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ArticleRadiology and oncology2024

The equivalence of different types of electric pulses for electrochemotherapy with cisplatin - an

Maria Scuderi, Janja Dermol-Cerne, Janez Scancar, Stefan Markovic, Lea Rems, Damijan Miklavcic

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Article in Radiology and oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maria ScuderiFaculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Janja Dermol-CerneFaculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Janez ScancarDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Stefan MarkovicDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Lea RemsFaculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Damijan MiklavcicFaculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
University of Ljubljana · SIJožef Stefan Institute · SIJožef Stefan International Postgraduate School · SI

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Abstract

backgroundElectrochemotherapy (ECT) is a treatment involving the administration of chemotherapeutics drugs followed by the application of 8 square monopolar pulses of 100 μs duration at a repetition frequency of 1 Hz or 5000 Hz. However, there is increasing interest in using alternative types of pulses for ECT. The use of high-frequency short bipolar pulses has been shown to mitigate pain and muscle contractions. Conversely, the use of millisecond pulses is interesting when combining ECT with gene electrotransfer for the uptake of DNA-encoding proteins that stimulate the immune response with the aim of converting ECT from a local to systemic treatment. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate how alternative types of pulses affect the efficiency of the ECT. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe performed

resultsWe observed that the three tested types of pulses potentiate the uptake and cytotoxicity of cisplatin in an equivalent manner, provided that the electric field is properly adjusted for each pulse type. Furthermore, we quantified that the number of cisplatin molecules, resulting in the eradication of most cells, was 2-7 × 10

conclusionsHigh-frequency bipolar pulses and millisecond pulses can potentially be used in ECT to reduce pain and muscle contraction and increase the effect of the immune response in combination with gene electrotransfer, respectively.

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