Fixation alters the physical properties of tumor tissue that regulate nanomedicine transport

Autor: John D. Martin, Fotios Mpekris, Vikash P. Chauhan, Margaret R. Martin, Megan E. Walsh, Matthew D. Stuber, Donald M. McDonald, Fan Yuan, Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos, Rakesh K. Jain
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Drug Delivery, Vol 31, Iss 1 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 10717544
1521-0464
1071-7544
DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2024.2430528
Popis: To have the desired therapeutic effect, nanomedicines and macromolecular medications must move from the site of injection to the site of action, without having adverse effects. Transvascular transport is a critical step of this navigation, as exemplified by the Enhanced Permeability and Retention (EPR) effect in solid tumors, not found in normal organs. Numerous studies have concluded that passive, diffusion- and convection-based transport predominates over active, cellular mechanisms in this effect. However, recent work using a new approach reevaluated this principle by comparing tumors with or without fixation and concluded the opposite. Here, we address the controversy generated by this new approach by reporting evidence from experimental investigations and computer simulations that separate the contributions of active and passive transport. Our findings indicate that tissue fixation reduces passive transport as well as active transport, indicating the need for new methods to distinguish the relative contributions of passive and active transport.
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