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The pO2 in a murine tumor after irradiation: an in vivo electron paramagnetic resonance oximetry study.

Abstract
Using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) oximetry with the oxygen-sensitive paramagnetic material, fusinite, we have measured the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) in the mouse mammary adenocarcinoma MTG-B. The average pO2 in untreated tumors was low (about 5 mm Hg) and decreased with tumor growth. Magnetic resonance imaging and histological examination were used to localize the position of the fusinite with respect to tumor margins and vascularization. The pO2 was generally higher in the periphery than in the center of the tumors, but there was considerable variation among tumors both during normal growth and after radiation treatment. After a single 20-Gy dose, a characteristic pattern of change in tumor pO2 was observed. In irradiated tumors, there was an initial reduction in pO2 (minimum occurred 6 h postirradiation) which was followed by a transient increase in pO2 to levels higher than the preirradiation pO2 (maximum occurred 48 h postirradiation). This work demonstrates postirradiation changes in pO2 of potential radiobiological significance. Compared to other oxygen assessment techniques, EPR oximetry is very useful because it can assess pO2 in the same region of the tumor over the course of tumor growth and during response to treatment. Thus EPR could be used to identify potentially radioresistant tumors as well as to identify tumors with slow reoxygenation.
AuthorsJ A O'Hara, F Goda, K J Liu, G Bacic, P J Hoopes, H M Swartz
JournalRadiation research (Radiat Res) Vol. 144 Issue 2 Pg. 222-9 (Nov 1995) ISSN: 0033-7587 [Print] United States
PMID7480649 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Coal
  • fusinite
  • Carbon
  • Oxygen
Topics
  • Adenocarcinoma (metabolism, radiotherapy)
  • Animals
  • Carbon
  • Coal
  • Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Female
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental (metabolism, radiotherapy)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C3H
  • Oxygen (metabolism)
  • Radiation, Ionizing

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