Quantitative molecular phenotyping with topically applied SERS nanoparticles for intraoperative guidance of breast cancer lumpectomy Journal Article


Authors: Wang, Y.; Kang, S.; Khan, A.; Ruttner, G.; Leigh, S. Y.; Murray, M.; Abeytunge, S.; Peterson, G.; Rajadhyaksha, M.; Dintzis, S.; Javid, S.; Liu, J. T. C.
Article Title: Quantitative molecular phenotyping with topically applied SERS nanoparticles for intraoperative guidance of breast cancer lumpectomy
Abstract: There is a need to image excised tissues during tumor-resection procedures in order to identify residual tumors at the margins and to guide their complete removal. The imaging of dysregulated cell-surface receptors is a potential means of identifying the presence of diseases with high sensitivity and specificity. However, due to heterogeneities in the expression of protein biomarkers in tumors, molecular-imaging technologies should ideally be capable of visualizing a multiplexed panel of cancer biomarkers. Here, we demonstrate that the topical application and quantification of a multiplexed cocktail of receptor-targeted surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanoparticles (NPs) enables rapid quantitative molecular phenotyping (QMP) of the surface of freshly excised tissues to determine the presence of disease. In order to mitigate the ambiguity due to nonspecific sources of contrast such as off-target binding or uneven delivery, a ratiometric method is employed to quantify the specific vs. nonspecific binding of the multiplexed NPs. Validation experiments with human tumor cell lines, fresh human tumor xenografts in mice, and fresh human breast specimens demonstrate that QMP imaging of excised tissues agrees with flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry, and that this technique may be achieved in less than 15 minutes for potential intraoperative use in guiding breast-conserving surgeries.
Journal Title: Scientific Reports
Volume: 6
ISSN: 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group  
Date Published: 2016-02-16
Start Page: 21242
Language: English
DOI: 10.1038/srep21242
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC4754709
PUBMED: 26878888
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 3 March 2016 -- Source: Scopus
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