Value of quantitative evaluation of contrast-enhanced ultrasound on the anti-angiogenesis by combining cisplatin with curcumin in the treatment of laryngopharyngeal carcinoma xeno-grafts
Objective:To explore the application value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound(CEUS)quantitative analysis in evaluating the chemotherapeutic effect and anti-angiogenesis influence of cisplatin combined with cur-cumin in nude mice of laryngopharyngeal carcinoma xenograft model.Methods:The nude mouse xenograft mod-els of human laryngopharyngeal carcinoma FaDu cell line were established and randomly divided into normal sa-line group,sodium carboxymethyl cellulose(CMC-Na)group,cisplatin group,curcumin group and cisplatin com-bined with curcumin group(combined group).Tumor size before and after administration was compared,the tu-mor inhibition rate was calculated,CEUS and quantitative analysis were conducted to obtain blood perfusion pa-rameters,including peak intensity(PI),area under the curve(AUC),and time to peak(TTP).The tumor microves-sel density(MVD)was detected by immunohistochemical staining,and the correlation between CEUS quantita-tive parameters and MVD and tumor volume was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis.Results:The tumor volume in the cisplatin group,curcumin group and combined group was smaller than that in the normal saline group and CMC-Na group(P<0.05),and the tumor volume in the combined group was the smallest(P<0.05).The tumor inhibition rates of cisplatin group,curcumin group and combined group were 43.62%,37.28%and 65.42%,respectively.The CEUS quantitative parameters PI and AUC in the cisplatin group,curcumin group and combined group were lower than those in the normal saline group and CMC-Na group(P<0.05).MVD in the cis-platin group,curcumin group and combined group was lower than that in the normal saline group and CMC-Na group(P<0.05),and MVD in the combined group was the lowest(P<0.05).MVD was positively correlated with PI,AUC and tumor volume(r=0.937,0.931,0.812,all P<0.05).PI and AUC were positively correlated with tumor volume(r=0.807,0.795,P<0.05).Conclusion:Cisplatin combined with curcumin can enhance the growth inhibition of human laryngopharyngeal carcinoma xenografts in nude mice.CEUS quantitative parame-ters PI and AUC can effectively reflect tumor micro-angiogenesis and evaluate the chemotherapy efficacy of la-ryngopharyngeal carcinoma xenografts.
laryngopharyngeal carcinomacontrast-enhanced ultrasoundcisplatincurcuminmicrovessel density