PET, image-guided HDAC inhibition of pediatric diffuse midline glioma improves survival in murine models

U Tosi, H Kommidi, O Adeuyan, H Guo… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
U Tosi, H Kommidi, O Adeuyan, H Guo, UB Maachani, N Chen, T Su, G Zhang, DJ Pisapia…
Science Advances, 2020science.org
Efforts at altering the dismal prognosis of pediatric midline gliomas focus on direct delivery
strategies like convection-enhanced delivery (CED), where a cannula is implanted into
tumor. Successful CED treatments require confirmation of tumor coverage, dosimetry, and
longitudinal in vivo pharmacokinetic monitoring. These properties would be best determined
clinically with image-guided dosimetry using theranostic agents. In this study, we combine
CED with novel, molecular-grade positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and show …
Efforts at altering the dismal prognosis of pediatric midline gliomas focus on direct delivery strategies like convection-enhanced delivery (CED), where a cannula is implanted into tumor. Successful CED treatments require confirmation of tumor coverage, dosimetry, and longitudinal in vivo pharmacokinetic monitoring. These properties would be best determined clinically with image-guided dosimetry using theranostic agents. In this study, we combine CED with novel, molecular-grade positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and show how PETobinostat, a novel PET-imageable HDAC inhibitor, is effective against DIPG models. PET data reveal that CED has significant mouse-to-mouse variability; imaging is used to modulate CED infusions to maximize tumor saturation. The use of PET-guided CED results in survival prolongation in mouse models; imaging shows the need of CED to achieve high brain concentrations. This work demonstrates how personalized image-guided drug delivery may be useful in potentiating CED-based treatment algorithms and supports a foundation for clinical translation of PETobinostat.
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