Abstract
Tumor acute hypoxia has a dynamic component that is also, at least partially, coherent. Using blood oxygen level dependent magnetic resonance imaging, we observed coherent oscillations in hemoglobin saturation dynamics in cell line xenograft models of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. We posit a well-established biochemical nonlinear oscillatory mechanism called the glycolytic oscillator as a potential cause of the coherent oscillations in tumors. These data suggest that metabolic changes within individual tumor cells may affect the local tumor microenvironment including oxygen availability and therefore radiosensitivity. These individual cells can synchronize the oscillations in patches of similar intermediate glucose levels. These alterations have potentially important implications for radiation therapy and are a potential target for optimizing the cancer response to radiation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 9215-9225 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Physics in medicine and biology |
Volume | 60 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 17 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- acute hypoxia
- BOLD
- glycolytic oscillator
- MRI
- radiation
- radiosensitivity
- tumor
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging