Abstract | OBJECTIVE: Multidrug resistance (MDR) has been suggested to be a major cause of failure of chemotherapy treatment for cancer. It is associated with the expression of MDR-related and apoptosis-related proteins. Recently, technetium-99m hexakis 2-methoxyisobutylisonitrile ((99m)Tc-MIBI) has been suggested as a tumor-seeking agent for the detection of MDR. The aim of this study was to evaluate (99m)Tc-MIBI single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)(/CT) for functional imaging of MDR-related and apoptosis-related proteins in patients with ovarian cancer. METHODS: Eleven women (mean age 63 years, range 53-76) with a clinical suspicion of ovarian cancer were prospectively studied. All patients were examined with (99m)Tc-MIBI imaging before surgery. After intravenous injection of 740 MBq (99m)Tc-MIBI, SPECT(/CT) imaging at 10 min and 2 h was performed. Based on the semiquantitative analysis of (99m)Tc-MIBI SPECT(/CT), both early and delayed tumor uptake ratios and washout rate % were calculated. The expression of MDR-related and apoptosis-related proteins was assessed in surgically excised tumors. Immunohistochemical staining was performed to quantify the expression levels of multidrug resistance protein 1 (MDR1), multidrug resistance-associated protein1 ( MRP1), MRP3, lung resistance protein (LRP), breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), Y-box-binding protein-1 (YB-1), Bcl-2, Bax and glutathione-S-transferase. (99m)Tc-MIBI imaging results and immunohistochemical results were compared. RESULTS:
Laparotomy was performed in all patients. Six ovarian cancers were proven by histopathological examination. Five of the six ovarian cancers were positive for (99m)Tc-MIBI uptake on both early and delayed images with (99m)Tc-MIBI SPECT(/CT). MDR-related and apoptosis-related proteins were found to be expressed in all tumors. For the five positive (99m)Tc-MIBI uptake cases, the washout rate % of (99m)Tc-MIBI uptake showed a significant positive correlation with the expression of YB-1 (r = 0.988, P = 0.0015), and the early tumor uptake ratio showed a significant positive correlation with the expression of Bax (r = 0.882, P = 0.047). CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggested that (99m)Tc-MIBI SPECT(/CT) might be a valuable diagnostic imaging technique to evaluate MDR-associated YB-1 and Bax-mediated apoptosis in patients with ovarian cancer.
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Authors | Seiji Kurata, Kimio Ushijima, Akihiko Kawahara, Hayato Kaida, Kouichirou Kawano, Yasumitsu Hirose, Masayoshi Kage, Toshiharu Kamura, Masatoshi Ishibashi, Toshi Abe |
Journal | Annals of nuclear medicine
(Ann Nucl Med)
Vol. 29
Issue 7
Pg. 643-9
(Aug 2015)
ISSN: 1864-6433 [Electronic] Japan |
PMID | 25921216
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
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Topics |
- Aged
- Apoptosis
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Multimodal Imaging
- Neoplasm Proteins
(metabolism)
- Ovarian Neoplasms
(diagnosis, metabolism, pathology)
- Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
- Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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