PMID- 29627705 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240328 IS - 1936-5233 (Print) IS - 1936-5233 (Electronic) IS - 1936-5233 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 3 DP - 2018 Jun TI - 3D Imaging Detection of HER2 Based in the Use of Novel Affibody-Quantum Dots Probes and Ratiometric Analysis. PG - 672-685 LID - S1936-5233(18)30006-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.tranon.2018.03.004 [doi] AB - Patients with breast cancer (BC) overexpressing HER2 (HER2+) are selected for Trastuzumab treatment, which blocks HER2 and improves cancer prognosis. However, HER2+ diagnosis, by the gold standard, immunohistochemistry, could lead to errors, associated to: a) variability in sample manipulation (thin 2D sections), b) use of subjective algorithms, and c) heterogeneity of HER2 expression within the tissue. Therefore, we explored HER2 3D detection by multiplexed imaging of Affibody-Quantum Dots conjugates (Aff-QD), ratiometric analysis (RMA(FI)) and thresholding, using BC multicellular tumor spheroids (BC-MTS) (~120 mum of diameter) as 3D model of BC. HER2+, HER2- and hybrid HER2+/- BC-MTS (mimicking heterogeneous tissue) were incubated simultaneously with two Aff-QD probes (anti-HER2 and negative control (NC), respectively, (1:1)). Confocal XY sections were recorded along the Z distance, and processed by automatized RMA(FI) (anti-HER2 Aff-QD/ NC). Quantifying the NC fluorescence allowed to predict the fraction of non-specific accumulation of the anti-HER2 probe within the thick sample, and resolve the specific HER2 level. HER2 was detected up to 30mum within intact BC-MTS, however, permeabilization improved detection up to 70mum. Specific HER2 signal was objectively quantified, and HER2 3D-density of 9.2, 48.3 and 30.8% were obtained in HER2-, HER2+ and hybrid HER2+/- permeabilized BC-MTS, respectively. Therefore, by combining the multiplexing capacity of Aff-QD probes and RMA(FI), we overcame the challenge of non-specific probe accumulation in 3D samples with minimal processing, yielding a fast, specific spatial HER2 detection and objective quantification. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Perez-Trevino, Perla AU - Perez-Trevino P AD - Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina, Av. Morones Prieto No. 3000 Pte., Monterrey, NL, Mexico, 64710. FAU - la Cerda, Hector Hernandez-De AU - la Cerda HH AD - Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina, Av. Morones Prieto No. 3000 Pte., Monterrey, NL, Mexico, 64710. FAU - Perez-Trevino, Jorge AU - Perez-Trevino J AD - Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina, Av. Morones Prieto No. 3000 Pte., Monterrey, NL, Mexico, 64710. FAU - Fajardo-Ramirez, Oscar Raul AU - Fajardo-Ramirez OR AD - Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina, Av. Morones Prieto No. 3000 Pte., Monterrey, NL, Mexico, 64710. FAU - Garcia, Noemi AU - Garcia N AD - Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina, Av. Morones Prieto No. 3000 Pte., Monterrey, NL, Mexico, 64710. FAU - Altamirano, Julio AU - Altamirano J AD - Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina, Av. Morones Prieto No. 3000 Pte., Monterrey, NL, Mexico, 64710. Electronic address: altamirano@itesm.mx. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180405 PL - United States TA - Transl Oncol JT - Translational oncology JID - 101472619 PMC - PMC6053773 EDAT- 2018/04/09 06:00 MHDA- 2018/04/09 06:01 PMCR- 2018/04/05 CRDT- 2018/04/09 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/03/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/03/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/04/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/04/09 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/04/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1936-5233(18)30006-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.tranon.2018.03.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Transl Oncol. 2018 Jun;11(3):672-685. doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2018.03.004. Epub 2018 Apr 5.