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Author(s): Ana Espinosa, Riccardo Di Corato, Jelena Kolosnjaj Tabi, Patrice Flaud, Teresa Pellegrino, Claire Wilhelm

The Duality of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy: Amplification of Heating Efficiency by Magnetic Hyperthermia and Photothermal Bimodal Treatment

Journal: ACS Nano
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07249
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The pursuit of innovative, multi-functional, more efficient and safer treatments is a major challenge in the preclinical nanoparticle-mediated thermo-therapeutic research. Here, we report that iron oxide nanoparticles have the dual capacity to act as both magnetic and photo-thermal agents. We further explore every key aspect of this magneto-photo-thermal approach, choosing iron oxide nanocubes for their high efficiency for the magnetic hyperthermia modality itself. In aqueous suspension, the nanocubes exposure to both an alternating magnetic field and to near-infrared laser irradiation (808 nm), defined as the DUAL-mode, amplifies the heating effect 2- to 5-fold by comparison with magnetic stimulation alone, yielding unprecedented heating powers (specific loss powers SLP) up to 5000 W/g. In cancer cells, the laser excitation restores the optimal efficiency of magnetic hyperthermia, otherwise inhibited by intracellular confinement, resulting in a remarkable heating efficiency in the DUAL-mode (up to 15-fold amplification). As a consequence, the dual action yielded complete apoptosis-mediated cell death. In solid tumors in vivo, single-mode treatments (magnetic or laser hyperthermia) reduced tumor growth, while DUAL-mode treatment resulted in complete tumor regression, mediated by a massive denaturation of the collagen fibers, and a long-lasting thermal efficiency over repeated treatments.


Keywords: AC field    iron oxide    nanoparticles    SAR   

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