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- Title
Architectural Heterogeneity in Tumors Caused by Differentiation Alters Intratumoral Drug Distribution and Affects Therapeutic Synergy of Antiangiogenic Organoselenium Compound.
- Authors
Rustum, Youcef M.; Tóth, Károly; Seshadri, Mukund; Sen, Arindam; Durrani, Farukh A.; Stott, Emily; Morrison, Carl D.; Cao, Shousong; Bhattacharya, Arup
- Abstract
Tumor differentiation enhances morphologic and microvascular heterogeneity fostering hypoxia that retards intratumoral drug delivery, distribution, and compromise therapeutic efficacy. In this study, the influence of tumor biologic heterogeneity on the interaction between cytotoxic chemotherapy and selenium was examined using a panel of human tumor xenografts representing cancers of the head and neck and lung along with tissue microarray analysis of human surgical samples. Tumor differentiation status, microvessel density, interstitial fluid pressure, vascular phenotype, and drug delivery were correlated with the degree of enhancement of chemotherapeutic efficacy by selenium. Marked potentiation of antitumor activity was observed in H69 tumors that exhibited a well-vascularized, poorly differentiated phenotype. In comparison, modulation of chemotherapeutic efficacy by antiangiogenic selenium was generally lower or absent in well-differentiated tumors withmultiple avascular hypoxic, differentiated regions. Tumor histomorphologic heterogeneity was found prevalent in the clinical samples studied and represents a primary and critical physiological barrier to chemotherapy.
- Subjects
HETEROGENEITY; ORGANOSELENIUM compounds; HYPOXEMIA; DOSAGE forms of drugs; SELENIUM in human nutrition; XENOGRAFTS; EXTRACELLULAR fluid
- Publication
Journal of Oncology, 2010, p1
- ISSN
1687-8450
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2010/396286