Optimization and Design of Magnetic Ferrite Nanoparticles with Uniform Tumor Distribution for Highly Sensitive MRI/MPI Performance and Improved Magnetic Hyperthermia Therapy.

Two major technical challenges of magnetic hyperthermia are quantitative assessment of agent distribution during and following administration and achieving uniform heating of the tumor at the desired temperature without damaging the surrounding tissues. In this study, we developed a multimodal MRI/MPI theranostic agent with active biological targeting for improved magnetic hyperthermia therapy (MHT). First, by systematically elucidating the magnetic nanoparticle magnetic characteristics and the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic particle imaging (MPI) signal enhancement effects, which are based on the magnetic anisotropy, size, and type of nanoparticles, we found that 18 nm iron oxide NPs (IOs) could be used as superior nanocrystallines for high performance of MRI/MPI contrast agents in vitro. To improve the delivery uniformity, we then targeted tumors with the 18 nm IOs using a tumor targeting peptide, CREKA. Both MRI and MPI signals showed that the targeting agent improves the intratumoral delivery uniformity of nanoparticles in a 4T1 orthotopic mouse breast cancer model. Lastly, the in vivo antitumor MHT effect was evaluated, and the data showed that the improved targeting and delivery uniformity enables more effective magnetic hyperthermia cancer ablation than otherwise identical, nontargeting IOs. This preclinical study of image-guided MHT using cancer-targeting IOs and a novel MPI system paves the way for new MHT strategies.

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