Keywords
Micellar drug delivery, Pluronic, flow cytometry, ultrasound
Abstract
This paper examines the mechanism of ultrasonic enhanced drug delivery from Pluronic micelles. In previous publications by our group, fluorescently labeled Pluronic was shown to penetrate HL-60 cells with and without the action of ultrasound, while drug uptake was increased with the application of ultrasound. Methods In this study, the amount of uptake of two fluorescent probes, Lysosensor Green (a pH-sensitive probe) and Cell Tracker Orange CMTMR (a pH-independent probe), was measured in HL-60 and HeLa cells. Results: The results of our experiments show that the increase in drug accumulation in the cells as a result of ultrasonication is not due to an increase in endocytosis due to ultrasonication. Conclusions: We hypothesize that sonoporation plays an important role in the acoustically activated drug delivery of chemotherapy drugs delivered from Pluronic micelles.
Original Publication Citation
BMC Cancer, Vol. 2, No. 1. (22)
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Husseini, Ghaleb A.; Runyan, Christopher M.; and Pitt, William G., "Investigating the mechanism of acoustically activated uptake of drugs from Pluronic micelles" (2002). Faculty Publications. 534.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/534
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2002-08-30
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/2036
Publisher
BioMed Central
Language
English
College
Life Sciences
Department
Microbiology and Molecular Biology
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