Liu Sisi,Ding Jun,Li Rui,Chen Zhaohui.ARFI microbubble destruction improves targeted delivery of Fe3O4 nanoparticles to subcutaneous transplantation tumor in SD rats[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2015,37(12):1226-1231.
Liu Sisi,Ding Jun,Li Rui,Chen Zhaohui.ARFI microbubble destruction improves targeted delivery of Fe3O4 nanoparticles to subcutaneous transplantation tumor in SD rats[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2015,37(12):1226-1231.DOI:
ARFI microbubble destruction improves targeted delivery of Fe3O4 nanoparticles to subcutaneous transplantation tumor in SD rats
nanoparticles and explore their in vitro magnetic resonance (MRI) effect
and investigate the impact of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) microbubble (MB) destruction on targeted delivery of Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticles to subcutaneous transplantation tumor in SD rats. Methods High-temperature hydrothermal reaction was used to prepare Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticles
and the particle morphology
size
and distribution were assessed. Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticles were applied to perform MRI in vitro. Sixty female SD rats (170-200 g) were prepared to establish the subcutaneous transplantation tumor using Walker256 cells
and the rats were randomly divided into 6 groups (n=10)
which were treated by ARFI irradiation
MB injection
ARFI MB destruction
Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticle injection
Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticle injection and ARFI irradiation
and Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticle injection and ARFI MB destruction
respectively. MBs and Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticles were given by intravenous injection. The dose of MBs was 0.2 mL per rat
and the dose of Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticles was 5 mg/kg. ARFI irradiation parameters were exposure duration 5 s
then pause 5 s
and total 5 min. MRI was employed to observe the signal change of tumor before and afterFe
3
O
4
nanoparticle injection and AFRI irradiation by T
2
*-weighted imaging (T
2
*WI). The rats were killed for pathological assay after management. Results The prepared Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticles were observed with regular spherical morphology and narrow size distribution
and had significant superparamagnetic properties for imaging. Prussian blue staining represented the distri
bution of Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticles in the tumor. The Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticle injection group
Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticle injection and ARFI irradiation group
and Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticle injection and ARFI MB destruction group were observed with blue stained particles
and the blue stained particles in the Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticle injection and ARFI MB destruction group were statistically more than those in the other 2 groups (P0.05). Increased hypointense areas were observed in the tumor of the Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticle injection group
Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticle injection and ARFI irradiation group
and Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticle injection and ARFI MB destruction group. Conclusion ARFI MB destruction improves Fe
3
O
4
nanoparticle distribution in the subcutaneous transplantation tumor of the SD rats
and thus enhances in vivo tumor targeted delivery of Fe