Highly selective behaviour of colon adenoma after administration of EMR composition and its HCT116-based model.
Abstract When applying the improved composition of solution used during endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), we have observed unexpectedly large and quantitatively significant differences in adenoma response vs. healthy tissue of surrounding GIT tract, namely the selective reaction enhancing the adenoma volume and differentiated colour. The in vitro experiments on model neoplasia cell line HCT116 suggest that the robust differences in the response of starving cells can be traced down principally to the tetrastarch digestion and enhanced metabolic rate of neoplastic cells. The neoplastic tissue grows into several intestine layers so that submucosal injection of iso-oncotic tetrastarch compound leads to degradation of starch and production of oncotic molecules in submucosa transported by facilitated transport into the neoplastic tissue. The colour distinction is due to concentration differences of the reporting dye between three separated compartments, further enhancing the utility of the contrasting mixture. The diffusion dynamics shall be tuneable by optimizing starch composition, improving desirable pharmacokinetics.