RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Imaging bladder cancer: Correlation with histopathologic findings JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine JO J Nucl Med FD Society of Nuclear Medicine SP 67 OP 67 VO 55 IS supplement 1 A1 Tripathi, Sushil A1 Trabulsi, Edouard A1 Kumar, Pardeep A1 Birbe, Ruth A1 Cotzia, Paolo A1 McCue, Peter A1 Solomides, Charalambos A1 Gomella, Leonard A1 Thakur, Mathew YR 2014 UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/55/supplement_1/67.abstract AB 67 Objectives Bladder cancer (BCa) is the 5th common malignancy with recurrence rate of >50%, mandating long-term surveillance. CT, MR and F-18-FDG have serious limitations and low sensitivity in detection of recurrent papillary tumors. C-11-Choline is sensitive for BCa but suffers from short t½ of C-11. VPAC1, a genomic biomarker is expressed in high density on BCa cells. Goal is to target VPAC1 with Cu-64-TP3805 (Kd=3.1x10.-9M) and TP4303 for imaging BCa. Methods TP3805 was labeled with Cu-64 for digital autoradiography (DA) or with a near infrared fluorophore (TP4303) for optical imaging (OI). Formalin-fixed paraffin sections from a tissue microarray of 100 patients 75M, 70.2±11 yrs. (45-89), and 25F, 71.4±9.3 yrs. (54-89) with high grade BCa (stage pT1-T4b) and 5 normal subjects (3M, 2F), were obtained from institutional tissue library and incubated at 22oC for 15 min, either with Cu-64-TP3805 (10±2 µCi) or TP4303 (1 nm). After PBS washes, tissues were air dried, DA was performed (IS-4000 R Bruker) and OI was carried out (FX-Pro, Bruker). ROI analysis was performed and signal to noise ratio (SNR) were calculated. Data were correlated with histologic findings. Results All histologically malignant and healthy tissues had 100% corroboration with Cu-64-TP3805 and TP4303 uptake. The Cu-64-TP3805 mean SNR was 4.9±1.3, (1.9-10.7) and 2.1±0.4, (1.4-2.7) for malignant and benign tissue, respectively (p=0.01). The TP4303 mean SNR was 4.7±1.6, (2.4-8.5) and 1.4±0.9, (0.3-2) for malignant and benign tissue, respectively (p=0.02). Malignant tissues with low SNR had denuded, inflammatory or necrotic cells by histology, and accounted for a low SNR. These cells do not express VPAC1. Aggressive BCa samples had higher uptake than lower grade BCa samples on both DA and OI. Conclusions Cu-64-TP3805 demonstrates strong binding to BCa tissue. This together with its lack of urinary excretion in humans, renders Cu-64-TP3805 worthy of investigations to image BCa in humans. Research Support NIH, R01 CA157372-01 (MLT)