Detecting changes in tumor hypoxia with carbonic anhydrase IX and pimonidazole Journal Article
| Authors: | Shin, K. H.; Diaz-Gonzalez, J. A.; Russell, J.; Chen, Q.; Burgman, P.; Li, X. F. ; Ling, C. C. |
| Article Title: | Detecting changes in tumor hypoxia with carbonic anhydrase IX and pimonidazole |
| Abstract: | We have used immunohistochemistry to examine the dynamics of tumor hypoxia. Expression of CAIX is known to be influenced by tumor hypoxia, and this protein has been shown to be an endogenous hypoxia marker in several models. However, due to its long half-life, it could also be present in oxygenated tissue that had recently been hypoxic. To investigate this issue we have compared CAIX expression to the exogenous hypoxia marker, pimonidazole using HT29 (human colorectal cancer) xenografts. We manipulated tumor hypoxia with carbogen and hydralazine, treatments that respectively increased and decreased tumor oxygenation. (Carbogen was given 75 minutes and hydralazine 30 minutes before sacrifice). In tumors from the control group, CAIX and pimonidazole exhibited similar (though not identical) spatial distribution, and for both markers, the fraction of the section staining positively was similar (13.2% and 12.6% respectively). The mice treated with hydralazine showed a significant increase in pimonidazole accumulation (37.2%, p = 0.03), though the CAIX positive fraction was unchanged (14.2%). In contrast, in the carbogen group pimonidazole staining decreased to 3% (p = 0.01) though CAIX expression was again unaltered. These results suggest that comparison of CAIX and pimonidazole will allow for the detection of reoxygenation. ©2007 Landes Bioscience. |
| Keywords: | immunohistochemistry; controlled study; human cell; nonhuman; comparative study; drug megadose; neoplasms; colorectal cancer; biological marker; biological markers; mouse; animals; mice; animal tissue; animal experiment; animal model; tumor xenograft; cell line, tumor; hypoxia; hydralazine; antigens, neoplasm; carbonate dehydratase ix; tissue distribution; control group; hoe 33342; pimonidazole; tumor model; cell hypoxia; tumor; half life time; enzyme release; oxygen consumption; tumor hypoxia; bioaccumulation; nitroimidazoles; tissue oxygenation; carbonic anhydrase ix; reoxygenation; carbogen; carbonic anhydrases |
| Journal Title: | Cancer Biology and Therapy |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 1538-4047 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group |
| Date Published: | 2007-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 70 |
| End Page: | 75 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 17172824 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 12" - "Export Date: 17 November 2011" - "Source: Scopus" |
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