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WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 152-161Publisher
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i2.152
Keywords
Triolein emulsion; Liver tumor; Chemotherapy; Drug delivery; Vascular permeability; Dexorubicin
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital [2018B008]
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Infusion of triolein emulsion (TE) into hepatic arteries significantly increased doxorubicin concentration in the liver approximately twofold, suggesting TE infusion may be a useful adjuvant treatment for liver cancers.
BACKGROUND The infusion of triolein emulsion (TE) induced increased vascular permeability and a negligible and temporary decrease in liver function without specific histopathological damage. AIM To assess changes in doxorubicin concentration according to the percentage of TE infused via a hepatic artery to study the vascular permeability in the rabbit liver. METHODS Thirty-nine healthy rabbits were divided into five groups according to the concentration of emulsified triolein infused into the hepatic arteries: Group 0, saline infusion (control group, n = 5); group 1, 0.3% TE (n = 13); group 2, 0.6% TE (n = 6); group 3, 0.9% TE (n = 8); and group 4, 1.5% TE (n = 6). Doxorubicin (2.4 mg/kg) was infused immediately after TE injection via the hepatic arteries. After 2 h, the livers were harvested, and doxorubicin concentrations were calculated fluorometrically. The doxorubicin concentrations were compared between TE groups and the control group, and the optimal concentrations within the TE groups were calculated. Statistical analysis was performed using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test. P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS In the liver, doxorubicin concentrations were 2.06, 2.07, 2.16 and 1.66 times higher in groups 1 through 4, respectively, and significantly higher in the TE groups than in the control group (all P < 0.05). However, there were no significant differences in the mean doxorubicin concentrations between the four TE groups (P = 0.642). In the lungs, the mean doxorubicin concentrations were not significantly different between the control and TE groups (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION TE infusion into the hepatic arteries significantly increased the doxorubicin concentration approximately twofold but was not different between the TE groups. These findings suggest that TE infusion might be a useful adjuvant treatment of liver cancers.
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