Authors
Epshtein, MarkLevi, Moran
Kraitem, Afif M.
Zidan, Hikaia
King, Robert M.
Gawaz, Meinrad
Gounis, Matthew J.
Korin, Netanel
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Journal ArticlePublication Date
2021-09-16Keywords
aneurysm targetingcerebral aneurysm
glycoprotein VI (GPVI) coating
particle carriers
vascular models
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering
Biophysics
Cardiovascular Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Radiology
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Localized delivery of diagnostic/therapeutic agents to cerebral aneurysms, lesions in brain arteries, may offer a new treatment paradigm. Since aneurysm rupture leading to subarachnoid hemorrhage is a devastating medical emergency with high mortality, the ability to noninvasively diagnose high-risk aneurysms is of paramount importance. Moreover, treatment of unruptured aneurysms with invasive surgery or minimally invasive neurointerventional surgery poses relatively high risk and there is presently no medical treatment of aneurysms. Here, leveraging the endogenous biophysical properties of brain aneurysms, we develop particulate carriers designed to localize in aneurysm low-shear flows as well as to adhere to a diseased vessel wall, a known characteristic of high-risk aneurysms. We first show, in an in vitro model, flow guided targeting to aneurysms using micron-sized (2 mum) particles, that exhibited enhanced targeting ( > 7 folds) to the aneurysm cavity while smaller nanoparticles (200 nm) showed no preferable accumulation. We then functionalize the microparticles with glycoprotein VI (GPVI), the main platelet receptor for collagen under low-medium shear, and study their targeting in an in vitro reconstructed patient-specific aneurysm that contained a disrupted endothelium at the cavity. Results in this model showed that GPVI microparticles localize at the injured aneurysm an order of magnitude ( > 9 folds) more than control particles. Finally, effective targeting to aneurysm sites was also demonstrated in an in vivo rabbit aneurysm model with a disrupted endothelium. Altogether, the presented biophysical strategy for targeted delivery may offer new treatment opportunities for cerebral aneurysms.Source
Epshtein M, Levi M, Kraitem AM, Zidan H, King RM, Gawaz M, Gounis MJ, Korin N. Biophysical targeting of high-risk cerebral aneurysms. Bioeng Transl Med. 2021 Sep 16;7(1):e10251. doi: 10.1002/btm2.10251. PMID: 35079628; PMCID: PMC8780020. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.1002/btm2.10251Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/42679PubMed ID
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