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High Precision Imaging of Microscopic Spread of Glioblastoma with a Targeted Ultrasensitive SERRS Molecular Imaging Probe

Ruimin Huang1*, Stefan Harmsen1*, Jason M. Samii1, Hazem Karabeber1, Kenneth L. Pitter2, Eric C. Holland3, Moritz F. Kircher1,4,5,6✉

1. Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA;
2. Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA;
3. Human Biology, and Solid Tumor and Translational Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Alvord Brain Tumor Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA;
4. Brain Tumor Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA;
5. Center for Molecular Imaging and Nanotechnology (CMINT), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA;
6. Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
*These authors contributed equally to this work

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Huang R, Harmsen S, Samii JM, Karabeber H, Pitter KL, Holland EC, Kircher MF. High Precision Imaging of Microscopic Spread of Glioblastoma with a Targeted Ultrasensitive SERRS Molecular Imaging Probe. Theranostics 2016; 6(8):1075-1084. doi:10.7150/thno.13842. https://www.thno.org/v06p1075.htm
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The dismal prognosis of patients with malignant brain tumors such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is attributed mostly to their diffuse growth pattern and early microscopic tumor spread to distant regions of the brain. Because the microscopic tumor foci cannot be visualized with current imaging modalities, it remains impossible to direct treatments optimally. Here we explored the ability of integrin-targeted surface-enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) nanoparticles to depict the true tumor extent in a GBM mouse model that closely mimics the pathology in humans. The recently developed SERRS-nanoparticles have a sensitivity of detection in the femtomolar range. An RGD-peptide-conjugated version for integrin-targeting (RGD-SERRS) was compared directly to its non-targeted RAD-SERRS control in the same mice via Raman multiplexing. Pre-blocking with RGD peptide before injection of RGD-SERRS nanoparticles was used to verify the specificity of integrin-targeting. In contrast to the current belief that the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect results in a baseline uptake of nanoparticles regardless of their surface chemistry, integrin-targeting was shown to be highly specific, with markedly lower accumulation after pre-blocking. While the non-targeted SERRS particles enabled delineation of the main tumor, the RGD-SERRS nanoparticles afforded a major improvement in visualization of the true extent and the diffuse margins of the main tumor. This included the detection of unexpected tumor areas distant to the main tumor, tracks of migrating cells of 2-3 cells in diameter, and even isolated distant tumor cell clusters of less than 5 cells. This Raman spectroscopy-based nanoparticle-imaging technology holds promise to allow high precision visualization of the true extent of malignant brain tumors.

Keywords: SERRS molecular imaging, Raman spectroscopy, Image-guided surgery, Neurosurgery, Brain tumor treatment.


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Huang, R., Harmsen, S., Samii, J.M., Karabeber, H., Pitter, K.L., Holland, E.C., Kircher, M.F. (2016). High Precision Imaging of Microscopic Spread of Glioblastoma with a Targeted Ultrasensitive SERRS Molecular Imaging Probe. Theranostics, 6(8), 1075-1084. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.13842.

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Huang, R.; Harmsen, S.; Samii, J.M.; Karabeber, H.; Pitter, K.L.; Holland, E.C.; Kircher, M.F. High Precision Imaging of Microscopic Spread of Glioblastoma with a Targeted Ultrasensitive SERRS Molecular Imaging Probe. Theranostics 2016, 6 (8), 1075-1084. DOI: 10.7150/thno.13842.

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Huang R, Harmsen S, Samii JM, Karabeber H, Pitter KL, Holland EC, Kircher MF. High Precision Imaging of Microscopic Spread of Glioblastoma with a Targeted Ultrasensitive SERRS Molecular Imaging Probe. Theranostics 2016; 6(8):1075-1084. doi:10.7150/thno.13842. https://www.thno.org/v06p1075.htm

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Huang R, Harmsen S, Samii JM, Karabeber H, Pitter KL, Holland EC, Kircher MF. 2016. High Precision Imaging of Microscopic Spread of Glioblastoma with a Targeted Ultrasensitive SERRS Molecular Imaging Probe. Theranostics. 6(8):1075-1084.

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