2014
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201402631
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Laser‐Activatible PLGA Microparticles for Image‐Guided Cancer Therapy In Vivo

Abstract: Poly(lactide‐co‐glycolic acid) (PLGA) particles are biocompatible and bio­degradable, and can be used as a carrier for various chemotherapeutic drugs, imaging agents and targeting moieties. Micrometer‐sized PLGA particles were synthesized with gold nanoparticles and DiI dye within the PLGA shell, and perfluorohexane liquid (PFH) in the core. Upon laser irradiation, the PLGA shell absorbs the laser energy, activating the liquid core (liquid conversion to gas). The rapidly expanding gas is expelled from the part… Show more

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“…Biocompatible metal NPs are generally employed to convert photons into thermal energy and induce the evaporation of liquid droplets. [21][22][23] The shallow penetration depth of the laser, however, substantially hinders its further clinical translation. It is noted that both ADV and ODV require a pre-determined tumor position to accomplish site-specific phase transformation for imaging and therapy, which means that these two modalities cannot intrinsically overcome the drawbacks of particle sizes of CAs or SAs for early diagnosis and efficient therapy of cancer.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Biocompatible metal NPs are generally employed to convert photons into thermal energy and induce the evaporation of liquid droplets. [21][22][23] The shallow penetration depth of the laser, however, substantially hinders its further clinical translation. It is noted that both ADV and ODV require a pre-determined tumor position to accomplish site-specific phase transformation for imaging and therapy, which means that these two modalities cannot intrinsically overcome the drawbacks of particle sizes of CAs or SAs for early diagnosis and efficient therapy of cancer.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our in vivo experiments indicate that laser-stimulated PLGA particle vaporization caused the disruption of the vasculature and decreased blood perfusion which caused necrosis of tumor cells, thus limiting tumor growth [23]. The anti-cancer therapeutic effects could be further enhanced by incorporating a chemotherapeutic into the particle.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…After the solvent was evaporated, the fluorinated GNPs were dissolved into PFH liquid. PLGA particles containing PFH with and without GNPs were prepared using a double emulsion solvent evaporation process [23,43]. Briefly, PLGA polymer (25 mg) and DiD or DiI (100 µg) were dissolved in dichloromethane (1 mL).…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Upon laser irradiation, a liquid-to-gas phase transformation of PFCs takes place due to the temperature elevation via the conversion of laser energy. The resulting PFCs bubbles are capable of enhancing contrast of ultrasound/ photoacoustic imaging [39,40] and inducing cavitation for therapy [41][42][43] by the bubble formation and explosion. This kind of laser-induced phase transformation can be realized by the combination of PFCs droplets with various photosensitizers, such as indocyanine green (ICG)-loaded perfluorocarbon nanodroplets, gold nanoparticles and perfluorohexane liquid (PFH) co-loaded PLGA [42,43].…”
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