期刊
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
卷 47, 期 5, 页码 1343-1355出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.01.014
关键词
Transferrin receptor-targeting; Blood-brain barrier disruption; Ultrasound; Liposomes; Microbubbles
资金
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Technical University of Denmark
- Lundbeck Foundation Research Initiative on Brain Barriers and Drug Delivery [R155-2013-14113]
Research shows that combining FUS and microbubbles with BBB-targeting liposomes can enhance drug delivery to the brain. Transferrin receptor-targeting liposomes exhibited increased accumulation in the FUS-treated hemisphere, while isotype immunoglobulin G liposomes did not show significant increase.
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a major obstacle to treating several brain disorders. Focused ultrasound (FUS) in combination with intravascular microbubbles increases BBB permeability by opening tight junctions, creating endothelial cell openings, improving endocytosis and increasing transcytosis. Here we investigated whether combining FUS and microbubbles with transferrin receptor-targeting liposomes would result in enhanced delivery to the brain of post-natal rats compared with liposomes lacking the BBB-targeting moiety. For all animals, increased BBB permeability was observed after FUS treatment. A 40% increase in accumulation of transferrin receptor-targeting liposomes was observed in the FUS-treated hemisphere, whereas the isotype immunoglobulin G liposomes showed no increased accumulation. Confocal laser scanning microscopy of brain sections revealed that both types of liposomes were mainly observed in endothelial cells in the FUS-treated hemisphere. The results demonstrate that FUS and microbubble treatment combined with BBB-targeting liposomes could be a promising approach to enhance drug delivery to the brain. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.
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