Treatment of Breast Cancer-Bearing BALB/c Mice with Magnetic Hyperthermia using Dendrimer Functionalized Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles
Open Access
- 22 November 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Nanomaterials
- Vol. 10 (11), 2310
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10112310
Abstract
The development of novel nanoparticles for diagnostic and therapeutic applications has been one of the most crucial challenges in cancer theranostics for the last decades. Herein, we functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) with the fourth generation (G4) of poly amidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers (G4@IONPs) for magnetic hyperthermia treatment of breast cancer in Bagg albino strain C (BALB/c)mice. The survival of breast cancer cells significantly decreased after incubation with G4@IONPs and exposure to an alternating magnetic field (AMF) due to apoptosis and elevation of Bax (Bcl-2 associated X)/Bcl-2(B-cell lymphoma 2) ratio. After intratumoral injection of G4@IONPs, tumor-bearing BALB/c mice were exposed to AMF for 20 min; this procedure was repeated three times every other day. After the last treatment, tumor size was measured every three days. Histopathological and Immunohistochemical studies were performed on the liver, lung, and tumor tissues in treated and control mice. The results did not show any metastatic cells in the liver and lung tissues in the treatment group, while the control mice tissues contained metastatic breast cancer cells. Furthermore, the findings of the present study showed that magnetic hyperthermia treatment inhibited tumor growth by increasing cancer cell apoptosis, as well as reducing the tumor angiogenesis.Keywords
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