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MRI Contrast Enhancement Using Ferritin Genes and Its Application for Evaluating Anticancer Drug Efficacy in Mouse Melanoma Models

Applied Magnetic Resonance volume 48, pages 1031–1041 (2017)Cite this article

Abstract

The study aimed to introduce a ferritin gene probe into a mouse melanoma model to facilitate longitudinal in vivo monitoring of malignant melanoma via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), thus creating a new prognostic tool and pharmacodynamic resource. B16 cells transfected with the human ferritin heavy chain (hFTH) and human ferritin light chain (hFTL) were subcutaneously inoculated into the dorsal areas of C57BL/6J mice for xenograft models. These xenograft models of malignant melanoma were monitored using the 4.7-T MRI system. Axial slices were acquired at the xenograft site, using T2-weighted spin-echo and T2*-weighted gradient-echo sequences. In addition, the efficacy of anticancer drugs was evaluated in the xenograft models. The hFTH- and hFTL-transfected B16 cells had significantly lower signal intensities in T2- and T2*-weighted MRI images than did the control group (w/o ferritin transfection). This was grossly correlated with tumor progression and could be visualized. The oregonin and oregonin + dacarbazine (DTIC) treated groups showed greater survival rates than the control and DTIC-only groups. We have developed an effective MRI contrast enhancement method using a ferritin gene probe. It can be applied reliably to evaluate the efficacy of drugs in preclinical and clinical trials, greatly assisting the development of new chemotherapeutics.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by a Korea University Grant, Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (NRF-2014R1A1A2058341, NRF-2016R1C1B1016492 and NRF-2016R1A6A3A11933170).

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  1. Research Institute for Skin Image, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

    Jae Young Kim, Gunwoo Lee & Chil Hwan Oh

  2. Department of Medical IT Engineering, College of Medical Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Chungnam, Korea

    On Seok Lee

  3. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, 08308, Korea

    Geo Han & Chil Hwan Oh

  4. Department of Nursing, School of Health, Chungbuk Health and Science University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Korea

    Seunghan Ha

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Kim, J.Y., Lee, G., Lee, O.S. et al. MRI Contrast Enhancement Using Ferritin Genes and Its Application for Evaluating Anticancer Drug Efficacy in Mouse Melanoma Models. Appl Magn Reson 48, 1031–1041 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-017-0926-5

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