К вопросу об эффективности плазмонной фототермической терапии экспериментальных опухолей

Abstract

The aim of the study was to study the prognostic factors of the effectiveness of plasmon photothermal therapy (PPT) in rats with transplanted liver cancer based on an assessment of the degree of tumor vascularization. Prior to any exposure, rats with transplanted liver cancer RS-1 underwent a doppler ultrasonography to assess the degree of vascularization of the transplanted tumors. Half of the animals with transplanted tumors were removed from the experiment after dopplerography to determine the content of vascular factors in blood serum by immunoassay and immunohistochemical methods in tumor tissue. After triple intravenous administration of gold nanorods (GNRs) coated with polyethylene glycol at a dose of 0.4 mg/ml, the transplanted tumors were irradiated percutaneously with infrared laser radiation at a wavelength of 808 nm and a thermography of local tumor heating was conducted. After 24 hours, the animals were removed from the experiment and samples of tumor tissue were taken for histological examination. It was found that the accumulation of gold in the tumor tissue and the effectiveness of PPT after repeated intravenous administration of GNRs are determined by the presence of a formed vasculature in the tumor.