Biodistribution of Evans blue in an orthotopic AY-27 rat bladder urothelial cell carcinoma model: implication for the improved diagnosis of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) using dye-guided white-light cystoscopy

BJU International
Sanne ElsenPeter A M de Witte

Abstract

To investigate the possibility of using Evans blue (EB) as a novel diagnostic tool to detect bladder tumours with white-light (WL) cystoscopy, in this preclinical study we examine the biodistribution of EB in the different layers (urothelium, submucosa, muscle) of a normal rat bladder and a rat bladder bearing a malignant urothelium composed of syngeneic AY-27 tumour cells. EB was instilled into both normal as well as tumour-bearing rat bladders. After instillation, bladders were removed and snap frozen in liquid nitrogen. The distribution of EB in the different layers was quantified using fluorescence microscopy. To gain more insight into the mechanism underlying the selective accumulation of EB in tumour tissue, bladder sections were prepared for ultrastructural investigations by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In addition, we also examined the expression of E-cadherin, claudin-1 and desmoglein-1 by immunohistochemistry to study the integrity of the bladder wall, as these molecules are key constituents of adherens junctions, tight junctions and desmosomes, respectively. In most cases, the accumulation of EB in malignant bladders was substantially higher than in healthy bladders, at least when 1 mm EB instilla...Continue Reading

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