Title
Imaging thiol redox status in murine tumors in vivo with rapid-scan electron paramagnetic resonance
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2017
College/Unit
School of Medicine
Department/Program/Center
Biochemistry
Abstract
Thiol redox status is an important physiologic parameter that affects the success or failure of cancer treatment. Rapid scan electron paramagnetic resonance (RS EPR) is a novel technique that has shown higher signal-to-noise ratio than conventional continuous-wave EPR in in vitro studies. Here we used RS EPR to acquire rapid three-dimensional images of the thiol redox status of tumors and normal tissues in living mice. This work presents, for the first time, in vivo RS EPR images of the kinetics of the reaction of 2H,15N-substituted disulfide-linked dinitroxide (PxSSPx) spin probe with intracellular glutathione. The cleavage rate is proportional to the intracellular glutathione concentration. Feasibility was demonstrated in a FSa fibrosarcoma tumor model in C3H mice. Similar to other in vivo and cell model studies, decreasing intracellular glutathione concentration by treating mice with L-buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) markedly altered the kinetic images.
Digital Commons Citation
Epel, Boris; Sundramoorthy, Subramanian V.; Krzykawska-Serda, Martyna; Maggio, Matthew C.; Tseytlin, Mark; Eaton, Gareth R.; Eaton, Sandra S.; Rosen, Gerald M.; Kao, Joseph P. Y.; and Halpern, Howard J., "Imaging thiol redox status in murine tumors in vivo with rapid-scan electron paramagnetic resonance" (2017). Clinical and Translational Science Institute. 529.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/ctsi/529
Source Citation
Epel B, Sundramoorthy SV, Krzykawska-Serda M, et al. Imaging thiol redox status in murine tumors in vivo with rapid-scan electron paramagnetic resonance. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 2017;276:31-36. doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2016.12.015