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Evaluation of photodynamic stromal depletion (PSD) to enhance nanoparticle delivery in 3D models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)

  • V. Karimnia
  • , L. Huang
  • , F. J. Slack
  • , S. N. Bhatia
  • , J. P. Celli
  • University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Harvard University

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Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the most lethal of human malignancies. PDAC is characterized by dense fibrous stroma which obstructs drug delivery and plays complex tumor-promoting roles through paracrine crosstalk. Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a light-based modality which has been demonstrated to be clinically feasible and effective for tumors of the pancreas. Here, we use in vitro heterocellular 3D co-culture models in conjunction with imaging, bulk rheology and microrheology methods to investigate the impact of verteporfin-based PDT on non-cellular (ECM) components of PDAC stroma. By measuring the rheology of ECM before and after PDT we find that softening of ECM is concomitant with an increase in transport of nanoparticles (NPs). At the same time, as shown previously, photodestruction of stromal fibroblasts, leads to enhanced tumor response to PDT. Collectively these results in 3D tumor models suggest that photodynamic stromal depletion (PSD) could be used to enhance subsequent drug delivery and improve tumor response to treatment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection
Subtitle of host publicationMechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic and Photobiomodulation Therapy XXX
EditorsDavid H. Kessel, Tayyaba Hasan
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510647510
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
EventOptical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic and Photobiomodulation Therapy XXX 2022 - Virtual, Online
Duration: Feb 20 2022Feb 24 2022

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume11940
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

ConferenceOptical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic and Photobiomodulation Therapy XXX 2022
CityVirtual, Online
Period2/20/222/24/22

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomaterials
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

Keywords

  • combination therapy
  • drug delivery
  • pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
  • Photodynamic Stromal Depletion (PSD)
  • photodynamic therapy

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