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Normalization of tumour blood vessels improves the delivery of nanomedicines in a size-dependent manner
The blood vessels of cancerous tumours are leaky(1–3) and poorly organized(4–7). This can increase the interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) inside tumours and reduce blood supply to them, which impairs drug delivery(8–9). Anti-angiogenic therapies – which “normalize” the abnormal blood vessels in tumou...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3370066/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22484912 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.45 |
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author | Chauhan, Vikash P. Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos Martin, John D. Popović, Zoran Chen, Ou Kamoun, Walid S. Bawendi, Moungi G. Fukumura, Dai Jain, Rakesh K. |
author_facet | Chauhan, Vikash P. Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos Martin, John D. Popović, Zoran Chen, Ou Kamoun, Walid S. Bawendi, Moungi G. Fukumura, Dai Jain, Rakesh K. |
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description | The blood vessels of cancerous tumours are leaky(1–3) and poorly organized(4–7). This can increase the interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) inside tumours and reduce blood supply to them, which impairs drug delivery(8–9). Anti-angiogenic therapies – which “normalize” the abnormal blood vessels in tumours by making them less leaky – have been shown to improve the delivery and effectiveness of chemotherapeutics with low molecular-weights(10), but it remains unclear whether normalizing tumour vessels can improve the delivery of nanomedicines. Here we show that repairing the abnormal vessels in mammary tumours, by blocking vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-2, improves the delivery of small nanoparticles (12nm diameter) while hindering the delivery of large nanoparticles (125nm diameter). We utilize a mathematical model to show that reducing vessel wall pore sizes through normalization decreases IFP in tumours, allowing small nanoparticles to enter them more rapidly. However, increased steric and hydrodynamic hindrances, also associated with smaller pores, make it more difficult for large nanoparticles to enter tumours. Our results further suggest that smaller (~12nm) nanomedicines are ideal for cancer therapy, owing to superior tumour penetration. |
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spelling | pubmed-33700662012-12-01 Normalization of tumour blood vessels improves the delivery of nanomedicines in a size-dependent manner Chauhan, Vikash P. Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos Martin, John D. Popović, Zoran Chen, Ou Kamoun, Walid S. Bawendi, Moungi G. Fukumura, Dai Jain, Rakesh K. Nat Nanotechnol Article The blood vessels of cancerous tumours are leaky(1–3) and poorly organized(4–7). This can increase the interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) inside tumours and reduce blood supply to them, which impairs drug delivery(8–9). Anti-angiogenic therapies – which “normalize” the abnormal blood vessels in tumours by making them less leaky – have been shown to improve the delivery and effectiveness of chemotherapeutics with low molecular-weights(10), but it remains unclear whether normalizing tumour vessels can improve the delivery of nanomedicines. Here we show that repairing the abnormal vessels in mammary tumours, by blocking vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-2, improves the delivery of small nanoparticles (12nm diameter) while hindering the delivery of large nanoparticles (125nm diameter). We utilize a mathematical model to show that reducing vessel wall pore sizes through normalization decreases IFP in tumours, allowing small nanoparticles to enter them more rapidly. However, increased steric and hydrodynamic hindrances, also associated with smaller pores, make it more difficult for large nanoparticles to enter tumours. Our results further suggest that smaller (~12nm) nanomedicines are ideal for cancer therapy, owing to superior tumour penetration. 2012-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3370066/ /pubmed/22484912 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.45 Text en Users may view, print, copy, download and text and data- mine the content in such documents, for the purposes of academic research, subject always to the full Conditions of use: http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms |
spellingShingle | Article Chauhan, Vikash P. Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos Martin, John D. Popović, Zoran Chen, Ou Kamoun, Walid S. Bawendi, Moungi G. Fukumura, Dai Jain, Rakesh K. Normalization of tumour blood vessels improves the delivery of nanomedicines in a size-dependent manner |
title | Normalization of tumour blood vessels improves the delivery of nanomedicines in a size-dependent manner |
title_full | Normalization of tumour blood vessels improves the delivery of nanomedicines in a size-dependent manner |
title_fullStr | Normalization of tumour blood vessels improves the delivery of nanomedicines in a size-dependent manner |
title_full_unstemmed | Normalization of tumour blood vessels improves the delivery of nanomedicines in a size-dependent manner |
title_short | Normalization of tumour blood vessels improves the delivery of nanomedicines in a size-dependent manner |
title_sort | normalization of tumour blood vessels improves the delivery of nanomedicines in a size-dependent manner |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3370066/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22484912 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.45 |
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