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Bartos, L.M.* ; Kirchleitner, S.V.* ; Blobner, J.* ; Wind, K.* ; Kunze, L.H.* ; Holzgreve, A.* ; Gold, L.* ; Zatcepin, A.* ; Kolabas, Z.I. ; Ulukaya, S. ; Weidner, L.* ; Quach, S.* ; Messerer, D.* ; Bartenstein, P.* ; Tonn, J.C.* ; Riemenschneider, M.J.* ; Ziegler, S.* ; von Baumgarten, L.* ; Albert, N.L.* ; Brendel, M.*

18 kDa translocator protein positron emission tomography facilitates early and robust tumor detection in the immunocompetent SB28 glioblastoma mouse model.

Front. Med. 9:992993 (2022)
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Introduction: The 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) receives growing interest as a biomarker in glioblastoma. Mouse models can serve as an important tool for the investigation of biomarkers in glioblastoma, but several glioblastoma models indicated only low TSPO-PET signals in contrast to high TSPO-PET signals of human glioblastoma. Thus, we aimed to investigate TSPO-PET imaging in the syngeneic immunocompetent SB28 mouse model, which is thought to closely represent the tumor microenvironment (TME) of human glioblastoma. Methods: Dynamic TSPO-PET/CT imaging was performed for 60 min after injection of 13.6 ± 4.2 MBq [18F]GE-180. Contrast enhanced CT (ceCT) was acquired prior to PET and served for assessment of tumor volumes and attenuation correction. SB28 and sham mice were imaged at an early (week-1; n = 6 SB28, n = 6 sham) and a late time-point (week-3; n = 8 SB28, n = 9 sham) after inoculation. Standard of truth ex vivo tumor volumes were obtained for SB28 mice at the late time-point. Tracer kinetics were analyzed for the lesion site and the carotid arteries to establish an image derived input function (IDIF). TSPO-PET and ceCT lesion volumes were compared with ex vivo volumes by calculation of root-mean-square-errors (RMSE). Volumes of distribution (VTmax/mean) in the lesion were calculated using carotid IDIF and standardized uptake values (SUVmax/mean) were obtained for a 40–60 min time frame. Results: Higher uptake rate constants (K1) were observed for week-1 SB28 tumor lesions when compared to week-3 SB28 tumor lesions. Highest agreement between TSPO-PET lesion volumes and ex vivo tumor volumes was achieved with a 50% maximum threshold (RMSE-VT: 39.7%; RMSE-SUV: 34.4%), similar to the agreement of ceCT tumor volumes (RMSE: 30.1%). Lesions of SB28 mice had higher PET signal when compared to sham mice at week-1 (VTmax 6.6 ± 2.9 vs. 3.9 ± 0.8, p = 0.035; SUVmax 2.3 ± 0.5 vs. 1.2 ± 0.1, p < 0.001) and PET signals remained at a similar level at week-3 (VTmax 5.0 ± 1.6 vs. 2.7 ± 0.8, p = 0.029; SUVmax 1.9 ± 0.5 vs. 1.2 ± 0.2, p = 0.0012). VTmax correlated with SUVmax (R2 = 0.532, p < 0.001). Conclusion: TSPO-PET imaging of immunocompetent SB28 mice facilitates early detection of tumor signals over sham lesions. SB28 tumors mirror high TSPO-PET signals of human glioblastoma and could serve as a valuable translational model to study TSPO as an imaging biomarker.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Glioblastoma ; Mouse Model ; Pet ; Sb28 ; Tspo
Language english
Publication Year 2022
HGF-reported in Year 2022
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2296-858X
e-ISSN 2296-858X
Quellenangaben Volume: 9, Issue: , Pages: , Article Number: 992993 Supplement: ,
Publisher Frontiers
Publishing Place Lausanne
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (ITERM)
POF-Topic(s) 30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
Research field(s) Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP Element(s) G-505800-001
Grants Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Novocure and Munich Surgical Imaging
Scopus ID 85140953225
PubMed ID 36325388
Erfassungsdatum 2022-12-03