Design of deformable chitosan microspheres loaded with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for embolotherapy detectable by magnetic resonance imaging
- Authors
- Chung, Eun-Young; Kim, Hyeong-Min; Lee, Ga-Hyeon; Kwak, Byung-Kook; Jung, Ji-Sung; Kuh, Hyo-Jeong; Lee, Jaehwi
- Issue Date
- Nov-2012
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Deformable chitosan microsphere; Superparamagnetic iron oxide; Anti-cancer embolization; Magnetic resonance imaging; Traceability
- Citation
- CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS, v.90, no.4, pp 1725 - 1731
- Pages
- 7
- Journal Title
- CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
- Volume
- 90
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 1725
- End Page
- 1731
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/20030
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.07.058
- ISSN
- 0144-8617
1879-1344
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to design chitosan microspheres (MS) loaded with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIO) suitable for anti-cancer embolotherapy detectable by MRI. Deformable chitosan MS loaded with varying SPIO concentrations (SPIO-chitosan MS) were prepared by ionotropic gelation and a porogenic technique using polyethylene glycol, followed by genipin crosslinking. Adding SPIO nanoparticles to chitosan MS did not significantly affect the chitosan MS morphology. An in vitro phantom study led to selecting SPIO-chitosan MS prepared with 1.0 mM SPIO for an in vivo MR traceability study. SPIO-chitosan MS could be identified following embolization in the renal artery by MRI at 18 weeks. Histological and pathological evidence also showed that SPIO-chitosan MS blocked and remained in the target vessels. Therefore, deformable SPIO-chitosan MS is MR-detectable embolic material with a possible application for anticancer embolotherapy. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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