Journal
DRUG DELIVERY
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 641-650Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2017.1289570
Keywords
Imaging tracking; multispectral fluorescence; drug delivery; porphyrin; hydrogel
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81601595, 31200732, 81401519]
- Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, China [14JCYBJC17400, 16JCYBJC27800]
- Program for Innovative Research Team in Peking Union Medical College
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Visualization of a drug delivery system could reveal the pharmacokinetic properties, which is essential for the design of a novel drug delivery system. In vivo optical imaging offers an advanced tool to monitor the drug release process and the therapeutic effect by the combination of fluorescence imaging and bioluminescence imaging. Multispectral fluorescence imaging can separate the drug and the carrier without interference. Herein, a dual fluorescent anti-tumor drug delivery system was monitored with the doxorubicin-loaded hydrogel to further explore the application of the porphyrin-incorporated hydrogel with four-arm PEG-PCL copolymer as a drug carrier, based on the beneficial fluorescence and good biocompatibility of the porphyrin incorporated hydrogel. Using nude mice bearing luciferase expressed hepatic tumor as models, the whole process from the drug delivery to the tumor therapeutic effects were real time visualized simultaneously after administration at interval from 0 to 18 d. The imaging results suggest that the fluorescence signals of the drug and the carrier can be separated and unmixed from the drug-loaded hydrogel successfully, avoiding the interference of the fluorescence signals. The tumor growth or inhibition can be real time tracked and analyzed quantitatively by bioluminescence imaging. Noninvasive continuous tracking the in vivo drug delivery process simultaneously is a potential trend for the precise drug delivery and treatment.
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