Ryan C Hall1, Nadia R Ayat1, Peter L Qiao1, Amita M Vaidya1, Dan Ma1, Anita Aminoshariae2, Ivan Stojanov3,4, Zheng-Rong Lu5,6,7. 1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. 2. Department of Endodontics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. 3. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. 4. Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. 5. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. zxl125@case.edu. 6. Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. zxl125@case.edu. 7. , Cleveland, USA. zxl125@case.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has not seen a substantial improvement in patient survival despite therapeutic advances, making accurate detection and characterization of the disease a clinical priority. Here, we aim to demonstrate the effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with the targeted MRI contrast agent MT218 specific to extradomain-B fibronectin (EDB-FN) in the tumor microenvironment for detection and characterization of aggressive OSCC tumors. PROCEDURES: EDB-FN expression was evaluated in human normal tongue and OSCC specimens with immunohistochemistry. Invasiveness of human CAL27, HSC3, and SCC4 OSCC cells was analyzed with spheroid formation and transwell assays. EDB-FN expression in the cells was analyzed with semiquantitative real-time PCR, western blotting, and a peptide binding study with confocal microscopy. Contrast-enhanced MRI with MT218 was performed on subcutaneous OSCC mouse models at a dose of 0.04 mmol/kg, using gadoteridol (0.1 mmol/kg) as a control. RESULTS: Strong EDB-FN expression was observed in human untreated primary and metastatic OSCC, reduced expression in treated OSCC, and little expression in normal tongue tissue. SCC4 and HSC3 cell lines demonstrated high invasive potential with high and moderate-EDB-FN expression, respectively, while CAL27 showed little invasive potential and low-EDB-FN expression. In T1-weighted MRI, MT218 produced differential contrast enhancement in the subcutaneous tumor models in correlation with EDB-FN expression in the cancer cells. Enhancement in the high-EDB-FN tumors was greater with MT218 at 0.04 mmol/kg than gadoteridol at 0.1 mmol/kg. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest EDB-FN has strong potential as an imageable biomarker for aggressive OSCC. MRMI results demonstrate the effectiveness of MT218 and the potential for differential diagnostic imaging of oral cancer for improving the management of the disease.
PURPOSE:Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has not seen a substantial improvement in patient survival despite therapeutic advances, making accurate detection and characterization of the disease a clinical priority. Here, we aim to demonstrate the effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with the targeted MRI contrast agent MT218 specific to extradomain-B fibronectin (EDB-FN) in the tumor microenvironment for detection and characterization of aggressive OSCC tumors. PROCEDURES: EDB-FN expression was evaluated in human normal tongue and OSCC specimens with immunohistochemistry. Invasiveness of human CAL27, HSC3, and SCC4 OSCC cells was analyzed with spheroid formation and transwell assays. EDB-FN expression in the cells was analyzed with semiquantitative real-time PCR, western blotting, and a peptide binding study with confocal microscopy. Contrast-enhanced MRI with MT218 was performed on subcutaneous OSCC mouse models at a dose of 0.04 mmol/kg, using gadoteridol (0.1 mmol/kg) as a control. RESULTS: Strong EDB-FN expression was observed in human untreated primary and metastatic OSCC, reduced expression in treated OSCC, and little expression in normal tongue tissue. SCC4 and HSC3 cell lines demonstrated high invasive potential with high and moderate-EDB-FN expression, respectively, while CAL27 showed little invasive potential and low-EDB-FN expression. In T1-weighted MRI, MT218 produced differential contrast enhancement in the subcutaneous tumor models in correlation with EDB-FN expression in the cancer cells. Enhancement in the high-EDB-FN tumors was greater with MT218 at 0.04 mmol/kg than gadoteridol at 0.1 mmol/kg. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest EDB-FN has strong potential as an imageable biomarker for aggressive OSCC. MRMI results demonstrate the effectiveness of MT218 and the potential for differential diagnostic imaging of oral cancer for improving the management of the disease.
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