Pulsed high intensity focused ultrasound increases penetration and therapeutic efficacy of monoclonal antibodies in murine xenograft tumors

S Wang, IS Shin, H Hancock, B Jang, H Kim… - Journal of controlled …, 2012 - Elsevier
S Wang, IS Shin, H Hancock, B Jang, H Kim, SM Lee, V Zderic, V Frenkel, I Pastan, CH Paik…
Journal of controlled release, 2012Elsevier
The success of radioimmunotherapy for solid tumors remains elusive due to poor
biodistribution and insufficient tumor accumulation, in part, due to the unique tumor
microenvironment resulting in heterogeneous tumor antibody distribution. Pulsed high
intensity focused ultrasound (pulsed-HIFU) has previously been shown to increase the
accumulation of 111In labeled B3 antibody (recognizes Lewisy antigen). The objective of
this study was to investigate the tumor penetration and therapeutic efficacy of pulsed-HIFU …
The success of radioimmunotherapy for solid tumors remains elusive due to poor biodistribution and insufficient tumor accumulation, in part, due to the unique tumor microenvironment resulting in heterogeneous tumor antibody distribution. Pulsed high intensity focused ultrasound (pulsed-HIFU) has previously been shown to increase the accumulation of 111In labeled B3 antibody (recognizes Lewisy antigen). The objective of this study was to investigate the tumor penetration and therapeutic efficacy of pulsed-HIFU exposures combined with 90Y labeled B3 mAb in an A431 solid tumor model. The ability of pulsed-HIFU (1MHz, spatial averaged temporal peak intensity=2685Wcm−2; pulse repetition frequency=1Hz; duty cycle=5%) to improve the tumor penetration and therapeutic efficacy of 90Y labeled B3 mAb (90Y-B3) was evaluated in Ley-positive A431 tumors. Antibody penetration from the tumor surface and blood vessel surface was evaluated with fluorescently labeled B3, epi-fluorescent microscopy, and custom image analysis. Tumor size was monitored to determine treatment efficacy, indicated by survival, following various treatments with pulsed-HIFU and/or 90Y-B3. The pulsed-HIFU exposures did not affect the vascular parameters including microvascular density, vascular size, and vascular architecture; although 1.6-fold more antibody was delivered to the solid tumors when combined with pulsed-HIFU. The distribution and penetration of the antibodies were significantly improved (p-value<0.05) when combined with pulsed-HIFU, only in the tumor periphery. Pretreatment with pulsed-HIFU significantly improved (p-value<0.05) survival over control treatments.
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