250
Views
7
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Pulsed high magnetic field-induced reversible blood-brain barrier permeability to enhance brain-targeted drug delivery

, , &
Pages 361-374 | Received 31 Jan 2021, Accepted 24 Apr 2021, Published online: 27 May 2021
 

ABSTRACT

The present study aimed to select an effective Pulsed High Magnetic Field (PHMF) stimulation protocol that would induce the Blood-Brain Barrier’s (BBB) reversible permeability to enhance brain-targeted drug delivery. PHMF was applied to the skull over the right hemisphere of 60 Wistar rats. The sham group contained other 10 rats that did not receive PHMF stimulation. The investigated parameters were repetition frequencies (0.25, 1, and 4 Hz as well as the effective low frequency combined with 10 Hz) and numbers of pulses in each train. Evans Blue Dye (EBD) uptake within the brain parenchyma was measured to select an effective PHMF stimulation protocol. BBB reversibility was evaluated by measuring EBD uptake and Gadobutrol retention, through MRI signal intensity enhancement, within brain parenchyma after exposure to the effective PHMF stimulation protocol at different time points including 0.5, 1, and 24 hours. The obtained results showed that the PHMF stimulation increased the BBB’s reversible permeability; this increase was more significant for 28 pulses with 1 Hz frequency (P < .0001). Changes in EBD uptake and MRI signal intensity in the exposed side (right hemisphere) peaked within 0.5–1 hour and returned to normal levels 24 hours after exposure to the effective protocol of PHMF stimulation (28 pulses with 1 Hz frequency). The Contrast-Enhanced MRI (CE-MRI) signal intensity confirmed the changes in EBD concentration. PHMF stimulation can be used as an effective protocol for enhancing the permeability reversibly of BBB, hence considered a potential clinical approach to brain-targeted drug delivery.

Acknowledgments

Authors would like to acknowledge Iranian National Brain Mapping Laboratory (NBML), for providing data acquisition service for this research work.

Disclosure Statement

The authors report no conflict of interest.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Tarbiat Modares University as a Ph.D. thesis research program under Grant [Med-76935].

Log in via your institution

Log in to Taylor & Francis Online

PDF download + Online access

  • 48 hours access to article PDF & online version
  • Article PDF can be downloaded
  • Article PDF can be printed
USD 65.00 Add to cart

Issue Purchase

  • 30 days online access to complete issue
  • Article PDFs can be downloaded
  • Article PDFs can be printed
USD 1,832.00 Add to cart

* Local tax will be added as applicable

Related Research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.