In-vivo imaging of nanoshell extravasation from solid tumor vasculature by photoacoustic microscopy

Meng-Lin Li; Jon A. Schwartz; James Wang; George Stoica; Lihong V. Wang

doi:10.1117/12.697722

28 February 2007 In-vivo imaging of nanoshell extravasation from solid tumor vasculature by photoacoustic microscopy

Meng-Lin Li, Jon A. Schwartz, James Wang, George Stoica, Lihong V. Wang

Proceedings Volume 6437, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2007: The Eighth Conference on Biomedical Thermoacoustics, Optoacoustics, and Acousto-optics; 64370B (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.697722
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In this study, high resolution reflection-mode (backward-mode) photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) is used to noninvasively image progressive extravasation and accumulation of nanoshells within a solid tumor in vivo. This study takes advantage of the strong near-infrared absorption of nanoshells, a novel type of optically tunable gold nanoparticles that tend to extravasate from leaky tumor vasculatures (i.e., passive targeting) via the "enhanced permeability and retention" effect due to their nanoscale size. Tumors were grown in immunocompetent BALB/c mice by subcutaneous inoculation of CT26.wt murine colon carcinoma cells. PEGylated nanoshells with a peak optical absorption at ~800 nm were intravenously administered. Pre-scans prior to nanoshell injection were taken using a 584-nm laser source to highlight blood content and an 800-nm laser source to mark the background limit for nanoshell accumulation. After injection, the three-dimensional nanoshell distribution inside the tumor was monitored by PAM for 7 hours. Experimental results show that nanoshell accumulation is heterogeneous in tumors: more concentrated within the tumor cortex and largely absent from the tumor core. This correlates with others' observation that drug delivery within tumor cores is ineffective because of both high interstitial pressure and tendency to necrosis of tumor cores. Since nanoshells have been recently applied to thermal therapy for subcutaneous tumors, we anticipate that PAM will be important to this therapeutic technique.

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Meng-Lin Li, Jon A. Schwartz, James Wang, George Stoica, and Lihong V. Wang "In-vivo imaging of nanoshell extravasation from solid tumor vasculature by photoacoustic microscopy", Proc. SPIE 6437, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2007: The Eighth Conference on Biomedical Thermoacoustics, Optoacoustics, and Acousto-optics, 64370B (28 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.697722

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