PMID- 24000992 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150608 LR - 20211021 IS - 1533-0338 (Electronic) IS - 1533-0346 (Print) IS - 1533-0338 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 5 DP - 2014 Oct TI - In vivo assessment of HER2 receptor density in HER2-positive tumors by near-infrared imaging, using repeated injections of the fluorescent probe. PG - 427-34 LID - 10.7785/tcrtexpress.2013.600265 [doi] AB - HER2 overexpression and amplification of the HER2/neu gene have been found in approximately 25% of invasive breast carcinomas. They are associated with a poor prognosis and resistance to therapy in breast cancer patients. Up to now, clinical evaluation of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression is based on ex vivo methods (immunohistochemistry (IHC) or fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) staining of biopsied tissue). Our goal is to realize "image and treat" paradigm using targeted fluorescent probes to evaluate expression levels of cell biomarkers responsible for cancer progression and to monitor the efficacy of corresponding monoclonal antibody treatments. We used fluorescent Affibody-based probes for in vivo analysis of HER2 receptors using near-infrared optical imaging that do not interfere with binding of the therapeutic agents to these receptors. We have analyzed two types of breast carcinoma xenografts with significant differences in HER2 expression (31 and 21 according to classification) in the mouse model. Using our kinetic model to analyze the temporal variations of the fluorescence intensity in the tumor area after two subsequent injections allowed us to assess quantitatively the difference in HER2 expression levels for two tumor types (BT-474 and MD-MBA-361). This result was substantiated by ELISA ex vivo assays of HER2 expression in the same tumors. FAU - Ardeshirpour, Yasaman AU - Ardeshirpour Y AD - NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Building 9, 9 Memorial Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. gandjbaa@mail.nih.gov. FAU - Hassan, Moinuddin AU - Hassan M FAU - Zielinski, Rafal AU - Zielinski R FAU - Horton, Jason A AU - Horton J FAU - Capala, Jacek AU - Capala J FAU - Gandjbakhche, Amir H AU - Gandjbakhche AH FAU - Chernomordik, Victor AU - Chernomordik V LA - eng GR - Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural DEP - 20130831 PL - United States TA - Technol Cancer Res Treat JT - Technology in cancer research & treatment JID - 101140941 RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ERBB2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Breast Neoplasms/*diagnosis/metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Female MH - *Fluorescent Dyes/administration & dosage MH - Humans MH - Injections, Intravenous MH - Mice, Nude MH - Neoplasm Transplantation MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/*metabolism MH - Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared PMC - PMC4527379 COIS- Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2013/09/05 06:00 MHDA- 2015/06/09 06:00 PMCR- 2015/08/06 CRDT- 2013/09/05 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/06/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/08/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.7785_tcrtexpress.2013.600265 [pii] AID - 10.7785/tcrtexpress.2013.600265 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2014 Oct;13(5):427-34. doi: 10.7785/tcrtexpress.2013.600265. Epub 2013 Aug 31.