Thermosensitive liposomes represent an important paradigm in oncology, where hyperthermia-mediated release coupled with thermal bioeffects enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Their widespread clinical adoption hinges upon performing controlled targeted hyperthermia, and a leading candidate to achieve this is temperature-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS). However, the current approach to hyperthermia involves exposures lasting tens of minutes to hours, which is not possible to achieve in many circumstances because of blood vessel cooling and respiratory motion. Here, we investigate a novel approach to overcome these limitations: to use fractionated ultrashort (~30 s) thermal exposures (~41° to 45°C) to release doxorubicin from a thermosensitive liposome. This is first demonstrated in a dorsal chamber tumor model using two-photon microscopy. Thermal exposures were then conducted with a rabbit tumor model using a custom MRgFUS system incorporating temperature feedback control. Drug release was confirmed, and longitudinal experiments demonstrated profoundly enhanced tumor growth inhibition and survival.
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