RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Treatment-Related Uptake of O-(2-18F-Fluoroethyl)-l-Tyrosine and l-[Methyl-3H]-Methionine After Tumor Resection in Rat Glioma Models
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 1373
OP 1379
DO 10.2967/jnumed.119.225680
VO 60
IS 10
A1 Stefanie Geisler
A1 Carina Stegmayr
A1 Nicole Niemitz
A1 Philipp Lohmann
A1 Marion Rapp
A1 Gabriele Stoffels
A1 Antje Willuweit
A1 Norbert Galldiks
A1 Christian Filss
A1 Michael C. Sabel
A1 Heinz H. Coenen
A1 Nadim Jon Shah
A1 Karl-Josef Langen
YR 2019
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/60/10/1373.abstract
AB Assessment of residual tumor after resection of cerebral gliomas can be difficult with MRI and may be improved by amino acid PET. The aim of this experimental study was to investigate uptake of 2-18F-fluoroethyl-l-tyrosine (18F-FET) and l-[methyl-3H]-methionine (3H-MET) in residual tumor after surgery and possible false-positive uptake in treatment-related changes. Methods: F98 or GS-9L rat gliomas were implanted into the brain of 64 rats. Tumors were resected after 1 wk of tumor growth, and sham surgery was performed in an additional 10 animals. At different time points after surgery (1, 2, 3, 7, and 14–16 d), rats underwent ex vivo dual-tracer autoradiography using 18F-FET and 3H-MET. Histologic slices were evaluated by immunostaining for cell density and astrogliosis. Tracer uptake was quantified by lesion-to-brain ratios (L/B) at the rim of the resection cavity (considered treatment-related uptake) and in residual or recurrent tumor tissue. Four animals showing no residual tumor underwent PET 3 d after surgery to examine time–activity curves of 18F-FET uptake in treatment-related changes. Results: Treatment-related uptake with a mean L/B of 2.0 ± 0.3 for 18F-FET and a mean L/B of 1.7 ± 0.2 for 3H-MET was noted at the rim of the resection cavity in the first week after surgery, decreasing significantly by 14–16 d (P < 0.01). Treatment-related tracer uptake was significantly higher for 18F-FET than for 3H-MET (P < 0.001). Tracer uptake in rat gliomas exceeded treatment-related tracer uptake at all time points (P < 0.001), but the latter was in the range of human gliomas. Reactive astrogliosis was noted near the resection cavity from the second day after surgery. Time–activity curves of 18F-FET uptake in those areas revealed constantly increasing uptake. Conclusion: Surgery may induce significant treatment-related 18F-FET and 3H-MET uptake near the resection cavity in the first week after surgery, presumably caused by reactive astrogliosis. Treatment-related tracer uptake was less pronounced for 3H-MET, indicating that 11C-MET may be better suited for assessing the postoperative situation than 18F-FET. Assessment of residual tumor after surgery by amino acid PET seems to be more reliable after an interval of 14 d.