Serial in Vivo Imaging Using a Fluorescence Probe Allows Identification of Tumor Early Response to Cetuximab Immunotherapy

分类： 生物学 >> 生物物理学 提交时间： 2016-05-11

Ma, Teng Liu, Hao Sun, Xianlei Gao, Liquan Shi, Jiyun Zhao, Huiyun Jia, Bing Wan, Fan Liu, Zhaofei Ma, Teng Liu, Hao Sun, Xianlei Gao, Liquan Jia, Bing Wan, Fan Liu, Zhaofei Shi, Jiyun Zhao, Huiyun

摘要： Cetuximab is an antiepidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibody that has received the approval of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for cancer treatment. However, most clinical studies indicate that cetuximab can only elicit positive effects on a subset of cancer patients. In this study, we investigated whether near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging of tumor vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression could be a biomarker for tumor early response to cetuximab therapy in preclinical wild-type and mutant tumor models of the KRAS gene. The treatment efficacy of cetuximab was determined in both HT-29 (wild-type KRAS) and HTC-116 (mutant KRAS) human colon cancer models. A VEGF-specific optical imaging probe (Dye755-Ran) was synthesized by conjugating ranibizumab (an anti-VEGF antibody Fab fragment) with a NIRF dye. Serial optical scans with Dye755-Ran were performed in HT-29 and HTC-116 xenograft models. By using longitudinal NIRF imaging, we were able to detect early tumor response on day 3 and day 5 after initiation of cetuximab treatment in the cetuximab-responsive HT-29 tumor model. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) confirmed that cetuximab treatment inhibited human VEGF expression in the KRAS wild-type HT-29 tumor but not in the KRAS mutant HCT-116 tumor. We have demonstrated that the antitumor effect of cetuximab can be noninvasively monitored by serial fluorescence imaging using Dye755-Ran. VEGF expression detected by optical imaging could serve as a sensitive biomarker for tumor early response to drugs that directly or indirectly act on VEGF.

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