Chengyan Chu1, Catherine M Davis2, Xiaoyan Lan1, Robert D Hienz2, Anna Jablonska1, Aline M Thomas3, Esteban Velarde4, Shen Li5, Miroslaw Janowski1, Mihoko Kai6, Piotr Walczak7. 1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 2. Division of Behavioral Biology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 3. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 5. Department of Neurology, Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, Dalian, Liaoning, China. 6. Department of Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: mkai2@jhmi.edu. 7. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: pwalczak@som.umaryland.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Improved efficacy of anticancer therapy and a growing pool of survivors give rise to a question about their quality of life and return to premorbid status. Radiation is effective in brain metastasis eradication, although the optimal approach and long-term effects on brain function are largely unknown. We studied the effects of radiosurgery on brain function. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Adult C57BL/6J mice with or without brain metastases (rat 9L gliosarcoma) were treated with cone beam single-arc stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS; 40 Gy). Tumor growth was monitored using bioluminescence, whereas longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging, behavioral studies, and histologic analysis were performed to evaluate brain response to the treatment for up to 18 months. RESULTS: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) resulted in 9L metastases eradication within 4 weeks with subsequent long-term survival of all treated animals, whereas all nontreated animals succumbed to the brain tumor. Behavioral impairment, as measured with a recognition memory test, was observed earlier in mice subjected to radiosurgery of tumors (6 weeks) in comparison to SRS of healthy brain tissue (10 weeks). Notably, the deficit resolved by 18 weeks only in mice not bearing a tumor, whereas tumor eradication was complicated by the persistent cognitive deficits. In addition, the results of magnetic resonance imaging were unremarkable in both groups, and histopathology revealed changes. SRS-induced tumor eradication triggered long-lasting and exacerbated neuroinflammatory response. No demyelination, neuronal loss, or hemorrhage was detected in any of the groups. CONCLUSIONS: Tumor disintegration by SRS leads to exacerbated neuroinflammation and persistent cognitive deficits; therefore, methods aiming at reducing inflammation after tumor eradication or other therapeutic methods should be sought.
PURPOSE: Improved efficacy of anticancer therapy and a growing pool of survivors give rise to a question about their quality of life and return to premorbid status. Radiation is effective in brain metastasis eradication, although the optimal approach and long-term effects on brain function are largely unknown. We studied the effects of radiosurgery on brain function. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Adult C57BL/6J mice with or without brain metastases (rat 9L gliosarcoma) were treated with cone beam single-arc stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS; 40 Gy). Tumor growth was monitored using bioluminescence, whereas longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging, behavioral studies, and histologic analysis were performed to evaluate brain response to the treatment for up to 18 months. RESULTS: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) resulted in 9L metastases eradication within 4 weeks with subsequent long-term survival of all treated animals, whereas all nontreated animals succumbed to the brain tumor. Behavioral impairment, as measured with a recognition memory test, was observed earlier in mice subjected to radiosurgery of tumors (6 weeks) in comparison to SRS of healthy brain tissue (10 weeks). Notably, the deficit resolved by 18 weeks only in mice not bearing a tumor, whereas tumor eradication was complicated by the persistent cognitive deficits. In addition, the results of magnetic resonance imaging were unremarkable in both groups, and histopathology revealed changes. SRS-induced tumor eradication triggered long-lasting and exacerbated neuroinflammatory response. No demyelination, neuronal loss, or hemorrhage was detected in any of the groups. CONCLUSIONS: Tumor disintegration by SRS leads to exacerbated neuroinflammation and persistent cognitive deficits; therefore, methods aiming at reducing inflammation after tumor eradication or other therapeutic methods should be sought.
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