P11.28 Alteration of blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability by Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) in vivo

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العنوان: P11.28 Alteration of blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability by Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) in vivo
المؤلفون: T. Voloshin Sela, Almuth F. Keßler, Moshe Giladi, Ellaine Salvador, Carsten Hagemann, Mario Löhr, Carola Förster, Malgorzata Burek, D. Domröse, C. Tempel Brami, R Ernestus
المصدر: Neuro Oncol
بيانات النشر: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
مصطلحات موضوعية: Poster Presentations, Cancer Research, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.anatomical_structure, Oncology, In vivo, Chemistry, cardiovascular system, medicine, Neurology (clinical), Blood–brain barrier, Bbb permeability
الوصف: BACKGROUND Alternating electric fields with intermediate frequency (100 - 300 kHz) and low intensity (1 - 3 V/cm), known as Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields), have been established as a novel adjuvant therapy for glioblastoma (GBM) patients. The blood brain barrier (BBB) tightly controls the influx of the majority of compounds from blood to brain. Due to this regulation, the BBB may block delivery of drugs for treatment of brain tumors, in particular GBM. In this study, we investigated the influence of TTFields on BBB permeability in vivo. MATERIAL AND METHODS For determination of BBB permeability, rats were treated with 100 kHz TTFields for 72 h. At the end of treatment, rats were i.v. injected with Evan′s Blue (EB), which binds Albumin (~70 kDa) upon injection to the blood. EB was extracted after brain homogenization and quantified at 610 nm. In addition, cryosections of rat brains were prepared following TTFields application at 100 kHz for 72 h, and sections were stained for Claudin 5, Occludin and immunoglobulin G (IgG) to assess vessel structure. Moreover, serial dynamic contrast-enhanced DCE-MRI with Gadolinium contrast agent (Gd) was performed before and after TTFields application. RESULTS In vivo, the EB accumulation in the brain was significantly increased by application of TTFields to the rat head. Claudin 5 and Occludin staining was visible in vessel endothelial cells and localized at the cells’ edges in control cryosections of rat brains. In TTFields-treated rats, the vessel structure became diffuse; Claudin 5 and Occludin were delocalized and IgG was found throughout the brain tissue and not solely inside the vessels, as it is normally the case. Serial DCE-MRI demonstrated significantly increased accumulation of Gd in the brain, detected directly after 72 h of TTFields application. 96 h after end of TTFields treatment the effect on the BBB disappeared and no difference in contrast enhancement between controls and TTFields treated animals was observable. CONCLUSION Application of TTFields at 100 kHz could have the potential to deliver drugs to the brain, which normally are unable to cross the BBB by altering BBB integrity and permeability. Utilizing TTFields to open the BBB and its subsequent recovery, as demonstrated by the data presented herein, could lead to a clinical approach of drug delivery for treatment of malignant brain tumors and other diseases of the central nervous system. These results will be further validated in clinical trials.
تدمد: 1523-5866
1522-8517
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::6532c9c8b40882143238f6662d3c54d0
https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noz126.174
حقوق: OPEN
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.doi.dedup.....6532c9c8b40882143238f6662d3c54d0
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE