Depth-targeted transvascular drug delivery by using annular-shaped photomechanical waves

Takuya Akiyama; Shunichi Sato; Hiroshi Ashida; Mitsuhiro Terakawa

doi:10.1117/12.874383

10 February 2011 Depth-targeted transvascular drug delivery by using annular-shaped photomechanical waves

Takuya Akiyama, Shunichi Sato, Hiroshi Ashida, Mitsuhiro Terakawa

Proceedings Volume 7902, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues IX; 79020X (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.874383
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Laser-based drug delivery is attractive for the targeting capability due to high spatial controllability of laser energy. Recently, we found that photomechanical waves (PMWs) can transiently increase the permeability of blood vessels in skin, muscle and brain of rats. In this study, we examined the use of annular-shaped PMWs to increase pressure at target depths due to superposition effect of pressure waves. This can increase the permeability of blood vessels located in the specific depth regions, enabling depth-targeted transvascular drug delivery. Annular PMWs were produced by irradiating a laser-absorbing material with annular-shaped pulsed laser beams that were produced by using an axicon lens. We first examined propagation and pressure characteristics of annular PMWs in tissue phantoms and confirmed an increased pressure at a target depth, which can be controlled by changing laser parameters. We injected Evans blue (EB) into a rat tail vein, and annular PMWs (inner diameter, 3 mm; outer diameter, 5 mm) were applied from the myofascial surface of the anterior tibialis muscle. After perfusion fixation, we observed fluorescence originating from EB in the tissue. We observed intense fluorescence at a target depth region of around 5 mm. These results demonstrate the capability of annular PMWs for depth-targeted transvascular drug delivery.

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Takuya Akiyama, Shunichi Sato, Hiroshi Ashida, and Mitsuhiro Terakawa "Depth-targeted transvascular drug delivery by using annular-shaped photomechanical waves", Proc. SPIE 7902, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues IX, 79020X (10 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.874383

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