PMID- 28697952 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180709 LR - 20240314 IS - 1872-8294 (Electronic) IS - 0169-409X (Print) IS - 0169-409X (Linking) VI - 119 DP - 2017 Sep 15 TI - Pharmacological and physical vessel modulation strategies to improve EPR-mediated drug targeting to tumors. PG - 44-60 LID - S0169-409X(17)30104-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.addr.2017.07.007 [doi] AB - The performance of nanomedicine formulations depends on the Enhanced Permeability and Retention (EPR) effect. Prototypic nanomedicine-based drug delivery systems, such as liposomes, polymers and micelles, aim to exploit the EPR effect to accumulate at pathological sites, to thereby improve the balance between drug efficacy and toxicity. Thus far, however, tumor-targeted nanomedicines have not yet managed to achieve convincing therapeutic results, at least not in large cohorts of patients. This is likely mostly due to high inter- and intra-patient heterogeneity in EPR. Besides developing (imaging) biomarkers to monitor and predict EPR, another strategy to address this heterogeneity is the establishment of vessel modulation strategies to homogenize and improve EPR. Over the years, several pharmacological and physical co-treatments have been evaluated to improve EPR-mediated tumor targeting. These include pharmacological strategies, such as vessel permeabilization, normalization, disruption and promotion, as well as physical EPR enhancement via hyperthermia, radiotherapy, sonoporation and phototherapy. In the present manuscript, we summarize exemplary studies showing that pharmacological and physical vessel modulation strategies can be used to improve tumor-targeted drug delivery, and we discuss how these advanced combination regimens can be optimally employed to enhance the (pre-) clinical performance of tumor-targeted nanomedicines. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Ojha, Tarun AU - Ojha T AD - Department of Nanomedicines and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging (ExMI), RWTH Aachen University Clinic, 52074 Aachen, Germany; Department of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht University, 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Pathak, Vertika AU - Pathak V AD - Department of Nanomedicines and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging (ExMI), RWTH Aachen University Clinic, 52074 Aachen, Germany. FAU - Shi, Yang AU - Shi Y AD - Department of Nanomedicines and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging (ExMI), RWTH Aachen University Clinic, 52074 Aachen, Germany. FAU - Hennink, Wim E AU - Hennink WE AD - Department of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht University, 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Moonen, Chrit T W AU - Moonen CTW AD - Imaging division, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Storm, Gert AU - Storm G AD - Department of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht University, 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Targeted Therapeutics, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands. FAU - Kiessling, Fabian AU - Kiessling F AD - Department of Nanomedicines and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging (ExMI), RWTH Aachen University Clinic, 52074 Aachen, Germany. Electronic address: fkiessling@ukaachen.de. FAU - Lammers, Twan AU - Lammers T AD - Department of Nanomedicines and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging (ExMI), RWTH Aachen University Clinic, 52074 Aachen, Germany; Department of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht University, 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Targeted Therapeutics, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands. Electronic address: tlammers@ukaachen.de. LA - eng GR - 309495/ERC_/European Research Council/International GR - 680882/ERC_/European Research Council/International PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20170708 PL - Netherlands TA - Adv Drug Deliv Rev JT - Advanced drug delivery reviews JID - 8710523 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*administration & dosage/chemistry MH - Drug Delivery Systems/methods MH - Humans MH - Nanomedicine/methods MH - Neoplasms/*drug therapy MH - Permeability/*drug effects PMC - PMC5919100 MID - EMS77387 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Disruption OT - Drug delivery OT - EPR OT - Hyperthermia OT - Nanomedicine OT - Normalization OT - Permeabilization OT - Phototherapy OT - Promotion OT - Radiotherapy OT - Sonoporation OT - Tumor targeting EDAT- 2017/07/13 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/10 06:00 PMCR- 2018/04/26 CRDT- 2017/07/13 06:00 PHST- 2017/04/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/06/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/07/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/07/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/04/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0169-409X(17)30104-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.addr.2017.07.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2017 Sep 15;119:44-60. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2017.07.007. Epub 2017 Jul 8.