Abstract:
Objective To investigate the relationship between radiotherapy effect and 99Tcm-4, 9-diaza-2, 3, 10, 10-tetramethyldodecan-2, 11-dioxime(99Tcm-HL91)and18F-FDG imaging in S180 mouse.
Methods ①Animals: twenty male Kunming mice were randomly divided into two groups of radiotherapy and non-radiotherapy control group.②Cells: S180 cell lines were injected into peritoneal cavity of the other 5 mice.When the S180 tumor developed, 1ml liquid were dripped and diluted to the suspension solution of 2×106cells.Then, 0.2 ml cells solution were was injected into the hippo of right rear leg of mice.The mouse model was used to experiment while the tumor dimension developed to 1-1.5 cm.③99Tcm-HL91 imaging: 37 MBq99Tcm-HL91 was injected into mouse models by tail vein.After 4 h, SPECT were performed before and at 1 h, 2 d and 10 d after radiotherapy.④18F-FDG imaging: 11.5 MBq 18F-FDG was injected into mouse models by tail vein.After 30 min, SPECT were perfored before and after radiotherapy at the time of 11 d.⑤Radiotherapy: two groups of mice were irradiated to 0 Gy and 8 Gy X-ray after the first 99Tcm-HL91 and 18FFDG imaging.⑥Images analysis: the region of interest(ROI)region, in tumor and lung site, was drawed to calculate the uptake ratio(UR).
Results Before and at 1 h, 2 d, and 10 d after radiotherapy, the UR in 99Tcm-HL91 imaging were 3.53±1.62, 3.41±1.42, 2.55±1.57 and 1.26±0.03, respectively, while the UR were 3.62±1.65, 3.02±1.94, 4.10±1.48 and 2.96±2.02 in control group.This revealed that tumors hypoxic level was decreased after radiation and suggested that tumors developed reoxygenation.Before and at 11d after radiotherapy, the UR in 18F-FDG imaging were 2.49±1.29 and 1.49±0.56, while the UR were 2.22±0.45 and 1.89±0.08 in control group, which suggested a coincident trend with 99Tcm-HL91 imaging.The tumor glucose metabolism rate was also decreased which suggested a good radiotherapy outcome.
Conclusions 99Tcm-HL91 UR can effectively be used to evaluate the tumor hypoxic level in vivo.This affords a new useful method to assess the whole volume of tumor hypoxic level in clinic.