Application of M1 macrophage as a live vector in delivering nanoparticles for in vivo photothermal treatment

Nu Ri Im, Taeseok Daniel Yang, Kwanjun Park, Jang Hoon Lee, Jonghwan Lee, Yoon Hyuck Kim, Jae-Seung Lee, Byoungjae Kim, Kwang-Yoon Jung, Youngwoon Choi, Seung Kuk Baek

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Abstract

Introduction: To enhance photothermal treatment (PTT) efficiency, a delivery method that uses cell vector for nanoparticles (NPs) delivery has drawn attention and studied widely in recent years. Objectives: In this study, we demonstrated the feasibility of M1 activated macrophage as a live vector for delivering NPs and investigated the effect of NPs loaded M1 stimulated by Lipopolysaccharide on PTT efficiency in vivo. Methods: M1 was used as a live vector for delivering NPs and further to investigate the effect of NPs loaded M1 on PTT efficiency. Non-activated macrophage (MФ) was stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) into M1 and assessed for tumor cell phagocytic capacity towards NPs Results: We found M1 exhibited a 20-fold higher uptake capacity of NPs per cell volume and 2.9-fold more active infiltration into the tumor site, compared with non-activated macrophage MФ. We injected M1 cells peritumorally and observed that these cells penetrated into the tumor mass within 12 h. Then, we conducted PTT using irradiation of a near-infrared laser for 1 min at 1 W/cm2. As a result, we confirmed that using M1 as an active live vector led to a more rapid reduction in tumor size within 1 day indicating that the efficacy of PTT with NPs-loaded M1 is higher than that with NPs-loaded MФ. Conclusion: Our study demonstrated the potential role of M1 as a live vector for enhancing the feasibility of PTT in cancer treatment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)155-163
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Advanced Research
Volume31
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Jul

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Dr. Chang-Min Lee for helpful comments and discussions. This research was supported by the Clinical Trial Center of Korea University Anam Hospital (I1500931), the Korea Health Technology R&D Project (HI14C0748) through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, and the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2016R1D1A1A02937362, NRF-2018R1D1A1A09083263, NRF-2019R1A2C4004804, and NRF-2019H1A2A1076334), and National Eye Institute (R01EY030569). Institute of Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation (IITP; MSIT) (2020-0-00997). This research was also supported by a grant from Korea University.

Funding Information:
We thank Dr. Chang-Min Lee for helpful comments and discussions. This research was supported by the Clinical Trial Center of Korea University Anam Hospital (I1500931), the Korea Health Technology R&D Project (HI14C0748) through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, and the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2016R1D1A1A02937362, NRF-2018R1D1A1A09083263, NRF-2019R1A2C4004804, and NRF-2019H1A2A1076334), and National Eye Institute (R01EY030569). Institute of Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation (IITP; MSIT) (2020-0-00997). This research was also supported by a grant from Korea University. All institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of animals (The Korea University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) were followed.

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Keywords

  • Cancer therapy
  • Live cell vector
  • M1 macrophage
  • Medical optics and biotechnology
  • Photothermal effect
  • Photothermal treatment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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