Low-frequency ultrasound-mediated cytokine transfection enhances T cell recruitment at local and distant tumor sites.

ABSTRACT: Robust cytotoxic T cell infiltration has proven to be difficult to achieve in solid tumors. We set out to develop a flexible protocol to efficiently transfect tumor and stromal cells to produce immune-activating cytokines, and thus enhance T cell infiltration while debulking tumor mass. By combining ultrasound with tumor-targeted microbubbles, membrane pores are created and facilitate a controllable and local transfection. Here, we applied a substantially lower transmission frequency (250 kHz) than applied previously. The resulting microbubble oscillation was significantly enhanced, reaching an effective expansion ratio of 35 for a peak negative pressure of 500 kPa in vitro. Combining low-frequency ultrasound with tumor-targeted microbubbles and a DNA plasmid construct, 20% of tumor cells

SUBMITTER: Ilovitsh T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7293655 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature