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Endovascular administration of magnetized nanocarriers targeting brain delivery after stroke
07 December 2021
The increasing use of mechanical thrombectomy in stroke management has opened the window to local intraarterial brain delivery of therapeutic agents. In this context, the use of nanomedicine could further improve the delivery of new treatments for specific brain targeting, tracking and guidance. In this study we take advantage of this new endovascular approach to deliver biocompatible poly(D-L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanocapsules functionalized with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and Cy7.5 for magnetic targeting, magnetic resonance and fluorescent molecular imaging.
A complete biodistribution study in naı¨ve (n ¼ 59) and ischemic (n ¼ 51) mice receiving intravenous or intraarterial nanocapsules, with two different magnet devices and imaged from 30 min to 48 h, showed an extraor-dinary advantage of the intraarterial route for brain delivery with a specific improvement in cortical targeting when using a magnetic device in both control and ischemic conditions. Safety was evaluated in ischemic mice (n ¼ 69) showing no signs of systemic toxicity nor increasing mortality, infarct lesions or hemorrhages. In conclusion, the challenging brain delivery of therapeutic nanomaterials could be efficiently and safely overcome with a controlled endovascular admin-istration and magnetic targeting, which could be considered in the context of endovascular interventions for the delivery of multiple treatments for stroke.
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Endovascular administration of magnetized nanocarriers targeting brain delivery after stroke


Alba Grayston, Yajie Zhang, Miguel Garcia-Gabilondo, Mercedes Arrúe, Abraham Martin, Peter Kopcansky, Milan Timko, Jozef Kovac, Oliver Strbak, Laura Castellote, Sara Belloli, Rosa M Moresco, Maria Picchio, Anna Roig and Anna Rosell

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
DOI: 10.1177/0271678X211028816


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