Image-based modeling of vascular organization to evaluate anti-angiogenic therapy

Author:

Ascheid David,Baumann Magdalena,Funke Caroline,Volz Julia,Pinnecker Jürgen,Friedrich Mike,Höhn Marie,Nandigama Rajender,Ergün Süleyman,Nieswandt Bernhard,Heinze Katrin G.,Henke ErikORCID

Abstract

AbstractIn tumor therapy anti-angiogenic approaches have the potential to increase the efficacy of a wide variety of subsequently or co-administered agents, possibly by improving or normalizing the defective tumor vasculature. Successful implementation of the concept of vascular normalization under anti-angiogenic therapy, however, mandates a detailed understanding of key characteristics and a respective scoring metric that defines an improved vasculature and thus a successful attempt. Here, we show that beyond commonly used parameters such as vessel patency and maturation, anti-angiogenic approaches largely benefit if the complex vascular network with its vessel interconnections is both qualitatively and quantitatively assessed. To gain such deeper insight the organization of vascular networks, we introduce a multi-parametric evaluation of high-resolution angiographic images based on light-sheet fluorescence microscopy images of tumors. We first could pinpoint key correlations between vessel length, straightness and diameter to describe the regular, functional and organized structure observed under physiological conditions. We found that vascular networks from experimental tumors diverted from those in healthy organs, demonstrating the dysfunctionality of the tumor vasculature not only on the level of the individual vessel but also in terms of inadequate organization into larger structures. These parameters proofed effective in scoring the degree of disorganization in different tumor entities, and more importantly in grading a potential reversal under treatment with therapeutic agents. The presented vascular network analysis will support vascular normalization assessment and future optimization of anti-angiogenic therapy.

Funder

Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Klinische Forschung, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

Wilhelm Sander-Stiftung

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Applied Mathematics,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Modeling and Simulation,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Immunology

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