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JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201700287
Keywords
blood-brain barrier; cerebral lymphatic vessels; gold nanorods; optical coherence tomography; photodynamic treatment
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- Russian Science Foundation [17-15-01263]
- Russian Science Foundation [17-15-01263] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
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A new application of the photodynamic treatment (PDT) is presented for the opening of blood-brain barrier (BBB) and the brain clearing activation that is associated with it, including the use of gold nanoparticles as emerging photosensitizer carriers in PDT. The obtained results clearly demonstrate 2 pathways for the brain clearing: (1) using PDT-opening of BBB and intravenous injection of FITC-dextran we showed a clearance of this tracer via the meningeal lymphatic system in the subdural space; (2) using optical coherence tomography and intraparenchymal injection of gold nanorods, we observed their clearance through the exit gate of cerebral spinal fluid from the brain into the deep cervical lymph node, where the gold nanorods were accumulated. These data contribute to a better understanding of the cerebrovascular effects of PDT and shed light on mechanisms, underlying brain clearing after PDT-related opening of BBB, including clearance from nanoparticles as drug carriers.
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