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Schwartz-Duval A, Mackeyev Y, Mahmud I, Lorenzi PL, Gagea M, Krishnan S, Sokolov KV. Intratumoral Biosynthesis of Gold Nanoclusters by Pancreatic Cancer to Overcome Delivery Barriers to Radiosensitization. ACS NANO 2024; 18:1865-1881. [PMID: 38206058 PMCID: PMC10811688 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c04260] [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: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Nanoparticle delivery to solid tumors is a prime challenge in nanomedicine. Here, we approach this challenge through the lens of biogeochemistry, the field that studies the flow of chemical elements within ecosystems as manipulated by living cellular organisms and their environments. We leverage biogeochemistry concepts related to gold cycling against pancreatic cancer, considering mammalian organisms as drivers for gold nanoparticle biosynthesis. Sequestration of gold nanoparticles within tumors has been demonstrated as an effective strategy to enhance radiotherapy; however, the desmoplasia of pancreatic cancer impedes nanoparticle delivery. Our strategy overcomes this barrier by applying an atomic-scale agent, ionic gold, for intratumoral gold nanoparticle biosynthesis. Our comprehensive studies showed the cancer-specific synthesis of gold nanoparticles from externally delivered gold ions in vitro and in a murine pancreatic cancer model in vivo; a substantial colocalization of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) with cancer cell nuclei in vitro and in vivo; a strong radiosensitization effect by the intracellularly synthesized GNPs; a uniform distribution of in situ synthesized GNPs throughout the tumor volume; a nearly 40-day total suppression of tumor growth in animal models of pancreatic cancer treated with a combination of gold ions and radiation that was also associated with a significantly higher median survival versus radiation alone (235 vs 102 days, respectively).
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- Aaron
S. Schwartz-Duval
- Department
of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Vivian
L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, University
of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Department
of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Department
of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Department
of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery, The
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Vivian
L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, University
of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Department
of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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Dheyab MA, Aziz AA, Rahman AA, Ashour NI, Musa AS, Braim FS, Jameel MS. Monte Carlo simulation of gold nanoparticles for X-ray enhancement application. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2023; 1867:130318. [PMID: 36740000 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2023.130318] [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: 11/26/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) are regarded as potential agents that enhance the radiosensitivity of tumor cells for theranostic applications. To elucidate the biological mechanisms of radiation dose enhancement effects of Au NPs as well as DNA damage attributable to the inclusion of Au NPs, Monte Carlo (MC) simulations have been deployed in a number of studies. SCOPE OF REVIEW This review paper concisely collates and reviews the information reported in the simulation research in terms of MC simulation of radiosensitization and dose enhancement effects caused by the inclusion of Au NPs in tumor cells, simulation mechanisms, benefits and limitations. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS In this review, we first explore the recent advances in MC simulation on Au NPs radiosensitization. The MC methods, physical dose enhancement and enhanced chemical and biological effects is discussed, followed by some results regarding the prediction of dose enhancement. We then review Multi-scale MC simulations of Au NP-induced DNA damages for X-ray irradiation. Moreover, we explain and look at Multi-scale MC simulations of Au NP-induced DNA damages for X-ray irradiation. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Using advanced chemical module-implemented MC simulations, there is a need to assess the radiation-induced chemical radicals that contribute to the dose-enhancing and biological effects of multiple Au NPs.
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- Mohammed Ali Dheyab
- School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia; Nano-Biotechnology Research and Innovation (NanoBRI), Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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- School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia; Nano-Biotechnology Research and Innovation (NanoBRI), Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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- School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia; Nano-Biotechnology Research and Innovation (NanoBRI), Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden 11800, Malaysia
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Monte Carlo study on size-dependent radiation enhancement effects of spinel ferrite nanoparticles. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Jamil A, Abidin SZ, Razak KA, Zin H, Yunus MA, Rahman WN. Radiosensitization effects by bismuth oxide nanorods of different sizes in megavoltage external beam radiotherapy. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother 2021; 26:773-784. [PMID: 34760312 DOI: 10.5603/rpor.a2021.0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Nanotechnology application has successfully reached numerous scientific breakthroughs including in radiotherapy. However, the clinical application of nanoparticles requires more diligent research primarily on the crucial parameters such as nanoparticle sizes. This study is aimed to investigate the influence of bismuth oxide nanorod (Bi2O3-NR) sizes on radiosensitization effects on MCF-7 and HeLa cell lines for megavoltage photon and electron beam radiotherapy. Materials and methods MCF-7 and HeLa cells were treated with and without 0.5 μMol/L of Bi2O3-NR of varying sizes (60, 70, 80, and 90 nm). The samples, including the control groups, were exposed to different radiation doses (0-10 Gy), using photon (6 MV and 10 MV), and electron beam (6 MeV and 12 MeV) radiotherapy. Clonogenic assay was performed, and sensitization enhancement ratio (SER) was determined from linear quadratic based cell survival curves. Results The results depicted that 60 nm Bi2O3-NR yields the most excellent SER followed by 70 nm Bi2O3-NR. Meanwhile, the 80 and 90 nm Bi2O3-NR showed an insignificant difference between treated and untreated cell groups. This study also found that MCF-7 was subjected to more cell death compared to HeLa. Conclusion 60 nm Bi2O3-NR was the optimal Bi2O3-NR size to induce radiosensitization effects for megavoltage external beam radiotherapy. The SER in photon beam radiotherapy marked the highest compared to electron beam radiotherapy due to decreased primary radiation energy from multiple radiation interaction and higher Compton scattering.
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- Amirah Jamil
- School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.,Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bertam, Kepala Batas, Penang Malaysia
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- School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
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- Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bertam, Kepala Batas, Penang Malaysia
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- Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bertam, Kepala Batas, Penang Malaysia
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- School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Daems N, Michiels C, Lucas S, Baatout S, Aerts A. Gold nanoparticles meet medical radionuclides. Nucl Med Biol 2021; 100-101:61-90. [PMID: 34237502 DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2021.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Thanks to their unique optical and physicochemical properties, gold nanoparticles have gained increased interest as radiosensitizing, photothermal therapy and optical imaging agents to enhance the effectiveness of cancer detection and therapy. Furthermore, their ability to carry multiple medically relevant radionuclides broadens their use to nuclear medicine SPECT and PET imaging as well as targeted radionuclide therapy. In this review, we discuss the radiolabeling process of gold nanoparticles and their use in (multimodal) nuclear medicine imaging to better understand their specific distribution, uptake and retention in different in vivo cancer models. In addition, radiolabeled gold nanoparticles enable image-guided therapy is reviewed as well as the enhancement of targeted radionuclide therapy and nanobrachytherapy through an increased dose deposition and radiosensitization, as demonstrated by multiple Monte Carlo studies and experimental in vitro and in vivo studies.
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- Noami Daems
- Radiobiology Research Unit, Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Institute for Environment, Health and Safety, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium.
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- Unité de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire-NARILIS, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Analysis by Nuclear Reaction (LARN)-NARILIS, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Radiobiology Research Unit, Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Institute for Environment, Health and Safety, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium
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- Radiobiology Research Unit, Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Institute for Environment, Health and Safety, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium
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Poignant F, Monini C, Testa É, Beuve M. Influence of gold nanoparticles embedded in water on nanodosimetry for keV photon irradiation. Med Phys 2021; 48:1874-1883. [PMID: 33150620 DOI: 10.1002/mp.14576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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PURPOSE For the past two decades, high-Z nanoparticles have been of high interest to improve the therapeutic outcomes of radiation therapy, especially for low-energy x-rays. Monte Carlo (MC) simulations have been used to evaluate the boost of dose deposition induced by Auger electrons near the nanoparticle surface, by calculating average energy deposition at the nanoscale. In this study, we propose to go beyond average quantities and quantify the stochastic nature of energy deposition at such a scale. We present results of probability density of the specific energy (restricted to ionization, excitation and electron attachment events) in cylindrical nanotargets of height and radius set at 10 nm. This quantity was evaluated for nanotargets located within 200 nm around 5-50 nm gold nanoparticles (GNPs), for 20-90 keV photon irradiation. METHODS This nanodosimetry study was based on the MC simulation MDM that allows tracking of electrons down to thermalization energy. We introduced a new quantity, namely the probability enhancement ratio (PER), by estimating the probability of imparting to nanotargets a restricted specific energy larger than a threshold z 0 (1, 10, and 20 kGy), normalized to the probability for pure water. The PER was calculated as a function of the distance between the nanotarget and the GNP surface. The threshold values were chosen in light of the biophysical model NanOx that predicts cell survival by calculating local lethal events based on the restricted specific energy and an effective local lethal function. z 0 then represents a threshold above which the nanotarget damages induce efficiently cell death. RESULTS Our calculations showed that the PER varied a lot with the GNP radius, the photon energy, z 0 and the distance of the GNP to the nanotarget. The highest PER was 95 when the nanotarget was located at 5 nm from the GNP surface, for a photon energy of 20 keV, a threshold of 20 kGy, and a GNP radius of 50 nm. This enhancement dramatically decreased with increasing GNP-nanotarget distances as it went below 1.5 for distances larger than 200 nm. CONCLUSIONS The PER seems better adapted than the mean dose deposition to describe the formation of biological damages. The significant increase of the PER within 200 nm around the GNP suggests that severe damages could occur for biological nanotargets located near the GNP. These calculations will be used as an input of the biophysical model NanOx to convert PER into estimation of radiation-induced cell death enhanced by GNPs.
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- Floriane Poignant
- Univ. Lyon, Univ. Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I Lyon, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, Univ. Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I Lyon, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, Univ. Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I Lyon, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, Univ. Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I Lyon, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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Zhao D, Huang X, Zhang Z, Ding J, Cui Y, Chen X. Engineered nanomedicines for tumor vasculature blockade therapy. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 13:e1691. [PMID: 33480163 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 11/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Tumor vasculature blockade therapy (TVBT), including angiogenesis inhibition, vascular disruption, and vascular infarction, provides a promising treatment modality for solid tumors. However, low selectivity, drug resistance, and possible severe side effects have limited the clinical transformation of TVBT. Engineered nanoparticles offer potential solutions, including prolonged circulation time, targeted transportation, and controlled release of TVBT agents. Moreover, engineered nanomedicines provide a promising combination platform of TVBT with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy, ultrasound therapy, and gene therapy. In this article, we offer a comprehensive summary of the current progress of engineered nanomedicines for TVBT and also discuss current deficiencies and future directions for TVBT development. This article is categorized under: Therapeutic Approaches and Drug Discovery > Nanomedicine for Oncologic Disease Therapeutic Approaches and Drug Discovery > Emerging Technologies.
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- Duoyi Zhao
- Department of Orthopedics, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China.,Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
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Belousov AV, Morozov VN, Krusanov GA, Moiseev AN, Davydov AS, Shtil AA, Klimanov VA, Kolyvanova MA, Samoylov AS. The Change in the Linear Energy Transfer of a Clinical Proton Beam in the Presence of Gold Nanoparticles. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350920040053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Poignant F, Charfi H, Chan CH, Dumont E, Loffreda D, Testa É, Gervais B, Beuve M. Monte Carlo simulation of free radical production under keV photon irradiation of gold nanoparticle aqueous solution. Part I: Global primary chemical boost. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.108790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Boateng F, Ngwa W. Delivery of Nanoparticle-Based Radiosensitizers for Radiotherapy Applications. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 21:ijms21010273. [PMID: 31906108 PMCID: PMC6981554 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Nanoparticle-based radiosensitization of cancerous cells is evolving as a favorable modality for enhancing radiotherapeutic ratio, and as an effective tool for increasing the outcome of concomitant chemoradiotherapy. Nevertheless, delivery of sufficient concentrations of nanoparticles (NPs) or nanoparticle-based radiosensitizers (NBRs) to the targeted tumor without or with limited systemic side effects on healthy tissues/organs remains a challenge that many investigators continue to explore. With current systemic intravenous delivery of a drug, even targeted nanoparticles with great prospect of reaching targeted distant tumor sites, only a portion of the administered NPs/drug dosage can reach the tumor, despite the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. The rest of the targeted NPs/drug remain in systemic circulation, resulting in systemic toxicity, which can decrease the general health of patients. However, the dose from ionizing radiation is generally delivered across normal tissues to the tumor cells (especially external beam radiotherapy), which limits dose escalation, making radiotherapy (RT) somewhat unsafe for some diseased sites despite the emerging development in RT equipment and technologies. Since radiation cannot discriminate healthy tissue from diseased tissue, the radiation doses delivered across healthy tissues (even with nanoparticles delivered via systemic administration) are likely to increase injury to normal tissues by accelerating DNA damage, thereby creating free radicals that can result in secondary tumors. As a result, other delivery routes, such as inhalation of nanoparticles (for lung cancers), localized delivery via intratumoral injection, and implants loaded with nanoparticles for local radiosensitization, have been studied. Herein, we review the current NP delivery techniques; precise systemic delivery (injection/infusion and inhalation), and localized delivery (intratumoral injection and local implants) of NBRs/NPs. The current challenges, opportunities, and future prospects for delivery of nanoparticle-based radiosensitizers are also discussed.
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- Francis Boateng
- TIDTAC LLC, Orlando, FL 32828, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-7745264723
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- TIDTAC LLC, Orlando, FL 32828, USA
- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA 01854, USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Tee JK, Yip LX, Tan ES, Santitewagun S, Prasath A, Ke PC, Ho HK, Leong DT. Nanoparticles' interactions with vasculature in diseases. Chem Soc Rev 2019; 48:5381-5407. [PMID: 31495856 DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00309f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The ever-growing use of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) in biomedicine provides an exciting approach to develop novel imaging and drug delivery systems, owing to the ease with which these NPs can be functionalized to cater to various applications. In cancer therapeutics, nanomedicine generally relies on the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect observed in tumour vasculature to deliver anti-cancer drugs across the endothelium. However, such a phenomenon is dependent on the tumour microenvironment and is not consistently observed in all tumour types, thereby limiting drug transport to the tumour site. On the other hand, there is a rise in utilizing inorganic NPs to intentionally induce endothelial leakiness, creating a window of opportunity to control drug delivery across the endothelium. While this active targeting approach creates a similar phenomenon compared to the EPR effect arising from tumour tissues, its drug delivery applications extend beyond cancer therapeutics and into other vascular-related diseases. In this review, we summarize the current findings of the EPR effect and assess its limitations in the context of anti-cancer drug delivery systems. While the EPR effect offers a possible route for drug passage, we further explore alternative uses of NPs to create controllable endothelial leakiness within short exposures, a phenomenon we coined as nanomaterial-induced endothelial leakiness (NanoEL). Furthermore, we discuss the main mechanistic features of the NanoEL effect that make it unique from conventionally established endothelial leakiness in homeostatic and pathologic conditions, as well as examine its potential applicability in vascular-related diseases, particularly cancer. Therefore, this new paradigm changes the way inorganic NPs are currently being used for biomedical applications.
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- Jie Kai Tee
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore.
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Measuring radioenhancement by gold nanofilms: Comparison with analytical calculations. Phys Med 2019; 68:1-9. [PMID: 31715285 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To measure radioenhancement by gold nanoparticles (GNPs) using gold nanofilms (GNFs). METHODS GNFs of 20-100 nm thicknesses were prepared. The GNF attached to radiochromic film (RCF) was irradiated using 50, 220 kVp, and 6 MV X-rays. The radiation doses to the active layer of RCF with and without GNF were measured using an optical flatbed scanner and Raman spectrometer to estimate the dose enhancement factor (DEF). For verification, analytical calculations of DEF within the thickness of active layer and the ranges of secondary electrons were carried out. RESULTS The DEFs for GNFs of 20 to 100 nm thicknesses measured by an optical scanner ranged from 2.1 to 6.1 at 50 kVp and 1.6 to 4.9 at 220 kVp. Similarly, the DEFs measured by Raman spectroscopy ranged from 2.6 to 4.6 at 50 kVp and 2.2 to 4.8 at 220 kVp. The calculated DEFs ranged from 1.5 to 3.6 at 50 kVp and from 1.7 to 4.7 at 220 kVp. Almost no dose enhancement was observed in 6 MV X-ray. The analytical DEFs seemed to be underestimated by averaging local enhancement over the entire active layer. However, analytical DEFs within the ranges of secondary electrons was much higher than the measured macroscopic DEFs. CONCLUSIONS The experimental and analytical approaches developed in this study could quantitatively estimate radioenhancement by GNPs. Due to a short range of low-energy electrons emitted from gold, the microscopic radioenhancement within the ranges of low-energy electrons would be particularly important in a cell.
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Bismuth-based nanoparticles as radiosensitizer in low and high dose rate brachytherapy. POLISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING 2019. [DOI: 10.2478/pjmpe-2019-0011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Background: Recently bismuth-based nanoparticles have attracted increasing attention as a dose amplification agent in radiation therapy due to high atomic number, high photoelectric absorption, low cost, and low toxicity.
Objectives: This study aims to calculate physical aspects of dose enhancement of bismuth-based nanoparticles in the presence of brachytherapy source by Monte Carlo simulation and an analytical method for low mono-energy. Materials and methods: After simulation and validation brachytherapy sources (Iodine-125 and Ytterbium-169) by Monte Carlo code, bismuth-based nanoparticles (bismuth, bismuth oxide, bismuth sulfide, and bismuth ferrite) were modeled in the sizes of 50 nm and 100 nm for two concentrations of 10 and 20 mg/ml. Dose enhancement factors for the bismuth-based nanoparticles were measured at both brachytherapy sources. Furthermore, the dose amplification was calculated with an analytic method at 30 keV mono-energy.
Results: Dose enhancement factor was greatest with pure bismuth nanoparticles, followed by bismuth oxide, bismuth sulfide and bismuth ferrite for both radiation source and simulation methods. The dose amplification for the bismuth-based nanoparticles increased with increasing size and concentration of nanoparticles.
Conclusion: The physical aspect dose enhancement of the nanoparticles was shown by Monte Carlo and analytic method. The results have proved bismuth-based nanoparticles deserve further study as a radiosensitizer.
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Boateng F, Ngwa W. Novel bioerodable eluting-spacers for radiotherapy applications with in situ dose painting. Br J Radiol 2019; 92:20180745. [PMID: 31084497 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20180745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate feasibility of using bioerodable/bioerodible spacers (BES) over biodegradable spacers (BDS) loaded with gold nanoparticles for radiotherapy applications with in situ dose-painting, and to explore dosimetric impact on dose enhancement ratio of different radioisotopes. METHODS Analytical models proposed were based on experimentally reported erosion rate constant (k 0 = 5. 5E-7 kgm- 2s- 1 ) for bioerodible polymeric matrix. An in vivo determined diffusion coefficient (2.2E-8 cm2/s) of 10 nm gold nanoparticles (AuNP) of concentration 7 mg/g was used to estimate diffusion coefficient of other AuNP sizes (2, 5, 14 nm) using the Stoke-Einstein diffusion equation. The corresponding dose enhancement factors (DEF) were used to study dosimetric feasibility of employing AuNP-eluting BPS for radiotherapy applications. RESULTS The results showed AuNP release period from BES was significantly shorter (116 h) compared to BDS (more than a month) reported previously. The results also agree with reported Hopfenberg equation for a cylindrical matrix undergoing surface erosion. The DEF at tumour distance 5 mm for Cs-131 (DEF > 2.2) greater than that of I-125 (DEF > 2) and Pd-103 (DEF ≥ 2) could be achieved for AuNP sizes (2, 5, 10, and 14 nm) respectively. CONCLUSION Our findings suggested that BES could be used for short-lived radioisotopes like Pd-103 and Cs-131 in comparison to eluting BDS which is feasible for long-lived radioisotopes like I-125. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE The study provides scientific basis for development of new generation eluting spacers viable for enhancing localized tumour dose. It concludes that BES gives higher DEF for Cs-131, and good candidate for replacing conventional fiducials/spacers.
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- 2 University of Massachusetts Lowell , Massachusetts , USA.,3 Brigham and Women's Hospital , Massachusetts , USA.,4 Harvard Medical School , Massachusetts , USA
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Tsiamas P, Brown SL, Chetty IJ, Kim JH, Isrow D. Dosimetric evaluation and beam characterization of pair production enhanced radiotherapy (PPER) with the use of organometallics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 64:075014. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab103a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Kowalik M, Masternak J, Barszcz B. Recent Research Trends on Bismuth Compounds in Cancer Chemoand Radiotherapy. Curr Med Chem 2019; 26:729-759. [DOI: 10.2174/0929867324666171003113540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Revised: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Background:Application of coordination chemistry in nanotechnology is a rapidly developing research field in medicine. Bismuth complexes have been widely used in biomedicine with satisfactory therapeutic effects, mostly in Helicobacter pylori eradication, but also as potential antimicrobial and anti-leishmanial agents. Additionally, in recent years, application of bismuth-based compounds as potent anticancer drugs has been studied extensively.Methods:Search for data connected with recent trends on bismuth compounds in cancer chemo- and radiotherapy was carried out using web-based literature searching tools such as ScienceDirect, Springer, Royal Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society and Wiley. Pertinent literature is covered up to 2016.Results:In this review, based on 213 papers, we highlighted a number of current problems connected with: (i) characterization of bismuth complexes with selected thiosemicarbazone, hydrazone, and dithiocarbamate classes of ligands as potential chemotherapeutics. Literature results derived from 50 papers show that almost all bismuth compounds inhibit growth and proliferation of breast, colon, ovarian, lung, and other tumours; (ii) pioneering research on application of bismuth-based nanoparticles and nanodots for radiosensitization. Results show great promise for improvement in therapeutic efficacy of ionizing radiation in advanced radiotherapy (described in 36 papers); and (iii) research challenges in using bismuth radionuclides in targeted radioimmunotherapy, connected with choice of adequate radionuclide, targeting vector, proper bifunctional ligand and problems with 213Bi recoil daughters toxicity (derived from 92 papers).Conclusion:This review presents recent research trends on bismuth compounds in cancer chemo- and radiotherapy, suggesting directions for future research.
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- Mateusz Kowalik
- Institute of Chemistry, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Kielce, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Kielce, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Kielce, Poland
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Brown JMC, Hanna GG, Lampe N, Villagomez-Bernabe B, Nicol JR, Coulter JA, Currell FJ. Towards photon radiotherapy treatment planning with high Z nanoparticle radiosensitisation agents: the Relative Biological Effective Dose (RBED) framework. Cancer Nanotechnol 2018; 9:9. [PMID: 30524511 PMCID: PMC6244633 DOI: 10.1186/s12645-018-0043-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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A novel treatment planning framework, the Relative Biological Effective Dose (RBED), for high Z nanoparticle (NP)-enhanced photon radiotherapy is developed and tested in silico for the medical exemplar of neoadjuvant (preoperative) breast cancer MV photon radiotherapy. Two different treatment scenarios, conventional and high Z NP enhanced, were explored with a custom Geant4 application that was developed to emulate the administration of a single 2 Gy fraction as part of a 50 Gy radiotherapy treatment plan. It was illustrated that there was less than a 1% difference in the dose deposition throughout the standard and high Z NP-doped adult female phantom. Application of the RBED framework found that the extent of possible biological response with high Z NP doping was great than expected via the dose deposition alone. It is anticipated that this framework will assist the scientific community in future high Z NP-enhanced in-silico, pre-clinical and clinical trials.
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- Jeremy M C Brown
- 1School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland UK.,2Department of Radiation Science and Technology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.,3Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- 4School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland UK
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- 5Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- 6School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland UK
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- 6School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland UK
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- 1School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland UK
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Laprise-Pelletier M, Simão T, Fortin MA. Gold Nanoparticles in Radiotherapy and Recent Progress in Nanobrachytherapy. Adv Healthc Mater 2018; 7:e1701460. [PMID: 29726118 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201701460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Over the last few decades, gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have emerged as "radiosensitizers" in oncology. Radiosensitizers are additives that can enhance the effects of radiation on biological tissues treated with radiotherapy. The interaction of photons with GNPs leads to the emission of low-energy and short-range secondary electrons, which in turn increase the dose deposited in tissues. In this context, GNPs are the subject of intensive theoretical and experimental studies aiming at optimizing the parameters leading to greater dose enhancement and highest therapeutic effect. This review describes the main mechanisms occurring between photons and GNPs that lead to dose enhancement. The outcome of theoretical simulations of the interactions between GNPs and photons is presented. Finally, the findings of the most recent in vivo studies about interactions between GNPs and photon sources (e.g., external beams, brachytherapy sources, and molecules labeled with radioisotopes) are described. The advantages and challenges inherent to each of these approaches are discussed. Future directions, providing new guidelines for the successful translation of GNPs into clinical applications, are also highlighted.
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- Myriam Laprise-Pelletier
- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec-Université Laval (CR-CHU de Québec); Axe Médecine Régénératrice; Québec G1L 3L5 QC Canada
- Department of Mining; Metallurgy and Materials Engineering; Université Laval; Québec G1V 0A6 QC Canada
- Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux Avancés (CERMA); Université Laval; Québec G1V 0A6 QC Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec-Université Laval (CR-CHU de Québec); Axe Médecine Régénératrice; Québec G1L 3L5 QC Canada
- Department of Mining; Metallurgy and Materials Engineering; Université Laval; Québec G1V 0A6 QC Canada
- Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux Avancés (CERMA); Université Laval; Québec G1V 0A6 QC Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec-Université Laval (CR-CHU de Québec); Axe Médecine Régénératrice; Québec G1L 3L5 QC Canada
- Department of Mining; Metallurgy and Materials Engineering; Université Laval; Québec G1V 0A6 QC Canada
- Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux Avancés (CERMA); Université Laval; Québec G1V 0A6 QC Canada
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Zhu S, Gu Z, Zhao Y. Harnessing Tumor Microenvironment for Nanoparticle-Mediated Radiotherapy. ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/adtp.201800050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Shuang Zhu
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 China
- College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience; National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China
- College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 China
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Cui L, Her S, Borst GR, Bristow RG, Jaffray DA, Allen C. Radiosensitization by gold nanoparticles: Will they ever make it to the clinic? Radiother Oncol 2017; 124:344-356. [PMID: 28784439 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Revised: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The utilization of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as radiosensitizers has shown great promise in pre-clinical research. In the current review, the physical, chemical, and biological pathways via which AuNPs enhance the effects of radiation are presented and discussed. In particular, the impact of AuNPs on the 5 Rs in radiobiology, namely repair, reoxygenation, redistribution, repopulation, and intrinsic radiosensitivity, which determine the extent of radiation enhancement effects are elucidated. Key findings from previous studies are outlined. In addition, crucial parameters including the physicochemical properties of AuNPs, route of administration, dosing schedule of AuNPs and irradiation, as well as type of radiation therapy, are highlighted; the optimal selection and combination of these parameters enable the achievement of a greater therapeutic window for AuNP sensitized radiotherapy. Future directions are put forward as a means to provide guidelines for successful translation of AuNPs to clinical applications as radiosensitizers.
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- Lei Cui
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada; Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; STTARR Innovation Centre, Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada; STTARR Innovation Centre, Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; TECHNA Institute and Department of Radiation Physics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Department of Radiation Physics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Techna Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Canada; STTARR Innovation Centre, Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada.
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Nanoscale dose deposition in cell structures under X-ray irradiation treatment assisted with nanoparticles: An analytical approach to the relative biological effectiveness. Appl Radiat Isot 2017. [PMID: 28624366 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this study, an analytical model for the assessment of the modification of cell culture survival under ionizing radiation assisted with nanoparticles (NPs) is presented. The model starts from the radial dose deposition around a single NP, which is used to describe the dose deposition in a cell structure with embedded NPs and, in turn, to evaluate the number of lesions formed by ionizing radiation. The model is applied to the calculation of relative biological effectiveness values for cells exposed to 0.5mg/g of uniformly dispersed NPs with a radius of 10nm made of Fe, I, Gd, Hf, Pt and Au and irradiated with X-rays of energies 20keV higher than the element K-shell binding energy.
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Boateng F, Ngwa W. Modeling gold nanoparticle-eluting spacer degradation during brachytherapy application with in situ dose painting. Br J Radiol 2017; 90:20170069. [PMID: 28383280 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20170069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the dosimetric impact of slow vs burst release of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) from biodegradable brachytherapy spacers loaded with GNPs, which has been proposed to increase therapeutic efficacy during brachytherapy application with in situ dose painting. METHODS Mathematical models were developed based on experimental data to study the release of GNPs from a spacer designed with poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) polymer. The models addressed diffusion controlled-release process and poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) degradation kinetics that were used to determine GNP concentration profiles in tumour and the corresponding dose enhancement. RESULTS The results show a significant delay of GNP diffusion in the tumour in comparison to burst release assumed in previous studies. The model for diffusion controlled-release process and the model for combined processes of both diffusion and polymer degradation indicated that it may take about 25 and 45 days, respectively, for all GNPs to release from the spacer. Based on tumour concentration profiles, a significant dose enhancement factor (>2) could be attained at a tumour distance of 5 mm from a spacer loaded with 2-, 5- and 10-nm GNP sizes. CONCLUSION The results highlight the need to account for the slow release of GNPs from spacers and polymer biodegradation in research development of the GNP-eluting spacers. The findings suggest the use of radioisotopes with longer half-lives, such as iodine-125, in comparison with others with shorter half-lives such as Pd-103 and Cs-131. Advances in knowledge: The study provides a scientific platform and basis for research development of GNP-eluting spacers that can be used during brachytherapy to boost dose to tumour subvolumes, towards enhancing therapeutic efficacy. It concludes that the use of iodine-125 would be more feasible.
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- Francis Boateng
- 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, USA
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- 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, USA.,2 Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, USA.,3 Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Martinov MP, Thomson RM. Heterogeneous multiscale Monte Carlo simulations for gold nanoparticle radiosensitization. Med Phys 2017; 44:644-653. [PMID: 28001308 DOI: 10.1002/mp.12061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To introduce the heterogeneous multiscale (HetMS) model for Monte Carlo simulations of gold nanoparticle dose-enhanced radiation therapy (GNPT), a model characterized by its varying levels of detail on different length scales within a single phantom; to apply the HetMS model in two different scenarios relevant for GNPT and to compare computed results with others published. METHODS The HetMS model is implemented using an extended version of the EGSnrc user-code egs_chamber; the extended code is tested and verified via comparisons with recently published data from independent GNP simulations. Two distinct scenarios for the HetMS model are then considered: (a) monoenergetic photon beams (20 keV to 1 MeV) incident on a cylinder (1 cm radius, 3 cm length); (b) isotropic point source (brachytherapy source spectra) at the center of a 2.5 cm radius sphere with gold nanoparticles (GNPs) diffusing outwards from the center. Dose enhancement factors (DEFs) are compared for different source energies, depths in phantom, gold concentrations, GNP sizes, and modeling assumptions, as well as with independently published values. Simulation efficiencies are investigated. RESULTS The HetMS MC simulations account for the competing effects of photon fluence perturbation (due to gold in the scatter media) coupled with enhanced local energy deposition (due to modeling discrete GNPs within subvolumes). DEFs are most sensitive to these effects for the lower source energies, varying with distance from the source; DEFs below unity (i.e., dose decreases, not enhancements) can occur at energies relevant for brachytherapy. For example, in the cylinder scenario, the 20 keV photon source has a DEF of 3.1 near the phantom's surface, decreasing to less than unity by 0.7 cm depth (for 20 mg/g). Compared to discrete modeling of GNPs throughout the gold-containing (treatment) volume, efficiencies are enhanced by up to a factor of 122 with the HetMS approach. For the spherical phantom, DEFs vary with time for diffusion, radionuclide, and radius; DEFs differ considerably from those computed using a widely applied analytic approach. CONCLUSIONS By combining geometric models of varying complexity on different length scales within a single simulation, the HetMS model can effectively account for both macroscopic and microscopic effects which must both be considered for accurate computation of energy deposition and DEFs for GNPT. Efficiency gains with the HetMS approach enable diverse calculations which would otherwise be prohibitively long. The HetMS model may be extended to diverse scenarios relevant for GNPT, providing further avenues for research and development.
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- Martin P Martinov
- Carleton Laboratory for Radiotherapy Physics, Department of Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Carleton Laboratory for Radiotherapy Physics, Department of Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada
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Brown JMC, Currell FJ. A local effect model-based interpolation framework for experimental nanoparticle radiosensitisation data. Cancer Nanotechnol 2017; 8:1. [PMID: 28217175 PMCID: PMC5285431 DOI: 10.1186/s12645-016-0025-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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A local effect model (LEM)-based framework capable of interpolating nanoparticle-enhanced photon-irradiated clonogenic cell survival fraction measurements as a function of nanoparticle concentration was developed and experimentally benchmarked for gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-doped bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) under superficial kilovoltage X-ray irradiation. For three different superficial kilovoltage X-ray spectra, the BAEC survival fraction response was predicted for two different AuNP concentrations and compared to experimental data. The ability of the developed framework to predict the cell survival fraction trends is analysed and discussed. This developed framework is intended to fill in the existing gaps of individual cell line response as a function of NP concentration under photon irradiation and assist the scientific community in planning future pre-clinical trials of high Z nanoparticle-enhanced photon radiotherapy.
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- Jeremy M C Brown
- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Hao Y, Yasmin-Karim S, Moreau M, Sinha N, Sajo E, Ngwa W. Enhancing radiotherapy for lung cancer using immunoadjuvants delivered in situ from new design radiotherapy biomaterials: a preclinical study. Phys Med Biol 2016; 61:N697-N707. [PMID: 27910826 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/61/24/n697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Studies show that radiotherapy of a primary tumor in combination with immunoadjuvants (IA) can result in increased survival or immune-mediated regression of metastasis outside the radiation field, a phenomenon known as abscopal effect. However, toxicities due to repeated systematic administration of IA have been shown to be a major obstacle in clinical trials. To minimize the toxicities and prime a more potent immune response, Ngwa et al have proposed that inert radiotherapy biomaterials such as fiducials could be upgraded to multifunctional ones loaded with IA for in situ delivery directly into the tumor sub-volume at no additional inconvenience to patients. In this preliminary study, the potential of such an approach is investigated for lung cancer using anti-CD40 antibody. First the benefit of using the anti-CD40 delivered in situ to enhance radiotherapy was tested in mice with subcutaneous tumors generated with the Lewis Lung cancer cell line LL/2 (LLC-1). The tumors were implanted on both flanks of the mice to simulate metastasis. Tumors on one flank were treated with and without anti-CD40 and the survival benefits compared. An experimentally determined in vivo diffusion coefficient for nanoparticles was then employed to estimate the time for achieving intratumoral distribution of the needed minimal concentrations of anti-CD40 nanoparticles if released from a multifuntional radiotherapy biomaterials. The studies show that the use of anti-CD40 significantly enhanced radiotherapy effect, slowing the growth of the treated and untreated tumors, and increasing survival. Meanwhile our calculations indicate that for a 2-4 cm tumor and 7 mg g-1 IA concentrations, it would take 4.4-17.4 d, respectively, following burst release, for the required concentration of IA nanoparticles to accumulate throughout the tumor during image-guided radiotherapy. The distribution of IA could be customized as a function of loading concentrations or nanoparticle size to fit current Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy schedules. Overall, the preliminary results support ongoing work in developing multifunctional radiotherapy biomaterials for in situ delivery of immunoadjuvants such as anti-CD40 to leverage the abscopal effect, while minimizing systemic toxicities. The potential of extending such an approach to other cancer types is discussed.
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- Yao Hao
- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, USA
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Paro AD, Hossain M, Webster TJ, Su M. Monte Carlo and analytic simulations in nanoparticle-enhanced radiation therapy. Int J Nanomedicine 2016; 11:4735-4741. [PMID: 27695329 PMCID: PMC5033609 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s114025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Analytical and Monte Carlo simulations have been used to predict dose enhancement factors in nanoparticle-enhanced X-ray radiation therapy. Both simulations predict an increase in dose enhancement in the presence of nanoparticles, but the two methods predict different levels of enhancement over the studied energy, nanoparticle materials, and concentration regime for several reasons. The Monte Carlo simulation calculates energy deposited by electrons and photons, while the analytical one only calculates energy deposited by source photons and photoelectrons; the Monte Carlo simulation accounts for electron–hole recombination, while the analytical one does not; and the Monte Carlo simulation randomly samples photon or electron path and accounts for particle interactions, while the analytical simulation assumes a linear trajectory. This study demonstrates that the Monte Carlo simulation will be a better choice to evaluate dose enhancement with nanoparticles in radiation therapy.
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- Autumn D Paro
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- NanoScience Technology Center and School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Wenzhou Institute of Biomaterials and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; Wenzhou Institute of Biomaterials and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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You S, Luo J, Grossniklaus HE, Gou ML, Meng K, Zhang Q. Nanomedicine in the application of uveal melanoma. Int J Ophthalmol 2016; 9:1215-25. [PMID: 27588278 DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2016.08.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Rapid advances in nanomedicine have significantly changed many aspects of nanoparticle application to the eye including areas of diagnosis, imaging and more importantly drug delivery. The nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems has provided a solution to various drug solubility-related problems in ophthalmology treatment. Nanostructured compounds could be used to achieve local ocular delivery with minimal unwanted systematic side effects produced by taking advantage of the phagocyte system. In addition, the in vivo control release by nanomaterials encapsulated drugs provides prolong exposure of the compound in the body. Furthermore, certain nanoparticles can overcome important body barriers including the blood-retinal barrier as well as the corneal-retinal barrier of the eye for effective delivery of the drug. In summary, the nanotechnology based drug delivery system may serve as an important tool for uveal melanoma treatment.
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- Shuo You
- Department of Endocrinology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan Province, China; Winship Cancer Institute, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan Province, China
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- Winship Cancer Institute, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA; Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan Province, China; Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Lin Y, Paganetti H, McMahon SJ, Schuemann J. Gold nanoparticle induced vasculature damage in radiotherapy: Comparing protons, megavoltage photons, and kilovoltage photons. Med Phys 2016; 42:5890-902. [PMID: 26429263 DOI: 10.1118/1.4929975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this work is to investigate the radiosensitizing effect of gold nanoparticle (GNP) induced vasculature damage for proton, megavoltage (MV) photon, and kilovoltage (kV) photon irradiation. METHODS Monte Carlo simulations were carried out using tool for particle simulation (TOPAS) to obtain the spatial dose distribution in close proximity up to 20 μm from the GNPs. The spatial dose distribution from GNPs was used as an input to calculate the dose deposited to the blood vessels. GNP induced vasculature damage was evaluated for three particle sources (a clinical spread out Bragg peak proton beam, a 6 MV photon beam, and two kV photon beams). For each particle source, various depths in tissue, GNP sizes (2, 10, and 20 nm diameter), and vessel diameters (8, 14, and 20 μm) were investigated. Two GNP distributions in lumen were considered, either homogeneously distributed in the vessel or attached to the inner wall of the vessel. Doses of 30 Gy and 2 Gy were considered, representing typical in vivo enhancement studies and conventional clinical fractionation, respectively. RESULTS These simulations showed that for 20 Au-mg/g GNP blood concentration homogeneously distributed in the vessel, the additional dose at the inner vascular wall encircling the lumen was 43% of the prescribed dose at the depth of treatment for the 250 kVp photon source, 1% for the 6 MV photon source, and 0.1% for the proton beam. For kV photons, GNPs caused 15% more dose in the vascular wall for 150 kVp source than for 250 kVp. For 6 MV photons, GNPs caused 0.2% more dose in the vascular wall at 20 cm depth in water as compared to at depth of maximum dose (Dmax). For proton therapy, GNPs caused the same dose in the vascular wall for all depths across the spread out Bragg peak with 12.7 cm range and 7 cm modulation. For the same weight of GNPs in the vessel, 2 nm diameter GNPs caused three times more damage to the vessel than 20 nm diameter GNPs. When the GNPs were attached to the inner vascular wall, the damage to the inner vascular wall can be up to 207% of the prescribed dose for the 250 kVp photon source, 4% for the 6 MV photon source, and 2% for the proton beam. Even though the average dose increase from the proton beam and MV photon beam was not large, there were high dose spikes that elevate the local dose of the parts of the blood vessel to be higher than 15 Gy even for 2 Gy prescribed dose, especially when the GNPs can be actively targeted to the endothelial cells. CONCLUSIONS GNPs can potentially be used to enhance radiation therapy by causing vasculature damage through high dose spikes caused by the addition of GNPs especially for hypofractionated treatment. If GNPs are designed to actively accumulate at the tumor vasculature walls, vasculature damage can be increased significantly. The largest enhancement is seen using kilovoltage photons due to the photoelectric effect. Although no significant average dose enhancement was observed for the whole vasculature structure for both MV photons and protons, they can cause high local dose escalation (>15 Gy) to areas of the blood vessel that can potentially contribute to the disruption of the functionality of the blood vessels in the tumor.
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- Yuting Lin
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 and Center for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT97AE, Northern Ireland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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Theranostic Nanoseeds for Efficacious Internal Radiation Therapy of Unresectable Solid Tumors. Sci Rep 2016; 6:20614. [PMID: 26852805 PMCID: PMC4745015 DOI: 10.1038/srep20614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Malignant tumors are considered “unresectable” if they are adhere to vital structures or the surgery would cause irreversible damages to the patients. Though a variety of cytotoxic drugs and radiation therapies are currently available in clinical practice to treat such tumor masses, these therapeutic modalities are always associated with substantial side effects. Here, we report an injectable nanoparticle-based internal radiation source that potentially offers more efficacious treatment of unresectable solid tumors without significant adverse side effects. Using a highly efficient incorporation procedure, palladium-103, a brachytherapy radioisotope in clinical practice, was coated to monodispersed hollow gold nanoparticles with a diameter about 120 nm, to form 103Pd@Au nanoseeds. The therapeutic efficacy of 103Pd@Au nanoseeds were assessed when intratumorally injected into a prostate cancer xenograft model. Five weeks after a single-dose treatment, a significant tumor burden reduction (>80%) was observed without noticeable side effects on the liver, spleen and other organs. Impressively, >95% nanoseeds were retained inside the tumors as monitored by Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) with the gamma emissions of 103Pd. These findings show that this nanoseed-based brachytherapy has the potential to provide a theranostic solution to unresectable solid tumors.
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Yang Y, Zhang L, Cai J, Li X, Cheng D, Su H, Zhang J, Liu S, Shi H, Zhang Y, Zhang C. Tumor Angiogenesis Targeted Radiosensitization Therapy Using Gold Nanoprobes Guided by MRI/SPECT Imaging. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:1718-1732. [PMID: 26731347 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have recently garnered great interest as potential radiosensitizers in tumor therapy. However, major challenges facing their application in this regard are further enhancement of tumor accumulation of the particles in addition to enhanced permeability retention (EPR) effect and an understanding of the optimal particle size and time for applying radiotherapy after the particle administration. In this study, we fabricated novel cyclic c(RGDyC)-peptide-conjugated, Gd- and 99 mTc-labeled AuNPs (RGD@AuNPs-Gd99 mTc) probes with different sizes (29, 51, and 80 nm) and evaluated their potential as radiosensitization therapy both in vitro and in vivo. We found that these probes have a high specificity for αvβ3 integrin positive cells, which resulted in their high cellular uptake and thereby enhanced radiosensitization. Imaging in vivo with MRI and SPECT/CT directly showed that the RGD@AuNPs-Gd99 mTc probes specifically target tumors and exhibit greater accumulation within tumors than the RAD@AuNPs-Gd99 mTc probes. Interestingly, we found that the 80 nm RGD@AuNPs-Gd99 mTc probes exhibit the greatest effects in vitro; however, the 29 nm RGD@AuNPs-Gd99 mTc probes were clearly most efficient in vivo. As a result, radiotherapy of tumors with the 29 nm probe was the most potent. Our study demonstrates that RGD@AuNPs-Gd99 mTc probes are highly useful radiosensitizers capable of guiding and enhancing radiation therapy of tumors.
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- Yi Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200030, China
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- Changzheng Hospital, Secondary Military Medical University , Shanghai 200003, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University , Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University , Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University , Shanghai 200032, China
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- Changzheng Hospital, Secondary Military Medical University , Shanghai 200003, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University , Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University , Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200030, China
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200025, China
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Zygmanski P, Sajo E. Nanoscale radiation transport and clinical beam modeling for gold nanoparticle dose enhanced radiotherapy (GNPT) using X-rays. Br J Radiol 2015; 89:20150200. [PMID: 26642305 PMCID: PMC4986475 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20150200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Revised: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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We review radiation transport and clinical beam modelling for gold nanoparticle dose-enhanced radiotherapy using X-rays. We focus on the nanoscale radiation transport and its relation to macroscopic dosimetry for monoenergetic and clinical beams. Among other aspects, we discuss Monte Carlo and deterministic methods and their applications to predicting dose enhancement using various metrics.
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- Piotr Zygmanski
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Medical Physics Program, Lowell, MA, USA
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Brivio D, Zygmanski P, Arnoldussen M, Hanlon J, Chell E, Sajo E, Makrigiorgos GM, Ngwa W. Kilovoltage radiosurgery with gold nanoparticles for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD): a Monte Carlo evaluation. Phys Med Biol 2015; 60:9203-13. [PMID: 26576672 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/24/9203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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This work uses Monte Carlo radiation transport simulation to assess the potential benefits of gold nanoparticles (AuNP) in the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration with stereotactic radiosurgery. Clinically, a 100 kVp x-ray beam of 4 mm diameter is aimed at the macula to deliver an ablative dose in a single fraction. In the transport model, AuNP accumulated at the bottom of the macula are targeted with a source representative of the clinical beam in order to provide enhanced dose to the diseased macular endothelial cells. It is observed that, because of the AuNP, the dose to the endothelial cells can be significantly enhanced, allowing for greater sparing of optic nerve, retina and other neighboring healthy tissue. For 20 nm diameter AuNP concentration of 32 mg g(-1), which has been shown to be achievable in vivo, a dose enhancement ratio (DER) of 1.97 was found to be possible, which could potentially be increased through appropriate optimization of beam quality and/or AuNP targeting. A significant enhancement in dose is seen in the vicinity of the AuNP layer within 30 μm, peaked at the AuNP-tissue interface. Different angular tilting of the 4 mm beam results in a similar enhancement. The DER inside and in the penumbra of the 4 mm irradiation-field are almost the same while the actual delivered dose is more than one order of magnitude lower outside the field leading to normal tissue sparing. The prescribed dose to macular endothelial cells can be delivered using almost half of the radiation allowing reduction of dose to the neighboring organs such as retina/optic nerve by 49% when compared to a treatment without AuNP.
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- Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Hao Y, Altundal Y, Moreau M, Sajo E, Kumar R, Ngwa W. Potential for enhancing external beam radiotherapy for lung cancer using high-Z nanoparticles administered via inhalation. Phys Med Biol 2015; 60:7035-43. [PMID: 26309064 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/18/7035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Nanoparticle-aided radiation therapy is emerging as a promising modality to enhance radiotherapy via the radiosensitizing action of high atomic number (Z) nanoparticles. However, the delivery of sufficiently potent concentrations of such nanoparticles to the tumor remain a challenge. This study investigates the dose enhancement to lung tumors due to high-Z nanoparticles (NPs) administered via inhalation during external beam radiotherapy. Here NPs investigated include: cisplatin nanoparticles (CNPs), carboplatin nanoparticles (CBNPs), and gold nanoparticles (GNPs). Using Monte Carlo-generated megavoltage energy spectra, a previously employed analytic method was used to estimate dose enhancement to lung tumors due to radiation-induced photoelectrons from the NPs administered via inhalation route (IR) in comparison to intravenous (IV) administration. Previous studies have indicated about 5% of FDA-approved cisplatin concentrations reach the lung via IV. Meanwhile recent experimental studies indicate that 3.5-14.6 times higher concentrations of NPs can reach the lung by IR compared to IV. Taking these into account, the dose enhancement factor (DEF) defined as the ratio of the radiotherapy dose with and without nanoparticles was calculated for a range of NPs concentrations and tumor sizes. The DEF for IR was then compared with that for IV. For IR with 3.5 times higher concentrations than IV, and 2 cm diameter tumor, clinically significant DEF values of up to 1.19, 1.26, and 1.51 were obtained for CNPs, CBNPs and GNPs. In comparison values of 1.06, 1.08, and 1.15 were obtained via IV administration. For IR with 14.6 times higher concentrations, even higher DEF values were obtained e.g. 1.81 for CNPs. Results also showed that the DEF increased with increasing field size or decreasing tumor volume, as expected. The results of this work indicate that IR administration of targeted high-Z CNPs/CBNPs/GNPs could enable clinically significant DEF to lung tumors compared to IV administration during external beam radiotherapy. For FDA approved concentrations of CNPs or CBNPs considered, this could allow for additional dose enhancement to tumors via photoelectric mechanism during concomitant chemoradiotherapy.
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- Yao Hao
- University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
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Wolfe T, Guidelli EJ, Gómez JA, Baffa O, Nicolucci P. Experimental assessment of gold nanoparticle-mediated dose enhancement in radiation therapy beams using electron spin resonance dosimetry. Phys Med Biol 2015; 60:4465-80. [PMID: 25988912 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/11/4465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In this work, we aim to experimentally assess increments of dose due to nanoparticle-radiation interactions via electron spin resonance (ESR) dosimetry performed with a biological-equivalent sensitive material.We employed 2-Methyl-Alanine (2MA) in powder form to compose the radiation sensitive medium embedding gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) 5 nm in diameter. Dosimeters manufactured with 0.1% w/w of AuNPs or no nanoparticles were irradiated with clinically utilized 250 kVp orthovoltage or 6 MV linac x-rays in dosimetric conditions. Amplitude peak-to-peak (App) at the central ESR spectral line was used for dosimetry. Dose-response curves were obtained for samples with or without nanoparticles and each energy beam. Dose increments due to nanoparticles were analyzed in terms of absolute dose enhancements (DEs), calculated as App ratios for each dose/beam condition, or relative dose enhancement factors (DEFs) calculated as the slopes of the dose-response curves.Dose enhancements were observed to present an amplified behavior for small doses (between 0.1-0.5 Gy), with this effect being more prominent with the kV beam. For doses between 0.5-5 Gy, dose-independent trends were observed for both beams, stable around (2.1 ± 0.7) and (1.3 ± 0.4) for kV and MV beams, respectively. We found DEFs of (1.62 ± 0.04) or (1.27 ± 0.03) for the same beams. Additionally, we measured no interference between AuNPs and the ESR apparatus, including the excitation microwaves, the magnetic fields and the paramagnetic radicals.2MA was demonstrated to be a feasible paramagnetic radiation-sensitive material for dosimetry in the presence of AuNPs, and ESR dosimetry a powerful experimental method for further verifications of increments in nanoparticle-mediated doses of biological interest. Ultimately, gold nanoparticles can cause significant and detectable dose enhancements in biological-like samples irradiated at both kilo or megavoltage beams.
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- T Wolfe
- Experimental Radiation Oncology Department, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Altundal Y, Sajo E, Makrigiorgos GM, Berbeco RI, Ngwa W. Nanoparticle-aided Radiotherapy for Retinoblastoma and Choroidal Melanoma. IFMBE PROCEEDINGS 2015; 51:907-910. [PMID: 28003818 PMCID: PMC5166600 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19387-8_221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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This work investigates the dosimetric feasibility of employing gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) or carboplatin nano-particles (CNPs) to enhance radiotherapy (RT) treatment efficacy for ocular cancers: retinoblastoma (Rb) and choroidal melanoma (CM), during kV-energy internal and external beam radiotherapy. The results predict that substantial dose enhancement may be achieved by employing AuNPs or CNPs in conjunction with radiotherapy for ocular cancer using kV-energy photon beams. Brachytherapy sources yield higher dose enhancement than the external beam in kV energy range. However, the external beam has the advantage of being non-invasive.
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- University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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New potential for enhancing concomitant chemoradiotherapy with FDA approved concentrations of cisplatin via the photoelectric effect. Phys Med 2014; 31:25-30. [PMID: 25492359 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2014.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2014] [Revised: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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We predict, for the first time, that by using United States Food and Drug Administration approved concentrations of cisplatin, major radiosensitization may be achieved via photoelectric mechanism during concomitant chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). Our analytical calculations estimate that radiotherapy (RT) dose to cancer cells may be enhanced via this mechanism by over 100% during CCRT. The results proffer new potential for significantly enhancing CCRT via an emerging clinical scenario, where the cisplatin is released in-situ from RT biomaterials loaded with cisplatin nanoparticles.
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Sinha N, Cifter G, Sajo E, Kumar R, Sridhar S, Nguyen PL, Cormack RA, Makrigiorgos GM, Ngwa W. Brachytherapy application with in situ dose painting administered by gold nanoparticle eluters. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014; 91:385-92. [PMID: 25482302 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Revised: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Recent studies show promise that administering gold nanoparticles (GNP) to tumor cells during brachytherapy could significantly enhance radiation damage to the tumor. A new strategy proposed for sustained administration of the GNP in prostate tumors is to load them into routinely used brachytherapy spacers for customizable in situ release after implantation. This in silico study investigated the intratumor biodistribution and corresponding dose enhancement over time due to GNP released from such GNP-loaded brachytherapy spacers (GBS). METHOD AND MATERIALS An experimentally determined intratumoral diffusion coefficient (D) for 10-nm nanoparticles was used to estimate D for other sizes by using the Stokes-Einstein equation. GNP concentration profiles, obtained using D, were then used to calculate the corresponding dose enhancement factor (DEF) for each tumor voxel, using dose painting-by-numbers approach, for times relevant to the considered brachytherapy sources' lifetimes. The investigation was carried out as a function of GNP size for the clinically applicable low-dose-rate brachytherapy sources iodine-125 (I-125), palladium-103 (Pd-103), and cesium-131 (Cs-131). RESULTS Results showed that dose enhancement to tumor voxels and subvolumes during brachytherapy can be customized by varying the size of GNP released or eluted from the GBS. For example, using a concentration of 7 mg/g GNP, significant DEF (>20%) could be achieved 5 mm from a GBS after 5, 12, 25, 46, 72, 120, and 195 days, respectively, for GNP sizes of 2, 5, 10, 20, 30, and 50 nm and for 80 nm when treating with I-125. CONCLUSIONS Analyses showed that using Cs-131 provides the highest dose enhancement to tumor voxels. However, given its relatively longer half-life, I-125 presents the most flexibility for customizing the dose enhancement as a function of GNP size. These findings provide a useful reference for further work toward development of potential new brachytherapy application with in situ dose painting administered via gold nanoparticle eluters for prostate cancer.
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- Neeharika Sinha
- Department of Sciences, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Electronic Materials Research Institute and Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Electronic Materials Research Institute and Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Cooper DR, Bekah D, Nadeau JL. Gold nanoparticles and their alternatives for radiation therapy enhancement. Front Chem 2014; 2:86. [PMID: 25353018 PMCID: PMC4196578 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2014.00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Radiation therapy is one of the most commonly used treatments for cancer. The dose of delivered ionizing radiation can be amplified by the presence of high-Z materials via an enhancement of the photoelectric effect; the most widely studied material is gold (atomic number 79). However, a large amount is needed to obtain a significant dose enhancement, presenting a challenge for delivery. In order to make this technique of broader applicability, the gold must be targeted, or alternative formulations developed that do not rely solely on the photoelectric effect. One possible approach is to excite scintillating nanoparticles with ionizing radiation, and then exploit energy transfer between these particles and attached dyes in a manner analogous to photodynamic therapy (PDT). Doped rare-earth halides and semiconductor quantum dots have been investigated for this purpose. However, although the spectrum of emitted light after radiation excitation is usually similar to that seen with light excitation, the yield is not. Measurement of scintillation yields is challenging, and in many cases has been done only for bulk materials, with little understanding of how the principles translate to the nanoscale. Another alternative is to use local heating using gold or iron, followed by application of ionizing radiation. Hyperthermia pre-sensitizes the tumors, leading to an improved response. Another approach is to use chemotherapeutic drugs that can radiosensitize tumors. Drugs may be attached to high-Z nanoparticles or encapsulated. This article discusses each of these techniques, giving an overview of the current state of nanoparticle-assisted radiation therapy and future directions.
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- Daniel R Cooper
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University Montreal, QC, Canada
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Luchette M, Korideck H, Makrigiorgos M, Tillement O, Berbeco R. Radiation dose enhancement of gadolinium-based AGuIX nanoparticles on HeLa cells. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2014; 10:1751-5. [PMID: 24941464 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2014.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2013] [Revised: 05/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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UNLABELLED Radiation dose enhancement of high-Z nanoparticles is an active area of research in cancer therapeutics. When kV and MV energy photon beams interact with high-Z nanoparticles in a tumor, the release of secondary electrons can injure tumor cells, leading to a higher treatment efficacy than radiation alone. We present a study that characterizes the radiation dose enhancing effects of gadolinium-based AGuIX nanoparticles on HeLa cells. Our in vitro clonogenic survival assays showed an average dose enhancement of 1.54× for 220 kVp radiation and 1.15× for 6 MV radiation. The sensitivity enhancement ratio at 4 Gy (SER4Gy) was 1.54 for 220 kVp and 1.28 for 6 MV, indicating that these nanoparticles may be useful for clinical radiation therapy. FROM THE CLINICAL EDITOR This study characterized the radiation dose enhancing effects of gadolinium-based AGuIX nanoparticles on HeLa cells, showing clear effects at 220 kV as well as 6 MV, suggesting that after additional studies, these nanoparticles may be beneficial in human radiation therapy.
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- Matthew Luchette
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institut Lumière Matière, CNRS, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Ngwa W, Kumar R, Sridhar S, Korideck H, Zygmanski P, Cormack RA, Berbeco R, Makrigiorgos GM. Targeted radiotherapy with gold nanoparticles: current status and future perspectives. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2014; 9:1063-82. [PMID: 24978464 PMCID: PMC4143893 DOI: 10.2217/nnm.14.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Radiation therapy (RT) is the treatment of cancer and other diseases with ionizing radiation. The ultimate goal of RT is to destroy all the disease cells while sparing healthy tissue. Towards this goal, RT has advanced significantly over the past few decades in part due to new technologies including: multileaf collimator-assisted modulation of radiation beams, improved computer-assisted inverse treatment planning, image guidance, robotics with more precision, better motion management strategies, stereotactic treatments and hypofractionation. With recent advances in nanotechnology, targeted RT with gold nanoparticles (GNPs) is actively being investigated as a means to further increase the RT therapeutic ratio. In this review, we summarize the current status of research and development towards the use of GNPs to enhance RT. We highlight the promising emerging modalities for targeted RT with GNPs and the corresponding preclinical evidence supporting such promise towards potential clinical translation. Future prospects and perspectives are discussed.
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- Wilfred Ngwa
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Electronic Materials Research Institute & Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Electronic Materials Research Institute & Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Ding Y, Li S, Nie G. Nanotechnological strategies for therapeutic targeting of tumor vasculature. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2014; 8:1209-22. [PMID: 23837858 DOI: 10.2217/nnm.13.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Neovascularization plays fundamental roles in tumor growth and metastasis. Tumor blood vessels are highly accessible and express various angiogenic markers that are either not present or are expressed at low levels in normal vessels, thereby serving as favorable targets for cancer therapy. Cancer nanotechnology, as an integrated platform, offers great opportunities for optimizing drug efficacy and pharmacokinetics while reducing side effects. Nanoparticles with tunable size, shape and surface modification have been exploited to achieve effective tumor vascular targeting. Here, we briefly introduce the signatures of tumor neovascularization and the review investigations on vascular-targeted anti-tumor nanomedicines. We also provide our perspectives on the promising fields of combination therapy and theranostic nanomedicines, as well as the challenges of nanotechnology-based cancer therapy. Furthermore, introducing new functionality would significantly consolidate the current development of nanomaterials based on tumor vasculature targeting.
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- Yanping Ding
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience & Technology of China, Beijing, China
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Li J, Gupta S, Li C. Research perspectives: gold nanoparticles in cancer theranostics. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2014; 3:284-91. [PMID: 24404441 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4292.2013.12.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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High recurrence rates after surgical resection remain a formidable challenge in many cancers. Although chemo- and/or radiotherapy are often applied following surgery to prevent tumor relapse, these treatments are generally accompanied by serious side effects and challenges in their delivery that limit their effectiveness. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), which possess unique physicochemical properties, have the potential to enhance the efficacy of these conventional treatment modalities. In this review, we briefly describe the current state of AuNP research in the area of cancer theranostics. Recent studies have investigated AuNPs' use as photothermal converters, drug carriers, radiosensitizers, and imaging probes in a wide range of applications for cancer diagnosis and therapy. AuNPs have promise in minimally invasive thermal ablation therapy, diagnostic imaging, intraoperative tumor margin delineation, and multimodal anticancer therapy. The successful translation of AuNPs into the clinic will have significant impact on the care of cancer patients using image-guided, minimally invasive approaches.
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- Junjie Li
- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Zygmanski P, Liu B, Tsiamas P, Cifter F, Petersheim M, Hesser J, Sajo E. Dependence of Monte Carlo microdosimetric computations on the simulation geometry of gold nanoparticles. Phys Med Biol 2013; 58:7961-77. [PMID: 24169737 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/22/7961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Recently, interactions of x-rays with gold nanoparticles (GNPs) and the resulting dose enhancement have been studied using several Monte Carlo (MC) codes (Jones et al 2010 Med. Phys. 37 3809-16, Lechtman et al 2011 Phys. Med. Biol. 56 4631-47, McMahon et al 2011 Sci. Rep. 1 1-9, Leung et al 2011 Med. Phys. 38 624-31). These MC simulations were carried out in simplified geometries and provided encouraging preliminary data in support of GNP radiotherapy. As these studies showed, radiation transport computations of clinical beams to obtain dose enhancement from nanoparticles has several challenges, mostly arising from the requirement of high spatial resolution and from the approximations used at the interface between the macroscopic clinical beam transport and the nanoscopic electron transport originating in the nanoparticle or its vicinity. We investigate the impact of MC simulation geometry on the energy deposition due to the presence of GNPs, including the effects of particle clustering and morphology. Dose enhancement due to a single and multiple GNPs using various simulation geometries is computed using GEANT4 MC radiation transport code. Various approximations in the geometry and in the phase space transition from macro- to micro-beams incident on GNPs are analyzed. Simulations using GEANT4 are compared to a deterministic code CEPXS/ONEDANT for microscopic (nm-µm) geometry. Dependence on the following microscopic (µ) geometry parameters is investigated: µ-source-to-GNP distance (µSAD), µ-beam size (µS), and GNP size (µC). Because a micro-beam represents clinical beam properties at the microscopic scale, the effect of using different types of micro-beams is also investigated. In particular, a micro-beam with the phase space of a clinical beam versus a plane-parallel beam with an equivalent photon spectrum is characterized. Furthermore, the spatial anisotropy of energy deposition around a nanoparticle is analyzed. Finally, dependence of dose enhancement on the number of GNPs in a finite cluster of nanoparticles is determined. Simulations were performed for 100 nm GNPs irradiated in water phantom by various monoenergetic (11 keV-1 MeV) and spectral (50 kVp) sources. The dose enhancement ratio (DER) is very sensitive to the specific simulation geometry (µSAD, µS, µC parameters) and µ-source type. For a single GNP the spatial distribution of DER is found to be nearly isotropic with limited magnitude and relatively short range (∼100-200 nm for DER significantly greater than 1). For a cluster of GNPs both the magnitude and range are found much greater (∼1-2 µm). The relation between DER for a cluster of GNPs and a single GNP is strongly nonlinear. Relatively strong dependence of DER on the simulation micro-geometry cautions future studies and the interpretation of existing MC results obtained in different simulations geometries. The nonlinear relation between DER for a single and multiple GNPs suggests that parameters such as the number of adjacent nanoparticles per cell and the distances between the GNPs and the cellular target may be important in assessing the biological effectiveness associated with GNP.
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- Piotr Zygmanski
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Detappe A, Tsiamas P, Ngwa W, Zygmanski P, Makrigiorgos M, Berbeco R. The effect of flattening filter free delivery on endothelial dose enhancement with gold nanoparticles. Med Phys 2013; 40:031706. [PMID: 23464301 DOI: 10.1118/1.4791671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The aim of this study is to quantify and to compare the dose enhancement factor from gold nanoparticles (AuNP) to tumor endothelial cells for different concentrations of AuNP, and clinical MV beam configurations. METHODS Tumor endothelial cells are modeled as slabs measuring 10 × 10 × 2 μm. A spherical AuNP is simulated on the surface of the endothelial cell, within the blood vessel. 6 MV photon beams with and without the flattening filter are investigated for different field sizes, depths in material and beam modulation. The incident photon energy spectra for each configuration is generated using EGSnrc. The dose enhancement in the tumor endothelial cell is found using an analytical calculation. The endothelial dose enhancement factor is defined to be the ratio of the dose deposited with and without AuNPs. RESULTS It is found that clinical beam parameters may be chosen to maximize the effect of gold nanoparticles during radiotherapy. This effect is further amplified ~20% by the removal of the flattening filter. Modulation of the clinical beam with the multileaf collimator tends to decrease the proportion of low energy photons, therefore providing less enhancement than the corresponding open field. CONCLUSIONS The results of this work predict a dose enhancement to tumor blood vessel endothelial cells using conventional therapeutic (MV) x-rays and quantify the relative change in enhancement with treatment depth and field size.
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- Alexandre Detappe
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Joh DY, Sun L, Stangl M, Al Zaki A, Murty S, Santoiemma PP, Davis JJ, Baumann BC, Alonso-Basanta M, Bhang D, Kao GD, Tsourkas A, Dorsey JF. Selective targeting of brain tumors with gold nanoparticle-induced radiosensitization. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62425. [PMID: 23638079 PMCID: PMC3640092 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2013] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Successful treatment of brain tumors such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is limited in large part by the cumulative dose of Radiation Therapy (RT) that can be safely given and the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which limits the delivery of systemic anticancer agents into tumor tissue. Consequently, the overall prognosis remains grim. Herein, we report our pilot studies in cell culture experiments and in an animal model of GBM in which RT is complemented by PEGylated-gold nanoparticles (GNPs). GNPs significantly increased cellular DNA damage inflicted by ionizing radiation in human GBM-derived cell lines and resulted in reduced clonogenic survival (with dose-enhancement ratio of ∼1.3). Intriguingly, combined GNP and RT also resulted in markedly increased DNA damage to brain blood vessels. Follow-up in vitro experiments confirmed that the combination of GNP and RT resulted in considerably increased DNA damage in brain-derived endothelial cells. Finally, the combination of GNP and RT increased survival of mice with orthotopic GBM tumors. Prior treatment of mice with brain tumors resulted in increased extravasation and in-tumor deposition of GNP, suggesting that RT-induced BBB disruption can be leveraged to improve the tumor-tissue targeting of GNP and thus further optimize the radiosensitization of brain tumors by GNP. These exciting results together suggest that GNP may be usefully integrated into the RT treatment of brain tumors, with potential benefits resulting from increased tumor cell radiosensitization to preferential targeting of tumor-associated vasculature.
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- Daniel Y. Joh
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Zygmanski P, Hoegele W, Tsiamas P, Cifter F, Ngwa W, Berbeco R, Makrigiorgos M, Sajo E. A stochastic model of cell survival for high-Z nanoparticle radiotherapy. Med Phys 2013; 40:024102. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4773885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Tsiamas P, Liu B, Cifter F, Ngwa WF, Berbeco RI, Kappas C, Theodorou K, Marcus K, Makrigiorgos MG, Sajo E, Zygmanski P. Impact of beam quality on megavoltage radiotherapy treatment techniques utilizing gold nanoparticles for dose enhancement. Phys Med Biol 2013; 58:451-64. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/3/451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Berbeco RI, Korideck H, Ngwa W, Kumar R, Patel J, Sridhar S, Johnson S, Price BD, Kimmelman A, Makrigiorgos GM. DNA damage enhancement from gold nanoparticles for clinical MV photon beams. Radiat Res 2012; 178:604-8. [PMID: 23148509 DOI: 10.1667/rr3001.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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In this study, we quantify the relative damage enhancement due to the presence of gold nanoparticles (GNP) in vitro in a clinical 6 MV beam for various delivery parameters and depths. It is expected that depths and delivery modes that produce a larger proportions of low-energy photons will have a larger effect on the cell samples containing GNP. HeLa cells with and without 50 nm GNP were irradiated at depths of 1.5, 5, 10, 15 and 20 cm. Conventional beams with square aperture sizes 5, 10 and 15 cm at isocenter, and flattening filter free (FFF) beams were used. Relative DNA damage enhancement with GNP was evaluated by γ-H2AX staining. Statistically significant increases in DNA damage with GNP, compared to the absence of GNP, were observed for all depths and delivery modes. Relative to the shallowest depth, damage enhancement was observed to increase as a function of increasing depth for all deliveries. For the conventional (open field) delivery, DNA damage enhancement with GNP was seen to increase as a function of field size. For FFF delivery, a substantial increase in enhancement was found relative to the conventional field delivery. The measured relative DNA damage enhancement validates the theoretically predicted trends as a function of depth and delivery mode for clinical MV photon beams. The results of this study open new possibilities for the clinical development of gold nanoparticle-aided radiation therapy.
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- Ross I Berbeco
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Hossain M, Su M. Nanoparticle location and material dependent dose enhancement in X-ray radiation therapy. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2012; 116:23047-23052. [PMID: 23393610 PMCID: PMC3563421 DOI: 10.1021/jp306543q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Nanoparticles of high atomic number (Z) materials can act as radiosensitizers to enhance radiation dose delivered to tumors. An analytical approach is used to calculate dose enhancements to tumor endothelial cells and their nuclei for a series of nanoparticles (bismuth, gold and platinum) located at different locations relative to nuclei by considering contributions from both photoelectrons and Auger electrons. The ratio of the dose delivered to cells with and without the nanoparticles is known as the dose enhancement factor (DEF). DEFs depend on material composition, size and location of nanoparticles with respect to the cell and the nucleus. Energy of irradiating X-ray beam affects X-ray absorption by nanoparticles and plays an important role in dose enhancements. For diagnostic X-ray sources, bismuth nanoparticles provide higher dose enhancements than gold and platinum nanoparticles for a given nanoparticle size, concentration and location. The highest DEFs are achieved for nanoparticles located closest to the nucleus where energy depositions from short range Auger electrons are maximum. With nanoparticles ranging in diameter between 2-400 nm, the dose enhancement increases with decrease in particle size. The results are useful in finding optimized conditions for nanoparticle enhanced X-ray radiation therapy of cancer.
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- Mainul Hossain
- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL 32826 USA
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826 USA
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- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL 32826 USA
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826 USA
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Gold nanoparticles: emerging paradigm for targeted drug delivery system. Biotechnol Adv 2012; 31:593-606. [PMID: 23111203 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Revised: 10/07/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The application of nanotechnology in medicine, known as nanomedicine, has introduced a plethora of nanoparticles of variable chemistry and design considerations for cancer diagnosis and treatment. One of the most important field is the design and development of pharmaceutical drugs, based on targeted drug delivery system (TDDS). Being inspired by physio-chemical properties of nanoparticles, TDDS are designed to safely reach their targets and specifically release their cargo at the site of disease for enhanced therapeutic effects, thereby increasing the drug tissue bioavailability. Nanoparticles have the advantage of targeting cancer by simply being accumulated and entrapped in cancer cells. However, even after rapid growth of nanotechnology in nanomedicine, designing an effective targeted drug delivery system is still a challenging task. In this review, we reveal the recent advances in drug delivery approach with a particular focus on gold nanoparticles. We seek to expound on how these nanomaterials communicate in the complex environment to reach the target site, and how to design the effective TDDS for complex environments and simultaneously monitor the toxicity on the basis of designing such delivery complexes. Hence, this review will shed light on the research, opportunities and challenges for engineering nanomaterials with cancer biology and medicine to develop effective TDDS for treatment of cancer.
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