A Raman Imaging Approach Using CD47 Antibody-Labeled SERS Nanoparticles for Identifying Breast Cancer and Its Potential to Guide Surgical Resection

Ryan  M. Davis; Jos  L. Campbell; Sean Burkitt; Zhen Qiu; Soyoung Kang; Mana Mehraein; Dominie Miyasato; Helen Salinas; Jonathan  T. C. Liu; Cristina Zavaleta

doi:10.3390/nano8110953

Nanomaterials (Nov 2018)

A Raman Imaging Approach Using CD47 Antibody-Labeled SERS Nanoparticles for Identifying Breast Cancer and Its Potential to Guide Surgical Resection

Ryan M. Davis,
Jos L. Campbell,
Sean Burkitt,
Zhen Qiu,
Soyoung Kang,
Mana Mehraein,
Dominie Miyasato,
Helen Salinas,
Jonathan T. C. Liu,
Cristina Zavaleta

Affiliations

Ryan M. Davis: Department of Radiology, Stanford University, 1201 Welch Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Jos L. Campbell: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1002 Child’s Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Sean Burkitt: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1002 Child’s Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Zhen Qiu: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, 775 Woodlot Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Soyoung Kang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 3900 East Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Mana Mehraein: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1002 Child’s Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Dominie Miyasato: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1002 Child’s Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Helen Salinas: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1002 Child’s Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Jonathan T. C. Liu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 3900 East Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Cristina Zavaleta: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1002 Child’s Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8110953
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 11
p. 953

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Raman spectroscopic imaging has shown great promise for improved cancer detection and localization with the use of tumor targeting surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanoparticles. With the ultrasensitive detection and multiplexing capabilities that SERS imaging has to offer, scientists have been investigating several clinical applications that could benefit from this unique imaging strategy. Recently, there has been a push to develop new image-guidance tools for surgical resection to help surgeons sensitively and specifically identify tumor margins in real time. We hypothesized that SERS nanoparticles (NPs) topically applied to breast cancer resection margins have the potential to provide real-time feedback on the presence of residual cancer in the resection margins during lumpectomy. Here, we explore the ability of SERS nanoparticles conjugated with a cluster of differentiation-47 (CD47) antibody to target breast cancer. CD47 is a cell surface receptor that has recently been shown to be overexpressed on several solid tumor types. The binding potential of our CD47-labeled SERS nanoparticles was assessed using fluorescence assisted cell sorting (FACS) on seven different human breast cancer cell lines, some of which were triple negative (negative expression of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2)). Xenograft mouse models were also used to assess the ability of our Raman imaging system to identify tumor from normal tissue. A ratiometric imaging strategy was used to quantify specific vs. nonspecific probe binding, resulting in improved tumor-to-background ratios. FACS analysis showed that CD47-labeled SERS nanoparticles bound to seven different breast cancer cell lines at levels 12-fold to 70-fold higher than isotype control-labeled nanoparticles (p < 0.01), suggesting that our CD47-targeted nanoparticles actively bind to CD47 on breast cancer cells. In a mouse xenograft model of human breast cancer, topical application of CD47-targeted nanoparticles to excised normal and cancer tissue revealed increased binding of CD47-targeted nanoparticles on tumor relative to normal adjacent tissue. The findings of this study support further investigation and suggest that SERS nanoparticles topically applied to breast cancer could guide more complete surgical resection during lumpectomy.

Published in Nanomaterials

ISSN: 2079-4991 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nanomaterials

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