Using acoustic cavitation to enhance chemotherapy of DOX liposomes: experiment in vitro and in vivo |
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Authors: | Zhao Ying-Zheng Dai Dan-Dan Lu Cui-Tao Lv Hai-Feng Zhang Yan Li Xing Li Wen-Feng Wu Yan Jiang Lei Li Xiao-Kun Huang Pin-Tong Chen Li-Juan Lin Min |
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Affiliation: | Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. |
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Abstract: | Experiments in vitro and in vivo were designed to investigate tumor growth inhibition of chemotherapeutics-loaded liposomes enhanced by acoustic cavitation. Doxorubicin-loaded liposomes (DOX liposomes) were used in experiments to investigate acoustic cavitation mediated effects on cell viability and chemotherapeutic function. The influence of lingering sensitive period after acoustic cavitation on tumor inhibition was also investigated. Animal experiment was carried out to verify the practicability of this technique in vivo. From experiment results, blank phospholipid-based microbubbles (PBM) combined with ultrasound (US) at intensity below 0.3 W/cm(2) could produce acoustic cavitation which maintained cell viability at high level. Compared with DOX solution, DOX liposomes combined with acoustic cavitation exerted effective tumor inhibition in vitro and in vivo. The lingering sensitive period after acoustic cavitation could also enhance the susceptibility of tumor to chemotherapeutic drugs. DOX liposomes could also exert certain tumor inhibition under preliminary acoustic cavitation. Acoustic cavitation could enhance the absorption efficiency of DOX liposomes, which could be used to reduce DOX adverse effect on normal organs in clinical chemotherapy. |
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