Evaluation of systemic chemotherapy with magnetic liposomal doxorubicin and a dipole external electromagnet

• Published in: International journal of cancer Vol. 109; no. 4; pp. 627 - 635
• Main Authors: Nobuto, Hiroo, Sugita, Takashi, Kubo, Tadahiko, Shimose, Shoji, Yasunaga, Yuji, Murakami, Teruo, Ochi, Mitsuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 20.04.2004; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: Animals; Antineoplastic agents; Antineoplastic Agents - administration & dosage; Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Bone Neoplasms - drug therapy; Bone Neoplasms - pathology; Chemotherapy; Cricetinae; doxorubicin; Doxorubicin - administration & dosage; Doxorubicin - therapeutic use; Drug Carriers; drug delivery; Electromagnetic Phenomena; Evaluation Studies as Topic; external electromagnet; Liposomes; Lung Neoplasms - drug therapy; Lung Neoplasms - prevention & control; Lung Neoplasms - secondary; magnetic liposome; Magnetics; Male; Medical sciences; Mesocricetus; Neoplasms, Experimental - drug therapy; Neoplasms, Experimental - pathology; osteosarcoma; Osteosarcoma - drug therapy; Osteosarcoma - pathology; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Survival Rate; Antineoplastic agent; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Drug carrier; Systemic route; Doxorubicin; Electromagnet; Isomerases; Magnetic; Osteosarcoma; Established cell line; Dipole; DNA topoisomerase (ATP-hydrolysing); Enzyme; Controlled release form; Rodentia; Enzyme inhibitor; Liposome; Malignant tumor; Vertebrata; Antibiotic; Chemotherapy; Mammalia; Treatment; Animal; Bone; Hamster
• ISSN: 0020-7136; 1097-0215
• DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20035

The development of an active drug delivery system is an attractive approach to increase the targetability of anticancer agents. In the present study, we examined the efficiency of systemic chemotherapy with small magnetic liposomes containing doxorubicin (magnetic DOX liposomes) and an externally applied electromagnetic force in osteosarcoma‐bearing hamsters. Syrian male hamsters inoculated with osteosarcoma, OS515, in the limb were studied 7 days after inoculation. The efficiency of this system was evaluated by measuring the tissue distribution and tumor‐suppressing effects of DOX on primary tumor growth and lung metastases. A DC dipole electromagnet was used, and the hamster's tumor‐bearing limb was placed between 2 poles after the i.v. administration of liposomes. The dose of DOX and the magnetic field strength were fixed at 5 mg/kg and 0.4 T, respectively. Administration of magnetic DOX liposomes followed by 60 min application of magnetic field produced a 3‐ to 4‐fold higher maximum DOX concentration in the tumor. This newly designed systemic chemotherapy significantly suppressed primary tumor growth for at least 2 weeks, though other DOX treatments also suppressed compared to control. Histologic examination confirmed a greater antitumor effect of this systemic chemotherapy compared to standard methods. In addition, this approach significantly suppressed lung metastases measured at 3 weeks posttreatment. These results suggest that this systemic chemotherapy can effectively reduce primary tumor growth and suppress lung metastasis due to increased targeting of DOX. Such targeted drug delivery for anticancer agents would provide clinical advantages compared to current methods. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.