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Polymeric perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions are ultrasound-activated wireless drug infusion catheters

Q Zhong, BC Yoon, M Aryal, JB Wang, A Karthik, View ORCID ProfileRD Airan
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/315044
Q Zhong
1Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A.
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BC Yoon
1Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A.
2Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, U.S.A.
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M Aryal
1Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A.
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JB Wang
1Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A.
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A Karthik
1Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A.
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RD Airan
1Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A.
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ABSTRACT

Catheter-based intra-arterial drug therapies have proven effective for a range of oncologic, neurologic, and cardiovascular applications. However, these procedures are limited by their invasiveness, as well as the relatively broad drug spatial distribution that is achievable with selective arterial catheterization. The ideal technique for local pharmacotherapy would be noninvasive and would flexibly deliver a given drug to any region of the body. Combining polymeric perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions with existent clinical focused ultrasound systems could in principle enable noninvasive targeted drug delivery, but it has not been clear whether these nanoparticles could provide the necessary drug loading, stability, and generalizability across a range of drugs to meet these needs, beyond a few niche applications. Here, we directly address all of those challenges and fully develop polymeric perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions into a generalized platform for ultrasound-targeted drug delivery with high potential for clinical translation. We demonstrate that a wide variety of drugs may be effectively uncaged with ultrasound using these nanoparticles, with drug loading increasing with hydrophobicity. We also set the stage for clinical translation by delineating production protocols that hew to clinical standards and yield stable and optimized ultrasound-activated drug-loaded nanoemulsions. Finally, as a new potential clinical application for these nanoemulsions, we exhibit their in vivo efficacy and performance for cardiovascular applications, by achieving local vasodilation in the highest flow vessel of the body, the aorta. This work establishes the power of polymeric perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions as a clinically-translatable platform for effective noninvasive ultrasonic drug uncaging for myriad targets in the brain and body.

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Q Zhong, BC Yoon, M Aryal, JB Wang, A Karthik, RD Airan
bioRxiv 315044; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/315044
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Polymeric perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions are ultrasound-activated wireless drug infusion catheters
Q Zhong, BC Yoon, M Aryal, JB Wang, A Karthik, RD Airan
bioRxiv 315044; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/315044

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