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Expression of permeability-glycoprotein (P-gp) and uptake of technetium-99m-hexakis-2-methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile (99Tcm-MIBI) in malignant tumour of the head and neck.
Dento Maxillo Facial Radiology 2005 September
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to estimate the role of permeability-glycoprotein (P-gp) in the technetium-99m-hexakis-2-methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile (99Tc(m)-MIBI) scintigraphy.
METHODS: 71 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (39 patients with well differentiated, 19 with moderately differentiated and 13 with poorly differentiated tumour) were examined. Eighteen of these patients underwent 99Tc(m)-MIBI scintigraphy (early and delayed scans). The tumour retention index, obtained from the ratio of the accumulation of the delayed scan to that of the early scan, was divided into three groups. The immunohistochemical evaluation of P-gp expression was performed in all 71 patients. Levels of the P-gp expression were classified into three grades (score 0, 1 and 2). Correlations among the tumour retention index, the P-gp expression and the tumour tissue differentiation were evaluated.
RESULTS: 17 of 18 patients showed a decreasing of the tumour retention index ranging from 0.70 to 0.93 (mean+/-SD=0.850+/-0.071). The tumour retention index showed a statistical correlation with the P-gp expression and the tumour tissue differentiation (chi-squared=7.802>7.779, P=0.10 and 16.835>14.860, P=0.005, respectively). Moreover, there was a statistical correlation between the P-gp expression and the tumour tissue differentiation (chi-squared=14.863>14.860, P=0.005).
CONCLUSION: There is a possibility that the P-gp expression is high in the high-grade malignant tumours and P-gp causes the decrease of tumour retention index.
METHODS: 71 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (39 patients with well differentiated, 19 with moderately differentiated and 13 with poorly differentiated tumour) were examined. Eighteen of these patients underwent 99Tc(m)-MIBI scintigraphy (early and delayed scans). The tumour retention index, obtained from the ratio of the accumulation of the delayed scan to that of the early scan, was divided into three groups. The immunohistochemical evaluation of P-gp expression was performed in all 71 patients. Levels of the P-gp expression were classified into three grades (score 0, 1 and 2). Correlations among the tumour retention index, the P-gp expression and the tumour tissue differentiation were evaluated.
RESULTS: 17 of 18 patients showed a decreasing of the tumour retention index ranging from 0.70 to 0.93 (mean+/-SD=0.850+/-0.071). The tumour retention index showed a statistical correlation with the P-gp expression and the tumour tissue differentiation (chi-squared=7.802>7.779, P=0.10 and 16.835>14.860, P=0.005, respectively). Moreover, there was a statistical correlation between the P-gp expression and the tumour tissue differentiation (chi-squared=14.863>14.860, P=0.005).
CONCLUSION: There is a possibility that the P-gp expression is high in the high-grade malignant tumours and P-gp causes the decrease of tumour retention index.
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