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Ultrasound-triggered drug delivery for glioma therapy through gambogic acid-loaded nanobubble-microbubble complexes

Glioma is one of the most common primary brain tumors. Gambogic acid (GA) is widely used in tumor chemotherapy. However, GA has poor water solubility, low bioavailability, and difficult permeability across the blood–brain barrier (BBB), leading to poor efficacy against brain tumors. In our study, we...

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Published in:Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy 2022-06, Vol.150, p.113042-113042, Article 113042
Main Authors: Wang, Feng, Dong, Lei, Liang, Simin, Wei, Xixi, Wang, Yongling, Chang, Liansheng, Guo, Kang, Wu, Hongwei, Chang, Yuqiao, Yin, Yaling, Wang, Lu, Shi, Yu, Yan, Fei, Li, Nana
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Summary:Glioma is one of the most common primary brain tumors. Gambogic acid (GA) is widely used in tumor chemotherapy. However, GA has poor water solubility, low bioavailability, and difficult permeability across the blood–brain barrier (BBB), leading to poor efficacy against brain tumors. In our study, we developed negatively charged GA-loaded PLGA nanobubbles [GA/poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)] and conjugated them onto the surface of cationic lipid microbubbles (CMBs) through electrostatic interactions. The resulting GA/PLGA–CMB complex was characterized for its particle size, distribution, drug encapsulation efficiency, and ultrasound imaging property, revealing a high drug encapsulation efficiency and excellent contrast imaging capability. Importantly, significantly enhanced GA delivery into the brain could be observed after the intravenous administration of GA/PLGA–CMBs combined with low-intensity focused ultrasound (FUS) due to the cavitation from CMBs, which mediated blood–brain barrier (BBB) opening. Taking advantage of the opened BBB, GA/PLGA nanobubbles could be delivered into the tumor. Then, the second FUS irradiation at higher energy was used to induce the cavitation of GA/PLGA nanobubbles, producing the second cavitation on tumor cells, significantly enhancing the ability of GA to enter tumor cells and inhibit tumor growth inhibition efficacy. [Display omitted]
ISSN:0753-3322
1950-6007
DOI:10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113042