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Clark CM, Vishnoi P, Swihart MT, Ehrensberger MT. The effect of cathodic voltage-controlled electrical stimulation of titanium on the surrounding microenvironment pH: An experimental and computational study. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Galvanic current dosage and bacterial concentration are determinants of the bactericidal effect of percutaneous needle electrolysis: an in vitro study. Sci Rep 2021; 11:18977. [PMID: 34556763 PMCID: PMC8460800 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98451-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Percutaneous needle electrolysis (PNE) is a physiotherapy technique that has been shown to be effective in different pathologies such as tendinopathies or mammary fistula. For many years, theoretical bactericidal and germicidal effects have been attributed to this type of galvanic currents, partly explained by the changes in pH that it generates. However, these effects have not yet been demonstrated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the bactericidal effect and the changes in pH caused by PNE. S. aureus were prepared in two different solutions (TSB and saline solution) and in different concentrations (from 9 to 6 Log10 CFU/mL). Bacteria were treated with three experimental PNE doses to assess bacterial death levels and the changes caused to the pH of the medium. The viable cell count showed that all experimental PNE doses had a bactericidal effect against a high concentration (9 Log10 CFU/mL) of S. aureus in saline solution (p < 0.001). Furthermore, we found that when the concentration of bacteria decreased, a lower dose of galvanic current generated the same effect as a higher dose. Changes in pH were registered only in experiments performed with saline solution. PNE had a bactericidal effect against S. aureus and the level of this effect was mainly modulated by the solution, the bacterial concentration and the dose. Changes affecting pH were modulated by the type of solution and there was no relationship between this and bacterial death.
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OpenEP: an open-source simulator for electroporation-based tumor treatments. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1423. [PMID: 33446750 PMCID: PMC7809294 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79858-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Electroporation (EP), the increase of cell membrane permeability due to the application of electric pulses, is a universal phenomenon with a broad range of applications. In medicine, some of the foremost EP-based tumor treatments are electrochemotherapy (ECT), irreversible electroporation, and gene electrotransfer (GET). The electroporation phenomenon is explained as the formation of cell membrane pores when a transmembrane cell voltage reaches a threshold value. Predicting the outcome of an EP-based tumor treatment consists of finding the electric field distribution with an electric threshold value covering the tumor (electroporated tissue). Threshold and electroporated tissue are also a function of the number of pulses, constituting a complex phenomenon requiring mathematical modeling. We present OpenEP, an open-source specific purpose simulator for EP-based tumor treatments, modeling among other variables, threshold, and electroporated tissue variations in time. Distributed under a free/libre user license, OpenEP allows the customization of tissue type; electrode geometry and material; pulse type, intensity, length, and frequency. OpenEP facilitates the prediction of an optimal EP-based protocol, such as ECT or GET, defined as the critical pulse dosage yielding maximum electroporated tissue with minimal damage. OpenEP displays a highly efficient shared memory implementation by taking advantage of parallel resources; this permits a rapid prediction of optimal EP-based treatment efficiency by pulse number tuning.
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Stein EJ, Perkons NR, Wildenberg JC, Iyer SK, Hunt SJ, Nadolski GJ, Witschey WR, Gade TP. MR Imaging Enables Real-Time Monitoring of In Vitro Electrolytic Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2019; 31:352-361. [PMID: 31748127 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the capability of T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to monitor electrolytic ablation-induced cell death in real time. MATERIALS AND METHODS Agarose phantoms arranged as an electrolytic cell were exposed to varying quantities of electric charge under constant current to create a pH series. The pH phantoms were subjected to T2-weighted imaging with region of interest quantitation of the acquired signal intensity. Subsequently, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells encapsulated in an agarose gel matrix were subjected to 10 V of electrolytic ablation for variable lengths of time with and without concurrent T2-weighted MR imaging. Cellular death was confirmed by a fluorescent reporter. Finally, to confirm that real-time MR images corresponded to ablation zones, 10 V electrolytic ablations were performed followed by the addition of pH-neutralizing 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid (HEPES) buffer. RESULTS Analysis of MR imaging from agarose gel pH phantoms demonstrated a relationship between signal intensity and pH at the anodes and cathodes. The steep negative phase of the anode model (pH < 3.55) and global minimum of the cathode model (pH ≈ 11.62) closely approximated established cytotoxic pH levels. T2-weighted MR imaging demonstrated a strong correlation of ablation zones with regions of HCC cell death (r = 0.986; R2 = 0.916; P < .0001). The addition of HEPES buffer to the hydrogel resulted in complete obliteration of MR imaging-observed ablation zones, confirming that change in pH directly caused the observed signal intensity attenuation of the ablation zone. CONCLUSIONS T2-weighted MR imaging enabled the real-time detection of electrolytic ablation zones, demonstrating a strong correlation with histologic cell death.
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- Elliot J Stein
- Department of Radiology, Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiology, Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiology, Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Cancer Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Yang B, Chen Y, Shi J. Nanocatalytic Medicine. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1901778. [PMID: 31328844 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201901778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 313] [Impact Index Per Article: 62.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Catalysis and medicine are often considered as two independent research fields with their own respective scientific phenomena. Promoted by recent advances in nanochemistry, large numbers of nanocatalysts, such as nanozymes, photocatalysts, and electrocatalysts, have been applied in vivo to initiate catalytic reactions and modulate biological microenvironments for generating therapeutic effects. The rapid growth of research in biomedical applications of nanocatalysts has led to the concept of "nanocatalytic medicine," which is expected to promote the further advance of such a subdiscipline in nanomedicine. The high efficiency and selectivity of catalysis that chemists strived to achieve in the past century can be ingeniously translated into high efficacy and mitigated side effects in theranostics by using "nanocatalytic medicine" to steer catalytic reactions for optimized therapeutic outcomes. Here, the rationale behind the construction of nanocatalytic medicine is eludicated based on the essential reaction factors of catalytic reactions (catalysts, energy input, and reactant). Recent advances in this burgeoning field are then comprehensively presented and the mechanisms by which catalytic nanosystems are conferred with theranostic functions are discussed in detail. It is believed that such an emerging catalytic therapeutic modality will play a more important role in the field of nanomedicine.
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- Bowen Yang
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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Mokhtare A, Shiv Krishna Reddy M, Roodan VA, Furlani EP, Abbaspourrad A. The role of pH fronts, chlorination and physicochemical reactions in tumor necrosis in the electrochemical treatment of tumors: A numerical study. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.03.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Gu T, Wang Y, Lu Y, Cheng L, Feng L, Zhang H, Li X, Han G, Liu Z. Platinum Nanoparticles to Enable Electrodynamic Therapy for Effective Cancer Treatment. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1806803. [PMID: 30734370 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201806803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Electrochemical therapy (EChT), by inserting electrodes directly into tumors to kill cancer cells under direct current (DC), is clinically used in several countries. In EChT, the drastic pH variation nearby the inserted electrodes is the main cause of tumor damage. However, its limited effective area and complex electrode configuration have hindered the clinical application of EChT in treating diverse tumor types. Herein, a conceptually new electric cancer treatment approach is presented through an electro-driven catalytic reaction with platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) under a square-wave alternating current (AC). The electric current triggers a reaction between water molecules and chloride ions on the surface of the PtNPs, generating cytotoxic hydroxyl radicals. Such a mechanism, called electrodynamic therapy (EDT), enables effective killing of cancer cells within the whole electric field, in contrast to EChT, which is limited to areas nearby electrodes. Remarkable tumor destruction efficacy is further demonstrated in this in vivo EDT treatment with PtNPs. Therefore, this study presents a new type of cancer therapy strategy with a tumor-killing mechanism different from existing methods, using nanoparticles with electrocatalytic functions. This EDT method appears to be minimally invasive, and is able to offer homogeneous killing effects to the entire tumor with a relatively large size.
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- Tongxu Gu
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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Perkons NR, Stein EJ, Nwaezeapu C, Wildenberg JC, Saleh K, Itkin-Ofer R, Ackerman D, Soulen MC, Hunt SJ, Nadolski GJ, Gade TP. Electrolytic ablation enables cancer cell targeting through pH modulation. Commun Biol 2018; 1:48. [PMID: 30271931 PMCID: PMC6123816 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-018-0047-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Minimally invasive ablation strategies enable locoregional treatment of tumors. One such strategy, electrolytic ablation, functions through the local delivery of direct current without thermal effects, facilitating enhanced precision. However, the clinical application of electrolytic ablation is limited by an incompletely characterized mechanism of action. Here we show that acid and base production at the electrodes precipitates local pH changes causing the rapid cell death that underlies macroscopic tumor necrosis at pH > 10.6 or < 4.8. The extent of cell death can be modulated by altering the local buffering capacity and antioxidant availability. These data demonstrate that electrolytic ablation is distinguished from other ablation strategies via its ability to induce cellular necrosis by directly altering the tumor microenvironment. These findings may enable further development of electrolytic ablation as a curative therapy for primary, early stage tumors.
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- Nicholas R Perkons
- Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, 421 Curie Boulevard, BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Bldg. 421, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, 210S 33rd St., Suite 240 Skirkanich Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, 421 Curie Boulevard, BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Bldg. 421, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, 421 Curie Boulevard, BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, 421 Curie Boulevard, BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, 421 Curie Boulevard, BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, 421 Curie Boulevard, BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, 421 Curie Boulevard, BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Bldg. 421, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, 421 Curie Boulevard, BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Bldg. 421, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, 421 Curie Boulevard, BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Bldg. 421, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory, 421 Curie Boulevard, BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
- Perelman School of Medicine, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Bldg. 421, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
- Department of Bioengineering, 210S 33rd St., Suite 240 Skirkanich Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
- Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
- Department of Cancer Biology, 421 Curie Boulevard, BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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Marino M, Olaiz N, Signori E, Maglietti F, Suárez C, Michinski S, Marshall G. pH fronts and tissue natural buffer interaction in gene electrotransfer protocols. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Amorphous liquid metal electrodes enabled conformable electrochemical therapy of tumors. Biomaterials 2017; 146:156-167. [PMID: 28918265 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Electrochemical treatment of tumors (EChT) has recently been identified as a very effective way for local tumor therapy. However, hindered by the limited effective area of a single rigid electrode, multiple electrodes are often recruited when tackling large tumors, where too many electrodes not only complicate the clinical procedures but also aggravate patients' pain. Here we present a new conceptual electric stimulation tumor therapy through introducing the injectable liquid metal electrodes, which can adapt to complex tumor shapes so as to achieve desired therapeutic performance. This approach can offer evident merits for dealing with the complex physiological situations, especially for those irregular body cavities like stomach, colon, rectum or even blood vessel etc., which are hard to tackle otherwise. As it was disclosed from the conceptual experiments that, Unlike traditional rigid and uncomfortable electrodes, liquid metal possesses high flexibility to attach to any crooked biological position to deliver and adjust targeted electric field to fulfill anticipated tumor destruction. And such amorphous electrodes exhibit rather enhanced treatment effect of tumors. Further, we also demonstrate that EChT with liquid metal electrodes produced more electrochemical products during electrolysis. Transformations with the shapes of liquid metal provided an easily regulatable strategy to improve EChT efficiency, which can conveniently aid to achieve better output compared to multiple electrodes. In vivo EChT of tumors further clarified the effect of liquid metal electrodes in retarding tumor growth and increasing life spans.
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Luján E, Schinca H, Olaiz N, Urquiza S, Molina F, Turjanski P, Marshall G. Optimal dose-response relationship in electrolytic ablation of tumors with a one-probe-two-electrode device. Electrochim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.10.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bergues Pupo AE, Reyes JB, Bergues Cabrales LE, Bergues Cabrales JM. Analytical and numerical solutions of the potential and electric field generated by different electrode arrays in a tumor tissue under electrotherapy. Biomed Eng Online 2011; 10:85. [PMID: 21943385 PMCID: PMC3247137 DOI: 10.1186/1475-925x-10-85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2011] [Accepted: 09/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Electrotherapy is a relatively well established and efficient method of tumor treatment. In this paper we focus on analytical and numerical calculations of the potential and electric field distributions inside a tumor tissue in a two-dimensional model (2D-model) generated by means of electrode arrays with shapes of different conic sections (ellipse, parabola and hyperbola). METHODS Analytical calculations of the potential and electric field distributions based on 2D-models for different electrode arrays are performed by solving the Laplace equation, meanwhile the numerical solution is solved by means of finite element method in two dimensions. RESULTS Both analytical and numerical solutions reveal significant differences between the electric field distributions generated by electrode arrays with shapes of circle and different conic sections (elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic). Electrode arrays with circular, elliptical and hyperbolic shapes have the advantage of concentrating the electric field lines in the tumor. CONCLUSION The mathematical approach presented in this study provides a useful tool for the design of electrode arrays with different shapes of conic sections by means of the use of the unifying principle. At the same time, we verify the good correspondence between the analytical and numerical solutions for the potential and electric field distributions generated by the electrode array with different conic sections.
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- Ana E Bergues Pupo
- Departamento de Investigaciones, Centro Nacional de Electromagnetismo Aplicado, Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba 90400, Cuba.
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Electrochemical prevention of needle-tract seeding. Ann Biomed Eng 2011; 39:2080-9. [PMID: 21400019 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0295-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2010] [Accepted: 03/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Needle-tract seeding refers to the implantation of tumor cells by contamination when instruments, such as biopsy needles, are employed to examine, excise, or ablate a tumor. The incidence of this iatrogenic phenomenon is low but it entails serious consequences. Here, as a new method for preventing neoplasm seeding, it is proposed to cause electrochemical reactions at the instrument surface so that a toxic microenvironment is formed. In particular, the instrument shaft would act as the cathode, and the tissues would act as the electrolyte in an electrolysis cell. By employing numerical models and experimental observations reported by researchers on Electrochemical Treatment of tumors, it is numerically showed that a sufficiently toxic environment of supraphysiological pH can be created in a few seconds without excessive heating. Then, by employing an ex vivo model consisting of meat pieces, validity of the conclusions provided by the numerical model concerning pH evolution is confirmed. Furthermore, a simplified in vitro model based on bacteria, instead of tumor cells, is implemented for showing the plausibility of the method. Depending on the geometry of the instrument, suitable current densities will probably range from about 5 to 200 mA/cm(2), and the duration of DC current delivery will range from a few seconds to a few minutes.
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Protsenko DE, Ho K, Wong BJF. Survival of chondrocytes in rabbit septal cartilage after electromechanical reshaping. Ann Biomed Eng 2010; 39:66-74. [PMID: 20842431 PMCID: PMC3010201 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0139-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Accepted: 07/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Electromechanical reshaping (EMR) has been recently described as an alternative method for reshaping facial cartilage without the need for incisions or sutures. This study focuses on determining the short- and long-term viability of chondrocytes following EMR in cartilage grafts maintained in tissue culture. Flat rabbit nasal septal cartilage specimens were bent into semi-cylindrical shapes by an aluminum jig while a constant electric voltage was applied across the concave and convex surfaces. After EMR, specimens were maintained in culture media for 64 days. Over this time period, specimens were serially biopsied and then stained with a fluorescent live–dead assay system and imaged using laser scanning confocal microscopy. In addition, the fraction of viable chondrocytes was measured, correlated with voltage, voltage application time, electric field configuration, and examined serially. The fraction of viable chondrocytes decreased with voltage and application time. High local electric field intensity and proximity to the positive electrode also focally reduced chondrocyte viability. The density of viable chondrocytes decreased over time and reached a steady state after 2–4 weeks. Viable cells were concentrated within the central region of the specimen. Approximately 20% of original chondrocytes remained viable after reshaping with optimal voltage and application time parameters and compared favorably with conventional surgical shape change techniques such as morselization.
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- Dmitry E Protsenko
- Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
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The Place of the Electroporation-Based Antitumor Therapies in the Electrical Armamentarium against Cancer. IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-05420-4_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Olaiz N, Suárez C, Risk M, Molina F, Marshall G. Tracking protein electrodenaturation fronts in the electrochemical treatment of tumors. Electrochem commun 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2009.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Turjanski P, Olaiz N, Abou-Adal P, Suárez C, Risk M, Marshall G. pH front tracking in the electrochemical treatment (EChT) of tumors: Experiments and simulations. Electrochim Acta 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2009.05.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Guseva O, Schmutz P, Suter T, von Trzebiatowski O. Modelling of anodic dissolution of pure aluminium in sodium chloride. Electrochim Acta 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2009.03.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Colombo L, González G, Marshall G, Molina FV, Soba A, Suarez C, Turjanski P. Ion transport in tumors under electrochemical treatment: in vivo, in vitro and in silico modeling. Bioelectrochemistry 2007; 71:223-32. [PMID: 17689151 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2007.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2006] [Revised: 06/14/2007] [Accepted: 07/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The electrochemical treatment of cancer (EChT) consists in the passage of a direct electric current through two or more electrodes inserted locally in the tumor tissue. The extreme pH changes induced have been proposed as the main tumor destruction mechanism. Here, we study ion transport during EChT through a combined modeling methodology: in vivo modeling with BALB/c mice bearing a subcutaneous tumor, in vitro modeling with agar and collagen gels, and in silico modeling using the one-dimensional Nernst-Planck and Poisson equations for ion transport in a four-ion electrolyte. This combined modeling approach reveals that, under EChT modeling, an initial condition with almost neutral pH evolves between electrodes into extreme cathodic alkaline and anodic acidic fronts moving towards each other, leaving the possible existence of a biological pH region between them; towards the periphery, the pH decays to its neutral values. pH front tracking unveils a time scaling close to t(1/2), signature of a diffusion-controlled process. These results could have significant implications in EChT optimal operative conditions and dose planning, in particular, in the way in which the evolving EChT pH region covers the active cancer cells spherical casket.
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- L Colombo
- Depto. de Inmunobiología, Inst. de Oncología Angel H. Roffo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, (C1417DTB) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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von Euler H, Olsson JM, Hultenby K, Thörne A, Lagerstedt AS. Animal models for treatment of unresectable liver tumours: a histopathologic and ultra-structural study of cellular toxic changes after electrochemical treatment in rat and dog liver. Bioelectrochemistry 2003; 59:89-98. [PMID: 12699824 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5394(03)00006-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Electrochemical treatment (EChT) has been taken under serious consideration as being one of several techniques for local treatment of malignancies. The advantage of EChT is the minimal invasive approach and the absence of serious side effects. Macroscopic, histopathological and ultra-structural findings in liver following a four-electrode configuration (dog) and a two-electrode EChT design (dog and rat) were studied. MATERIALS AND METHODS 30 female Sprague-Dawley rats and four female beagle dogs were studied with EChT using Platinum:Iridium electrodes and the delivered dose was 5, 10 or 90 C (As). After EChT, the animals were euthanized. RESULTS The distribution of the lesions was predictable, irrespective of dose and electrode configuration. Destruction volumes were found to fit into a logarithmic curve (dose-response). Histopathological examination confirmed a spherical (rat) and cylindrical/ellipsoidal (dog) lesion. The type of necrosis differed due to electrode polarity. Ultra-structural analysis showed distinct features of cell damage depending on the distance from the electrode. Histopathological and ultra-structural examination demonstrated that the liver tissue close to the border of the lesion displayed a normal morphology. CONCLUSIONS The in vivo dose-planning model is reliable, even in species with larger tissue mass such as dogs. A multi-electrode EChT-design could obtain predictable lesions. The cellular toxicity following EChT is clearly identified and varies with the distance from the electrode and polarity. The distinct border between the lesion and normal tissue suggests that EChT in a clinical setting for the treatment of liver tumours can give a reliable destruction margin.
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- Henrik von Euler
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.
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Jarm T, Cemazar M, Steinberg F, Streffer C, Sersa G, Miklavcic D. Perturbation of blood flow as a mechanism of anti-tumour action of direct current electrotherapy. Physiol Meas 2003; 24:75-90. [PMID: 12636188 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/24/1/306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Anti-tumour effects of direct current electrotherapy are attributed to different mechanisms depending on the electrode configuration and on the parameters of electric current. The effects mostly arise from the electrochemical products of electrolysis. Direct toxicity of these products to tumour tissue is, however, not a plausible explanation for the observed tumour growth retardation in the case when the electrodes are placed into healthy tissue surrounding the tumour and not into the tumour itself. The hypothesis that the anti-tumour effectiveness of electrotherapy could result from disturbed blood flow in tumours was tested by the measurement of changes in blood perfusion and oxygenation in tumours with three different methods (in vivo tissue staining with Patent Blue Violet dye, polarographic oximetry, near-infrared spectroscopy). The effects induced by electrotherapy were evaluated in two experimental tumour models: Sa-1 fibrosarcoma in A/J mice and LPB fibrosarcoma in C57B1/6 mice. We found that perfusion and oxygenation were significantly decreased after electrotherapy. Good agreement between the results of different methods was observed. The effect of electrotherapy on local perfusion of tumours is probably the prevalent mechanism of anti-tumour action for the particular type of electrotherapy used in the study. The importance of this effect should be considered for the optimization of electrotherapy protocols in experimental and clinical trials. The non-invasive technique of near-infrared spectroscopy proved to be a reliable method for detecting perfusion and oxygenation changes in small solid tumours.
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- Tomaz Jarm
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Trzaska 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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von Euler H, Nilsson E, Olsson JM, Lagerstedt AS. Electrochemical treatment (EChT) effects in rat mammary and liver tissue. In vivo optimizing of a dose-planning model for EChT of tumours. Bioelectrochemistry 2001; 54:117-24. [PMID: 11694391 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5394(01)00118-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND A reinvented technique for tumour therapy, electrochemical treatment (EChT), is attracting increasing attention. This study compared results from treatment of liver and mammary tissue focusing on destruction and pH changes in the tissue close to the treatment electrodes. Subsequently, data were compared with a dose-planning model. METHODS Mammary or liver tissue in 50 adult female Sprague Dawley rats was given EChT with a constant, direct current. The electrodes used were Pt/Ir (9:1) with spherical tips. In situ pH measurements were taken with a micro-combination glass electrode. RESULTS Spherical lesions were produced in both liver and mammary tissue. No significant difference was detected when comparing the size of the lesions in the two kinds of tissue. Similar pH profiles were obtained in tissue surrounding the electrodes, with pH values changing rapidly from unphysiological to neutral status within the space of a few millimetres. The pH at the border of the macroscopic destruction zone, regardless of tissue type or coulomb dosage, correlated well with specific values (4.5-5.5 at the anode and between 9 and 10 at the cathode). CONCLUSION The analogous destruction patterns in mammary and liver tissue support the hypothesis that EChT has similar results in at least these two different types of tissue. This implies that the destructive pattern caused by the treatment may be the same also in tumours.
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- H von Euler
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), P.O. Box 7037, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
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