Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 113-8656 Tokyo, Japan.
Biomed Pharmacother. 2013 Jul;67(6):451-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2012.11.010. Epub 2012 Dec 26.
Neutron capture therapy (NCT) is a promising non-invasive cancer therapy approach and some recent NCT research has focused on using compounds containing gadolinium as an alternative to currently used boron-10 considering several advantages that gadolinium offers compared to those of boron. In this study, we evaluated gadolinium-entrapped liposome compound as neutron capture therapy agent by in vivo experiment on colon-26 tumor-bearing mice. Gadolinium compound were injected intravenously via tail vein and allowed to accumulate into tumor site. Tumor samples were taken for quantitative analysis by ICP-MS at 2, 12, and 24 h after gadolinium compound injection. Highest gadolinium concentration was observed at about 2 h after gadolinium compound injection with an average of 40.3 μg/g of wet tumor tissue. We performed neutron irradiation at JRR-4 reactor facility of Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in Tokaimura with average neutron fluence of 2×10¹² n/cm². The experimental results showed that the tumor growth suppression of gadolinium-injected irradiated group was revealed until about four times higher compared to the control group, and no significant weight loss were observed after treatment suggesting low systemic toxicity of this compound. The gadolinium-entrapped liposome will become one of the candidates for Gd delivery system on NCT.
中子俘获治疗(NCT)是一种很有前途的非侵入性癌症治疗方法,最近的一些 NCT 研究集中在使用含有钆的化合物作为目前使用的硼-10 的替代品,考虑到与硼相比,钆具有一些优势。在这项研究中,我们通过对携带结肠-26 肿瘤的小鼠进行体内实验,评估了包埋钆的脂质体化合物作为中子俘获治疗剂的效果。通过尾静脉静脉注射将钆化合物注入体内,并允许其在肿瘤部位积聚。在注射钆化合物后 2、12 和 24 小时,通过 ICP-MS 对肿瘤样本进行定量分析。在注射钆化合物后约 2 小时观察到最高的钆浓度,平均湿肿瘤组织中为 40.3μg/g。我们在日本原子力研究所在东海村的 JRR-4 反应堆设施中进行了中子辐照,平均中子通量为 2×10¹² n/cm²。实验结果表明,与对照组相比,注射钆并接受辐照的肿瘤生长抑制作用一直持续到大约四倍,并且在治疗后没有观察到体重明显减轻,表明该化合物的全身毒性较低。包埋钆的脂质体将成为 NCT 中 Gd 输送系统的候选物之一。