In-vivo photoacoustic microscopy of nanoshell extravasation from solid tumor vasculature

Meng-Lin Li; James C. Wang; Jon A. Schwartz; Kelly L. Gill-Sharp; George Stoica D.V.M.; Lihong V. Wang

doi:10.1117/1.3081556

1 January 2009 In-vivo photoacoustic microscopy of nanoshell extravasation from solid tumor vasculature

Meng-Lin Li, James C. Wang, Jon A. Schwartz, Kelly L. Gill-Sharp, George Stoica D.V.M., Lihong V. Wang

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 14, Issue 1, 010507 (January 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3081556

Abstract

In this study, high resolution backward-mode photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) is used to noninvasively image progressive extravasation and accumulation of nanoshells within a solid tumor in vivo. PAM takes advantage of the strong near-infrared absorption of nanoshells and their extravasation tendency from leaky tumor vasculatures for imaging. Subcutaneous tumors are grown on immunocompetent BALB/c mice. Polyethylene glycol (PEGylated) nanoshells with a peak optical absorption at ~800 nm are intravenously administered. With an 800-nm laser source, a prescan prior to nanoshell injection is taken to determine the background that is free of nanoshell accumulation. After injection, the 3-D nanoshell distribution at the tumor foci is monitored by PAM for 6 h. Experimental results show that accumulated nanoshells delineate the tumor position. Nanoshell accumulation is heterogeneous in tumors: more concentrated within the tumor cortex and largely absent from the tumor core. Because nanoshells have been recently demonstrated to enhance thermal therapy of subcutaneous tumors, we anticipate that PAM will be an important aid before, during, and after nanoshell thermal therapy.

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Meng-Lin Li, James C. Wang, Jon A. Schwartz, Kelly L. Gill-Sharp, George Stoica D.V.M., and Lihong V. Wang "In-vivo photoacoustic microscopy of nanoshell extravasation from solid tumor vasculature," Journal of Biomedical Optics 14(1), 010507 (1 January 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3081556

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