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Department of Oncology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London NW3 2PF [R. B. P., G. M. B., A. A. F., R. B., R. W., J. D., R. H. J. B.], and Gray Laboratory Cancer Research Trust, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2JR [S. A. H., D. J. C.], United Kingdom
Solid tumors have a heterogeneous pathophysiology, which has a major impact on therapy. Using SW1222 colorectal xenografts grown in nude mice, we have shown that antibody-targeted radioimmunotherapy (RIT) effectively treated the well-perfused tumor rim, producing regressions for 
35 days, but was less effective at the more hypoxic center. By 72 h after RIT, the number of apoptotic cells rose from an overall value of 1% in untreated tumors to 35% at the tumor periphery and 10% at the center. The antivascular agent disodium combretastatin A-4 3-O-phosphate (CA4-P) rapidly reduced tumor blood flow to 62% of control values by 1 h, 23% by 3 h, and between 32–36% from 6 to 24 h after administration. This created central hemorrhagic necrosis, but a peripheral rim of cells continued to grow, and survival was unaffected. Changes in the pattern of perfusion across the tumor over time were zonal. Untreated mice showed perfusion throughout the tumor, with greatest activity at the rim. There was an overall reduction at 1 h, and total cessation of central perfusion from 3 h onward. A narrow peripheral rim of perfusion was always present, which increased in intensity and extent between 6 and 24 h, either through reperfusion or new vessel growth. Combining these two complementary therapies (7.4 MBq 131I-labeled anti-carcinoembryonic antigen IgG i.v. plus a single 200 mg/kg dose of CA4-P i.p.) produced complete cures in five of six mice for >9 months. Allowing maximal tumor localization of antibody (48 h) before blood flow inhibition by CA4-P increased tumor retention by two to three times control levels by 96 h without altering normal tissue levels, as confirmed by gamma counting and phosphor image analysis. The success of this combined, synergistic therapy was probably the result of several factors: (a) the killing of tumor cells in the outer, radiosensitive region by targeted radiotherapy; (b) enhancement of RIT by entrapment of additional radioantibody after combretastatin-induced vessel collapse; and (c) destruction of the central, more hypoxic and radioresistant region by CA4-P. This work demonstrates the need to consider cancer treatment in a biologically heterogeneous setting, if results are to be effectively translated to the clinic.
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