Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: Orthotopic mouse models were established using MiaPaCa-2-GFP human pancreatic cancer cells. Two weeks after implantation, tumor-bearing mice were randomized to conventional white light reflectance (WLR) surgery or FGS. FGS was performed at far-red and infrared wavelengths with a customized fluorescence-dissecting microscope 2 h after injection of MMP-2 and MMP-9-cleavable RACPPs. Green fluorescence imaging of the GFP-labeled cancer cells was used to assess the effectiveness of surgical resection and monitor recurrence. At 8 weeks, mice were sacrificed to evaluate tumor burden and metastases. RESULTS: Mice in the WLR group had larger primary tumors than mice in the FGS group at termination [1.72 g ± standard error (SE) 0.58 vs. 0.25 g ± SE 0.14; respectively, p = 0.026). Mean disease-free survival was significantly lengthened from 5.33 weeks in the WLR group to 7.38 weeks in the FGS group (p = 0.02). Recurrence rates were lower in the FGS group than in the WLR group (38 vs. 73 %; p = 0.049). This translated into lower local and distant recurrence rates for FGS compared to WLR (31 vs. 67 for local recurrence, respectively, and 25 vs. 60 % for distant recurrence, respectively). Metastatic tumor burden was significantly greater in the WLR group than in the FGS group (96.92 mm(2) ± SE 52.03 vs. 2.20 mm(2) ± SE 1.43; respectively, χ (2) = 5.455; p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS: RACPPs can accurately and effectively label pancreatic cancer for effective FGS, resulting in better postresection outcomes than for WLR surgery.
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Authors | Cristina A Metildi, Csilla N Felsen, Elamprakash N Savariar, Quyen T Nguyen, Sharmeela Kaushal, Robert M Hoffman, Roger Y Tsien, Michael Bouvet |
Journal | Annals of surgical oncology
(Ann Surg Oncol)
Vol. 22
Issue 6
Pg. 2082-7
( 2015)
ISSN: 1534-4681 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 25319581
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Cell-Penetrating Peptides
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 2
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
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Topics |
- Animals
- Cell-Penetrating Peptides
(administration & dosage, metabolism)
- Female
- Fluorescence
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
(metabolism)
- Humans
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 2
(chemistry, metabolism)
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
(chemistry, metabolism)
- Mice
- Mice, Nude
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
(prevention & control)
- Optical Imaging
(methods)
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
(pathology, surgery)
- Surgery, Computer-Assisted
- Tumor Burden
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