Imaging hamster model of bile duct cancer in vivo using fluorescent L-glucose derivatives.

ABSTRACT: Extrahepatic bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) has a poor prognosis. Since surgical resection is the only way to prolong the patient's life, it is of critical importance to correctly determine the extent of lesions. However, conventional pre-operative assessments have insufficient spatial resolution for determining the surgical margin. A fluorescent contrast agent might provide a more precise measure to identify anomalies in biliary surface, when combined with probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE). We have previously shown that 2-[N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)amino]-2-deoxy-L-glucose (2-NBDLG), a fluorescent derivative of L-glucose (fLG), is specifically taken up into spheroids consisting of cells showing heterogeneous nuclear-cytoplasm ratio, a feature of malignant

SUBMITTER: Yokoyama H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4930486 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature