Insonation of microbubbles is a promising strategy for tumor ablation at reduced time-averaged acoustic powers, as well as for the targeted delivery of therapeutics. The purpose of the present study is to develop low duty cycle ultrasound pulsing strategies and nanocarriers to maximize non-thermal microvascular ablation and payload delivery to subcutaneous C6 gliomas.
Critical Steps
Cannulation of mouse tail vein:
Intravenous injection into the mouse tail vein can be a challenging procedure. However, a tail vein catheter can greatly improve the likelihood of a successful injection. To make the catheter, repeatedly bend back and forth a 25 gauge needle until it breaks from the hub. Insert the blunt end into the end of PE 20 tubing and seal the connection with silicon glue. To prepare the catheter for cannulation, attach a syringe …
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Supported by NIH R01 HL74082, the Hartwell Foundation, and the Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation.
Material Name | Tipo | Company | Catalogue Number | Comment |
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ApoptTag kit | Intergen Co. | S7110 | ||
un-capped 85:15 poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLAGA) | Lakeshore Biomaterials | Custom | ||
Vivo Tag 680 | VisEn Medical | 10120 | Used to Tag BSA | |
Poly(vinyl alcohol) | Sigma-Aldrich | 363136 | ||
MicroTip Sonicator | Misonix | S-4000 | ||
Sequoia | Simons Medical | P.O.A | Equipped with CPS | |
FreeZone 2.5 | Labconco | 7670020 | Equipped with Nitrogen Trap | |
Methylene chloride (CH2Cl2) | Fisher Scientific | D37-500 | ||
FMT 250 | VisEn Medical | P.O.A | ||
F-12K Nutrient Mixture | Gibco | 21127-022 | ||
polyethyleneglycol-40 stearate | Sigma Chemical | 9004-99-3 | ||
distearoyl phosphatidylcholine | Avanti Polar Lipids | 770365 | ||
Multisizer Coulter Counter | Beckman Coulter | P.O.A | ||
Waveform Generator | Tektronix, Inc. | AFG-310 | ||
water-based ultrasound gel | Parker Laboratories | Aquasonic 100 | ||
Infusion pump | Harvard Apparatus | Harvard Apparatus PHD 2000 | ||
1-Ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide (EDC) | Pierce Biotechnology | 25952-53-8 | ||
N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide (Sulfo-NHS) | Pierce Biotechnology | 106627-54-7 | ||
Succinic anhydride | Sigma Aldrich | 603902 | ||
Power Amplifier | Electronic Navigation Industries | ENI 3100LA | ||
Needle Thermocouple Probe | Omega | HYP1-30-1/2-T-G-60-SMPW-M | ||
BioGel (P100, medium) | Bio-Rad | 150-4170 | ||
.75’’ diameter 1 MHz unfocused transducer | Panametrics | A314S |