Fluorescent labeled anti-EGFR antibody for identification of regional and distant metastasis in a preclinical xenograft model
✍ Scribed by John P. Gleysteen; J. Robert Newman; David Chhieng; Andra Frost; Kurt R. Zinn; Eben L. Rosenthal
- Book ID
- 102847563
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1012 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Background
Detection of regional and distant metastatic disease has significant implications for patient management. Fluorescent imaging may be a useful technique for metastasis detection and removal.
Methods
Anti–epidermal growth factor receptor antibody (cetuximab) and isotype‐matched control antibody (immunoglobulin G [IgG]) were labeled with a near‐infrared fluorophore (Cy5.5), then systemically administered to mice with tumors resulting from either intraoral or intravenous injections of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Mice were sacrificed before undergoing fluorescent stereomicroscopy to assess pulmonary or cervical lymph node metastasis. Fluorescent areas were serially excised until wound bed demonstrated negative fluorescence.
Results
Mice bearing pulmonary metastases displayed diffuse background after IgG–Cy5.5 injection, but demonstrated a speckled fluorescent pattern across lung surface following cetuximab–Cy5.5 injection. Mice bearing cervical metastases demonstrated clear fluorescence of primary tongue tumor and bilateral cervical nodes. Fluorescence correlated with histopathology.
Conclusion
These data suggest that cetuximab–Cy5.5 may have clinical utility in the detection and guided the removal of regional and distant micrometastasis. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2008