Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Volume 320, Issue 21, Pages 2640-2646Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2008.05.022
Keywords
magnetic drug targeting; MDT; drug delivery; high gradient magnetic separation; HGMS; ferromagnetic seed; magnetic drug carrier particle; MDCPs; in vitro
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The concept of using magnetic particles (seeds) as the implant for implant assisted-magnetic drug targeting (IA-MDT) was analyzed in vitro. Since this MDT system is being explored for use in capillaries, a highly porous (epsilon similar to 70%), highly tortuous, cylindrical, polyethylene polymer was prepared to mimic capillary tissue, and the seeds (magnetite nanoparticles) were already fixed within. The well-dispersed seeds were used to enhance the capture of 0.87 mm diameter magnetic drug carrier particles (MDCPs) (polydivinylbenzene embedded with 24.8 wt% magnetite) under flow conditions typically found in capillary networks. The effects of the fluid velocity (0.015-0.15 cm/s), magnetic field strength (0.0-250 mT), porous polymer magnetite content (0-7 wt%) and MDCP concentration (C 5 and 50mg/L) on the capture efficiency (CE) of the MDCPs were studied. In all cases, when the magnetic field was applied, compared to when it was not, large increases in CE resulted; the CE increased even further when the magnetite seeds were present. The CE increased with increases in the magnetic field strength, porous polymer magnetite content and MDCP concentration. It decreased only with increases in the fluid velocity. Large magnetic field strengths were not necessary to induce MDCP capture by the seeds. A few hundred mT was sufficient. Overall, this first in vitro study of the magnetic seeding concept for IA-MDT was very encouraging, because it proved that magnetic particle seeds could serve as an effective implant for MDT systems, especially under conditions found in capillaries. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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