Abstract
Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cancer in the world. A diagnosis of HCC carries a guarded prognosis, especially when metastasis is documented. Reliable, curative treatment for very early, early, and intermediate stages is still an inconsistent ideal. Nanosecond (ns), or microsecond (μs) pulsed electric fields (PEFs) that produce irreversible electroporation (IRE) could be used to ablate local tumor masses through minimal invasive or open surgery delivery. Both nsPEFs and μsPEFs induce permanent permeabilization of cells resulting in cell death without any thermal effect. NsPEFs can also impact intracellular organelles and induce apoptosis. Previous studies indicated under certain condition, there was a protective tumor response following nsPEFs treatment in mouse subcutaneous HCC model. In these studies, we specifically test the efficacy of nsPEFs and μsPEFs in an orthotopic HCC rat tumor model. N1S1 cells stably transfected with luciferase were used to generate tumors. Orthotropic insertion of transfected N1S1 HCC cells in Sprague Dawley rat livers was used as the model. Different pulses numbers, rise times and pulse durations were applied. The effect on treated tumor tissue suggests that a single treatment of 500 or 1000 100ns pulses with either slow (50ns) or fast (10ns) rise times and 50 kV/cm can eliminate HCC tumors. Continuous delivery of eighty 100μs microsecond pulses at 2.5 kV/cm dramatically reverses lesion enlargement. 1000 pulses of 100 ns PEFs with fast rise times provoke an innate immune response. Immune responses in this orthotopic HCC model are still under investigation. Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2012 Mar 31-Apr 4; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2012;72(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 5387. doi:1538-7445.AM2012-5387
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