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ArticleJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine2010

Multimodality imaging of gene transfer with a receptor-based reporter gene.

Ron Chen, Jesse J Parry, Walter J Akers, Mikhail Y Berezin, Issam M El Naqa, Samuel Achilefu, W Barry Edwards, Buck E Rogers

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Article in Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. A shift from cell cultures to creatures: in vivo imaging of small animals in experimental regenerative medicine.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ron ChenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63108, USA.
Jesse J Parry
Walter J Akers
Mikhail Y Berezin
Issam M El Naqa
Samuel Achilefu
W Barry Edwards
Buck E Rogers
Mallinckrodt (United States) · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

WU-MDACC Inter-Institutional Molecular Imaging CenterP50CA094056 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KOPAN, RAPHAEL · 2002 to 2016
$26.3M
Tissue-Specific Optical Imaging Agents and MethodsR01EB001430 · NIBIB · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ACHILEFU, SAMUEL · 2004 to 2007
$1.3M
Somatostatin Receptor Based PET Imaging of Gene TransferR01EB004533 · NIBIB · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ROGERS, BUCK E. · 2005 to 2008
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA094056NCI NIH HHS P50 CA94056NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB001430NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB004533NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB04533NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB1430
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledGene therapy trials have traditionally used tumor and tissue biopsies for assessing the efficacy of gene transfer. Noninvasive imaging techniques offer a distinct advantage over tissue biopsies in that the magnitude and duration of gene transfer can be monitored repeatedly. Human somatostatin receptor subtype 2 (SSTR2) has been used for the nuclear imaging of gene transfer. To extend this concept, we have developed a somatostatin receptor-enhanced green fluorescent protein fusion construct (SSTR2-EGFP) for nuclear and fluorescent multimodality imaging.

methodsAn adenovirus containing SSTR2-EGFP (AdSSTR2-EGFP) was constructed and evaluated in vitro and in vivo. SCC-9 human squamous cell carcinoma cells were infected with AdEGFP, AdSSTR2, or AdSSTR2-EGFP for in vitro evaluation by saturation binding, internalization, and fluorescence spectroscopy assays. In vivo biodistribution and nano-SPECT imaging studies were conducted with mice bearing SCC-9 tumor xenografts directly injected with AdSSTR2-EGFP or AdSSTR2 to determine the tumor localization of (111)In-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA)-Tyr3-octreotate. Fluorescence imaging was conducted in vivo with mice receiving intratumoral injections of AdSSTR2, AdSSTR2-EGFP, or AdEGFP as well as ex vivo with tissues extracted from mice.

resultsThe similarity between AdSSTR2-EGFP and wild-type AdSSTR2 was demonstrated in vitro by the saturation binding and internalization assays, and the fluorescence emission spectra of cells infected with AdSSTR2-EGFP was almost identical to the spectra of cells infected with wild-type AdEGFP. Biodistribution studies demonstrated that the tumor uptake of (111)In-DTPA-Tyr3-octreotate was not significantly different (P > 0.05) when tumors (n = 5) were injected with AdSSTR2 or AdSSTR2-EGFP but was significantly greater than the uptake in control tumors. Fluorescence was observed in tumors injected with AdSSTR2-EGFP and AdEGFP in vivo and ex vivo but not in tumors injected with AdSSTR2. Although fluorescence was observed, there were discrepancies between in vivo imaging and ex vivo imaging as well as between nuclear imaging and fluorescent imaging.

conclusionThese studies showed that the SSTR2-EGFP fusion construct can be used for in vivo nuclear and optical imaging of gene transfer.

Indexed as

Gene Transfer TechniquesAdenoviridaeAnimalsArtificial Gene FusionBase SequenceCell Line, TumorFemaleGenes, erbB-1Genes, ReporterHumansMiceMolecular ImagingPeptides, CyclicReceptors, SomatostatinSpectrometry, FluorescenceTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photonoctreotate, Tyr(3)-Peptides, CyclicReceptors, Somatostatinsomatostatin receptor 2

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PMID20720053
PMCPMC2981350
OpenAlexW2169791042

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