Dynamic fluorescence imaging for multiparametric measurement of tumor vasculature

J Biomed Opt. 2011 Apr;16(4):046008. doi: 10.1117/1.3562956.

Abstract

Angiogenesis is essential for tumor growth and a promising target for cancer therapy. Blood vessel monitoring is an indispensable tool for evaluation and development of anti-angiogenic drugs. Here, we report a new noninvasive in vivo imaging tool, named dynamic fluorescence imaging (DyFI), for the simultaneous measurement of multiple vascular parameters including vascular density, perfusion rate, and permeability using spatiotemporal profiles of indocyanine green. Using DyFI in a tumor xenograft model, we quantitatively measured multiple vascular parameters in tumors and normal tissues with high spatial resolution. The multimodality of this method allowed us to find negative spatial correlations between perfusion and permeability. Moreover, DyFI was effective for revealing the early effects of an anti-angiogenic drug. We suggest that DyFI could be a useful tool for the preclinical development of anti-angiogenic drugs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Indocyanine Green / chemistry
  • Indocyanine Green / metabolism
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • Models, Biological
  • Neoplasms / blood supply*
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / drug therapy
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / metabolism
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / pathology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods*
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Transplantation, Heterologous

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Indocyanine Green