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Improved Tumor Control Following Radiosensitization with Ultrasound-Sensitive Oxygen Microbubbles and Tumor Mitochondrial Respiration Inhibitors in a Preclinical Model of Head and Neck Cancer

Tumor hypoxia (oxygen deficiency) is a major contributor to radiotherapy resistance. Ultrasound-sensitive microbubbles containing oxygen have been explored as a mechanism for overcoming tumor hypoxia locally prior to radiotherapy. Previously, our group demonstrated the ability to encapsulate and del...

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Main Authors: Quezia Lacerda (Author), Hebah Falatah (Author), Ji-Bin Liu (Author), Corinne E. Wessner (Author), Brian Oeffinger (Author), Ankit Rochani (Author), Dennis B. Leeper (Author), Flemming Forsberg (Author), Joseph M. Curry (Author), Gagan Kaushal (Author), Scott W. Keith (Author), Patrick O'Kane (Author), Margaret A. Wheatley (Author), John R. Eisenbrey (Author)
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Published: MDPI AG, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Tumor hypoxia (oxygen deficiency) is a major contributor to radiotherapy resistance. Ultrasound-sensitive microbubbles containing oxygen have been explored as a mechanism for overcoming tumor hypoxia locally prior to radiotherapy. Previously, our group demonstrated the ability to encapsulate and deliver a pharmacological inhibitor of tumor mitochondrial respiration (lonidamine (LND)), which resulted in ultrasound-sensitive microbubbles loaded with O<sub>2</sub> and LND providing prolonged oxygenation relative to oxygenated microbubbles alone. This follow-up study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic response to radiation following the administration of oxygen microbubbles combined with tumor mitochondrial respiration inhibitors in a head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) tumor model. The influences of different radiation dose rates and treatment combinations were also explored. The results demonstrated that the co-delivery of O<sub>2</sub> and LND successfully sensitized HNSCC tumors to radiation, and this was also enhanced with oral metformin, significantly slowing tumor growth relative to unsensitized controls (<i>p</i> < 0.01). Microbubble sensitization was also shown to improve overall animal survival. Importantly, effects were found to be radiation dose-rate-dependent, reflecting the transient nature of tumor oxygenation.
Item Description:10.3390/pharmaceutics15041302
1999-4923

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