PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Yun, T.J.
AU  - Cho, H.R.
AU  - Choi, S.H.
AU  - Kim, H.
AU  - Won, J.-K.
AU  - Park, S.-W.
AU  - Kim, J.-h.
AU  - Sohn, C.-H.
AU  - Han, M.H.
TI  - Antiangiogenic Effect of Bevacizumab: Application of Arterial Spin-Labeling Perfusion MR Imaging in a Rat Glioblastoma Model
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A4800
DP  - 2016 May 12
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2016/05/12/ajnr.A4800.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2016/05/12/ajnr.A4800.full
AB  - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The usefulness of arterial spin-labeling for the evaluation of the effect of the antiangiogenic therapy has not been elucidated. Our aim was to evaluate the antiangiogenic effect of bevacizumab in a rat glioblastoma model based on arterial spin-labeling perfusion MR imaging.MATERIALS AND METHODS: DSC and arterial spin-labeling perfusion MR imaging were performed by using a 9.4T MR imaging scanner in nude rats with glioblastoma. Rats were randomly assigned to the following 3 groups: control, 3-day treatment, and 10-day treatment after bevacizumab injection. One-way analysis of variance with a post hoc test was used to compare perfusion parameters (eg, normalized CBV and normalized CBF from DSC MR imaging and normalized CBF based on arterial spin-labeling) with microvessel area on histology. The Pearson correlations between perfusion parameters and microvessel area were also determined.RESULTS: All of the normalized CBV from DSC, normalized CBF from DSC, normalized CBF from arterial spin-labeling, and microvessel area values showed significant decrease after treatment (P < .001, P < .001, P = .005, and P < .001, respectively). In addition, normalized CBV and normalized CBF from DSC and normalized CBF from arterial spin-labeling strongly correlated with microvessel area (correlation coefficient, r = 0.911, 0.869, and 0.860, respectively; P < .001 for all).CONCLUSIONS: Normalized CBF based on arterial spin-labeling and normalized CBV and normalized CBF based on DSC have the potential for evaluating the effect of antiangiogenic therapy on glioblastomas treated with bevacizumab, with a strong correlation with microvessel area.AbbreviationsASLarterial spin-labelingGBMglioblastomaMVAmicrovessel areanCBFnormalized CBFnCBVnormalized CBVrCBFrelative CBFrCBVrelative CBV