Department of Radiology, the First Hospital of China Medical University, No. 155 Nanjing North Road, Shenyang, 110001, People's Republic of China.
Laboratory of Controllable Preparation and Application of Nanomaterials, Center for Micro/Nanomaterials and Technology and Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
Nanoscale Res Lett. 2016 Dec;11(1):334. doi: 10.1186/s11671-016-1536-0. Epub 2016 Jul 15.
Herein, we develop a novel integrated strategy for the preparation of theranostic chitosan microcapsules by encapsulating ion liquids (ILs) and Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The as-prepared chitosan/Fe3O4@IL microcapsules exhibit not only significant heating efficacy in vitro under microwave (MW) irradiation but also obvious enhancement of T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, besides the excellent biocompatibility in physiological environments. The chitosan/Fe3O4@IL microcapsules show ideal temperature rise and therapeutic efficiency when applied to microwave thermal therapy in vivo. Complete tumor elimination is realizing after MW irradiation at an ultralow power density (1.8 W/cm(2)), while neither the MW group nor the chitosan microcapsule group has significant influence on the tumor development. The applicability of the chitosan/Fe3O4@IL microcapsules as an efficient contrast agent for MR imaging is proved in vivo. Moreover, the result of in vivo systematic toxicity shows that chitosan/Fe3O4@IL microcapsules have no acute fatal toxicity. Our study presents an interesting type of multifunctional platform developed by chitosan microcapsule promising for imaging-guided MW thermotherapy.
在此,我们开发了一种新颖的综合策略,用于制备治疗性壳聚糖微胶囊,方法是封装离子液体 (IL) 和 Fe3O4 纳米粒子。所制备的壳聚糖/Fe3O4@IL 微胶囊不仅在微波 (MW) 照射下具有显著的体外加热效果,而且在生理环境下还具有优异的生物相容性,同时还明显增强了 T2 加权磁共振 (MR) 成像。壳聚糖/Fe3O4@IL 微胶囊在体内微波热疗中应用时,表现出理想的温升和治疗效果。在超低功率密度 (1.8 W/cm(2)) 下进行 MW 照射后可实现完全消除肿瘤,而 MW 组和壳聚糖微胶囊组对肿瘤的发展均无明显影响。体内研究证明了壳聚糖/Fe3O4@IL 微胶囊作为一种高效磁共振成像对比剂的适用性。此外,体内系统毒性研究结果表明,壳聚糖/Fe3O4@IL 微胶囊无急性致命毒性。我们的研究提出了一种有趣的多功能平台,由壳聚糖微胶囊开发,有望用于成像引导的 MW 热疗。