Three-dimensional imaging of the metabolic state of c-MYC-induced mammary tumor with the cryo-imager

Zhihong Zhang; Qian Liu; Qingming Luo; Min Z. Zhang; Dana M. Blessington; Lanlan Zhou; Lewis A. Chodosh; Gang Zheng; Britton Chance

doi:10.1117/12.503163

29 July 2003 Three-dimensional imaging of the metabolic state of c-MYC-induced mammary tumor with the cryo-imager

Zhihong Zhang, Qian Liu, Qingming Luo, Min Z. Zhang, Dana M. Blessington, Lanlan Zhou, Lewis A. Chodosh, Gang Zheng, Britton Chance

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Proceedings Volume 4955, Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue V; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.503163
Event: Biomedical Optics, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

This study imaged the metabolic state of a growing tumor and the relationship between energy metabolism and the ability of glucose uptake in whole tumor tissue with cryo-imaging at 77° K. A MTB/TOM mouse model, bearing c-MYC-induced mammary tumor, was very rapidly freeze-trapped 2 hrs post Pyro-2DG injection. The fluorescence signals of oxidized flavoprotein (Fp), reduced pyridine nucleotide (PN), pyro-2DG, and the reflection signal of deoxy-hemoglobin were imaged every 100 μm from the top surface to the bottom of the tumor sequentially, 9 sections in total. Each of the four signals was constructed into 3D images with Amira software. Both Fp and PN signals could be detected in the growing tumor regions, and a higher reduction state where was shown in the ratio images. The necrotic tumor regions displayed a very strong Fp signal and weak PN signal. In the bloody extravasation regions, Fp and PN signals were observably diminished. Therefore, the regions of high growth and necrosis in the tumor could be determined according to the Fp and PN signals. The content of deoxy-hemoglobin (Hb) in the tumor was positively correlated with the reduced PN signal. Pyro-2DG signal was only evident in the growing condition region in the tumor. Normalized 3D cross-correlation showed that Pyro-2DG signal was similar to the redox ratio. The results indicated that glucose uptake in the tumor was consistent with the redox state of the tumor. And both Pyro-2DG and mitochondrial NADH fluorescence showed bimodal histograms suggesting that the two population of c-MYC induced mammary tumor, one of which could be controlled by c-MYC transgene.

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Zhihong Zhang, Qian Liu, Qingming Luo, Min Z. Zhang, Dana M. Blessington, Lanlan Zhou, Lewis A. Chodosh, Gang Zheng, and Britton Chance "Three-dimensional imaging of the metabolic state of c-MYC-induced mammary tumor with the cryo-imager", Proc. SPIE 4955, Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue V, (29 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.503163

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