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• TITLE: Quantitative Assessment of the Effect of Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition on Tumor Vascular Activity Using Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography

  AUTHORS: Kenya Murase, Yoshinori Kusakabe, Shohei Miyazaki

  KEYWORDS: Nitric Oxide Synthase, N-Nitro-L-Arginine, L-Arginine, Tumor Vascular Activity, Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography, Contrast Enhancement

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Medical Imaging, Vol.6 No.2, June 23, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a method to quantitatively assess the effect of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition on tumor vascular activity using dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (DCE-CT) and to investigate its usefulness using animal experiments. Mate-rials and Methods: The DCE-CT studies were performed in anesthetized Fisher rats bearing tumors using a 4-row multi-slice CT. The scanning started 4 s before a bolus injection of iodinated contrast agent (CA) (150 mgI/kg) from the tail vein using an automatic injector and lasted 60 s at 1-s in-tervals. The contrast enhancement (CE) images were generated by subtracting the CT images before and after the administration of CA. First, the DCE-CT studies were performed before and 15, 30, and 45 min after administration of N-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) (1, 3, and 10 mg/kg) or vehicle, and the relative CE values were calculated by normalizing the CE image at each time point by that obtained from the first DCE-CT study. Second, we investigated the case when L-arginine (L-ARG) (200 mg/kg) and L-NNA (1, 3, and 10 mg/kg) were administered after the first and second DCE-CT studies, respectively. Third, we investigated the case when L-NNA (1, 3, and 10 mg/kg) and L-ARG (200 mg/kg) were administered after the first and second DCE-CT studies, respectively. Finally, we investigated the case when L-NNA (1, 3, and 10 mg/kg) and L-ARG (200 mg/kg) were administered simultaneously after the first DCE-CT study. Results: The relative CE value significantly decreased after L-NNA administration in a dose-dependent manner (p-values = 0.0074 and