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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2015

Investigation of brain tumors using (18)F-fluorobutyl ethacrynic amide and its metabolite with positron emission tomography.

Ying-Cheng Huang, Ho-Lien Huang, Chun-Nan Yeh, Kun-Ju Lin, Chung-Shan Yu

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ying-Cheng HuangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Ho-Lien HuangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsinghua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Chun-Nan YehDepartment of Surgery, Chang Gung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Kun-Ju LinDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Chung-Shan YuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsinghua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan ; Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Science, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
National Tsing Hua University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, imaging of malignant glioma remains challenging. In positron emission tomography-related diagnostic imaging, differential tumor uptake of 3'-deoxy-3'-[(18)F] fluorothymidine ([(18)F]FLT) has been shown to reflect the levels of cell proliferation and DNA synthesis. However, additional biomarkers for tumors are urgently required. Aberrant levels of glutathione transferase (GST) activity have been hypothesized to constitute such a novel diagnostic marker. Here, a C6 rat glioma tumor model was used to assess the ability of the positron emission tomography tracers, [(18)F]FLT and (18)F-fluorobutyl ethacrynic amide ([(18)F]FBuEA), to indicate reactive oxygen species-induced stress responses as well as detoxification-related processes in tumors. Using a GST activity assay, we were able to demonstrate that FBuEA is more readily catalyzed by GST-π than by GST-α. Furthermore, we showed that FBuEA-GS, a metabolite of FBuEA, elicits greater cytotoxicity in tumor cells than in normal fibroblast cells. Finally, in vitro and in vivo investigation of radiotracer distribution of [(18)F]FBuEA and [(18)F] FBuEA-GS revealed preferential accumulation in C6 glioma tumor cells over normal fibroblast cells for [(18)F]FBuEA-GS but not for [(18)F]FBuEA.

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C6-gliomafluorine-18glutathione transferaseGST-αmolecular imaging

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PMID26244025
PMCPMC4521672
OpenAlexW1817819113

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