Rapid in situ MRI traceable gel-forming dual-drug delivery for synergistic therapy of brain tumor

Feng Wei Lin, Pin Yuan Chen, Kuo Chen Wei, Chiung Yin Huang, Chih Kuang Wang, Hung Wei Yang*

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Abstract

Preventing tumor recurrence after surgical resection of a brain tumor is a significant clinical challenge because current methods deliver chemotherapeutic agents in a rapid manner and are not effective against the residual tumor cells. To overcome this drawback, we report a simple method to prepare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) traceable ultra-thermosensitive hydrogels with rapid gelation ability from aqueous solution within 4 s at 28 °C for hydrophilic (epirubicin, EPI) and hydrophobic (paclitaxel, PTX) drugs co-delivery with bovine serum albumin nanoparticles (BSA NPs) incorporation. The results showed the average survival of gliosarcoma-bearing (MBR 614 or U87) mice receiving BSA/PTX NPs incorporated hydrogelGd/EPI increased to 63 days or 69 days with no tumor recurrence observed. Our synergistic strategy presents a new approach to the development of a local drug delivery system for the prevention of brain tumor recurrence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2524-2536
Number of pages13
JournalTheranostics
Volume7
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

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Keywords

  • Brain tumor
  • MRI traceability
  • Sustained drug release
  • Thermosensitivity hydrogels
  • Tumor recurrence

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