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Journal Articles npj Flexible eletronics Year : 2021

Integrating flexible electronics for pulsed electric field delivery in a vascularized 3D glioblastoma model

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Abstract Glioblastoma is a highly aggressive brain tumor, very invasive and thus difficult to eradicate with standard oncology therapies. Bioelectric treatments based on pulsed electric fields have proven to be a successful method to treat cancerous tissues. However, they rely on stiff electrodes, which cause acute and chronic injuries, especially in soft tissues like the brain. Here we demonstrate the feasibility of delivering pulsed electric fields with flexible electronics using an in ovo vascularized tumor model. We show with fluorescence widefield and multiphoton microscopy that pulsed electric fields induce vasoconstriction of blood vessels and evoke calcium signals in vascularized glioblastoma spheroids stably expressing a genetically encoded fluorescence reporter. Simulations of the electric field delivery are compared with the measured influence of electric field effects on cell membrane integrity in exposed tumor cells. Our results confirm the feasibility of flexible electronics as a means of delivering intense pulsed electric fields to tumors in an intravital 3D vascularized model of human glioblastoma.
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hal-03619688 , version 1 (20-12-2024)

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Marie Lefevre, Gerwin Dijk, Attila Kaszas, Martin Baca, David Moreau, et al.. Integrating flexible electronics for pulsed electric field delivery in a vascularized 3D glioblastoma model. npj Flexible eletronics, 2021, 5 (1), pp.19. ⟨10.1038/s41528-021-00115-x⟩. ⟨hal-03619688⟩
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