Monitoring vascular normalization induced by antiangiogenic treatment with (18)F-fluoromisonidazole-PET.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rationalization of antiangiogenics requires biomarkers. Vascular re-normalization is one widely accepted mechanism of action for this drug class. The interstitium of tumors with abnormal vasculature is hypoxic. We sought to track vascular normalization with (18)F-misonidazole ([18F]-FMISO, a probe that detects hypoxia) PET, in response to window-of-opportunity (WoO) treatment with the antiangiogenic dovitinib.

Methods

Two patient-derived pancreas xenografts (PDXs; Panc215 and Panc286) and the spontaneous breast cancer model MMTV-PyMT were used. Animals were treated during 1 week of WoO treatment with vehicle or dovitinib, preceded and followed by [18F]-FMISO-PET, [18F]-FDG-PET, and histologic assessment (dextran extravasation, hypoxia and microvessel staining, and

SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Agudo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5423153 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature