Animal Imaging: CF Gene Therapy Departments of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, and General medical Science Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH Zhenghong Lee, Ph.D.
Acknowledgement CF Center (CWRU) AG Ziady, Ph.D. PB Davis, M.D., Ph.D. JLab (DOE) S. Majewski, Ph.D. D. Weisenberger, Ph.D. Radiology/BME (CWRU) GR Wojtkiewicz JJ Derakshan PF Martone M Kotlarchyk Univ. of Virginia Dongfeng Pan, Ph.D. UCLA H. Herschman, Ph.D. Q. Liang, Ph.D.
Molecular/Small Animal Imaging
Planar Multimodal Imaging System Small animal scanner, developed by JLab at CWRU/UHC, combining x-ray and scintigraphy
CF Gene Therapy Measurement
CF Studies: Gene Therapy
CF Studies: First Imaging -IMAGER ImageAutoradiograph
CF Studies: Separate Imaging Small animal imager with a high sensitivity copper collimator Control with NaITargeted delivery
CF Study: Validation
Reporter Gene Suicide gene: HSV1-tk HSV1-tk (gene) HSV1-TK (enzyme) Ganciclovir (GCV) GCV-PO 4 (cellular enzymes) di/tri-PO 4 Reporter gene: HSV1-tk Reporter gene probe: GCV
Reporter Gene for Imaging (Imagene) Reporter gene: HSV1-tk HSV1-tk (gene) HSV1-TK (enzyme) [ 125 I]FIAU FIAU-PO 4 (cellular enzymes) di/tri-PO 4 Radiolabeled FIAU or other probes trapped to image reporter gene expression in vivo
TdR Analogues as Probe for HSV1-tk Expression 2’-fluoro-2’-deoxy-1- -arabinofuranosyl-5-[I-125]-iodouracil (FIAU)
CF Studies: Multimodal Imaging Dual modality imaging
CF Studies: Multimodal Imaging Breathing mouse during imaging
125 I-FIAU Injection to Image Stable HSV1-tk Complexes Artifacts De-halogenation
HPLC Assay: [ 125 I]-FIAU -trace
X-ray detector uniformity correction Blocking thyroid uptake Imaging with Corrections
125 I-FIAU Injection to Image Stable HSV1-tk Complexes
Furture Plans Multimodality Imaging for CF Gene Therapy Bioluminescent Imaging of Luc Cancer Imaging Projects Peptide Ligand (none-RGD) for angiogenesis Imaging Inflammatory Response Fab targeting neutrophils
Acknowledgement Whitaker Foundation Imaging grant (RG ) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation RDP grant (R477) Department of Energy/JLab Subcontract (DE/SURA-04-Q011)
CF Studies: uPET Imaging (UCLA) tk + luc (compacted)salinetk (compated)
CF Studies: uPET Imaging (UCLA)
Two Concepts
Imaging Modalities
PET/SPECT Radio-nuclides