High field gradient targeting of magnetic nanoparticle-loaded endothelial cells to the surfaces of steel stents

Boris Polyak, Ilia Fishbein, Michael Chorny, Ivan Alferiev, Darryl Williams, Ben Yellen, Gary Friedman, Robert J. Levy

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Abstract

A cell delivery strategy was investigated that was hypothesized to enable magnetic targeting of endothelial cells to the steel surfaces of intraarterial stents because of the following mechanisms: (i) preloading cells with biodegradable polymeric superparamagnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), thereby rendering the cells magnetically responsive; and (ii) the induction of both magnetic field gradients around the wires of a steel stent and magnetic moments within MNPs because of a uniform external magnetic field, thereby targeting MNP-laden cells to the stent wires. In vitro studies demonstrated that MNP-loaded bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) could be magnetically targeted to steel stent wires. In vivo MNP-loaded BAECs transduced with adenoviruses expressing luciferase (Luc) were targeted to stents deployed in rat carotid arteries in the presence of a uniform magnetic field with significantly greater Luc expression, detected by in vivo optical imaging, than nonmagnetic controls.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)698-703
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume105
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jan 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cell therapy
  • Gene therapy
  • Local delivery
  • Nanotechnology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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