TY - JOUR
T1 - Volumetric contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging to assess early response to apoptosis-inducing anti-death receptor 5 antibody therapy in a breast cancer animal model
AU - Hoyt, Kenneth
AU - Sorace, Anna
AU - Saini, Reshu
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2012/11/1
Y1 - 2012/11/1
N2 - Objectives-The objective of this study was to determine whether volumetric contrastenhanced ultrasound (US) imaging could detect early tumor response to anti-death receptor 5 antibody (TRA-8) therapy alone or in combination with chemotherapy in a preclinical triple-negative breast cancer animal model. Methods-Animal experiments had Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee approval. Thirty breast tumor-bearing mice were administered Abraxane (paclitaxel; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ), TRA-8, TRA-8 + Abraxane, or saline as a control on days 0, 3, 7, 10, 14, and 17. Volumetric contrast-enhanced US imaging was performed on days 0, 1, 3, and 7 before dosing. Changes in parametric maps of tumor perfusion were compared with the tumor volume and immunohistologic findings. Results-Therapeutic efficacy was detected within 7 days after drug administration using parametric volumetric contrast-enhanced US imaging. Decreased tumor perfusion was observed in both the TRA-8-alone- and TRA-8 + Abraxane-dosed animals compared to control tumors (P = .17; P = .001, respectively). The reduction in perfusion observed in the TRA-8 + Abraxane group was matched with a corresponding regression in tumor size over the same period. Survival curves illustrate that the combination of TRA-8 + Abraxane improves drug efficacy compared to the same drugs administered alone. Immunohistologic analysis revealed increased levels of apoptotic activity in the TRA-8-dosed tumors, confirming enhanced antitumor effects. Conclusions- Preliminary results are encouraging, and volumetric contrast-enhanced US-based tumor perfusion imaging may prove clinically feasible for detecting and monitoring the early antitumor effects in response to combination TRA-8 + Abraxane therapy.
AB - Objectives-The objective of this study was to determine whether volumetric contrastenhanced ultrasound (US) imaging could detect early tumor response to anti-death receptor 5 antibody (TRA-8) therapy alone or in combination with chemotherapy in a preclinical triple-negative breast cancer animal model. Methods-Animal experiments had Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee approval. Thirty breast tumor-bearing mice were administered Abraxane (paclitaxel; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ), TRA-8, TRA-8 + Abraxane, or saline as a control on days 0, 3, 7, 10, 14, and 17. Volumetric contrast-enhanced US imaging was performed on days 0, 1, 3, and 7 before dosing. Changes in parametric maps of tumor perfusion were compared with the tumor volume and immunohistologic findings. Results-Therapeutic efficacy was detected within 7 days after drug administration using parametric volumetric contrast-enhanced US imaging. Decreased tumor perfusion was observed in both the TRA-8-alone- and TRA-8 + Abraxane-dosed animals compared to control tumors (P = .17; P = .001, respectively). The reduction in perfusion observed in the TRA-8 + Abraxane group was matched with a corresponding regression in tumor size over the same period. Survival curves illustrate that the combination of TRA-8 + Abraxane improves drug efficacy compared to the same drugs administered alone. Immunohistologic analysis revealed increased levels of apoptotic activity in the TRA-8-dosed tumors, confirming enhanced antitumor effects. Conclusions- Preliminary results are encouraging, and volumetric contrast-enhanced US-based tumor perfusion imaging may prove clinically feasible for detecting and monitoring the early antitumor effects in response to combination TRA-8 + Abraxane therapy.
KW - Antibody therapy
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Contrast-enhanced ultrasound
KW - Microbubbles
KW - Volumetric imaging
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U2 - 10.7863/jum.2012.31.11.1759
DO - 10.7863/jum.2012.31.11.1759
M3 - Article
C2 - 23091246
AN - SCOPUS:84868108537
VL - 31
SP - 1759
EP - 1766
JO - Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
JF - Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
SN - 0278-4297
IS - 11
ER -