Successful microbubble sonothrombolysis without tissue-type plasminogen activator in a rabbit model of acute ischemic stroke.
Successful microbubble sonothrombolysis without tissue-type plasminogen activator in a rabbit model of acute ischemic stroke.
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10.1161/strokeaha.110.607150
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发表时间:
2011-08
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8.3
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Borrelli MJ
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Culp WC;Flores R;Brown AT;Lowery JD;Roberson PK;Hennings LJ;Woods SD;Hatton JH;Culp BC;Skinner RD;Borrelli MJ
Microbubbles (MB) combined with ultrasound (US) have been shown to lyse clots without tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) both in vitro and in vivo. We evaluated sonothrombolysis with three types of MB using a rabbit embolic stroke model. New Zealand White rabbits (n=74) received internal carotid angiographic embolization of single 3 day-old cylindrical clots (0.6×4.0-mm). Groups included: 1) control (n=11) embolized without treatment, 2) tPA (n=20), 3) tPA+US (n=10), 4) Perflutren Lipid MB+US (n=16), 5) albumin 3µm MB+US (n=8), and 6) tagged albumin 3µm MB+US (n=9). Treatment began 1 hour post-embolization. Ultrasound was pulsed-wave (1 MHz; 0.8 W/cm2) for 1 hour; rabbits with tPA received intravenous tPA (0.9 mg/kg) over 1 hour. Lipid MB dose was intravenous (0.16 mg/kg) over 30 minutes. Dosage of 3µm MB was 5×109 MB intravenously alone or tagged with eptifibatide and fibrin antibody over 30 minutes. Rabbits were euthanized at 24 hours. Infarct volume was determined using vital stains on brain sections. Hemorrhage was evaluated on H&E sections. Infarct volume percent was lower for rabbits treated with Lipid MB+US (1.0%±0.6%; P=0.013), 3µm MB+US (0.7%±0.9%; P=0.018), and tagged 3µm MB+US (0.8%±0.8%; P=0.019) compared with controls (3.5%±0.8%). The three MB types collectively had lower infarct volumes (P=0.0043) than controls. Infarct volume averaged 2.2%±0.6% and 1.7%±0.8% for rabbits treated with tPA alone and tPA+US, respectively (P=NS). Sonothrombolysis without tPA using these MB is effective in decreasing infarct volumes. Study of human application and further MB technique development are justified.