On-site fabrication of injectable I-131-labeled microgels for local radiotherapy
- Authors
- Kim, Sodam; Yim, Sang-Gu; Chandrasekharan, Ajeesh; Seong, Keum-Yong; Lee, Tae Wook; Kim, Byeongyeon; Kim, Keunyoung; Choi, Sungyoung; Yang, Seung Yun
- Issue Date
- Jun-2020
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Keywords
- Injectable drug delivery system; Radiotherapy; Hyaluronic acid; I-131; Hydrogel microparticle
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, v.322, pp.337 - 345
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- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
- Volume
- 322
- Start Page
- 337
- End Page
- 345
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/145658
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.03.046
- ISSN
- 0168-3659
- Abstract
- Nuclear medicine is a routine but essential clinical option for diagnostic imaging and disease treatment. Encapsulating radioisotopes in injectable biodegradable hydrogels is ideal for localizing radiation sources to target tissues or organs to achieve long-term, low-dose radiotherapy. However, difficulties in the on-site production of radioactive gels upon treatment and the unpredictable radiation level at the target region are major obstacles to their clinical use. In this study, we bypassed these limitations by developing locally injectable hydrogel microparticles based on I-131-labeled photo-crosslinkable hyaluronic acid (HA) and a microfluidic highthroughput droplet generator. This approach enabled rapid on-site production of injectable, radioactive, biodegradable (IRB) HA microgels, thus allowing their immediate therapeutic application with improved local retention and predictable radioactivity. We demonstrated the clinical utility of this comprehensive approach by preparing IRB HA microgels within 15 min and localizing them to the target tissue (rat muscle) with minimal offtarget biodistribution and in vivo radioactivity that extended beyond 3 weeks.
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