Abstract
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is an invasive pediatric brainstem malignancy exclusively in children without effective treatment due to the often-intact blood-brain tumor barrier (BBTB), an impediment to the delivery of therapeutics. Herein, we used focused ultrasound (FUS) to transiently open BBTB and delivered radiolabeled nanoclusters (64Cu-CuNCs) to tumors for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and quantification in a mouse DIPG model. First, we optimized FUS acoustic pressure to open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) for the effective delivery of 64Cu-CuNCs to pons in wild-type mice. Then, the optimized FUS pressure was used to deliver radiolabeled agents in DIPG mouse. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided FUS-induced BBTB opening was demonstrated using a low-molecular-weight, short-lived 68Ga-DOTA-ECL1i radiotracer and PET/CT before and after treatment. We then compared the delivery efficiency of 64Cu-CuNCs to DIPG tumor with and without FUS treatment and demonstrated the FUS-enhanced delivery and time-dependent diffusion of 64Cu-CuNCs within the tumor.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11129-11134 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | ACS Applied Nano Materials |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 25 Nov 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
- focused ultrasound
- magnetic resonance imaging
- nanoclusters
- positron emission tomography