The effect of tumour size on drug transport and uptake in 3-D tumour models reconstructed from magnetic resonance images
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Author(s)
Zhan, W
Gedroyc, W
Xu, XY
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Drug transport and its uptake by tumour cells are strongly dependent on tumour properties, which vary in different types of solid tumours. By simulating the key physical and biochemical processes, a numerical study has been carried out to investigate the transport of anti-cancer drugs in 3-D tumour models of different sizes. The therapeutic efficacy for each tumour is evaluated by using a pharmacodynamics model based on the predicted intracellular drug concentration. Simulation results demonstrate that interstitial fluid pressure and interstitial fluid loss vary non-linearly with tumour size. Transvascular drug exchange, driven by the concentration gradient of unbound drug between blood and interstitial fluid, is more efficient in small tumours, owing to the low spatial-mean interstitial fluid pressure and dense microvasculature. However, this has a detrimental effect on therapeutic efficacy over longer periods as a result of enhanced reverse diffusion of drug to the blood circulation after the cessation of drug infusion, causing more rapid loss of drug in small tumours.
Date Issued
2017-02-17
Date Acceptance
2017-02-02
Citation
PLOS ONE, 2017, 12 (2)
ISSN
1932-6203
Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE
Journal / Book Title
PLOS ONE
Volume
12
Issue
2
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2017
Zhan
et al. This is an open
access
article
distributed
under
the terms
of the
Creative
Commons
Attribution
License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/),
which
permits
unrestricte
d use, distribu
tion, and
reproduction
in any medium,
provided
the original
author
and source
are credited.
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
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Grant Number
EP/I001700/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
SOLID TUMORS
INTERSTITIAL PRESSURE
NEOPLASTIC TISSUES
BLOOD-FLOW
DELIVERY
MACROMOLECULES
DOXORUBICIN
VASCULATURE
FLUID
ADRIAMYCIN
General Science & Technology
MD Multidisciplinary
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN e0172276