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Liu B, Du F, Feng Z, Xiang X, Guo R, Ma L, Zhu B, Qiu L. Ultrasound-augmented cancer immunotherapy. J Mater Chem B 2024; 12:3636-3658. [PMID: 38529593 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb02705h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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Cancer is a growing worldwide health problem with the most broadly studied treatments, in which immunotherapy has made notable advancements in recent years. However, innumerable patients have presented a poor response to immunotherapy and simultaneously experienced immune-related adverse events, with failed therapeutic results and increased mortality rates. Consequently, it is crucial to develop alternate tactics to boost therapeutic effects without producing negative side effects. Ultrasound is considered to possess significant therapeutic potential in the antitumor field because of its inherent characteristics, including cavitation, pyrolysis, and sonoporation. Herein, this timely review presents the comprehensive and systematic research progress of ultrasound-enhanced cancer immunotherapy, focusing on the various ultrasound-related mechanisms and strategies. Moreover, this review summarizes the design and application of current sonosensitizers based on sonodynamic therapy, with an attempt to provide guidance on new directions for future cancer therapy.
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- Bingjie Liu
- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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Kobayashi R, Narita J, Nakaoka N, Krafft MP, Koyama D. Quantitative estimation of phospholipid molecules desorbed from a microbubble surface under ultrasound irradiation. Sci Rep 2023; 13:13693. [PMID: 37608058 PMCID: PMC10444774 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40823-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023] Open
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Microbubbles have potential applications as drug and gene carriers, and drug release can be triggered by externally applied ultrasound irradiation while inside blood vessels. Desorption of molecules forming the microbubble shell can be observed under ultrasound irradiation of a single isolated microbubble, and the volume of desorbed molecules can be quantitatively estimated from the contact angle between the bubble and a glass plate. Microbubbles composed of a 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) shell and a poorly-soluble gas are created. When the microbubbles are exposed to a pulsed ultrasound, the contact angles increase dramatically; the percentage of DMPC molecules desorbed from the bubble surface reaches 70%. Vibration of a single bubble in the radial direction is measured using a laser Doppler vibrometer. The relationship between the vibrational characteristics and the amount of molecular desorption reveals that a larger vibrational amplitude of the bubble around the resonance size induces a larger amount of molecular desorption. These results support the possibility of controlling molecular desorption with pulsed ultrasound.
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- Reina Kobayashi
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, 1-3 TataraMiyakodani, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, 610-0321, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, 1-3 TataraMiyakodani, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, 610-0321, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, 1-3 TataraMiyakodani, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, 610-0321, Japan
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- Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS), University of Strasbourg, 23 rue du Loess, 67034, Strasbourg, France
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, 1-3 TataraMiyakodani, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, 610-0321, Japan.
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Qin X, Cai P, Liu C, Chen K, Jiang X, Chen W, Li J, Jiao X, Guo E, Yu Y, Sun L, Tian H. Cardioprotective effect of ultrasound-targeted destruction of Sirt3-loaded cationic microbubbles in a large animal model of pathological cardiac hypertrophy. Acta Biomater 2023; 164:604-625. [PMID: 37080445 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2023] [Revised: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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Pathological cardiac hypertrophy occurs in response to numerous increased afterload stimuli and precedes irreversible heart failure (HF). Therefore, therapies that ameliorate pathological cardiac hypertrophy are urgently required. Sirtuin 3 (Sirt3) is a main member of histone deacetylase class III and is a crucial anti-oxidative stress agent. Therapeutically enhancing the Sirt3 transfection efficiency in the heart would broaden the potential clinical application of Sirt3. Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) is a prospective, noninvasive, repeatable, and targeted gene delivery technique. In the present study, we explored the potential and safety of UTMD as a delivery tool for Sirt3 in hypertrophic heart tissues using adult male Bama miniature pigs. Pigs were subjected to ear vein delivery of human Sirt3 together with UTMD of cationic microbubbles (CMBs). Fluorescence imaging, western blotting, and quantitative real-time PCR revealed that the targeted destruction of ultrasonic CMBs in cardiac tissues greatly boosted Sirt3 delivery. Overexpression of Sirt3 ameliorated oxidative stress and partially improved the diastolic function and prevented the apoptosis and profibrotic response. Lastly, our data revealed that Sirt3 may regulate the potential transcription of catalase and MnSOD through Foxo3a. Combining the advantages of ultrasound CMBs with preclinical hypertrophy large animal models for gene delivery, we established a classical hypertrophy model as well as a strategy for the targeted delivery of genes to hypertrophic heart tissues. Since oxidative stress, fibrosis and apoptosis are indispensable in the evolution of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure, our findings suggest that Sirt3 is a promising therapeutic option for these diseases. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: : Pathological cardiac hypertrophy is a central prepathology of heart failure and is seen to eventually precede it. Feasible targets that may prevent or reverse disease progression are scarce and urgently needed. In this study, we developed surface-filled lipid octafluoropropane gas core cationic microbubbles that could target the release of human Sirt3 reactivating the endogenous Sirt3 in hypertrophic hearts and protect against oxidative stress in a pig model of cardiac hypertrophy induced by aortic banding. Sirt3-CMBs may enhance cardiac diastolic function and ameliorate fibrosis and apoptosis. Our work provides a classical cationic lipid-based, UTMD-mediated Sirt3 delivery system for the treatment of Sirt3 in patients with established cardiac hypertrophy, as well as a promising therapeutic target to combat pathological cardiac hypertrophy.
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- Xionghai Qin
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Future Medical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Future Medical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- Future Medical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Future Medical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Future Medical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Future Medical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- Future Medical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Future Medical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Future Medical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Future Medical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; Future Medical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
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Kaushik A, Khan AH, Pratibha, Dalvi SV, Shekhar H. Effect of temperature on the acoustic response and stability of size-isolated protein-shelled ultrasound contrast agents and SonoVue. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2023; 153:2324. [PMID: 37092939 DOI: 10.1121/10.0017682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Limited work has been reported on the acoustic and physical characterization of protein-shelled UCAs. This study characterized bovine serum albumin (BSA)-shelled microbubbles filled with perfluorobutane gas, along with SonoVue, a clinically approved contrast agent. Broadband attenuation spectroscopy was performed at room (23 ± 0.5 °C) and physiological (37 ± 0.5 °C) temperatures over the period of 20 min for these agents. Three size distributions of BSA-shelled microbubbles, with mean sizes of 1.86 μm (BSA1), 3.54 μm (BSA2), and 4.24 μm (BSA3) used. Viscous and elastic coefficients for the microbubble shell were assessed by fitting de Jong model to the measured attenuation spectra. Stable cavitation thresholds (SCT) and inertial cavitation thresholds (ICT) were assessed at room and physiological temperatures. At 37 °C, a shift in resonance frequency was observed, and the attenuation coefficient was increased relative to the measurement at room temperature. At physiological temperature, SCT and ICT were lower than the room temperature measurement. The ICT was observed to be higher than SCT at both temperatures. These results enhance our understanding of temperature-dependent properties of protein-shelled UCAs. These findings study may guide the rational design of protein-shelled microbubbles and help choose suitable acoustic parameters for applications in imaging and therapy.
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- Anuj Kaushik
- Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382355, India
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- Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382355, India
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- Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382355, India
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- Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382355, India
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- Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382355, India
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Effect of ultrasonic parameters on gene transfection efficiency and cell viability of the multifunctional microbubble in vitro. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2022.103882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Corro R, Urquijo CF, Aguila O, Villa E, Santana J, Rios A, Escalante B. Use of Nitric Oxide Donor-Loaded Microbubble Destruction by Ultrasound in Thrombus Treatment. Molecules 2022; 27:7218. [PMID: 36364039 PMCID: PMC9654162 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27217218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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In the presence of a vascular thrombus, the recovery of blood flow and vascular recanalization are very important to prevent tissue damage. An alternative procedure to thrombolysis is required for patients who are unable to receive surgery or thrombolytic drugs due to other physical conditions. Recently, the performance of thrombolysis combined with microbubbles has become an attractive and effective therapeutic procedure. Indeed, in a recent study, we demonstrated that, upon exposure to ultrasound, liposomes loaded with nitric oxide release agonists conjugated to microbubbles; therefore, there is potential to release the agonist in a controlled manner into specific tissues. This means that the effect of the agonist is potentiated, decreasing interactions with other tissues, and reducing the dose required to induce nitric-oxide-dependent vasodilation. In the present study, we hypothesized that a liposome microbubble delivery system can be used as a hydrophilic agonist carrier for the nitric oxide donor spermine NONOate, to elicit femoral vasodilation and clot degradation. Therefore, we used spermine-NONOate-loaded microbubbles to evaluate the effect of ultrasound-mediated microbubble disruption (UMMD) on thromboembolic femoral artery recanalization. We prepared spermine NONOate-loaded microbubbles and tested their effect on ex vivo preparations, hypothesizing that ultrasound-induced microbubble disruption is associated with the vasorelaxation of aortic rings. Thrombolysis was demonstrated in aorta blood-flow recovery after disruption by spermine NONOate-loaded microbubbles via ultrasound application in the region where the thrombus is located. Our study provides an option for the clinical translation of NO donors to therapeutic applications.
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- Cinvestav Monterrey, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apodaca 66600, Mexico
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Pham VT, Ciccaglione M, Ramirez DG, Benninger RKP. Ultrasound Imaging of Pancreatic Perfusion Dynamics Predicts Therapeutic Prevention of Diabetes in Preclinical Models of Type 1 Diabetes. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2022; 48:1336-1347. [PMID: 35473669 PMCID: PMC9149043 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In type 1 diabetes (T1D), immune-cell infiltration into islets of Langerhans (insulitis) and β-cell decline occur years before diabetes presents. There is a lack of validated clinical approaches for detecting insulitis and β-cell decline, to diagnose eventual diabetes and monitor the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. We previously determined that contrast-enhanced ultrasound measurements of pancreas perfusion dynamics predict disease progression in T1D pre-clinical models. Here, we test whether these measurements predict therapeutic prevention of T1D. We performed destruction-reperfusion measurements with size-isolated microbubbles in non-obese diabetic (NOD)-severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice receiving an adoptive transfer of diabetogenic splenocytes. Mice received vehicle control or the following treatments: (i) anti-CD3 to block T-cell activation; (ii) anti-CD4 to deplete CD4+ T cells; (iii) verapamil to reduce β-cell apoptosis; or (iv) tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) to reduce β-cell endoplasmic reticulum stress. We compared measurements of pancreas perfusion dynamics with subsequent progression to diabetes. Anti-CD3, anti-CD4, and verapamil delayed diabetes development. Blood flow dynamics was significantly altered in treated mice with delayed/absent diabetes development compared with untreated mice. Conversely, blood flow dynamics in treated mice with unchanged diabetes development was similar to that in untreated mice. Thus, measurement of pancreas perfusion dynamics predicts the successful prevention of diabetes. This strategy may provide a clinically deployable predictive marker for therapeutic prevention in asymptomatic T1D.
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- Vinh T Pham
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA; Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
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Contrast Ultrasound, Sonothrombolysis and Sonoperfusion in Cardiovascular Disease: Shifting to Theragnostic Clinical Trials. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2022; 15:345-360. [PMID: 34656483 PMCID: PMC8837667 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Contrast ultrasound has a variety of applications in cardiovascular medicine, both in diagnosing cardiovascular disease as well as providing prognostic information. Visualization of intravascular contrast microbubbles is based on acoustic cavitation, the characteristic oscillation that results in changes in the reflected ultrasound waves. At high power, this acoustic response generates sufficient shear that is capable of enhancing endothelium-dependent perfusion in atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease (sonoperfusion). The oscillation and collapse of microbubbles in response to ultrasound also induces microstreaming and jetting that can fragment thrombus (sonothrombolysis). Several preclinical studies have focused on identifying optimal diagnostic ultrasound settings and treatment regimens. Clinical trials have been performed in acute myocardial infarction, stroke, and peripheral arterial disease often with improved outcome. In the coming years, results of ongoing clinical trials along with innovation and improvements in sonothrombolysis and sonoperfusion will determine whether this theragnostic technique will become a valuable addition to reperfusion therapy.
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Zhou X, Liu H, Pang Y, Wang M, Liu S. UTMD-mediated delivery of miR-21-5p inhibitor suppresses the development of lung cancer. Tissue Cell 2022; 74:101719. [PMID: 34979378 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2021.101719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) is a new type of gene delivery technology. MiR-21-5p was highly expressed in a variety of cancers. In this paper, miR-21-5p inhibitor was transfected into lung cancer cells by UTMD to observe its role in lung cancer. METHODS StarBase was used to analyze the miR-21-5p expression in lung cancer patients and its relationship with the prognosis of the patients. MiR-21-5p expression in lung cancer tissues or cell lines was determined by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Effects of gradient concentration (0, 5, 10, 20, 30%) of SonoVue or gradient mechanical index (MI) (0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 W/cm2) on the cell viability were detected by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT). The targeting relationship between miR-21-5p and B-cell translocation gene 2 (BTG2) was predicted by TargetScan and confirmed by dual-luciferase reporter assay, while the expressions of the two genes were determined by qRT-PCR. Through liposome transfection or UTMD transfection, the effects of miR-21-5p/BTG2 on the biological behaviors of lung cancer cells, the size of xenograft tumors and the expressions of ki67 and miR-21-5p were measured by qRT-PCR, western blot, cell function experiments and immunohistochemistry, respectively. RESULTS MiR-21-5p expression was upregulated in lung cancer, which was associated with a poor prognosis. The optimal ultrasound conditions were 10% SonoVue concentration and 1 W/cm2. UTMD transfection exerted a stronger effect than liposome transfection. MiR-21-5p promoted cell viability, proliferation and migration yet suppressed apoptosis by targeting BTG2. MiR-21-5p inhibitor reduced the size and volume of xenograft tumor and the expressions of ki67 and miR-21-5p in xenograft tumor tissues. CONCLUSION UTMD-mediated miR-21-5p inhibitor can more effectively suppress the development of lung cancer.
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- Xiaoyu Zhou
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, 613 W. Huangpu Avenue, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, 510630, China; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, 287 Changhuai Road, Longzihu District, Bengbu City, Anhui Province, 233000, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, 287 Changhuai Road, Longzihu District, Bengbu City, Anhui Province, 233000, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, 287 Changhuai Road, Longzihu District, Bengbu City, Anhui Province, 233000, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, 287 Changhuai Road, Longzihu District, Bengbu City, Anhui Province, 233000, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, 613 W. Huangpu Avenue, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, 510630, China.
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Xie L, Wang J, Zhao S, Lai ML, Jiang T, Yan F. An acoustic field-based conformal transfection system for improving the gene delivery efficiency. Biomater Sci 2021; 9:4127-4138. [PMID: 33954320 DOI: 10.1039/d1bm00251a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ultrasound-activated microbubble destruction is a promising platform for gene delivery due to the low toxicity, non-invasiveness, and high specificity. However, the gene transfection efficiency is still low, especially for suspension cells. It is desirable to develop a universal gene delivery tool that overcomes the drawbacks existing in ultrasound-mediated methods. Here, we present a three-dimensional acoustic field-based conformal transfection (AFCT) system by designing a Sono-hole that can fit the three-dimensional acoustic field to maximally utilize the acoustic energy from bubble cavitation, thus greatly promoting the gene delivery efficiency. Surprisingly, compared with the traditional two-dimensional transfection system, the gene transfection efficiency of the AFCT system increased by more than 3 times, achieving nearly 30%. The parameters including acoustic pressure, duration, duty cycle, DNA concentrations, and bubble kinds were optimized to obtain higher gene transfection. In conclusion, our study provides an effective ultrasound-based gene delivery approach for gene transfection, especially for suspension-cultured cells.
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- Liting Xie
- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China. and CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510407, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen University school of medicine, Shenzhen, 518061, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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Franco-Urquijo CA, Navarro-Becerra JÁ, Ríos A, Escalante B. Release of vascular agonists from liposome-microbubble conjugate by ultrasound-mediated microbubble destruction: effect on vascular function. Drug Deliv Transl Res 2021; 12:1175-1186. [PMID: 33939122 DOI: 10.1007/s13346-021-00994-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The endothelium is a single cell layer of the vessel wall and a key regulator of blood flow in vascular beds. Local and systemic pathologies have been associated with alterations in endothelial function. However, targeting the endothelium with vasoconstrictor or vasodilator drugs is often accompanied by systemic effects. Here, we evaluated a liposome-microbubble delivery system as a vascular hydrophilic agonist carrier. Phenylephrine (Phe) or acetylcholine (Ach)-loaded liposomes were conjugated to microbubbles. The drug release was triggered by ultrasound (US), and the vascular response was assessed in rat aortic rings using an isolated organ chamber. Aortic rings incubated with Phe-liposome-microbubble conjugate, exposed to US showed a marked contractile response (0.79 ± 0.04 g) compared to empty liposomes conjugated to microbubbles, aortic rings exposed only to US, and Phe-liposome-microbubble conjugate without US exposure that elicited a minimal or no response. Expressed as %, contractile responses were 85.24 ± 4.31% and 12.62 ± 3.23% for Phe-Chol-liposome-microbubble conjugate and empty Chol-liposome-microbubble conjugate exposed to US, respectively. Addition of 1 × 10-5 M Ach to pre-contracted aortic rings decreased the contraction response from 1 to 0.21 g. The addition of Ach-liposome conjugate and exposure to US decreased the contraction response to 0.32 g. Additionally, the ED50 values for Phe and Ach released by US from liposome-microbubble conjugates were 3.6 × 10-8 M ± 2.8 × 10-9 M for Phe and 2.0 × 10-8 M ± 1.8 × 10-9 M. In conclusion, we evaluated a hybrid delivery system that consisted of loaded liposomes conjugated to microbubbles to deliver and release vascular agonists using UMMD.
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- Carlos A Franco-Urquijo
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad-Monterrey, Vía del Conocimiento 201, PIIT, NL, Apodaca, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad-Monterrey, Vía del Conocimiento 201, PIIT, NL, Apodaca, Mexico
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, 1111 Engineering Drive, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad-Monterrey, Vía del Conocimiento 201, PIIT, NL, Apodaca, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad-Monterrey, Vía del Conocimiento 201, PIIT, NL, Apodaca, Mexico
- Universidad de Monterrey, Av. Ignacio Morones Prieto 4500, San Pedro Garza García, NL, Mexico
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Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Children: Implementation and Key Diagnostic Applications. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2021; 217:1217-1231. [PMID: 33908269 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.21.25713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) utilization is expanding rapidly, particularly in children, in whom the modality offers important advantages of dynamic evaluation of the vasculature, portability, lack of ionizing radiation, and lack of need for sedation. Accumulating data establish an excellent safety profile of ultrasound contrast agents in children. Although only FDA-approved for IV use in children for characterizing focal liver lesions and for use during echocardiography, growing off-label applications are expanding the diagnostic potential of ultrasound. Focal liver lesion evaluation is the most common use of CEUS, and the American College of Radiology Pediatric LI-RADS Working Group recommends including CEUS for evaluation of a newly discovered focal liver lesion in many circumstances. Data also support the role of CEUS in hemodynamically stable children with blunt abdominal trauma, and CEUS is becoming a potential alternative to CT in this setting. Additional potential applications that require further study include evaluation of pathology in the lung, spleen, brain, pancreas, bowel, kidney, female pelvis, and scrotum. This review explores the implementation of CEUS in children, describing basic principles of ultrasound contrast agents and CEUS technique and summarizing current and potential IV diagnostic applications based on pediatric-specific supporting evidence.
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Telichko AV, Lee T, Hyun D, Chowdhury SM, Bachawal S, Herickhoff CD, Paulmurugan R, Dahl JJ. Passive Cavitation Mapping by Cavitation Source Localization From Aperture-Domain Signals-Part II: Phantom and In Vivo Experiments. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 2021; 68:1198-1212. [PMID: 33141666 PMCID: PMC8528486 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2020.3035709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Passive cavitation mapping (PCM) techniques typically utilize a time-exposure acoustic (TEA) approach, where the received radio frequency data are beamformed, squared, and integrated over time. Such PCM-TEA cavitation maps typically suffer from long-tail artifacts and poor axial resolution with pulse-echo diagnostic arrays. Here, we utilize a recently developed PCM technique based on cavitation source localization (CSL), which fits a hyperbolic function to the received cavitation wavefront. A filtering method based on the root-mean-square error (rmse) of the hyperbolic fit is utilized to filter out spurious signals. We apply a wavefront correction technique to the signals with poor fit quality to recover additional cavitation signals and improve cavitation localization. Validation of the PCM-CSL technique with rmse filtering and wavefront correction was conducted in experiments with a tissue-mimicking flow phantom and an in vivo mouse model of cancer. It is shown that the quality of the hyperbolic fit, necessary for the PCM-CSL, requires an rmse < 0.05 mm2 in order to accurately localize the cavitation sources. A detailed study of the wavefront correction technique was carried out, and it was shown that, when applied to experiments with high noise and interference from multiple cavitating microbubbles, it was capable of effectively correcting noisy wavefronts without introducing spurious cavitation sources, thereby improving the quality of the PCM-CSL images. In phantom experiments, the PCM-CSL was capable of precisely localizing sources on the therapy beam axis and off-axis sources. In vivo cavitation experiments showed that PMC-CSL showed a significant improvement over PCM-TEA and yielded acceptable localization of cavitation signals in mice.
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Alsadiq H, Tupally K, Vogel R, Kokil G, Parekh HS, Veidt M. Shell properties and concentration stability of acoustofluidic delivery agents. Phys Eng Sci Med 2021; 44:79-91. [PMID: 33398637 DOI: 10.1007/s13246-020-00954-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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This paper investigates the shell elastic properties and the number-concentration stability of a new acoustofluidic delivery agent liposome in comparison to Definity™, a monolayer ultrasonic contrast agent microbubble. The frequency dependent attenuation of an acoustic beam passing through a microbubble suspension was measured to estimate the shell parameters. The excitation voltage was adjusted to ensure constant acoustic pressure at all frequencies. The pressure was kept at the lowest possible magnitude to ensure that effects from nonlinear bubble behaviour which are not considered in the analytical model were minimal. The acoustofluidic delivery agent shell stiffness Sp and friction Sf parameters were determined as (Sp = 0.11 N/m, Sf = 0.31 × 10-6 Kg/s at 25 °C) in comparison to the Definity™ monolayer ultrasound contrast agent which were (Sp = 1.53 N/m, Sf = 1.51 × 10-6 Kg/s at 25 °C). When the temperature was raised to physiological levels, the friction coefficient Sf decreased by 28% for the monolayer microbubbles and by only 9% for the liposomes. The stiffness parameter Sp of the monolayer microbubble decreased by 23% while the stiffness parameter of the liposome increased by a similar margin (27%) when the temperature was raised to 37 °C. The size distribution of the bubbles was measured using Tunable Resistive Pulse Sensing (TRPS) for freshly prepared microbubbles and for bubble solutions at 6 h and 24 h after activation to investigate their number-concentration stability profile. The liposome maintained >80% of their number-concentration for 24 h at physiological temperature, while the monolayer microbubbles maintained only 27% of their number-concentration over the same period. These results are important input parameters for the design of effective acoustofluidic delivery systems using the new liposomes.
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- Hussain Alsadiq
- School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Gao Y, Wu M, Lin Y, Xu J. Trapping and control of bubbles in various microfluidic applications. LAB ON A CHIP 2020; 20:4512-4527. [PMID: 33232419 DOI: 10.1039/d0lc00906g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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As a simple, clean and effective tool, micro bubbles have enabled advances in various lab on a chip (LOC) applications recently. In bubble-based microfluidic applications, techniques for capturing and controlling the bubbles play an important role. Here we review active and passive techniques for bubble trapping and control in microfluidic applications. The active techniques are categorized based on various types of external forces from optical, electric, acoustic, mechanical and thermal fields. The passive approaches depend on surface tension, focusing on optimization of microgeometry and modification of surface properties. We discuss control techniques of size, location and stability of microbubbles and show how these bubbles are employed in various applications. To finalize, by highlighting the advantages of these approaches along with the current challenges, we discuss the future prospects of bubble trapping and control in microfluidic applications.
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- Yuan Gao
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
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Sun W, Zhao P, Zhou Y, Xing C, Zhao L, Li Z, Yuan L. Ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction assisted exosomal delivery of miR-21 protects the heart from chemotherapy associated cardiotoxicity. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 532:60-67. [PMID: 32828538 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Chemotherapy related cardiotoxicity is now becoming one of the biggest hurdles for the prognosis of cancer patients. Therapeutically delivering protective small RNAs holds promise for the cardiotoxicity prevention and therapy. However, heart is intrinsically refractory to the nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery. In this study, we found that the exosome-mediated miRNA delivery into the heart could be significantly augmented with the aid of ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD). Moreover, we found that UTMD assisted exosomal miR-21 delivery into the heart significantly decreased the cell death, and restored the cardiac function in a doxorubicin induced cardiotoxicity mouse model. Our study here not only provides a promising strategy to protect the heart from the chemotherapy related cardiotoxicity, but also sheds light on gene therapy of other heart diseases.
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- Wenqi Sun
- Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China; The State Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
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Osborn J, Pullan JE, Froberg J, Shreffler J, Gange KN, Molden T, Choi Y, Brooks A, Mallik S, Sarkar K. Echogenic Exosomes as ultrasound contrast agents. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2020; 2:3411-3422. [PMID: 36034734 PMCID: PMC9410358 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00339e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Exosomes are naturally secreted extracellular bilayer vesicles (diameter 40-130 nm), which have recently been found to play a critical role in cell-to-cell communication and biomolecule delivery. Their unique characteristics-stability, permeability, biocompatibility and low immunogenicity-have made them a prime candidate for use in delivering cancer therapeutics and other natural products. Here we present the first ever report of echogenic exosomes, which combine the benefits of the acoustic responsiveness of traditional microbubbles with the non-immunogenic and small-size morphology of exosomes. Microbubbles, although effective as ultrasound contrast agents, are restricted to intravascular usage due to their large size. In the current study, we have rendered bovine milk-derived exosomes echogenic by freeze drying them in the presence of mannitol. Ultrasound imaging and direct measurement of linear and nonlinear scattered responses were used to investigate the echogenicity and stability of the prepared exosomes. A commercial scanner registered enhancement (28.9% at 40 MHz) in the brightness of ultrasound images in presence of echogenic exosomes at 5 mg/mL. The exosomes also showed significant linear and nonlinear scattered responses-11 dB enhancement in fundamental, 8.5 dB in subharmonic and 3.5 dB in second harmonic all at 40 μg/mL concentration. Echogenic exosomes injected into the tail vein of mice and the synovial fluid of rats resulted in significantly higher brightness-as much as 300%-of the ultrasound images, showing their promise in a variety of in vivo applications. The echogenic exosomes, with their large-scale extractability from bovine milk, lack of toxicity and minimal immunogenic response, successfully served as ultrasound contrast agents in this study and offer an exciting possibility to act as an effective ultrasound responsive drug delivery system.
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- Jenna Osborn
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, George Washington UniversityWashington DC 20052USA
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State UniversityFargoND 58105USA
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- Physics, North Dakota State UniversityFargoND 58105USA
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State UniversityFargoND 58105USA
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- Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Science, North Dakota State UniversityFargoND 58105USA
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- Animal Science, North Dakota State UniversityFargoND 58105USA
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- Physics, North Dakota State UniversityFargoND 58105USA
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State UniversityFargoND 58105USA
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State UniversityFargoND 58105USA
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- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, George Washington UniversityWashington DC 20052USA
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Yi L, Chen Y, Jin Q, Deng C, Wu Y, Li H, Liu T, Li Y, Yang Y, Wang J, Lv Q, Zhang L, Xie M. Antagomir-155 Attenuates Acute Cardiac Rejection Using Ultrasound Targeted Microbubbles Destruction. Adv Healthc Mater 2020; 9:e2000189. [PMID: 32548962 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202000189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Antagomir-155 is an artificial inhibitor of miRNA-155, which is expected to be a promising therapeutic target to attenuate acute cardiac rejection (ACR). However, its vulnerability of being degraded by endogenous nuclease and potential off-target effect make the authors seek for a more suitable way to delivery it. In attribution of efficiency and safety, ultrasound targeted microbubbles destruction (UTMD) turns out to be an appropriate method to deliver gene to target tissues. Here, cationic microbubbles to deliver antagomir-155 downregulating miRNA-155 in murine allograft hearts triggered by UTMD are synthesized. The viability of this therapy is verified by fluorescent microscopy. The biodistribution of antagomir-155 is analyzed by optical imaging system. The results show antagomir-155 delivered by UTMD which significantly decreases the levels of miR-155. Also, this therapy downregulates the expression of cytokines and inflammation infiltration. And allograft survival time is significantly prolonged. Therefore, antagomir-loaded microbubbles trigged by UTMD may provide a novel platform for ACR target treatment.
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- Luyang Yi
- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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- Department of UltrasoundUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue Wuhan 430022 China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging 13 Hangkong Road Wuhan 430030 China
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Shamloo A, Ebrahimi S, Amani A, Fallah F. Targeted Drug Delivery of Microbubble to Arrest Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Development: A Simulation Study Towards Optimized Microbubble Design. Sci Rep 2020; 10:5393. [PMID: 32214205 PMCID: PMC7096410 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62410-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an irreversible bulge in the artery with higher prevalence among the elderlies. Increase of the aneurysm diameter by time is a fatal phenomenon which will lead to its sidewall rupture. Invasive surgical treatments are vital in preventing from AAA development. These approaches however have considerable side effects. Targeted drug delivery using microbubbles (MBs) has been recently employed to suppress the AAA growth. The present study is aimed to investigate the surface adhesion of different types of drug-containing MBs to the inner wall of AAA through ligand-receptor binding, using fluid-structure interaction (FSI) simulation by using a patient CT-scan images of the vascular system. The effect of blood flow through AAA on MBs delivery to the intended surface was also addressed. For this purpose, the adherence of four types of MBs with three different diameters to the inner surface wall of AAA was studied in a patient with 40-mm diameter aneurysm. The effects of the blood mechanical properties on the hematocrit (Hct) percentage of patients suffering from anemia and diabetes were studied. Moreover, the impact of variations in the artery inlet velocity on blood flow was addressed. Simulation results demonstrated the dependency of the surface density of MBs (SDM) adhered on the AAA lumen to the size and the type of MBs. It was observed that the amount of SDM due to adhesion on the AAA lumen for one of the commercially-approved MBs (Optison) with a diameter of 4.5 μm was higher than the other MBs. Furthermore, we have shown that the targeted drug delivery to the AAA lumen is more favorable in healthy individuals (45% Hct) compared to the patients with diabetes and anemia. Also, it was found that the targeted drug delivery method using MBs on the patients having AAA with complicated aneurysm shape and negative inlet blood flow velocity can be severely affected.
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- Amir Shamloo
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Tabata H, Koyama D, Matsukawa M, Yoshida K, Krafft MP. Vibration Characteristics and Persistence of Poloxamer- or Phospholipid-Coated Single Microbubbles under Ultrasound Irradiation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:11322-11329. [PMID: 31419140 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Microbubbles shelled with soft materials are expected to find applications as ultrasound-sensitive drug delivery systems, including through sonoporation. Microbubbles with specific vibrational characteristics and long intravascular persistence are required for clinical uses. To achieve this aim, the kinetics of the microbubble shell components at the gas/liquid interface while being subjected to ultrasound need to be better understood. This paper investigates the vibration characteristics and lifetime of single microbubbles coated with a poloxamer surfactant, Pluronic F-68, and 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) under ultrasound irradiation. Air- and perfluorohexane (PFH)-filled microbubbles coated with Pluronic F-68 and DMPC at several concentrations (0 to 10-2 mol L-1) were produced. An optical measurement system using a laser Doppler vibrometer and microscope was used to observe the radial vibration mode of single microbubbles. The vibrational displacement amplitude and resonance radius of Pluronic- or DMPC-coated microbubbles were found to depend very little on the concentrations. The resonance radius was around 65 μm at 38.8 kHz under all the experimental conditions investigated. The lifetime of the microbubbles was investigated simultaneously by measuring their temporal change in volume, and it was increased with Pluronic concentration. Remarkably, the oscillation amplitude of the bubble has an effect on the bubble lifetime. In other words, larger oscillation under the resonance condition accelerates the diffusion of the inner gas.
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- Hiraku Tabata
- Faculty of Science and Engineering , Doshisha University , 1-3 Tataramiyakodani , Kyotanabe , Kyoto 610-0321 , Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering , Doshisha University , 1-3 Tataramiyakodani , Kyotanabe , Kyoto 610-0321 , Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering , Doshisha University , 1-3 Tataramiyakodani , Kyotanabe , Kyoto 610-0321 , Japan
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- Center for Frontier Medical Engineering , Chiba University , 1-33 Yayoicho , Inage-ku , Chiba 263-8522 , Japan
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- Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS) , University of Strasbourg , 23 rue du Loess , 67034 Strasbourg , France
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Tayier B, Deng Z, Wang Y, Wang W, Mu Y, Yan F. Biosynthetic nanobubbles for targeted gene delivery by focused ultrasound. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:14757-14768. [PMID: 31348476 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr03402a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) has recently drawn considerable attention in biomedicine applications due to its great potential to locally enhance gene delivery. However, conventional microbubbles have a microscale particle size and polydisperse particle size distribution, which makes it difficult for them to directly come into contact with tumor cells and to efficiently deliver therapeutic genes via ultrasound cavitation effects. In the current study, we developed a kind of novel cationic biosynthetic nanobubble (CBNB) as an ultrasonic gene delivery carrier through coating PEI on the surface of these biosynthetic nanobubbles (BNBs). The BNBs, produced from an extremely halophilic archaeon (Halobacterium NRC-1), possess a nanoscale size and can produce stable contrast signals both in vitro and in vivo. Surface modification with PEI polymer greatly increased the DNA loading capability of BNBs, leading to significantly improved gene transfection efficiency when combining with ultrasound. To our knowledge, this is the first report to apply biosynthetic bubbles as non-viral gene carriers which can effectively deliver genes into tumor cells with the aid of ultrasound cavitation. Our study provides a powerful tool for image-guided and efficient gene delivery using biosynthetic nanoscale contrast agents.
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- Baihetiya Tayier
- Department of Echocardiography, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830011, China.
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Chen Z, Pulsipher KW, Chattaraj R, Hammer DA, Sehgal CM, Lee D. Engineering the Echogenic Properties of Microfluidic Microbubbles Using Mixtures of Recombinant Protein and Amphiphilic Copolymers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:10079-10086. [PMID: 30768278 PMCID: PMC6698903 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Microbubbles are used as ultrasound contrast agents in medical diagnosis and also have shown great promise in ultrasound-mediated therapy. However, short lifetime and broad size distribution of microbubbles limit their applications in therapy and imaging. Moreover, it is challenging to tailor the echogenic response of microbubbles to make them suitable for specific applications. To overcome these challenges, we use microfluidic flow-focusing to prepare monodisperse microbubbles with a mixture of a recombinant amphiphilic protein, oleosin, and a synthetic amphiphilic copolymer, Pluronic. We show that these microbubbles have superior uniformity and stability under ultrasonic stimulation compared to commercial agents. We also demonstrate that by using different Pluronics, the echogenic response of the microbubbles can be tailored. Our work shows the versatility of using the combination of microfluidics and protein/copolymer mixtures as a method of engineering microbubbles. This tunability could potentially be important and powerful in producing microbubble agents for theranostic applications.
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- Zhuo Chen
- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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Shentu WH, Yan CX, Liu CM, Qi RX, Wang Y, Huang ZX, Zhou LM, You XD. Use of cationic microbubbles targeted to P-selectin to improve ultrasound-mediated gene transfection of hVEGF 165 to the ischemic myocardium. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2019; 19:699-707. [PMID: 30178636 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b1700298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Gene therapies have been applied to the treatment of cardiovascular disease, but their use is limited by the need to deliver them to the right target. We have employed targeted contrast ultrasound-mediated gene transfection (TCUMGT) via ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) to transfer therapeutic genes to specific anatomic and pathological targets. Phospholipid microbubbles (MBs) with pcDNA3.1-human vascular endothelial growth factor 165 (pcDNA3.1-hVEGF165) plasmids targeted to P-selectin (MB+P+VEGFp) were created by conjugating monoclonal antibodies against P-selectin to the lipid shell. These microbubbles were divided into four groups: microbubble only (MB), microbubble+P-selectin (MB+P), microbubble+pcDNA3.1-hVEGF165 plasmid (MB+VEGFp), and microbubble+ P-selectin+pcDNA3.1-hVEGF165 plasmid (MB+P+VEGFp). The reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) results showed that the VEGF gene was successfully transfected by TCUMGT and the efficiency is increased with P-selectin targeting moiety. UTMD-mediated delivery of VEGF increased myocardial vascular density and improved cardiac function, and MB+P+VEGFp delivery showed greater improvement than MB+VEGFp. This study drew support from TCUGMT technology and took advantage of targeted ultrasound contrast agent to identify ischemic myocardium, release pcDNA3.1-hVEGF165 recombinant plasmid, and improve the myocardial microenvironment, so promoting the restoration of myocardial function.
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- Wei-Hui Shentu
- Department of Ultrasonography, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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Despite an overall improvement in survival rates for cancer, certain resistant forms of the disease still impose a significant burden on patients and healthcare systems. Standard chemotherapy in these cases is often ineffective and/or gives rise to severe side effects. Targeted delivery of chemotherapeutics could improve both tumour response and patient experience. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop effective methods for this. Ultrasound is an established technique in both diagnosis and therapy. Its use in conjunction with microbubbles is being actively researched for the targeted delivery of small-molecule drugs. In this review, we cover the methods by which ultrasound and microbubbles can be used to overcome tumour barriers to cancer therapy.
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Wu M, Zhao H, Guo L, Wang Y, Song J, Zhao X, Li C, Hao L, Wang D, Tang J. Ultrasound-mediated nanobubble destruction (UMND) facilitates the delivery of A10-3.2 aptamer targeted and siRNA-loaded cationic nanobubbles for therapy of prostate cancer. Drug Deliv 2018; 25:226-240. [PMID: 29313393 PMCID: PMC6058493 DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2017.1422300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The Forkhead box M1 (FoxM1) transcription factor is an important anti-tumor target. A novel targeted ultrasound (US)-sensitive nanobubble that is likely to make use of the physical energy of US exposure for the improvement of delivery efficacy to target tumors and specifically silence FoxM1 expression appears as among the most potential nanocarriers in respect of drug delivery. In this study, we synthesized a promising anti-tumor targeted FoxM1 siRNA-loaded cationic nanobubbles (CNBs) conjugated with an A10-3.2 aptamer (siFoxM1-Apt-CNBs), which demonstrate high specificity when binding to prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positive LNCaP cells. Uniform nanoscaled siFoxM1-Apt-CNBs were developed using a thin-film hydration sonication, carbodiimide chemistry approaches, and electrostatic adsorption methods. Fluorescence imaging as well as flow cytometry evidenced the fact that the siFoxM1-Apt-CNBs were productively developed and that they specifically bound to PSMA-positive LNCaP cells. siFoxM1-Apt-CNBs combined with ultrasound-mediated nanobubble destruction (UMND) significantly improved transfection efficiency, cell apoptosis, and cell cycle arrest in vitro while reducing FoxM1 expression. In vivo xenografts tumors in nude-mouse model results showed that siFoxM1-Apt-CNBs combined with UMND led to significant inhibition of tumor growth and prolonged the survival of the mice, with low toxicity, an obvious reduction in FoxM1 expression, and a higher apoptosis index. Our study suggests that siFoxM1-Apt-CNBs combined with UMND might be a promising targeted gene delivery strategy for therapy of prostate cancer.
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- Meng Wu
- a Department of Ultrasound , Chinese PLA General Hospital , Beijing , China.,b School of Medicine , Nankai University , Tianjin , China
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- c Department of Gastroenterology , The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University & Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging , Chongqing , China
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- a Department of Ultrasound , Chinese PLA General Hospital , Beijing , China
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- a Department of Ultrasound , Chinese PLA General Hospital , Beijing , China
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- d Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- e Ultrasound Department , Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University , Xi'an , China
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- f State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine Co-Founded by Chongqing and the Ministry of Science and Technology , Chongqing Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- g Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging , The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- h Department of Ultrasound , The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- a Department of Ultrasound , Chinese PLA General Hospital , Beijing , China
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound measurement of pancreatic blood flow dynamics predicts type 1 diabetes progression in preclinical models. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1742. [PMID: 29717116 PMCID: PMC5931596 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03953-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In type 1 diabetes (T1D), immune-cell infiltration into the islets of Langerhans (insulitis) and β-cell decline occurs many years before diabetes clinically presents. Non-invasively detecting insulitis and β-cell decline would allow the diagnosis of eventual diabetes, and provide a means to monitor therapeutic intervention. However, there is a lack of validated clinical approaches for specifically and non-invasively imaging disease progression leading to T1D. Islets have a denser microvasculature that reorganizes during diabetes. Here we apply contrast-enhanced ultrasound measurements of pancreatic blood-flow dynamics to non-invasively and predictively assess disease progression in T1D pre-clinical models. STZ-treated mice, NOD mice, and adoptive-transfer mice demonstrate altered islet blood-flow dynamics prior to diabetes onset, consistent with islet microvasculature reorganization. These assessments predict both time to diabetes onset and future responders to antiCD4-mediated disease prevention. Thus contrast-enhanced ultrasound measurements of pancreas blood-flow dynamics may provide a clinically deployable predictive marker for disease progression in pre-symptomatic T1D and therapeutic reversal.
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Shekhar H, Smith NJ, Raymond JL, Holland CK. Effect of Temperature on the Size Distribution, Shell Properties, and Stability of Definity ®. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2018; 44:434-446. [PMID: 29174045 PMCID: PMC5759968 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Physical characterization of an ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) aids in its safe and effective use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of temperature on the size distribution, shell properties, and stability of Definity®, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved UCA used for left ventricular opacification. A Coulter counter was modified to enable particle size measurements at physiologic temperatures. The broadband acoustic attenuation spectrum and size distribution of Definity® were measured at room temperature (25 °C) and physiologic temperature (37 °C) and were used to estimate the viscoelastic shell properties of the agent at both temperatures. Attenuation and size distribution was measured over time to assess the effect of temperature on the temporal stability of Definity®. The attenuation coefficient of Definity® at 37 °C was as much as 5 dB higher than the attenuation coefficient measured at 25 °C. However, the size distributions of Definity® at 25 °C and 37 °C were similar. The estimated shell stiffness and viscosity decreased from 1.76 ± 0.18 N/m and 0.21 × 10-6 ± 0.07 × 10-6 kg/s at 25 °C to 1.01 ± 0.07 N/m and 0.04 × 10-6 ± 0.04 × 10-6 kg/s at 37 °C, respectively. Size-dependent differences in dissolution rates were observed within the UCA population at both 25 °C and 37 °C. Additionally, cooling the diluted UCA suspension from 37 °C to 25 °C accelerated the dissolution rate. These results indicate that although temperature affects the shell properties of Definity® and can influence the stability of Definity®, the size distribution of this agent is not affected by a temperature increase from 25 °C to 37 °C.
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- Himanshu Shekhar
- Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Qian L, Thapa B, Hong J, Zhang Y, Zhu M, Chu M, Yao J, Xu D. The present and future role of ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction in preclinical studies of cardiac gene therapy. J Thorac Dis 2018; 10:1099-1111. [PMID: 29607187 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Multiple limitations for cardiac pharmacologic therapies like intolerance, individual variation in effectiveness, side effects, and high cost still remain, despite the recent progress in diagnosis and health support. Gene therapy is poised to be an attractive alternative in various ways for the future, refractory cardiac diseases being one aspect of it. As a novel therapy to deliver the objective gene to organs of living animals, ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) has therapeutic potential in cardiovascular disorders. UTMD, which binds microbubbles with DNA or RNA carriers into the shell and destroys the located microbubbles with low frequency and high mechanical index ultrasound can release target agents to specific organs. UTMD has the ability to transfect markedly through sonoporation, cavitation and other effects by way of intravenous injection that is minimally invasive and highly specific for gene deliverance. Here, we have summarized the present role of UTMD in pre-clinical studies of cardiac gene therapy which covers myocardial infarction, regeneration, ischaemia/reperfusion injury, hypertension, diabetic cardiomyopathy, adriamycin cardiomyopathy and some discussion for further studies.
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- Lijun Qian
- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Qin P, Han T, Yu ACH, Xu L. Mechanistic understanding the bioeffects of ultrasound-driven microbubbles to enhance macromolecule delivery. J Control Release 2018; 272:169-181. [PMID: 29305924 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ultrasound-driven microbubbles can trigger reversible membrane perforation (sonoporation), open interendothelial junctions and stimulate endocytosis, thereby providing a temporary and reversible time-window for the delivery of macromolecules across biological membranes and endothelial barriers. This time-window is related not only to cavitation events, but also to biological regulatory mechanisms. Mechanistic understanding of the interaction between cavitation events and cells and tissues, as well as the subsequent cellular and molecular responses will lead to new design strategies with improved efficacy and minimized side effects. Recent important progress on the spatiotemporal characteristics of sonoporation, cavitation-induced interendothelial gap and endocytosis, and the spatiotemporal bioeffects and the preliminary biological mechanisms in cavitation-enhanced permeability, has been made. On the basis of the summary of this research progress, this Review outlines the underlying bioeffects and the related biological regulatory mechanisms involved in cavitation-enhanced permeability; provides a critical commentary on the future tasks and directions in this field, including developing a standardized methodology to reveal mechanism-based bioeffects in depth, and designing biology-based treatment strategies to improve efficacy and safety. Such mechanistic understanding the bioeffects that contribute to cavitation-enhanced delivery will accelerate the translation of this approach to the clinic.
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- Peng Qin
- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Guo X, Cai C, Xu G, Yang Y, Tu J, Huang P, Zhang D. Interaction between cavitation microbubble and cell: A simulation of sonoporation using boundary element method (BEM). ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2017; 39:863-871. [PMID: 28733016 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Revised: 06/17/2017] [Accepted: 06/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Sonoporation has been widely accepted as a significant tool for gene delivery as well as some bio-effects like hemolysis, bringing in high demands of looking into its underlying mechanism. A two-dimensional (2D) boundary element method (BEM) model was developed to investigate microbubble-cell interaction, especially the morphological and mechanical characteristics around the close-to-bubble point (CP) on cell membrane. Based on time evolution analysis of sonoporation, detailed information was extracted from the model for analysis, including volume expansion ratio of the bubble, areal expansion ratio of the cell, jet velocity and CP displacement. Parametric studies were carried out, revealing the influence of different ultrasound parameters (i.e., driving frequency and acoustic pressure) and geometrical configurations (i.e., bubble-cell distance and initial bubble radius). This model could become a powerful tool not only for understanding bubble-cell interactions, but also for optimizing the strategy of sonoporation, such that it could be safer and of higher efficiency for biological and medical studies especially in clinics.
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- Xiasheng Guo
- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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- Department of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China; The State Key Laboratory of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 10080, China.
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Yan WC, Chua QW, Ong XJ, Sharma VK, Tong YW, Wang CH. Fabrication of ultrasound-responsive microbubbles via coaxial electrohydrodynamic atomization for triggered release of tPA. J Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 501:282-293. [PMID: 28460221 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.04.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2017] [Revised: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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A single-step fabrication method, coaxial electrohydrodynamic atomization (CEHDA), was developed to synthesize drug-loaded microbubbles (MBs) for combination treatment of ischemic stroke. The bioactivity of therapeutic agent (tPA, tissue plasminogen activator) after preparation was evaluated, showing that CEHDA could be very promising method for producing MBs with therapeutic functions. The bubble performance and tPA release profiles were also examined by exposing the bubbles to 2MHz ultrasound of various intensities. The results showed that the mean diameter of tPA-loaded MBs was found to fluctuate about its original diameter when exposed to ultrasound and higher intensity ultrasound was more effective in triggering the burst of CEHDA MBs. High ultrasound-triggered bubble disintegration effectiveness in a short period (first 5min) fits well with the requirement of short ultrasound exposure time for human brain. Moreover, a numerical model was also applied to investigate the stability of the fabricated MBs in the bloodstream. It was found that MB dissolution time increased with initial radius, decreased with initial surface tension and increased with initial shell resistance but it was barely affected by the average excessive bloodstream pressure.
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- Wei-Cheng Yan
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Tower Block Level 10, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore.
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Noncoding RNAs in the development, diagnosis, and prognosis of colorectal cancer. Transl Res 2017; 181:108-120. [PMID: 27810413 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2016.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2016] [Revised: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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More than 90% of the human genome is actively transcribed, but less than 2% of the total genome encodes protein-coding RNA, and thus, noncoding RNA (ncRNA) is a major component of the human transcriptome. Recently, ncRNA was demonstrated to play important roles in multiple biological processes by directly or indirectly interfering with gene expression, and the dysregulation of ncRNA is associated with a variety of diseases, including cancer. In this review, we summarize the function and mechanism of miRNA, long intergenic ncRNA, and some other types of ncRNAs, such as small nucleolar RNA, circular ncRNA, pseudogene RNA, and even protein-coding mRNA, in the progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). We also presented their clinical application in the diagnosis and prognosis of CRC. The summary of the current state of ncRNA in CRC will contribute to our understanding of the complex processes of CRC initiation and development and will help in the discovery of novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets for CRC diagnosis and treatment.
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Chen W, Yang Y, Shangguan D, Wu Y, Liu Z. Multifunctional hard-shelled microbubbles for differentiating imaging, cavitation and drug release by ultrasound. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra03395h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Polymeric microbubbles bearing a hard shell exhibit prominent stability and tunable acoustical properties that serve the purposes of biomedical imaging and ultrasound (US)-triggered cavitations.
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- Waner Chen
- Department of Ultrasonic Diagnosis
- The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital
- Wenzhou Medical University
- Wenzhou 325027
- China
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- Department of Ultrasonic Diagnosis
- The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital
- Wenzhou Medical University
- Wenzhou 325027
- China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems
- CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Tianjin First Center Hospital
- Tianjin 300192
- China
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- Department of Ultrasonic Diagnosis
- The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital
- Wenzhou Medical University
- Wenzhou 325027
- China
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Heun Y, Hildebrand S, Heidsieck A, Gleich B, Anton M, Pircher J, Ribeiro A, Mykhaylyk O, Eberbeck D, Wenzel D, Pfeifer A, Woernle M, Krötz F, Pohl U, Mannell H. Targeting of Magnetic Nanoparticle-coated Microbubbles to the Vascular Wall Empowers Site-specific Lentiviral Gene Delivery in vivo. Theranostics 2017; 7:295-307. [PMID: 28042335 PMCID: PMC5197065 DOI: 10.7150/thno.16192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In the field of vascular gene therapy, targeting systems are promising advancements to improve site-specificity of gene delivery. Here, we studied whether incorporation of magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) with different magnetic properties into ultrasound sensitive microbubbles may represent an efficient way to enable gene targeting in the vascular system after systemic application. Thus, we associated novel silicon oxide-coated magnetic nanoparticle containing microbubbles (SO-Mag MMB) with lentiviral particles carrying therapeutic genes and determined their physico-chemical as well as biological properties compared to MMB coated with polyethylenimine-coated magnetic nanoparticles (PEI-Mag MMB). While there were no differences between both MMB types concerning size and lentivirus binding, SO-Mag MMB exhibited superior characteristics regarding magnetic moment, magnetizability as well as transduction efficiency under static and flow conditions in vitro. Focal disruption of lentiviral SO-Mag MMB by ultrasound within isolated vessels exposed to an external magnetic field decisively improved localized VEGF expression in aortic endothelium ex vivo and enhanced the angiogenic response. Using the same system in vivo, we achieved a highly effective, site-specific lentiviral transgene expression in microvessels of the mouse dorsal skin after arterial injection. Thus, we established a novel lentiviral MMB technique, which has great potential towards site-directed vascular gene therapy.
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Zhang L, Sun Z, Ren P, You M, Zhang J, Fang L, Wang J, Chen Y, Yan F, Zheng H, Xie M. Localized Delivery of shRNA against PHD2 Protects the Heart from Acute Myocardial Infarction through Ultrasound-Targeted Cationic Microbubble Destruction. Theranostics 2017; 7:51-66. [PMID: 28042316 PMCID: PMC5196885 DOI: 10.7150/thno.16074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) plays a critical protective role in ischemic heart disease. Under normoxic conditions, HIF-1α was degraded by oxygen-dependent prolyl hydroxylase-2 (PHD2). Gene therapy has become a promising strategy to inhibit the degradation of HIF-1α and to improve cardiac function after ischemic injury. However, conventional gene delivery systems are difficult to achieve a targeted and localized gene delivery into the ischemic myocardia. Here, we report the localized myocardial delivery of shRNA against PHD2 through ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) for protection the heart from acute myocardial infarction. In this study, a novel cationic microbubble was fabricated by using of the thin-film hydration and sonication method. The resulting microbubbles had a 28.2 ± 2.21 mV surface zeta potential and could greatly improve DNA binding performance, achieving 17.81 ± 1.46 μg of DNA loading capacity per 5 × 108 microbubbles. Combined with these cationic microbubbles, UTMD-mediated gene delivery was evaluated and the gene transfection efficiency was optimized in the H9C2 cardiac cells. Knockdown of PHD2 gene was successfully realized by UTMD-mediated shPHD2 transfection, resulting in HIF-1α-dependent protective effects on H9C2 cells through increasing the expression of HIF-1α, VEGF and bFGF. We further employed UTMD-mediated shPHD2 transfection into the localized ischemic myocardia in a rat ischemia model, demonstrating significantly reduced infarct size and greatly improved the heart function. The silencing of PHD2 and the up-regulation of its downstream genes in the treated myocardia were confirmed. Histological analysis further revealed numbers of HIF-1α- and VEGF-, and CD31-positive cells/mm2 in the shPHD2-treated group were significantly greater than those in the sham or control vector groups (P < 0.05). In conclusion, our study provides a promising strategy to realize ultrasound-mediated localized myocardial shRNA delivery to protect the heart from acute myocardial infarction via cationic microbubbles.
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Ando Y, Tabata H, Sanchez M, Cagna A, Koyama D, Krafft MP. Microbubbles with a Self-Assembled Poloxamer Shell and a Fluorocarbon Inner Gas. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:12461-12467. [PMID: 27409141 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The numerous applications of microbubbles in food science and medicine call for a better understanding and control of the effects of the properties of their shells on their stability and ability to resonate at chosen frequencies when submitted to an ultrasound field. We have investigated both millimetric and micrometric bubbles stabilized by an amphiphilic block copolymer, Poloxamer 188 (e.g., Pluronic F-68). Although Pluronic F-68 is routinely being used as a dispersing and foaming agent to facilitate phospholipid-based microbubble preparation, it has never been studied as a shell component per se. First, we investigated the adsorption kinetics of Pluronic F-68 at the interface between water and air, or air saturated with vapors of perfluorohexane (F-hexane), using bubble profile tensiometry analysis. F-Hexane was found to strongly accelerate the adsorption of Pluronic F-68 (at low concentrations) and decrease the interfacial tension values at equilibrium (at all concentrations). We also found that relatively stable microbubbles could unexpectedly be prepared from Pluronic F-68 in the absence of any other surfactant, but only when F-hexane was present. These bubbles showed an only limited volume increase over ∼3 h, while a 10-fold increase in size occurred within 200 s in the absence of a fluorocarbon. Remarkably, their deflation rate decreased when the Pluronic F-68 concentration decreased, suggesting that bubbles with semidilute copolymer coverage are more stable than those more densely covered by copolymer brushes. Single-bubble experiments using laser Doppler vibratometry showed that, by contrast with other surfactant-coated microbubbles, the resonance radius of the Pluronic F-68-coated microbubbles was lower than that of naked microbubbles, meaning that they are less elastic. It was also found that the bubble's vibrational displacement amplitude decreased substantially when the microbubbles were covered with Pluronic F-68, an effect that was further amplified by F-hexane.
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- Yu Ando
- Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University , Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
- Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS), University of Strasbourg , 23 rue du Loess, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University , Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
- Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS), University of Strasbourg , 23 rue du Loess, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- TECLIS Instruments , Tassin, 69160 Lyon Métropole, France
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- Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University , Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS), University of Strasbourg , 23 rue du Loess, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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Huang H, Li X, Zheng S, Chen Y, Chen C, Wang J, Tong H, Zhou L, Yang J, Zeng C. Downregulation of Renal G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase Type 4 Expression via Ultrasound-Targeted Microbubble Destruction Lowers Blood Pressure in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. J Am Heart Assoc 2016; 5:e004028. [PMID: 27792639 PMCID: PMC5121504 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.004028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND G protein-coupled receptor kinase type 4 (GRK4) plays a vital role in the long-term control of blood pressure (BP) and sodium excretion by regulating renal G protein-coupled receptor phosphorylation, including dopamine type 1 receptor (D1R). Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) is a promising method for gene delivery. Whether this method can deliver GRK4 small interfering RNA (siRNA) and lower BP is not known. METHODS AND RESULTS BP, 24-hour sodium excretion, and urine volume were measured after UTMD-targeted GRK4 siRNA delivery to the kidney in spontaneously hypertensive rats. The expression levels of GRK4 and D1R were determined by immunoblotting. The phosphorylation of D1R was investigated using immunoprecipitation. The present study revealed that UTMD-mediated renal GRK4 siRNA delivery efficiently reduced GRK4 expression and lowered BP in spontaneously hypertensive rats, accompanied by increased sodium excretion. The increased sodium excretion might be accounted for by the UTMD regulation of D1R phosphorylation and function in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Further analysis showed that, although UTMD had no effect on D1R expression, it reduced D1R phosphorylation in spontaneously hypertensive rats kidneys and consequently increased D1R-mediated natriuresis and diuresis. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these study results indicate that UTMD-targeted GRK4 siRNA delivery to the kidney effectively reduces D1R phosphorylation by inhibiting renal GRK4 expression, improving D1R-mediated natriuresis and diuresis, and lowering BP, which may provide a promising novel strategy for gene therapy for hypertension.
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- Hefei Huang
- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China Chongqing Institute of Cardiology & Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China Chongqing Institute of Cardiology & Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing, China Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou Medical College, Shantou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China Chongqing Institute of Cardiology & Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China Chongqing Institute of Cardiology & Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China Chongqing Institute of Cardiology & Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China Chongqing Institute of Cardiology & Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China Chongqing Institute of Cardiology & Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China Chongqing Institute of Cardiology & Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing, China
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Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction in gene therapy: A new tool to cure human diseases. Genes Dis 2016; 4:64-74. [PMID: 30258909 PMCID: PMC6136600 DOI: 10.1016/j.gendis.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Human gene therapy has made significant advances in less than two decades. Within this short period of time, gene therapy has proceeded from the conceptual stage to technology development and laboratory research, and finally to clinical trials for the treatment of a variety of deadly diseases. Cardiovascular disease, cancer, and stroke are leading causes of death worldwide. Despite advances in medical, interventional, radiation and surgical treatments, the mortality rate remains high, and the need for novel therapies is great. Gene therapy provides an efficient approach to disease treatment. Notable advances in gene therapy have been made for genetic disorders, including severe combined immune deficiency, chronic granulomatus disorder, hemophilia and blindness, as well as for acquired diseases, including cancer and neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases. However, lack of an efficient delivery system to target cells as well as the difficulty of sustained expression of transgenes has hindered advancements in gene therapy. Ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) is a promising approach for target-specific gene delivery, and it has been successfully investigated for the treatment of many diseases in the past decade. In this paper, we review UTMD-mediated gene delivery for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, cancer and stroke.
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The Evolution of Contrast Ultrasound. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016; 67:2516-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Revised: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ma J, Pourroy G, Krafft MP. Stable Small Composite Microbubbles Decorated with Magnetite Nanoparticles - A Synergistic Effect between Surfactant Molecules and Nanoparticles. J Oleo Sci 2016; 65:369-76. [PMID: 27087000 DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess16031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Three approaches to preparing iron oxide nanoparticle-decorated microbubbles (NP-decoMBs) have been investigated. The size and stability characteristics of these microbubbles (MBs) were investigated by optical microscopy, laser light scattering and an acoustical method, and compared with those of non-decorated MBs. First, magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4NPs) grafted with dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) were synthesized and used to prepare MBs by brief sonication under an atmosphere of air saturated with perfluorohexane. These MBs had a rather large mean radius (r ~ 12 µm), and a moderate volume of encapsulated gas. Remarkably, a second approach that consisted of dispersing unbound DMPC molecules in the aqueous phase along with DMPC-grafted Fe3O4NPs prior to sonication was found to drastically change the situation, allowing the obtaining of monomodal populations of much smaller (r ~ 0.6 µm) NP-decoMBs. The latter were echogenic and stable for at least 10 days at room temperature, without significant variation of their size characteristics. In a third approach, NP-decoMBs were directly prepared from dispersions of naked Fe3O4NPs in the presence of DMPC. The resulting NP-decoMBs suspensions consisted of broadly distributed bubble populations mostly containing two populations (with r ~ 5 and ~ 15 µm). Control microbubbles made of DMPC only were small (r ~ 1.3 µm), although not as small as those formed from DMPC-grafted Fe3O4NPs in the presence of free DMPC, and were less stable, with a room temperature half-life of only ~1 day. These observations imply that there is a synergy between the Fe3O4NPs and the DMPC molecules in the air/water interfacial film stabilization process.
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- Jun Ma
- Institut Charles Sadron (ICS, CNRS, UPR 22). Université de Strasbourg
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Anderson CD, Moisyadi S, Avelar A, Walton CB, Shohet RV. Ultrasound-targeted hepatic delivery of factor IX in hemophiliac mice. Gene Ther 2016; 23:510-9. [PMID: 26960037 PMCID: PMC4891223 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2016.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Revised: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) was used to direct the delivery of plasmid and transposase-based vectors encoding human factor IX (hFIX) to the livers of hemophilia B (FIX−/−) mice. The DNA vectors were incorporated into cationic lipid microbubbles, injected intravenously, and transfected into hepatocytes by acoustic cavitation of the bubbles as they transited the liver. Ultrasound parameters were identified that produced transfection of hepatocytes in vivo without substantial damage or bleeding in the livers of the FIX-deficient mice. These mice were treated with a conventional expression plasmid, or one containing a piggyBac transposon construct, and hFIX levels in the plasma and liver were evaluated at multiple time points after UTMD. We detected hFIX in the plasma by western blotting from mice treated with either plasmid during the 12 days after UTMD, and in the hepatocytes of treated livers by immunofluorescence. Reductions in clotting time and improvements in the percentage of FIX activity were observed for both plasmids, conventional (4.15±1.98%), and transposon based (2.70±.75%), 4 to 5 days after UTMD compared with untreated FIX (−/−) control mice (0.92±0.78%) (P=0.001 and P=0.012, respectively). Reduced clotting times persisted for both plasmids 12 days after treatment (reflecting percentage FIX activity of 3.12±1.56%, P=0.02 and 3.08±0.10%, P=0.001, respectively). Clotting times from an additional set of mice treated with pmGENIE3-hFIX were evaluated for long-term effects and demonstrated a persistent reduction in average clotting time 160 days after a single treatment. These data suggest that UTMD could be a minimally invasive, nonviral approach to enhance hepatic FIX expression in patients with hemophilia.
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- C D Anderson
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA
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Cao WJ, Rosenblat JD, Roth NC, Kuliszewski MA, Matkar PN, Rudenko D, Liao C, Lee PJH, Leong-Poi H. Therapeutic Angiogenesis by Ultrasound-Mediated MicroRNA-126-3p Delivery. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2015; 35:2401-11. [PMID: 26381870 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.115.306506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE MicroRNAs are involved in many critical functions, including angiogenesis. Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) is a noninvasive technique for targeted vascular transfection of plasmid DNA and may be well suited for proangiogenic microRNA delivery. We aimed to investigate UTMD of miR-126-3p for therapeutic angiogenesis in chronic ischemia. APPROACH AND RESULTS The angiogenic potential of miR-126-3p was tested in human umbilical vein endothelial cells in vitro. UTMD of miR-126-3p was tested in vivo in Fischer-344 rats before and after chronic left femoral artery ligation, evaluating target knockdown, miR-126-3p and miR-126-5p expression, phosphorylated Tie2 levels, microvascular perfusion, and vessel density. In vitro, miR-126-3p-transfected human umbilical vein endothelial cells showed repression of sprouty-related protein-1 and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase regulatory subunit 2, negative regulators of vascular endothelial growth factor and angiopoietin-1 signaling, increased phosphorylated Tie2 mediated by knockdown of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase regulatory subunit 2 and greater angiogenic potential mediated by both vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular endothelial growth factor R2 and angiopoietin-1 /Tie2 effects. UTMD of miR-126-3p resulted in targeted vascular transfection, peaking early after delivery and lasting for >3 days, and resulting in inhibition of sprouty-related protein-1 and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase regulatory subunit 2, with minimal uptake in remote organs. Finally, UTMD of miR-126-3p to chronic ischemic hindlimb muscle resulted in improved perfusion, vessel density, enhanced arteriolar formation, pericyte coverage, and phosphorylated Tie2 levels, without affecting miR-126-5p or delta-like 1 homolog levels. CONCLUSIONS UTMD of miR-126 results in improved tissue perfusion and vascular density in the setting of chronic ischemia by repressing sprouty-related protein-1 and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase regulatory subunit 2 and enhancing vascular endothelial growth factor and angiopoietin-1 signaling, with no effect on miR-126-5p. UTMD is a promising platform for microRNA delivery, with applications for therapeutic angiogenesis.
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- Wei J Cao
- From the Division of Cardiology, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Desjouy C, Fouqueray M, Lo CW, Muleki Seya P, Lee JL, Bera JC, Chen WS, Inserra C. Counterbalancing the use of ultrasound contrast agents by a cavitation-regulated system. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2015; 26:163-168. [PMID: 25682465 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2014.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Revised: 11/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/26/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The stochastic behavior of cavitation can lead to major problems of initiation and maintenance of cavitation during sonication, responsible of poor reproducibility of US-induced bioeffects in the context of sonoporation for instance. To overcome these disadvantages, the injection of ultrasound contrast agents as cavitation nuclei ensures fast initiation and lower acoustic intensities required for cavitation activity. More recently, regulated-cavitation devices based on the real-time modulation of the applied acoustic intensity have shown their potential to maintain a stable cavitation state during an ultrasonic shot, in continuous or pulsed wave conditions. In this paper is investigated the interest, in terms of cavitation activity, of using such regulated-cavitation device or injecting ultrasound contrast agents in the sonicated medium. When using fixed applied acoustic intensity, results showed that introducing ultrasound contrast agents increases reproducibility of cavitation activity (coefficient of variation 62% and 22% without and with UCA, respectively). Moreover, the use of the regulated-cavitation device ensures a given cavitation activity (coefficient of variation less 0.4% in presence of UCAs or not). This highlights the interest of controlling cavitation over time to free cavitation-based application from the use of UCAs. Interestingly, during a one minute sonication, while ultrasound contrast agents progressively disappear, the regulated-cavitation device counterbalance their destruction to sustain a stable inertial cavitation activity.
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- C Desjouy
- INSERM, U1032, LabTAU, Universit Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 151 Cours Albert Thomas, 69003 Lyon, France
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- INSERM, U1032, LabTAU, Universit Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 151 Cours Albert Thomas, 69003 Lyon, France
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital & National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- INSERM, U1032, LabTAU, Universit Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 151 Cours Albert Thomas, 69003 Lyon, France
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital & National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- INSERM, U1032, LabTAU, Universit Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 151 Cours Albert Thomas, 69003 Lyon, France
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital & National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- INSERM, U1032, LabTAU, Universit Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 151 Cours Albert Thomas, 69003 Lyon, France
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Lin CY, Hsieh HY, Pitt WG, Huang CY, Tseng IC, Yeh CK, Wei KC, Liu HL. Focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening for non-viral, non-invasive, and targeted gene delivery. J Control Release 2015; 212:1-9. [PMID: 26071631 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2015] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Focused ultrasound (FUS) exposure in the presence of microbubbles can temporally open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and is an emerging technique for non-invasive brain therapeutic agent delivery. Given the potential to deliver large molecules into the CNS via this technique, we propose a reliable strategy to synergistically apply FUS-BBB opening for the non-invasive and targeted delivery of non-viral genes into the CNS for therapeutic purpose. In this study, we developed a gene-liposome system, in which the liposomes are designed to carry plasmid DNA (pDNA, containing luciferase reporter gene) to form a liposomal-plasmid DNA (LpDNA) complex. Pulsed FUS exposure was delivered to induce BBB opening (500-kHz, burst length=10ms, 1% duty cycle, PRF=1Hz). The longitudinal expression of luciferase was quantitated via an in vivo imaging system (IVIS). The reporter gene expression level was confirmed via immunoblotting, and histological staining was used to identify transfected cells via fluorescent microscopy. In a comparison of gene transduction efficiency, the LpDNA system showed better cell transduction than the pDNA system. With longitudinal observation of IVIS monitoring, animals with FUS treatment showed significant promotion of LpDNA release into the CNS and demonstrated enhanced expression of genes upon sonication with FUS-BBB opening, while both the luciferase and GDNF protein expression were successfully measured via Western blotting. The gene expression peak was observed at day 2, and the gene expression level was up to 5-fold higher than that in the untreated hemisphere (compared to a 1-fold increase in the direct-inject positive-control group). The transfection efficiency was also found to be LpDNA dose-dependent, where higher payloads of pDNA resulted in a higher transfection rate. Immunoblotting and histological staining confirmed the expression of reporter genes in glial cells as well as astrocytes. This study suggests that IV administration of LpDNA in combination with FUS-BBB opening can provide effective gene delivery and expression in the CNS, demonstrating the potential to achieve non-invasive and targeted gene delivery for treatment of CNS diseases.
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- Chung-Yin Lin
- Medical Imaging Research Center, Institute for Radiological Research, Chang Gung University/Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; Health Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
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Smith BW, Simpson DG, Sarwate S, Miller RJ, Erdman JW, O'Brien WD. Contrast Ultrasound Imaging of the Aorta Does Not Affect Progression of Atherosclerosis or Cardiovascular Biomarkers in ApoE-/- Mice. JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE 2015; 34:1115-1122. [PMID: 26014332 PMCID: PMC4471945 DOI: 10.7863/ultra.34.6.1115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) enhance cardiovascular ultrasound imaging. Adverse biological effects have occurred after administration of UCAs, and more research is needed for a comprehensive understanding of the risks involved. We used the ApoE(-/-) mouse model of atherosclerosis to characterize the effects of ultrasound and UCAs on atherosclerosis and plasma biomarkers. METHODS Male ApoE(-/-) mice (8 weeks old; n = 24) were intravenously infused with a UCA (2 × 10(10) Definity microbubbles per hour; Lantheus Medical Imaging, North Billerica, MA) and exposed to 2.8-MHz center frequency ultrasound (10 Hz pulse repetition frequency, 1.4 microseconds pulse duration, 2 minutes exposure duration, and 2 sites) at 1 of 3 derated peak rarefactional pressure amplitudes (0, 1.9, or 3.8 MPa), and then consumed either a chow or Western diet for 4 weeks (n = 4 per group). Blood plasma samples were collected before ultrasound exposure and at 2 and 4 weeks after exposure and assayed for total cholesterol and von Willebrand Factor (vWF). A pathologist measured atheroma thickness in formalin-fixed, hematoxylin-eosin-stained transverse aorta sections and scored them for severity of atherosclerosis. RESULTS Plasma total cholesterol initially averaged 286 mg/dL in the Western diet group and increased to 861 mg/dL after 4 weeks on the diet (P < .0001). Total cholesterol did not increase significantly in the chow diet group. Plasma vWF increased after 2 weeks on the Western diet (P < .0001). Atheroma thickness was greater in animals consuming the Western diet than in chow-fed animals (P < .05). Ultrasound had no significant effect on plasma total cholesterol, plasma vWF, or atheroma thickness. CONCLUSIONS Contrast ultrasound did not increase the severity of atherosclerosis or alter cardiovascular biomarkers in the ApoE(-/-) mouse model.
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- Brendon W Smith
- Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (B.W.S., S.S., R.J.M., W.D.O.), Division of Nutritional Sciences (B.W.S., J.W.E., W.D.O.), and Departments of Statistics (D.G.S.), Pathology (S.S.), and Food Science and Human Nutrition (J.W.E.), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois USA
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- Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (B.W.S., S.S., R.J.M., W.D.O.), Division of Nutritional Sciences (B.W.S., J.W.E., W.D.O.), and Departments of Statistics (D.G.S.), Pathology (S.S.), and Food Science and Human Nutrition (J.W.E.), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois USA
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- Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (B.W.S., S.S., R.J.M., W.D.O.), Division of Nutritional Sciences (B.W.S., J.W.E., W.D.O.), and Departments of Statistics (D.G.S.), Pathology (S.S.), and Food Science and Human Nutrition (J.W.E.), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois USA
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- Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (B.W.S., S.S., R.J.M., W.D.O.), Division of Nutritional Sciences (B.W.S., J.W.E., W.D.O.), and Departments of Statistics (D.G.S.), Pathology (S.S.), and Food Science and Human Nutrition (J.W.E.), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois USA
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- Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (B.W.S., S.S., R.J.M., W.D.O.), Division of Nutritional Sciences (B.W.S., J.W.E., W.D.O.), and Departments of Statistics (D.G.S.), Pathology (S.S.), and Food Science and Human Nutrition (J.W.E.), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois USA
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- Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (B.W.S., S.S., R.J.M., W.D.O.), Division of Nutritional Sciences (B.W.S., J.W.E., W.D.O.), and Departments of Statistics (D.G.S.), Pathology (S.S.), and Food Science and Human Nutrition (J.W.E.), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois USA.
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Coaxial electrohydrodynamic atomization: Microparticles for drug delivery applications. J Control Release 2015; 205:70-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Revised: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Zhou Y, Gu H, Xu Y, Li F, Kuang S, Wang Z, Zhou X, Ma H, Li P, Zheng Y, Ran H, Jian J, Zhao Y, Song W, Wang Q, Wang D. Targeted antiangiogenesis gene therapy using targeted cationic microbubbles conjugated with CD105 antibody compared with untargeted cationic and neutral microbubbles. Theranostics 2015; 5:399-417. [PMID: 25699099 PMCID: PMC4329503 DOI: 10.7150/thno.10351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Objective This study aimed to develop targeted cationic microbubbles conjugated with a CD105 antibody (CMB105) for use in targeted vascular endothelial cell gene therapy and ultrasound imaging. We compared the results with untargeted cationic microbubbles (CMB) and neutral microbubbles (NMB). Methods CMB105 were prepared and compared with untargeted CMB and NMB. First, the microbubbles were characterized in terms of size, zeta-potential, antibody binding ability and plasmid DNA loading capacity. A tumor model of subcutaneous breast cancer in nude mice was used for our experiments. The ability of different types of microbubbles to target HUVECs in vitro and tumor neovascularization in vivo was measured. The endostatin gene was selected for its outstanding antiangiogenesis effect. For in vitro experiments, the transfection efficiency and cell cycle were analyzed using flow cytometry, and the transcription and expression of endostatin were measured by qPCR and Western blotting, respectively. Vascular tube cavity formation and tumor cell invasion were used to evaluate the antiangiogenesis gene therapy efficiency in vitro. Tumors were exposed to ultrasound irradiation with different types of microbubbles, and the gene therapy effects were investigated by detecting apoptosis induction and changes in tumor volume. Results CMB105 and CMB differed significantly from NMB in terms of zeta-potential, and the DNA loading capacities were 16.76±1.75 μg, 18.21±1.22 μg, and 0.48±0.04 μg per 5×108 microbubbles, respectively. The charge coupling of plasmid DNA to CMB105 was not affected by the presence of the CD105 antibody. Both CMB105 and CMB could target to HUVECs in vitro, whereas only CMB105 could target to tumor neovascularization in vivo. In in vitro experiments, the transfection efficiency of CMB105 was 24.7-fold higher than the transfection efficiency of NMB and 1.47-fold higher than the transfection efficiency of CMB (P<0.05). With ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD)-mediated gene therapy, the transcription and expression of endostatin were the highest in the CMB105 group (P<0.001); the antiangiogenesis effect and inhibition of tumor cells invasion was better with CMB105 than CMB or NMB in vitro (P<0.01). After gene therapy, the tumor volumes of CMB105 group were significantly smaller than that of CMB and NMB, and many tumor cells had begun apoptosis in the CMB105 group, which had the highest apoptosis index (P<0.001). Conclusions As a contrast agent and plasmid carrier, CMB105 can be used not only for targeted ultrasound imaging but also for targeted gene therapy both in vitro and in vivo. The plasmid DNA binding ability of the CMB was not affected by conjugation of the CMB with the CD105 antibody, and because of its targeting ability, the gene transfection efficiency and therapeutic effect were better compared with the untargeted CMB and NMB. The advantages of targeted gene therapy with CMB105 in vivo were more prominent than with CMB or NMB because neither can target the endothelia in vivo.
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Evaluation of in vivo antitumor effects of ANT2 shRNA delivered using PEI and ultrasound with microbubbles. Gene Ther 2015; 22:325-32. [DOI: 10.1038/gt.2014.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2014] [Revised: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Nieminen HJ, Salmi A, Karppinen P, Hæggström E, Hacking SA. The potential utility of high-intensity ultrasound to treat osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2014; 22:1784-99. [PMID: 25106678 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2014.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a widespread musculoskeletal disease that reduces quality of life and for which there is no cure. The treatment of OA is challenging since cartilage impedes the local and systemic delivery of therapeutic compounds (TCs). This review identifies high-intensity ultrasound (HIU) as a non-contact technique to modify articular cartilage and subchondral bone. HIU enables new approaches to overcome challenges associated with drug delivery to cartilage and new non-invasive approaches for the treatment of joint disease. Specifically, HIU has the potential to facilitate targeted drug delivery and release deep within cartilage, to repair soft tissue damage, and to physically alter tissue structures including cartilage and bone. The localized, non-invasive ultrasonic delivery of TCs to articular cartilage and subchondral bone appears to be a promising technique in the immediate future.
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- H J Nieminen
- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
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Naderi-Meshkin H, Bahrami AR, Bidkhori HR, Mirahmadi M, Ahmadiankia N. Strategies to improve homing of mesenchymal stem cells for greater efficacy in stem cell therapy. Cell Biol Int 2014; 39:23-34. [PMID: 25231104 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.10378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Stem/progenitor cell-based therapeutic approach in clinical practice has been an elusive dream in medical sciences, and improvement of stem cell homing is one of major challenges in cell therapy programs. Stem/progenitor cells have a homing response to injured tissues/organs, mediated by interactions of chemokine receptors expressed on the cells and chemokines secreted by the injured tissue. For improvement of directed homing of the cells, many techniques have been developed either to engineer stem/progenitor cells with higher amount of chemokine receptors (stem cell-based strategies) or to modulate the target tissues to release higher level of the corresponding chemokines (target tissue-based strategies). This review discusses both of these strategies involved in the improvement of stem cell homing focusing on mesenchymal stem cells as most frequent studied model in cellular therapies.
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- Hojjat Naderi-Meshkin
- Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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