Development of fluorescent- and radio- traceable T1307-polymeric micelles as biomedical agents for cancer diagnosis: biodistribution on 4T1 tumor-bearing mice

Lecot Calandria, Nicole Valerie - Rodríguez, Gonzalo - Stancov Vázquez, Valentina - Fernández Silveira, Marcelo - González, Mercedes - Glisoni, Romina J. - Cabral González, Pablo - Cerecetto, Hugo

Resumen:

In recent years, nanocarriers have been studied as promising pharmaceutical tools for controlled drug-delivery, treatment-efficacy follow-up and disease imaging. Among them, X-shaped amphiphilic polymeric micelles (Tetronic®, poloxamines) display great potential due to their biocompatibility and non-toxic effects, among others. In the present work, polymeric micelles based on the T1307 copolymer were initially decorated with a 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY)-fluorophore in order to determinate its in vivo biodistribution on 4T1 tumor-bearing mice. However, unfavorable results with this probe led to two different strategies. On the one hand, the BODIPY-loaded micelles, L-T1307-BODIPY, and on the other hand, the 99mTc-radiolabeled micelles, L-T1307-99mTc, were analyzed separately in vivo. The results indicated that T1307 accumulates mainly in the stomach, the kidneys, the lungs and the tumor, reaching the maximum organccumulation 2 hours after intravenous injection. Additionally, and according to the results obtained for L-T1307-99mTc, the capture of the polymeric micelles in organs could be observed up to 24 hours after injection. The results obtained in this work were promising towards the development of new radiotracer agents for breast cancer based on X-shaped polymeric micelles.


Detalles Bibliográficos
2022
ANII: POS_FCE_2015_1_1005193
ANII: POS_FCE_1_2014_1_104714
Amphiphilic polymeric micelles
T1307. BODIPY
99m Tc.
In vivo biodistribution
Inglés
Universidad de la República
COLIBRI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/39924
Acceso abierto
Licencia Creative Commons Atribución (CC - By 4.0)
Resumen:
Sumario:In recent years, nanocarriers have been studied as promising pharmaceutical tools for controlled drug-delivery, treatment-efficacy follow-up and disease imaging. Among them, X-shaped amphiphilic polymeric micelles (Tetronic®, poloxamines) display great potential due to their biocompatibility and non-toxic effects, among others. In the present work, polymeric micelles based on the T1307 copolymer were initially decorated with a 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY)-fluorophore in order to determinate its in vivo biodistribution on 4T1 tumor-bearing mice. However, unfavorable results with this probe led to two different strategies. On the one hand, the BODIPY-loaded micelles, L-T1307-BODIPY, and on the other hand, the 99mTc-radiolabeled micelles, L-T1307-99mTc, were analyzed separately in vivo. The results indicated that T1307 accumulates mainly in the stomach, the kidneys, the lungs and the tumor, reaching the maximum organccumulation 2 hours after intravenous injection. Additionally, and according to the results obtained for L-T1307-99mTc, the capture of the polymeric micelles in organs could be observed up to 24 hours after injection. The results obtained in this work were promising towards the development of new radiotracer agents for breast cancer based on X-shaped polymeric micelles.