Quantitative assays of tumor microvascular characteristics based on dynamic MR imaging were correlated with histopathologic grade in mammary soft-tissue tumors.
MATERIALS AND METHODS. A spectrum of tumors, benignthrough highlymalignant, was induced in 33 female rats by administration of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea, a potent car cinogen. Dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging was performed using a small-molecular contrast medium (gadopentetate, molecular weight = 0.5 kDa) and a macromolecular contrast medium (albumin-(Gd-DTPA)30, molecular weight = 92 kDa) at an interval of 1â€"2 days. Per meability surface area product (PS), as estimated by the corresponding endothelial transfer coefficient (K@5), and fractional plasma volume (JPV) were calculated for each tumor and each contrast agent using a two-compartment bidirectional kinetic model. MR imaging mi crovascular characteristics were correlated with histopathologic tumor grade.
RESULTS. Tumorpermeability to macromolecular contrast medium,characterized byK@5, showed a highly positive correlation with tumor grade (r2 = .76, p < lO_10). K@5 values were zero for all benign and some low-grade carcinomas, greater than zero in all other carci nomas, and increased in magnitude with higher tumor grade. A considerably smaller but sig nificantly positive correlation was found betweenfPV and tumor grade using macromolecular contrast medium (r2 = .25, p < .003). No correlation between K@5orfPV values and tumor grade was found using gadopentetate (r2 = .01, p > .95 and r2 = .03, p > .15, respectively).CONCLUSION. Quantitative tumormicrovascular permeability assays generated with macromolecular MR imaging contrast medium correlate closely with histologic tumor grade. No significant correlation is found using small-molecular gadopentetate. Parnassus Ave.,San Francisco, CA94143-0628. Address correspondence to R.C.Brasch.
Quantitative tumor microvascular permeability assays generated with macromolecular MRI contrast medium correlate closely with histologic tumor grade. No significant correlation is found using small-molecular gadopentetate.
Dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging permits differentiation of histopathologic prostatic tumor types. Quantitative microvascular permeability characteristics estimated from macromolecular CM-enhanced data were significantly superior to those derived from small-molecular CM-enhanced data.
To quantify the extraction fraction, E, for gadopentetate across tumor capillaries, R3230 adenocarcinomas were implanted in the mammary fat pads of seven rats. The value of E was determined by using a two-compartment tissue model in which the endothelial transfer coefficient, K(PS) (ml x min(-1) x cc(-1) of tissue), was estimated from the model fitted to changes in R1 relaxation time (deltaR1; s(-1)) measured by dynamic three-dimensional spoiled gradient recalled magnetic resonance imaging after injection of 0.1 mmol x kg(-1) of gadopentetate dimeglumine. The plasma flow rate through the tumor capillaries, Fp, (ml x min(-1) x g(-1) of tissue), was independently measured with fluorescent microspheres. E could be calculated by the relationship, E = K(PS)/Fp. The mean E for gadopentetate in the R3230 tumor was 0.197 +/- 0.118 with a range of 0.123-0.454. The relatively small mean value of E for gadopentetate allows a fair approximation of the permeability surface area product by K(PS) in this R3230 tumor model.
Serum S100B level is a useful marker of acute perinatal brain damage, and is particularly valuable for fetal distress. In newborns with birth asphyxia, serum S100B levels serve as a biochemical marker of HIE.
MMCM-enhanced MRI can be used to detect and estimate changes in K(PS) to this contrast agent following a single dose of anti-VEGF antibody. The decline in K(PS) induced by this inhibitor of angiogenesis is associated with reduced tumor concentration of a protein-bound cytotoxin, similar in molecular weight to the contrast agent. MRI assays of microvascular status as performed here may be useful to clinically monitor responses to anti-angiogenesis drugs and to optimize the choice and timing of cytotoxic drug administration.
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