Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM'S NMIMS Deemed-to-be University, Shirpur, Maharashtra, 425405, India.
Department of Quality Assurance, School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM'S NMIMS Deemed-to-be University, Shirpur, Maharashtra, 425405, India.
Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2024;25(9):1167-1181. doi: 10.2174/0113892010248189231010085827.
Anticancer medications as well as additional therapeutic compounds, have poor clinical effectiveness due to their diverse distribution, non-selectivity for malignant cells, and undesirable off-target side effects. As a result, ultrasound-based targeted delivery of therapeutic compounds carried in sophisticated nanocarriers has grown in favor of cancer therapy and control. Nanobubbles are nanoscale bubbles that exhibit unique physiochemical properties in both their inner core and outer shell. Manufacturing nanobubbles primarily aims to enhance therapeutic agents' bioavailability, stability, and targeted delivery. The small size of nanobubbles allows for their extravasation from blood vessels into surrounding tissues and site-specific release through ultrasound targeting. Ultrasound technology is widely utilized for therapy due to its speed, safety, and cost-effectiveness, and micro/nanobubbles, as ultrasound contrast agents, have numerous potential applications in disease treatment. Thus, combining ultrasound applications with NBs has recently demonstrated increased localization of anticancer molecules in tumor tissues with triggered release behavior. Consequently, an effective therapeutic concentration of drugs/genes is achieved in target tumor tissues with ultimately increased therapeutic efficacy and minimal side effects on other non-cancerous tissues. This paper provides a brief overview of the production processes for nanobubbles, along with their key characteristics and potential therapeutic uses.
由于抗癌药物以及其他治疗化合物分布广泛、对恶性细胞缺乏选择性以及存在不良的脱靶副作用,其临床效果较差。因此,基于超声的治疗化合物靶向递送至复杂的纳米载体在癌症治疗和控制方面得到了广泛应用。纳米气泡是纳米级的气泡,在其内核和外壳中都表现出独特的物理化学性质。制造纳米气泡主要旨在提高治疗剂的生物利用度、稳定性和靶向递送。纳米气泡的小尺寸允许它们从血管外渗到周围组织,并通过超声靶向进行特定部位的释放。由于速度快、安全性高、成本效益好,超声技术在治疗中得到了广泛应用,而微/纳米气泡作为超声造影剂,在疾病治疗中有许多潜在的应用。因此,最近的研究表明,将超声应用与纳米气泡结合可以增加肿瘤组织中抗癌分子的定位,并具有触发释放行为。因此,在靶肿瘤组织中实现了有效的治疗浓度的药物/基因,最终提高了治疗效果,对其他非癌性组织的副作用最小。本文简要概述了纳米气泡的生产工艺及其关键特性和潜在的治疗用途。
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