S66 Targeted in Vivo Imaging of the αvβ6 Integrin in Mice with Bleomycin-Induced Lung Fibrosis
| Autor: | Andy Blanchard, Steve Ludbrook, RG Jenkins, Jeni Luckett, Alan C. Perkins, Anthony Habgood, R Awas, John Marshall, Alison E. John |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Lung medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry Integrin Interstitial lung disease Bleomycin medicine.disease Pathogenesis chemistry.chemical_compound Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Fibrosis Biopsy biology.protein Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Thorax. 67:A33.2-A33 |
| ISSN: | 1468-3296 0040-6376 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202678.072 |
| Popis: | Introduction TGFβ activation by αvβ6 integrins is central to the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Furthermore, αvβ6 expression is increased in both human, and murine, fibrotic lung tissue. Current assessment of αvβ6 integrin levels in the lung requires immunohistochemical analysis of biopsy samples and repeated measurement of αvβ6. Although αvβ6 may be useful as a biomarker in IPF, currrent methods of detection make this approach clinically impractical. We have developed a non-invasive radioimaging CT/SPECT strategy for measuring αvβ6 integrin levels in the lungs facilitating the monitoring of disease progression and therapeutic response in IPF. Methods C57Bl/6 mice received intratracheal bleomycin or saline, 28 days prior to intravenous injection with Indium111-labelled A20FMDV2, an αvβ6 binding peptide derived from the VP1 coat protein of foot-and-mouth virus. A scrambled sequence peptide was used as control. Mice were injected with 5µg (10–24MBQ) of peptide and imaged by CT/SPECT scanning one, and three, hours later. Results Maximal binding of Indium111-labelled A20FMDV2 peptide was detected in skin, and lungs, of all mice at one hour. No significant binding was detected in mice injected with control peptide. Binding to αvβ6 integrin was significantly higher in the lungs of bleomycin, compared with saline, exposed mice (0.12±0.01MBQ vs 0.06±0.009 p |
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