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Tumor Hypoxia Assessment: In Vivo 3D Oxygen Imaging Through Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
Published on: February 14, 2025
Tissue oxygenation in a murine SCC VII tumor after X-ray irradiation as determined by EPR spectroscopy
Hirotada Fujii1, Koh-Ichi Sakata, Yoshihiro Katsumata
1School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.
Purpose:
The goal of this study was to clarify the dynamics of oxygenation (partial pressure of oxygen, pO(2)) in SCC VII murine tumors in mice after X-ray irradiation.
Materials And Methods:
Changes in pO(2) in tumors were measured by 1.2-GHz electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy after they were exposed to various doses of irradiation. The pO(2) in tumors was followed for up to six days after irradiation at doses of 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 Gy. Paramagnetic crystals were used as an oximetry probe and implanted into normal or tumor tissues in mice for prolonged periods.
Results:
The pattern of tumor oxygen after a single dose of radiation with the 5-Gy dose was different from those with other doses (10, 15, and 20 Gy). After 5 Gy, pO(2) increased rapidly (P<0.01, Student's t test) and then returned to the level observed before irradiation by 12h (P<0.01). In contrast, after 10, 15, or 20 Gy, pO(2) increased rapidly by 6h after irradiation, continued to increase until at least 24h (P<0.01), and then gradually decreased.
Conclusions:
In tumors that received 5 Gy, post-irradiation increases in pO(2) at 4h after irradiation were detected by EPR oximetry (P<0.01) noninvasively.
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