Marte Thuen1, Jien Wang2, Per
yvind Enger2, Aurelie Poli3,4, Guro Lkka2,
Else Marie Huuse1, Frits Thorsen2, Cecilie Brekke Rygh2,
Martha Chekenya2
1Dep of Circulation &
Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim,
Norway; 2Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen,
Norway; 3Translational Cancer Research, University of Bergen,
Norway; 4Lab for Immunology & Allergology, CRP sante,
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Glioblastoma multiform (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain tumor. In this study we target NG2-receptor (a marker for aggressive development) with monoclonal antibodies (mAb) and natural killer cells (NK). Rats were implanted with GBM cells and treated with mAb, NK and NK+mAb. MRI (DCE-MRI) and diffusion weighted MRI was performed 7 and 17 days after treatment. Overall survival and histological analysis illustrated that the combined treatment with NK+mAb had greatest therapeutic effect. Volume of extra-vascular cellular space was significantly reduced in rats treated with NK compared to control, due to the present of NK-cells in addition to tumor cells. The NK+mAb combined treatment was not different from controls, indicating a reduction of tumor cells due to the effect of the treatment.