can act as a hallmark of pathology status and a reporter of therapeutic outcomes. It has been shown, using 4T1 cell cultures and murine allografts, that an early assessment of the therapeutic effect of doxorubicin can be detected through changes in the cellular water efflux rate constant kio. The latter has been estimated by analyzing the magnetization recovery curve in standard NMR T1 measurements when there is a marked difference in the proton relaxation rate constants (R1) between the intra- and the extra-cellular compartments. In cellular studies, T1 measurements were carried out on a relaxometer working at 0.5 T, and the required difference in R1 between the two compartments was achieved via the addition of a paramagnetic agent into the extracellular compartment. For in-vivo experiments, the large difference in the R1 values of the two-compartments was achieved when the T1 measurements were carried out at low magnetic field strengths. This task was accomplished using a Fast Field Cycling (FFC) relaxometer that was properly modified to host a mouse in its probe head. The decrease in kio upon the administration of doxorubicin is the result of the decreased activity of Na+/K+-ATPase, as shown in an independent test on the cellular uptake of Rb ions. The results reported herein suggest that kio can be considered a non-invasive, early and predictive biomarker for the identification of responsive patients immediately from the first doxorubicin treatment.
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author Maria Rosaria Ruggiero
Simona Baroni
Valeria Bitonto
Roberto Ruiu
Smeralda Rapisarda
Silvio Aime
Simonetta Geninatti Crich
author_facet Maria Rosaria Ruggiero
Simona Baroni
Valeria Bitonto
Roberto Ruiu
Smeralda Rapisarda
Silvio Aime
Simonetta Geninatti Crich
author_sort Maria Rosaria Ruggiero
title Intracellular Water Lifetime as a Tumor Biomarker to Monitor Doxorubicin Treatment via FFC-Relaxometry in a Breast Cancer Model
title_short Intracellular Water Lifetime as a Tumor Biomarker to Monitor Doxorubicin Treatment via FFC-Relaxometry in a Breast Cancer Model
title_full Intracellular Water Lifetime as a Tumor Biomarker to Monitor Doxorubicin Treatment via FFC-Relaxometry in a Breast Cancer Model
title_fullStr Intracellular Water Lifetime as a Tumor Biomarker to Monitor Doxorubicin Treatment via FFC-Relaxometry in a Breast Cancer Model
title_full_unstemmed Intracellular Water Lifetime as a Tumor Biomarker to Monitor Doxorubicin Treatment via FFC-Relaxometry in a Breast Cancer Model
title_sort intracellular water lifetime as a tumor biomarker to monitor doxorubicin treatment via ffc-relaxometry in a breast cancer model
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/e704e27b3e7d4c89a99602ff6b0019b6
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