Delivery of systemic chemotherapeutic agent to tumors by using focused ultrasound: Study in a murine model
Delivery of systemic chemotherapeutic agent to tumors by using focused ultrasound: Study in a murine model
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DOI:
10.1148/radiol.2342030889
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发表时间:
2005-02-01
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19.7
通讯作者:
Li, KCP
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作者:
Yuh, EL;Shulman, SG;Li, KCP
PURPOSE: To quantitatively determine the delivery of systemic liposomal doxorubicin to tumors treated with pulsed high-intensity focused ultrasound and to study the mechanism underlying this delivery in a murine model.MATERIALS AND METHODS: All animal work was performed in compliance with guidelines and approval of institutional animal care committee. C3H mice received subcutaneous injections in the flank of a-cell suspension of SCC7, a murine squamous cell carcinoma cell line; mice (n = 32) in drug delivery study received unilateral injections, whereas mice (n = 10) in mechanistic study received bilateral injections. Tumors were treated when they reached 1 cm(3) in volume. In the drug delivery study, doxorubicin hydrochloride liposomes were injected into the tail vein: Mice received therapy with doxorubicin injections and high-intensity focused ultrasound, doxorubicin injections alone, or neither form of therapy (controls). Tumors were removed, and the,doxorubicin content was assayed with fluorescent spectrophotometry. In the mechanistic study, all mice received an injection of 500-kDa dextran-fluorescein isothyocyanate into the tail vein, and half of them were exposed to high-intensity focused ultrasound prior to injection. Contralateral tumors served as controls for each group. Extravasation of dextranfluorescein isothyocyanate was observed by using in vivo confocal microscopy.RESULTS: Mean doxorubicin concentration in tumors treated with pulsed high-intensity focused ultrasound was 9.4 mug . g(-1) +/- 2.1 (standard deviation), and it was significantly higher (124% [9.4 mug . g(-1)/4.2 mug . g(-1)]) than in those that were not treated with high-intensity focused ultrasound (4.2 mug . g(-1) +/- 0.95) (P