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ArticleCancers2021

Hypoxia and Microvascular Alterations Are Early Predictors of IDH-Mutated Anaplastic Glioma Recurrence.

Andreas Stadlbauer, Stefan Oberndorfer, Gertraud Heinz, Max Zimmermann, Thomas M Kinfe, Arnd Doerfler, Michael Buchfelder, Natalia Kremenevski, Franz Marhold

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Andreas StadlbauerInstitute of Medical Radiology, University Clinic St. Pölten, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, 3100 St. Pölten, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-8348-2620
Stefan OberndorferDepartment of Neurology, University Clinic of St. Pölten, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, 3100 St. Pölten, Austria.
Gertraud HeinzInstitute of Medical Radiology, University Clinic St. Pölten, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, 3100 St. Pölten, Austria.
Max ZimmermannDepartment of Neurosurgery, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9330-9266
Thomas M KinfeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4888-543X
Arnd DoerflerDepartment of Neuroradiology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Michael BuchfelderDepartment of Neurosurgery, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Natalia KremenevskiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4002-3197
Franz MarholdDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Clinic of St. Pölten, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, 3100 St. Pölten, Austria.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEKarl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences · AT

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DO 721/9-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft STA 1331/3-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anaplastic gliomas (AG) represents aggressive brain tumors that often affect young adults. Although isocitrate-dehydrogenase (IDH) gene mutation has been identified as a more favorable prognostic factor, most IDH-mutated AG patients are confronted with tumor recurrence. Hence, increased knowledge about pathophysiological precursors of AG recurrence is urgently needed in order to develop precise diagnostic monitoring and tailored therapeutic approaches. In this study, 142 physiological magnetic resonance imaging (phyMRI) follow-up examinations in 60 AG patients after standard therapy were evaluated and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarker maps for microvascular architecture and perfusion, neovascularization activity, oxygen metabolism, and hypoxia calculated. From these 60 patients, 34 patients developed recurrence of the AG, and 26 patients showed no signs for AG recurrence during the study period. The time courses of MRI biomarker changes were analyzed regarding early pathophysiological alterations over a one-year period before radiological AG recurrence or a one-year period of stable disease for patients without recurrence, respectively. We detected intensifying local tissue hypoxia 250 days prior to radiological recurrence which initiated upregulation of neovascularization activity 50 to 70 days later. These changes were associated with a switch from an avascular infiltrative to a vascularized proliferative phenotype of the tumor cells another 30 days later. The dynamic changes of blood perfusion, microvessel density, neovascularization activity, and oxygen metabolism showed a close physiological interplay in the one-year period prior to radiological recurrence of IDH-mutated AG. These findings may path the wave for implementing both new MR-based imaging modalities for routine follow-up monitoring of AG patients after standard therapy and furthermore may support the development of novel, tailored therapy options in recurrent AG.

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anaplastic gliomahypoxiaIDH gene mutationisocitrate-dehydrogenaseneovascularizationphysiological MRIrecurrencetreatment failurevascular cooption

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