• Seigo Kinuya, Kunihiko Yokoyama, Makoto Fukuoka, Hirofumi Mori, Kazuhiro Shiba, Naoto Watanabe, Noriyuki Shuke, Takatoshi Michigishi, and Norihisa Tonami.
• Department of Biotracer Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. kinuya@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
• Nucl Med Commun. 2005 Dec 1; 26 (12): 1067-73.

BackgroundFavourable effects of cytotoxic chemotherapy for tumours are characterized by the reduced accumulation of radiotracers such as 99mTc sestamibi (MIBI). Anti-angiogenic therapy is primarily cytostatic; consequently, its influence on tracer accumulation may differ from that of cytotoxic treatments.MethodsAnti-angiogenic therapy employing 2-methoxyestradiol was administered in mice bearing subcutaneous xenografts of LS180 colon cancer cells. The effects of chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil were examined as a cytotoxic counterpart. Treatments were conducted for 4 days from day 8. Distribution of 99mTc-MIBI and Tc-HL91, a hypoxic marker, was observed on days 8 and 12. Oxygen tension (PO2) in tumours was measured by a microelectrode. Cellular uptake of tracers was examined in vitro in normoxic and hypoxic conditions.Results99mTc-MIBI accumulation decreased with increasing tumour weight when no treatment was conducted. Tumour growth was suppressed by anti-angiogenic therapy and chemotherapy. 99mTc-MIBI accumulation in tumours decreased after chemotherapy as compared to pre-therapeutic values, whereas accumulation of 99mTc-HL91 increased. In contrast, accumulation of tracers did not significantly change after anti-angiogenic therapy as compared to that observed pre-therapeutically. Tumour PO2 decreased with increasing tumour volume when no treatment was conducted. Chemotherapy reduced PO2 in tumours. PO2 in tumours treated with anti-angiogenic therapy was as high as that observed before treatment. 2-Methoxyestradiol or 5-fluorouracil did not significantly affect tracer accumulation in cells under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions in vitro.ConclusionThese findings indicate that scintigraphic assessment of therapeutic efficacy of anti-angiogenic therapy should be performed from a perspective distinct from that of cytotoxic treatment.

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