Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Lesions pH Using 11 C-Labeled Bicarbonate

Cancer Biotherapy & Radiopharmaceuticals
Aixia SunGanghua Tang

Abstract

As acid-base imbalance is involved in many pathological processes, the capability to image tissue pH alterations in the clinic could offer new ways to detect disease and respond to treatment. In this study, the authors show that tissue pH can be imaged in vivo with 11C-labeled bicarbonate (H11CO3-) buffer and positron emission tomography (PET). H11CO3- was produced by on-column NaOH adsorption. Biodistribution of H11CO3- in normal mice was determined. In addition, uptake studies and inhibition experiments of H11CO3- in the S180 fibrosarcoma-bearing mice and the inflammatory mice were investigated with PET imaging. The tumor and inflammatory interstitial pH was measured by a needle pH microelectrode. PET imaging demonstrated the high uptake of H11CO3- in mice tumor tissues and inflammatory tissues, which showed that the average tumor or inflammatory interstitial pH was significantly lower than the surrounding tissue. Administration of sodium bicarbonate in the drinking water increased the measured tumor pH, while the uptake of H11CO3- in mice model tissues had no change. Similarly, administration with ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) decreased the pH, whereas the unchanged uptake of H11CO3- in mice model tissues was also found. However...Continue Reading

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