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Eur J Cancer. 2006 Mar 24
Evaluation of imatinib mesylate effects on glioblastoma aggressiveness with SPECT radiotracer (99m)Tc-(v)-DMSA.
Le Jeune N, Dubois F, Bin V, Perek N.
Department of Biophysics and Radiopharmaceuticals, Research group EA 3063 "Cellular Survival and Adhesion in tumours and grafts", Faculty of Medicine Jacques Lisfranc, University of Saint-Etienne, France.
In vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated inhibition of glioblastoma growth by imatinib mesylate (Gleevec((R))). Imatinib is an inhibitor of the tyrosine kinase activities of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGF-r), which is involved in glioblastoma agressiveness. In this study, we have investigated the link between (99m)Tc-(V)-DMSA, an imaging agent used in Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, cellular accumulation and the biological effects of imatinib mediated by PDGF-r in a human glioblastoma cell line U87-MG. Cells treated with imatinib showed significant decreases in proliferation, invasion, migration and PDGF-rbeta expression. (99m)Tc-(V)-DMSA cellular uptake studies showed that the specific action of imatinib on PDGF-r signal pathway, in the human glioblastoma cell line U87-MG, could be followed by radioactive tracer. Furthermore, strong correlations between cellular (99m)Tc-(V)-DMSA uptake and the effect of imatinib therapy on U87-MG proliferation (r=0.896), invasion (r=0.621) and migration (r=0.822) were obtained, likewise for (99m)Tc-(V)-DMSA uptake and PDGF-r expression (r=0.958). Our results [MAX] show that the biological effects of imatinib therapy on tumour cells properties are linked to PDGF-r phosphorylation and could be traced with (99m)Tc-(V)-DMSA, which also seems to be a potential tracer to evaluate the response to imatinib therapy in glioblastoma.