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Xing Y, Jing R, Tang X, Jiang Z. Dual-Targeted Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks Drug Delivery System Reversing Cisplatin Resistance to Treat Resistant Ovarian Cancer. Int J Nanomedicine 2024; 19:6603-6618. [PMID: 38979533 PMCID: PMC11230133 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s434950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024] Open
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Objective Ovarian cancer cells are prone to acquire tolerance to chemotherapeutic agents, which seriously affects clinical outcomes. The development of novel strategies to enhance the targeting of chemotherapeutic agents to overcome drug resistance and minimize side effects is significant for improving the clinical outcomes of ovarian cancer patients. Methods We employed folic acid (FA)-modified ZIF-90 nanomaterials (FA-ZIF-90) to deliver the chemotherapeutic drug, cisplatin (DDP), via dual targeting to improve its targeting to circumvent cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer cells, especially by targeting mitochondria. FA-ZIF-90/DDP could rapidly release DDP in response to dual stimulation of acidity and ATP in tumor cells. Results FA-ZIF-90/DDP showed good blood compatibility. It was efficiently taken up by human ovarian cancer cisplatin-resistant cells A2780/DDP and aggregated in the mitochondrial region. FA-ZIF-90/DDP significantly inhibited the mitochondrial activity and metastatic ability of A2780/DDP cells. In addition, it effectively induced apoptosis in A2780/DDP cells and overcame cisplatin resistance. In vivo experiments showed that FA-ZIF-90/DDP increased the accumulation of DDP in tumor tissues and significantly inhibited tumor growth. Conclusion FA-modified ZIF-90 nanocarriers can improve the tumor targeting and anti-tumor effects of chemotherapeutic drugs, reduce toxic side effects, and are expected to be a novel therapeutic strategy to reverse drug resistance in ovarian cancer.
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- Yan Xing
- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Anwar MJ, Altaf A, Imran M, Amir M, Alsagaby SA, Abdulmonem WA, Mujtaba A, El-Ghorab AH, Ghoneim MM, Hussain M, Jbawi EA, Shaker ME, Abdelgawad MA. Anti-cancer perspectives of resveratrol: a comprehensive review. FOOD AGR IMMUNOL 2023; 34. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1080/09540105.2023.2265686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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- Muhammad Junaid Anwar
- Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Narowal, Narowal, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Hamdard University Islamabad. Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Ad Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
- Pharmacognosy and Medicinal Plants Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Food Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni suef, Egypt
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Perrins RD, McCarthy LA, Robinson A, Spry KL, Cognet V, Ferreira A, Porter J, Garcίa CE, Rodriguez MÁ, Lopez D, Perera I, Conlon K, Barrientos A, Coulter T, Pace A, Hale SJM, Ferrari E, Bachrati CZ. Targeting Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles with cRGD Peptide Increases the Uptake and Efficacy of Cytotoxic Payload. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:nano12224013. [PMID: 36432299 PMCID: PMC9696180 DOI: 10.3390/nano12224013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Cyclic arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid peptide (cRGD) peptides show a high affinity towards αVβ3 integrin, a receptor overexpressed in many cancers. We aimed to combine the versatility of ultrasmall gold nanoparticles (usGNP) with the target selectivity of cRGD peptide for the directed delivery of a cytotoxic payload in a novel design. usGNPs were synthesized with a modified Brust-Schiffrin method and functionalized via amide coupling and ligand exchange and their uptake, intracellular trafficking, and toxicity were characterized. Our cRGD functionalized usGNPs demonstrated increased cellular uptake by αVβ3 integrin expressing cells, are internalized via clathrin-dependent endocytosis, accumulated in the lysosomes, and when loaded with mertansine led to increased cytotoxicity. Targeting via cRGD functionalization provides a mechanism to improve the efficacy, tolerability, and retention of therapeutic GNPs.
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Joseph Banks Laboratories, Green Lane, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK
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- Midatech Pharma Plc, 1 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff CF10 4DQ, UK
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- Midatech Pharma Plc, 1 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff CF10 4DQ, UK
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- Midatech Pharma Plc, 1 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff CF10 4DQ, UK
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- Midatech Pharma Plc, 1 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff CF10 4DQ, UK
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- Midatech Pharma Plc, 1 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff CF10 4DQ, UK
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- Midatech Pharma Plc, 1 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff CF10 4DQ, UK
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- Midatech Pharma Plc, 1 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff CF10 4DQ, UK
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- Midatech Pharma Plc, 1 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff CF10 4DQ, UK
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- Midatech Pharma Plc, 1 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff CF10 4DQ, UK
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- Midatech Pharma Plc, 1 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff CF10 4DQ, UK
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- Midatech Pharma Plc, 1 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff CF10 4DQ, UK
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- Midatech Pharma Plc, 1 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff CF10 4DQ, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Joseph Banks Laboratories, Green Lane, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Joseph Banks Laboratories, Green Lane, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +44-1522-886787
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Yasin D, Sami N, Afzal B, Husain S, Naaz H, Ahmad N, Zaki A, Rizvi MA, Fatma T. Prospects in the use of gold nanoparticles as cancer theranostics and targeted drug delivery agents. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-022-02701-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Rehman MU, Khan A, Imtiyaz Z, Ali S, Makeen HA, Rashid S, Arafah A. Current Nano-therapeutic Approaches Ameliorating Inflammation in Cancer Progression. Semin Cancer Biol 2022; 86:886-908. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2022.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Rezaei-Tazangi F, Roghani-Shahraki H, Khorsand Ghaffari M, Abolhasani Zadeh F, Boostan A, ArefNezhad R, Motedayyen H. The Therapeutic Potential of Common Herbal and Nano-Based Herbal Formulations against Ovarian Cancer: New Insight into the Current Evidence. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2021; 14:1315. [PMID: 34959716 PMCID: PMC8705681 DOI: 10.3390/ph14121315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Ovarian cancer (OCa) is characterized as one of the common reasons for cancer-associated death in women globally. This gynecological disorder is chiefly named the "silent killer" due to lacking an association between disease manifestations in the early stages and OCa. Because of the disease recurrence and resistance to common therapies, discovering an effective therapeutic way against the disease is a challenge. According to documents, some popular herbal formulations, such as curcumin, quercetin, and resveratrol, can serve as an anti-cancer agent through different mechanisms. However, these herbal products may be accompanied by some pharmacological limitations, such as poor bioavailability, instability, and weak water solubility. On the contrary, using nano-based material, e.g., nanoparticles (NPs), micelles, liposomes, can significantly solve these limitations. Therefore, in the present study, we will summarize the anti-cancer aspects of these herbal and-nano-based herbal formulations with a focus on their mechanisms against OCa.
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- Fatemeh Rezaei-Tazangi
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa 7345149573, Iran;
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 1433671348, Iran;
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 7616913555, Iran;
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Saveh Chamran Hospital, Saveh 3919676651, Iran;
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 1433671348, Iran
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- Autoimmune Diseases Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan 8715973474, Iran
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Xian C, Chen H, Xiong F, Fang Y, Huang H, Wu J. Platinum-based chemotherapy via nanocarriers and co-delivery of multiple drugs. Biomater Sci 2021; 9:6023-6036. [PMID: 34323260 DOI: 10.1039/d1bm00879j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Platinum-based anticancer drugs can inhibit the growth of cancer cells by disrupting DNA replication, which makes them widely applicable in clinics for treating tumors and cancers. However, owing to the intrinsic or acquired drug resistance and severe side effects caused in the treatment, their successful clinical applications have been limited. Various strategies have been used to address these challenges. Nanocarriers have been used for platinum drug delivery because they can be effectively deposited in tumor tissues to reduce the damage to normal organs for an enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. Furthermore, for synergizing the function of platinum-based drugs with different mechanisms to decrease the toxicities, multicomponent chemotherapy has become an imperative strategy in clinical cancer treatments. This review aims to introduce the mechanisms of action and limitations of platinum-based drugs in clinics, followed by providing the current advancement of nanocarriers including lipids, polymers, dendrimers, micelles and albumin for platinum drug delivery in cancer treatments. In addition, multicomponent chemotherapy based on platinum drugs is introduced in detail. Finally, the prospects of multicomponent chemotherapy for cancer treatment are discussed as well.
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- Caihong Xian
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- The Affiliated TCM Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518057, China
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Serini S, Cassano R, Bruni M, Servidio C, Calviello G, Trombino S. Characterization of a hyaluronic acid and folic acid-based hydrogel for cisplatin delivery: Antineoplastic effect in human ovarian cancer cells in vitro. Int J Pharm 2021; 606:120899. [PMID: 34324990 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We successfully prepared and characterized a hyaluronic acid- and folic acid-based hydrogel for the delivery of cisplatin (GEL-CIS) with the aim to induce specific and efficient incorporation of CIS into ovarian cancer (OC) cells, improve its antineoplastic effect and avoid CIS-resistance. The slow and controlled release of the drug from the polymeric network and its swelling degree at physiologic pH suggested its suitability for CIS delivery in OC. We compared here the effects of pure CIS to that of GEL-CIS on human OC cell lines, either wild type or CIS-resistant, in basal conditions and in the presence of macrophage-derived conditioned medium, mimicking the action of tumor-associated macrophages in vivo. GEL-CIS inhibited OC cell growth and migration more efficiently than pure CIS and modulated the expression of proteins involved in the Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition, a process playing a key role in OC metastatic spread and resistance to CIS.
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- Simona Serini
- Department of Translational Medicine and Surgery, Section of General Pathology, School of Medicine and Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito, 00168 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo F. Vito, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine and Surgery, Section of General Pathology, School of Medicine and Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito, 00168 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo F. Vito, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy
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Ertas YN, Abedi Dorcheh K, Akbari A, Jabbari E. Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery to Cancer Stem Cells: A Review of Recent Advances. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11071755. [PMID: 34361141 PMCID: PMC8308126 DOI: 10.3390/nano11071755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a subpopulation of cells that can initiate, self-renew, and sustain tumor growth. CSCs are responsible for tumor metastasis, recurrence, and drug resistance in cancer therapy. CSCs reside within a niche maintained by multiple unique factors in the microenvironment. These factors include hypoxia, excessive levels of angiogenesis, a change of mitochondrial activity from aerobic aspiration to aerobic glycolysis, an upregulated expression of CSC biomarkers and stem cell signaling, and an elevated synthesis of the cytochromes P450 family of enzymes responsible for drug clearance. Antibodies and ligands targeting the unique factors that maintain the niche are utilized for the delivery of anticancer therapeutics to CSCs. In this regard, nanomaterials, specifically nanoparticles (NPs), are extremely useful as carriers for the delivery of anticancer agents to CSCs. This review covers the biology of CSCs and advances in the design and synthesis of NPs as a carrier in targeting cancer drugs to the CSC subpopulation of cancer cells. This review includes the development of synthetic and natural polymeric NPs, lipid NPs, inorganic NPs, self-assembling protein NPs, antibody-drug conjugates, and extracellular nanovesicles for CSC targeting.
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- Yavuz Nuri Ertas
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey;
- ERNAM—Nanotechnology Research and Application Center, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14115, Iran;
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- Solid Tumor Research Center, Research Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia 57147, Iran;
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- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
- Correspondence:
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Zajda J, Wróblewska A, Ruzik L, Matczuk M. Methodology for characterization of platinum-based drug's targeted delivery nanosystems. J Control Release 2021; 335:178-190. [PMID: 34022322 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Conventional anticancer therapies exploiting platinum-based drugs rely principally on the intravascular injection of the therapeutic agent. The anticancer drug is distributed throughout the body by the systemic blood circulation undergoing cellular uptake, rapid clearance and excretion. Consequently, only a small portion of the platinum-based drug reaches the tumor site, which is associated with severe side effects. For this reason, targeted delivery systems are of great need since they offer enhanced and selective delivery of a drug to cancerous cells making the therapy safe and more effective. Up to date, a variety of the Pt-based drug targeted delivery systems (Pt-based DTDSs) utilizing nanomaterials have been developed and tested using a range of analytical techniques that provided essential information on their synthesis, stability, biodistribution and cytotoxicity. Here we summarize those experimental techniques indicating their applicability at different stages of the research, as well as pointing out their strengths, advantages, drawbacks and limitations. Also, the existing strategies and approaches are critically reviewed with the objective to reveal and give rise to the development of the analytical methodology suitable for reliable Pt-based DTDSs characterization which would eventually result in novel therapies and better patients' outcomes.
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- J Zajda
- Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego St. 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland
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- Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego St. 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland
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- Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego St. 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland
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- Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego St. 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland.
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Gold Derivatives Development as Prospective Anticancer Drugs for Breast Cancer Treatment. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11052089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Commonly used anticancer drugs are cisplatin and other platinum-based drugs. However, the use of these drugs in chemotherapy causes numerous side effects and the onset of frequent drug resistance phenomena. This review summarizes the most recent results on the gold derivatives used for their significant inhibitory effects on the in vitro proliferation of breast cancer cell models and for the consequences deriving from morphological changes in the same cells. In particular, the study discusses the antitumor activity of gold nanoparticles, gold (I) and (III) compounds, gold complexes and carbene-based gold complexes, compared with cisplatin. The results of screening studies of cytotoxicity and antitumor activity for the gold derivatives show that the death of cancer cells can occur intrinsically by apoptosis. Recent research has shown that gold (III) compounds with square planar geometries, such as that of cisplatin, can intercalate the DNA and provide novel anticancer agents. The gold derivatives described can make an important contribution to expanding the knowledge of medicinal bioorganometallic chemistry and broadening the range of anticancer agents available, offering improved characteristics, such as increased activity and/or selectivity, and paving the way for further discoveries and applications.
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Caballero AB, Cardo L, Claire S, Craig JS, Hodges NJ, Vladyka A, Albrecht T, Rochford LA, Pikramenou Z, Hannon MJ. Assisted delivery of anti-tumour platinum drugs using DNA-coiling gold nanoparticles bearing lumophores and intercalators: towards a new generation of multimodal nanocarriers with enhanced action. Chem Sci 2019; 10:9244-9256. [PMID: 32055309 PMCID: PMC7003971 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02640a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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New gold and lipoic based nanocarriers for the delivery of platinum(ii) and platinum(iv) drugs are developed, which allow enhanced loading of the drug on the surface of the nanocarriers and release in a pH-dependent fashion, with superior release at lower pHs which are associated with many tumours. The conjugate nanoparticles and their conjugates enter cells rapidly (within 3 hours). They tend to cluster in vesicles and are also observed by light and electron microscopies in the cytoplasm, endoplasmic reticulum and nucleus. We further incorporate aminoanthraquinone units that are both fluorophores and DNA intercalators. This results in nanocarriers that after drug release will remain surface decorated with DNA-binders challenging the conventional design of the nanocarrier as an inert component. The outcome is nanocarriers that themselves have distinctive, remarkable and unusual DNA binding properties being able to bind and wrap DNA (despite their anionic charge) and provide enhanced cytotoxic activity beyond that conferred by the platinum agents they release. DNA coiling is usually associated with polycations which can disrupt cell membranes; anionic nanoparticles that can cause novel and dramatic effects on DNA may have fascinating potential for new approaches to in-cell nucleic acid recognition. Our findings have implications for the understanding and interpretation of the biological activities of nanoparticles used to deliver other DNA-binding drugs including clinical drug doxorubicin and its formulations.
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- Ana B Caballero
- School of Chemistry , University of Birmingham , Edgbaston , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK . ;
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- School of Chemistry , University of Birmingham , Edgbaston , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK . ;
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- School of Chemistry , University of Birmingham , Edgbaston , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK . ;
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- Physical Sciences for Health Centre , University of Birmingham , Edgbaston , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK
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- School of Biosciences , University of Birmingham , Edgbaston , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Birmingham , Edgbaston , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK . ;
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- School of Chemistry , University of Birmingham , Edgbaston , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK . ;
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- School of Chemistry , University of Birmingham , Edgbaston , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK . ;
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- School of Chemistry , University of Birmingham , Edgbaston , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK . ;
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- School of Chemistry , University of Birmingham , Edgbaston , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK . ;
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Asghari F, Khademi R, Esmaeili Ranjbar F, Veisi Malekshahi Z, Faridi Majidi R. Application of Nanotechnology in Targeting of Cancer Stem Cells: A Review. Int J Stem Cells 2019; 12:227-239. [PMID: 31242721 PMCID: PMC6657943 DOI: 10.15283/ijsc19006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cancer is increasingly apparent as a systems-level, network happening. The central tendency of malignant alteration can be described as a two-phase procedure, where an initial increase of network plasticity is followed by reducing plasticity at late stages of tumor improvement. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are cancer cells that take characteristics associated with normal stem cells. Cancer therapy has been based on the concept that most of the cancer cells have a similar ability to separate metastasise and kill the host. In this review, we addressed the use of nanotechnology in the treatment of cancer stem cells.
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- Fatemeh Asghari
- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- International affairs, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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You YH, Lin YF, Nirosha B, Chang HT, Huang YF. Polydopamine-coated gold nanostar for combined antitumor and antiangiogenic therapy in multidrug-resistant breast cancer. Nanotheranostics 2019; 3:266-283. [PMID: 31263658 PMCID: PMC6584135 DOI: 10.7150/ntno.36842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Cancer combination therapy can improve treatment efficacy and is widely utilized in the biomedical field. In this paper, we propose a facile strategy to develop a polydopamine (PDA)-coated Au nanostar (NS@PPFA) as a multifunctional nanoplatform for cancer targeting and combination therapy. The Au nanostar demonstrated high photothermal conversion efficiency because of the tip-enhanced plasmonic effect. Modification of PDA and folic acid on the NS surface improved its drug-loading efficiency and targeting capability. In vitro, compared with nontargeted cells, targeted breast cancer MCF-7 cells demonstrated efficient uptake of chemodrug-loaded NS-D@PPFA through the receptor-mediated endocytosis pathway. In combination with the photothermal effect induced by near-infrared laser irradiation, controlled payload release could be activated in response to both internal (acid) and external (photothermal) stimuli, leading to an efficient chemo-photothermal action against MCF-7 cells and drug-resistant MCF-7/ADR cells. By contrast, cellular damage was less obvious in normal HaCaT (human skin keratinocytes) and NIH-3T3 cells (murine fibroblasts). In addition, payload-free NS@PPFA exhibited a high binding affinity (Kd = 2.68 × 10-10 M) toward vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-A165), which was at least two orders of magnitude stronger than that of highly abundant plasma proteins, such as human serum albumin. Furthermore, in vitro study showed that NS@PPFA could effectively inhibit VEGF-A165-induced proliferation, migration, and tube formation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells, resulting in additional therapeutic benefits for eradicating tumors through a simultaneous antiangiogenic action in chemo-photothermal treatment. The combined treatment also exhibited the lowest microvessel density, leading to a potent antitumor effect in vivo. Overall, our “all-in-one” nanoplatform is highly promising for tumor therapy, enabling effective treatment against multidrug-resistant cancers.
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- You-Hong You
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, ROC.,Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, ROC
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Eslahi N, Shakeri-Zadeh A, Ashtari K, Pirhajati-Mahabadi V, Tohidi Moghadam T, Shabani R, Kamrava K, Madjd Z, Maki C, Asgari HR, Koruji M. In Vitro Cytotoxicity of Folate-Silica-Gold Nanorods on Mouse Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Spermatogonial Cells. CELL JOURNAL 2019; 21:14-26. [PMID: 30507084 PMCID: PMC6275430 DOI: 10.22074/cellj.2019.5691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate in vitro cytotoxicity of gold nanorods (GNRs) on the viability of spermatogonial cells (SSCs) and mouse acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells (EL4s). MATERIALS AND METHODS In this experimental study, SSCs were isolated from the neonate mice, following enzymatic digestion and differential plating. GNRs were synthesized, then modified by silica and finally conjugated with folic acid to form F-Si-GNRs. Different doses of F-Si-GNRs (25, 50, 75, 100, 125 and 140 μM) were used on SSCs and EL4s. MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) proliferation assay was performed to examine the GNRs toxicity. Flow cytometry was used to confirm the identity of the EL4s and SSCs. Also, the identity and functionality of SSCs were determined by the expression of specific spermatogonial genes and transplantation into recipient testes. Apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry using an annexin V/propidium iodide (PI) kit. RESULTS Flow cytometry showed that SSCs and EL4s were positive for Plzf and H-2kb, respectively. The viability percentage of SSCs and EL4s that were treated with 25, 50, 75, 100, 125 and 140 μM of F-Si-GNRs was 65.33 ± 3.51%, 60 ± 3.6%, 51.33 ± 3.51%, 49 ± 3%, 30.66 ± 2.08% and 16.33 ± 2.51% for SSCs and 57.66 ± 0.57%, 54.66 ± 1.5%, 39.66 ± 1.52%, 12.33 ± 2.51%, 10 ± 1% and 5.66 ± 1.15% for EL4s respectively. The results of the MTT assay indicated that 100 μM is the optimal dose to reach the highest and lowest level of cell death in EL4s and in SSCs, respectively. CONCLUSION Cell death increased with increasing concentrations of F-Si-GNRs. Following utilization of F-Si-GNRs, there was a significant difference in the extent of apoptosis between cancer cells and SSCs.
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- Neda Eslahi
- Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nanobiotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Clinical Nanomedicine Laboratory, ENT-Head and Neck Research Center, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Oncopathology Research Center and Dep Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- VetCell Therapeutics, Daimler St, Santa Ana CA, USA
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic Address:
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Soni K, Kohli K. Sulforaphane-decorated gold nanoparticle for anti-cancer activity: in vitro and in vivo studies. Pharm Dev Technol 2018; 24:427-438. [PMID: 30063165 DOI: 10.1080/10837450.2018.1507038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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This study aims to develop sulforaphane-loaded gold nanoparticles (SFN-GNPs) as a potential nanomedicine against the solid tumors. Citrate-mediated electrolysis optimized by four-factor three-level Box-Behnken experimental design was used to get nanoparticles of size <200 nm. The formulation was characterized and evaluated for cytotoxicity B16-F10, MCF-7, SW-620 and Caco-2 cell line. Single dose oral pharmacokinetics, gamma scintigraphy-based bio-distribution and tumor regression studies were conducted to evaluate the in vivo performance. Optimized SFN-GNPs showed spherical morphology with a particle size of 147.23 ± 5.321 nm, the zeta potential of -12.7 ± 1.73 mV, entrapment efficiency of 83.17 ± 3.14% and percentage drug loading of 37.26 ± 2.33%. With SFN-GNPs, both SFN (75.99 ± 2.36%) and gold (58.11 ± 2.48%) were able to permeate through the intestinal wall in 48 h. SFN-GNPs were able to bring LC50 of <100 µg/ml in all the cytotoxicity assays, more than 5-fold increase in AUC0-t, enhanced retention at tumor site as well as significant pre-induction tumor growth inhibition and post-induction tumor reduction as compared to plain SFN solution.
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- Kriti Soni
- a Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy , Jamia Hamdard University , New Delhi , India
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- a Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy , Jamia Hamdard University , New Delhi , India
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Pal K, Al-Suraih F, Gonzalez-Rodriguez R, Dutta SK, Wang E, Kwak HS, Caulfield TR, Coffer JL, Bhattacharya S. Multifaceted peptide assisted one-pot synthesis of gold nanoparticles for plectin-1 targeted gemcitabine delivery in pancreatic cancer. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:15622-15634. [PMID: 28991294 PMCID: PMC5859336 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr03172f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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An astute modification of the plectin-1-targeting peptide KTLLPTP by introducing a C-terminal cysteine preceded by a tyrosine residue imparted a reducing property to the peptide. This novel property is then exploited to fabricate gold nanoparticles (GNP) via an in situ reduction of gold(iii) chloride in a one-pot, green synthesis. The modified peptide KTLLPTPYC also acts as a template to generate highly monodispersed, spherical GNPs with a narrow size distribution and improved stability. Plectin-1 is known to be aberrantly expressed in the surface of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells while showing cytoplasmic expression in normal cells. The synthesized GNPs are thus in situ surface modified with the peptides via the cysteine residue leaving the N-terminal KTLLPTP sequence free for targeting plectin-1. The visual molecular dynamics based simulations support the experimental observations like particle size, gemcitabine conjugation and architecture of the peptide-grafted nanoassembly. Additionally, GNPs conjugated to gemcitabine demonstrate significantly higher cytotoxicity in vitro in two established PDAC cell lines (AsPC-1 and PANC-1) and an admirable in vivo antitumor efficacy in a PANC-1 orthotopic xenograft model through selective uptake in PDAC tumor tissues. Altogether, this strategy represents a unique method for the fabrication of a GNP based targeted drug delivery platform using a multifaceted peptide that acts as reducing agent, template for GNP synthesis and targeting agent to display remarkable selectivity towards PDAC.
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- Krishnendu Pal
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic Florida, 4500 San Pablo Road S, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA.
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Han L, Zhang XY, Wang YL, Li X, Yang XH, Huang M, Hu K, Li LH, Wei Y. Redox-responsive theranostic nanoplatforms based on inorganic nanomaterials. J Control Release 2017; 259:40-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2017.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Revised: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Muthukumarasamyvel T, Rajendran G, Santhana Panneer D, Kasthuri J, Kathiravan K, Rajendiran N. Auric Chloride Induced Micellization on Fractal Patterned Dicationic Amphiphiles and Stabilization of Gold Nanoparticles. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:3539-3550. [PMID: 31457673 PMCID: PMC6641594 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The present article reports the development of sunlight-mediated rapid synthesis of bile acid derived dicationic amphiphiles, namely, dicationic cysteamine-conjugated cholic acid (DCaC), dicationic cysteamine-conjugated deoxycholic acid (DCaDC), and dicationic cysteamine-conjugated lithocholic acid (DCaLC) by adopting thiol-yne click chemistry approach. The auric chloride (AuHCl4) induced micellization of amphiphiles from fractal pattern to chainlike aggregates was examined by critical micelle concentration measurements, quenching studies, field emission scanning electron microscopy, and optical microscopy techniques. The micelles thus formed act as ideal templates for the stabilization of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and exhibit good stability for more than 6 months. The synthesized AuNPs were characterized using UV-visible spectroscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, DLS, zeta potential, and contact angle measurements. These NPs showed high salt tolerance, and the levels were found to be 420, 460, and 580 mM for DCaC-, DCaDC-, and DCaLC-capped AuNPs, respectively.
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- Department
of Biotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamil
Nadu, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Quaid-E-Millath Government
College for Women (Autonomous), Chennai 600002, Tamil
Nadu, India
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- Department
of Biotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamil
Nadu, India
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- Department
of Polymer Science, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamil
Nadu, India
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Muthukumarasamyvel T, Rajendran G, Santhana Panneer D, Kasthuri J, Kathiravan K, Rajendiran N. Role of Surface Hydrophobicity of Dicationic Amphiphile-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles on A549 Lung Cancer Cells. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:3527-3538. [PMID: 30023697 PMCID: PMC6044882 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Herein, we report the surface functionality of dicationic cysteamine conjugated cholic acid (DCaC), dicationic cysteamine conjugated deoxycholic acid (DCaDC), and dicationic cysteamine conjugated lithocholic acid (DCaLC) templated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on mammalian cells. The haemocompatibility of the synthesized NPs was evaluated by in vitro hemolysis and erythrocyte sedimentation rate using human red blood cells (RBCs). In all of the systems, no toxicity was observed on human erythrocytes (RBCs) up to the concentration of 120 μg/mL. The anticancer activity of these dicationic amphiphile-stabilized AuNPs on A549 lung cancer cells was demonstrated by in vitro cell viability assay, intracellular reactive oxygen species estimation by DCFH-DA, apoptosis analysis using AO-EtBr fluorescence staining, DNA fragmentation analysis by agarose gel electrophoresis, and western blot analysis of caspase-3 expression. These results suggest that the cytotoxicity of AuNPs to A549 cells increase with the dose and hydrophobicity of amphiphiles and were found to be in the order: DCaLC-AuNPs > DCaDC-AuNPs > DCaC-AuNPs.
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- Thangavel Muthukumarasamyvel
- Department
of Polymer Science and Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department
of Polymer Science and Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department
of Polymer Science and Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Quaid-E-Millath Government
College for Women (Autonomous), Chennai 600002, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department
of Polymer Science and Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department
of Polymer Science and Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamil Nadu, India
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Emanet M, Şen Ö, Çulha M. Evaluation of boron nitride nanotubes and hexagonal boron nitrides as nanocarriers for cancer drugs. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2017; 12:797-810. [PMID: 28322118 DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2016-0322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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AIM Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) and hexagonal boron nitrides (hBNs) are novel nanostructures with high mechanical strengths, large surface areas and excellent biocompatibilities. Here, the potential use of BNNTs and hBNs as nanocarriers was comparatively investigated for use with cancer drugs. MATERIALS & METHODS Doxorubicin (Dox) and folate are used as model drugs and targeting agents, respectively. RESULTS & DISCUSSION The obtained results indicate that BNNTs have about a threefold higher Dox loading capacity than hBNs. It was also found that cellular uptake of folate-Dox-BNNTs was much higher when compared with Dox-BNNTs for HeLa cells, due to the presence of folate receptors on the cell surface, leading to increased cancer cell death. In summary, folate and Dox conjugated BNNTs are promising agents in nanomedicine and may have potential drug delivery applications.
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- Melis Emanet
- Department of Genetics & Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yeditepe University, Ataşehir, Istanbul 34755, Turkey
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- Department of Genetics & Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yeditepe University, Ataşehir, Istanbul 34755, Turkey
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- Department of Genetics & Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yeditepe University, Ataşehir, Istanbul 34755, Turkey
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Dykman LA, Khlebtsov NG. Biomedical Applications of Multifunctional Gold-Based Nanocomposites. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2017; 81:1771-1789. [PMID: 28260496 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297916130125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Active application of gold nanoparticles for various diagnostic and therapeutic purposes started in recent decades due to the emergence of new data on their unique optical and physicochemical properties. In addition to colloidal gold conjugates, growth in the number of publications devoted to the synthesis and application of multifunctional nanocomposites has occurred in recent years. This review considers the application in biomedicine of multifunctional nanoparticles that can be produced in three different ways. The first method involves design of composite nanostructures with various components intended for either diagnostic or therapeutic functions. The second approach uses new bioconjugation techniques that allow functionalization of gold nanoparticles with various molecules, thus combining diagnostic and therapeutic functions in one medical procedure. Finally, the third method for production of multifunctional nanoparticles combines the first two approaches, in which a composite nanoparticle is additionally functionalized by molecules having different properties.
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- L A Dykman
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, 410049, Russia
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Dykman LA, Khlebtsov NG. Multifunctional gold-based nanocomposites for theranostics. Biomaterials 2016; 108:13-34. [PMID: 27614818 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Revised: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Although Au-particle potential in nanobiotechnology has been recognized for the last 15 years, new insights into the unique properties of multifunctional nanostructures have just recently started to emerge. Multifunctional gold-based nanocomposites combine multiple modalities to improve the efficacy of the therapeutic and diagnostic treatment of cancer and other socially significant diseases. This review is focused on multifunctional gold-based theranostic nanocomposites, which can be fabricated by three main routes. The first route is to create composite (or hybrid) nanoparticles, whose components enable diagnostic and therapeutic functions. The second route is based on smart bioconjugation techniques to functionalize gold nanoparticles with a set of different molecules, enabling them to perform targeting, diagnostic, and therapeutic functions in a single treatment procedure. Finally, the third route for multifunctionalized composite nanoparticles is a combination of the first two and involves additional functionalization of hybrid nanoparticles with several molecules possessing different theranostic modalities. This last class of multifunctionalized composites also includes fluorescent atomic clusters with multiple functionalities.
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- Lev A Dykman
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russia.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russia; Saratov State University, 83 Ulitsa Astrakhanskaya, Saratov 410012, Russia
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Ou YC, Webb J, Faley S, Shae D, Talbert EM, Lin S, Cutright CC, Wilson JT, Bellan LM, Bardhan R. Gold Nanoantenna-Mediated Photothermal Drug Delivery from Thermosensitive Liposomes in Breast Cancer. ACS OMEGA 2016; 1:234-243. [PMID: 27656689 PMCID: PMC5026460 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In this work, we demonstrate controlled drug delivery from low-temperature-sensitive liposomes (LTSLs) mediated by photothermal heating from multibranched gold nanoantennas (MGNs) in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells in vitro. The unique geometry of MGNs enables the generation of mild hyperthermia (∼42 °C) by converting near-infrared light to heat and effectively delivering doxorubicin (DOX) from the LTSLs in breast cancer cells. We confirmed the cellular uptake of MGNs by using both fluorescence confocal Z-stack imaging and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) imaging. We performed a cellular viability assay and live/dead cell fluorescence imaging of the combined therapeutic effects of MGNs with DOX-loaded LTSLs (DOX-LTSLs) and compared them with free DOX and DOX-loaded non-temperature-sensitive liposomes (DOX-NTSLs). Imaging of fluorescent live/dead cell indicators and MTT assay outcomes both demonstrated significant decreases in cellular viability when cells were treated with the combination therapy. Because of the high phase-transition temperature of NTSLs, no drug delivery was observed from the DOX-NTSLs. Notably, even at a low DOX concentration of 0.5 μg/mL, the combination treatment resulted in a higher (33%) cell death relative to free DOX (17% cell death). The results of our work demonstrate that the synergistic therapeutic effect of photothermal hyperthermia of MGNs with drug delivery from the LTSLs can successfully eradicate aggressive breast cancer cells with higher efficacy than free DOX by providing a controlled light-activated approach and minimizing off-target toxicity.
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- Yu-Chuan Ou
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, and Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt
University, 2301 Vanderbilt
Place, Nashville, TN 37215, United States
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A. Webb
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, and Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt
University, 2301 Vanderbilt
Place, Nashville, TN 37215, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, and Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt
University, 2301 Vanderbilt
Place, Nashville, TN 37215, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, and Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt
University, 2301 Vanderbilt
Place, Nashville, TN 37215, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, and Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt
University, 2301 Vanderbilt
Place, Nashville, TN 37215, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, and Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt
University, 2301 Vanderbilt
Place, Nashville, TN 37215, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, and Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt
University, 2301 Vanderbilt
Place, Nashville, TN 37215, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, and Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt
University, 2301 Vanderbilt
Place, Nashville, TN 37215, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, and Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt
University, 2301 Vanderbilt
Place, Nashville, TN 37215, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, and Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt
University, 2301 Vanderbilt
Place, Nashville, TN 37215, United States
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Pang X, Wang J, Tan X, Guo F, Lei M, Ma M, Yu M, Tan F, Li N. Dual-Modal Imaging-Guided Theranostic Nanocarriers Based on Indocyanine Green and mTOR Inhibitor Rapamycin. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:13819-13829. [PMID: 27182890 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b04010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The development of treatment protocols that resulted in a complete response to photothermal therapy (PTT) was usually hampered by uneven heat distribution and low effectiveness. Here, we reported an NIR fluorescence and photoacoustic dual-modal imaging-guided active targeted thermal sensitive liposomes (TSLs) based on the photothermal therapy agent Indocyanine green (ICG) and antiangiogenesis agent Rapamycin (RAPA) to realize enhanced therapeutic and diagnostic functions. As expected, the in vitro drug release studies exhibited the satisfactory result of drug released from the TSLs under hyperthermia conditions induced by NIR stimulation. The in vitro cellular studies confirmed that the FA-ICG/RAPA-TSLs plus NIR laser exhibited efficient drug accumulation and cytotoxicity in tumor cells and epithelial cells. After 24 h intravenous injection of FA-ICG/RAPA-TSLs, the margins of tumor and normal tissue were accurately identified via the in vivo NIR fluorescence and photoacoustic dual-modal imaging. In addition, FA-ICG/RAPA-TSLs combined with NIR irradiation treated tumor-bearing nude mice inhibited tumor growth to a great extent and possessed much lower side effects to normal organs. All detailed evidence suggested that the theranostic TSLs which were capable of enhancing the therapeutic index might be a suitable drug delivery system for dual-modal imaging-guided therapeutic tools for diagnostics as well as the treatment of tumors.
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- Xiaojuan Pang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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Platinum-based anticancer drugs are the mainstay of chemotherapy regimens in clinic. Nevertheless, the efficacy of platinum drugs is badly affected by serious systemic toxicities and drug resistance, and the pharmacokinetics of most platinum drugs is largely unknown. In recent years, a keen interest in functionalizing platinum complexes with bioactive molecules, targeting groups, photosensitizers, fluorophores, or nanomaterials has been sparked among chemical and biomedical researchers. The motivation for functionalization comes from some of the following demands: to improve the tumor selectivity or minimize the systemic toxicity of the drugs, to enhance the cellular accumulation of the drugs, to overcome the tumor resistance to the drugs, to visualize the drug molecules in vitro or in vivo, to achieve a synergistic anticancer effect between different therapeutic modalities, or to add extra functionality to the drugs. In this Account, we present different strategies being used for functionalizing platinum complexes, including conjugation with bisphosphonates, peptides, receptor-specific ligands, polymers, nanoparticles, magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents, metal chelators, or photosensitizers. Among them, bisphosphonates, peptides, and receptor-specific ligands are used for actively targeted drug delivery, polymers and nanoparticles are for passively targeted drug delivery, magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents are for theranostic purposes, metal chelators are for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and photosensitizers are for photodynamic therapy of cancers. The rationales behind these designs are explained and justified at the molecular or cellular level, associating with the requirements for diagnosis, therapy, and visualization of biological processes. To illustrate the wide range of opportunities and challenges that are emerging in this realm, representative examples of targeted drug delivery systems, anticancer conjugates, anticancer theranostic agents, and anti-AD compounds relevant to functionalized platinum complexes are provided. All the examples exhibit new potential of platinum complexes for future applications in biomedical areas. The emphases of this Account are placed on the functionalization for targeted drug delivery and theranostic agents. In the end, a general assessment of various strategies has been made according to their major shortcomings and defects. The original information in this Account comes entirely from literature appearing since 2010.
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- Xiaoyong Wang
- State
Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences,
State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
- College
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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Ma YY, Ding H, Xiong HM. Folic acid functionalized ZnO quantum dots for targeted cancer cell imaging. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 26:305702. [PMID: 26148516 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/30/305702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Aqueous stable luminescent ZnO quantum dots (QDs) were successfully synthesized with primary amine groups on the surface, which were designed to conjugate with folic acid (FA) to produce the final ZnO-FA QDs. Such ZnO-FA QDs were able to target some specific cancer cells with overexpressed FA receptors on the membranes and thus differentiate the MCF-7 cancer cells from the normal 293T cells. The nanoparticle uptaking experiments by different cells were carried out in parallel and tracked by confocal laser microscopy dynamically. The results confirmed the specificity of our ZnO-FA QDs towards the FA-receptor overexpressed cancer cells, which had potential for diagnosing cancers in vitro.
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- Ying-Ying Ma
- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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A comparative study of folate receptor-targeted doxorubicin delivery systems: Dosing regimens and therapeutic index. J Control Release 2015; 208:106-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Revised: 04/03/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Bazak R, Houri M, Achy SE, Kamel S, Refaat T. Cancer active targeting by nanoparticles: a comprehensive review of literature. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2015; 141:769-84. [PMID: 25005786 PMCID: PMC4710367 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-014-1767-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 413] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 06/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE Cancer is one of the leading causes of death, and thus, the scientific community has but great efforts to improve cancer management. Among the major challenges in cancer management is development of agents that can be used for early diagnosis and effective therapy. Conventional cancer management frequently lacks accurate tools for detection of early tumors and has an associated risk of serious side effects of chemotherapeutics. The need to optimize therapeutic ratio as the difference with which a treatment affects cancer cells versus healthy tissues lead to idea that it is needful to have a treatment that could act a the "magic bullet"-recognize cancer cells only. Nanoparticle platforms offer a variety of potentially efficient solutions for development of targeted agents that can be exploited for cancer diagnosis and treatment. There are two ways by which targeting of nanoparticles can be achieved, namely passive and active targeting. Passive targeting allows for the efficient localization of nanoparticles within the tumor microenvironment. Active targeting facilitates the active uptake of nanoparticles by the tumor cells themselves. METHODS Relevant English electronic databases and scientifically published original articles and reviews were systematically searched for the purpose of this review. RESULTS In this report, we present a comprehensive review of literatures focusing on the active targeting of nanoparticles to cancer cells, including antibody and antibody fragment-based targeting, antigen-based targeting, aptamer-based targeting, as well as ligand-based targeting. CONCLUSION To date, the optimum targeting strategy has not yet been announced, each has its own advantages and disadvantages even though a number of them have found their way for clinical application. Perhaps, a combination of strategies can be employed to improve the precision of drug delivery, paving the way for a more effective personalized therapy.
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- Remon Bazak
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- House Officer, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; Department of Radiation Oncology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Patra S, Mukherjee S, Barui AK, Ganguly A, Sreedhar B, Patra CR. Green synthesis, characterization of gold and silver nanoparticles and their potential application for cancer therapeutics. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2015; 53:298-309. [PMID: 26042718 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2015.04.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In the present article, we demonstrate the delivery of anti-cancer drug to the cancer cells using biosynthesized gold and silver nanoparticles (b-AuNP & b-AgNP). The nanoparticles synthesized by using Butea monosperma (BM) leaf extract are thoroughly characterized by various analytical techniques. Both b-AuNP and b-AgNP are stable in biological buffers and biocompatible towards normal endothelial cells (HUVEC, ECV-304) as well as cancer cell lines (B16F10, MCF-7, HNGC2 & A549). Administration of nanoparticle based drug delivery systems (DDSs) using doxorubicin (DOX) [b-Au-500-DOX and b-Ag-750-DOX] shows significant inhibition of cancer cell proliferation (B16F10, MCF-7) compared to pristine drug. Therefore, we strongly believe that biosynthesized nanoparticles will be useful for the development of cancer therapy using nanomedicine approach in near future.
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- Sujata Patra
- Biomaterials Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500007, Telangana State, India
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- Biomaterials Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500007, Telangana State, India
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- Biomaterials Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500007, Telangana State, India
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- Biomaterials Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500007, Telangana State, India
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- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500007, Telangana State, India
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- Biomaterials Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500007, Telangana State, India.
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Kafshdooz L, Kafshdooz T, Razban Z, Akbarzadeh A. The application of gold nanoparticles as a promising therapeutic approach in breast and ovarian cancer. ARTIFICIAL CELLS NANOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 44:1222-7. [DOI: 10.3109/21691401.2015.1029625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Leila Kafshdooz
- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Science, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Science, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Science, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Ganeshkumar M, Ponrasu T, Raja MD, Subamekala MK, Suguna L. Green synthesis of pullulan stabilized gold nanoparticles for cancer targeted drug delivery. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2014; 130:64-71. [PMID: 24762575 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2014.03.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Revised: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/23/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The aim of this study was to synthesize green chemistry based gold nanoparticles using liver specific biopolymer and to develop a liver cancer targeted drug delivery system with enhanced efficacy and minimal side effects. Pullulan stabilized gold nanoparticles (PAuNPs) were coupled with 5-Fluorouracil (5-Fu) and folic acid (Fa) which could be used as a tool for targeted drug delivery and imaging of cancer. The toxicity of 5-Fu, 5-Fu adsorbed gold nanoparticles (5-Fu@AuNPs), Fa-coupled 5-Fu adsorbed gold nanoparticles (5-Fu@AuNPs-Fa), was studied using zebrafish embryo as an in vivo model. The in vitro cytotoxicity of free 5-Fu, 5-Fu@AuNPs, 5-Fu@AuNPs-Fa against HepG2 cells was studied and found that the amount of 5-Fu required to achieve 50% of growth of inhibition (Ic50) was much lower in 5-Fu@AuNP-Fa than in free 5-Fu, 5-Fu@AuNPs. The in vivo biodistribution of PAuNPs showed that higher amount of gold had been accumulated in liver (54.42±5.96 μg) than in other organs.
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- Moorthy Ganeshkumar
- Department of Biochemistry, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Adyar, Chennai 600020, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Adyar, Chennai 600020, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Adyar, Chennai 600020, India.
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Webb JA, Bardhan R. Emerging advances in nanomedicine with engineered gold nanostructures. NANOSCALE 2014; 6:2502-30. [PMID: 24445488 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr05112a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Gold nanostructures possess unique characteristics that enable their use as contrast agents, as therapeutic entities, and as scaffolds to adhere functional molecules, therapeutic cargo, and targeting ligands. Due to their ease of synthesis, straightforward surface functionalization, and non-toxicity, gold nanostructures have emerged as powerful nanoagents for cancer detection and treatment. This comprehensive review summarizes the progress made in nanomedicine with gold nanostructures (1) as probes for various bioimaging techniques including dark-field, one-photon and two-photon fluorescence, photothermal optical coherence tomography, photoacoustic tomography, positron emission tomography, and surface-enhanced Raman scattering based imaging, (2) as therapeutic components for photothermal therapy, gene and drug delivery, and radiofrequency ablation, and (3) as a theranostic platform to simultaneously achieve both cancer detection and treatment. Distinct from other published reviews, this article also discusses the recent advances of gold nanostructures as contrast agents and therapeutic actuators for inflammatory diseases including atherosclerotic plaque and arthritis. For each of the topics discussed above, the fundamental principles and progress made in the past five years are discussed. The review concludes with a detailed future outlook discussing the challenges in using gold nanostructures, cellular trafficking, and translational considerations that are imperative for rapid clinical viability of plasmonic nanostructures, as well as the significance of emerging technologies such as Fano resonant gold nanostructures in nanomedicine.
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- Joseph A Webb
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA.
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Fratoddi I, Venditti I, Cametti C, Russo MV. Gold nanoparticles and gold nanoparticle-conjugates for delivery of therapeutic molecules. Progress and challenges. J Mater Chem B 2014; 2:4204-4220. [DOI: 10.1039/c4tb00383g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Gold nanoparticles and their conjugates as drug delivery vehicles for selective targeting of cancer cells.
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- I. Fratoddi
- Dipartimento di Chimica
- University of Rome “La Sapienza”
- Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- University of Rome “La Sapienza”
- Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica
- University of Rome “La Sapienza”
- CNR-INFM-SOFT
- Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- University of Rome “La Sapienza”
- Rome, Italy
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Liu H, Li Y, Lyu Z, Wan Y, Li X, Chen H, Chen H, Li X. Enzyme-triggered supramolecular self-assembly of platinum prodrug with enhanced tumor-selective accumulation and reduced systemic toxicity. J Mater Chem B 2014; 2:8303-8309. [DOI: 10.1039/c4tb01563k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A self-assembled Pt prodrug with enhanced drug accumulation in tumor areas was achieved through the catalysis of a locally expressed enzyme.
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- Huan Liu
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Soochow University
- Suzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Soochow University
- Suzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou, China
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Maldonado CR, Salassa L, Gomez-Blanco N, Mareque-Rivas JC. Nano-functionalization of metal complexes for molecular imaging and anticancer therapy. Coord Chem Rev 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2013.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lan MY, Hsu YB, Hsu CH, Ho CY, Lin JC, Lee SW. Induction of apoptosis by high-dose gold nanoparticles in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. Auris Nasus Larynx 2013; 40:563-8. [PMID: 23722198 DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2013.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Revised: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 04/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare malignancy in most parts of the world, but is a common cancer in southern Asia. Local recurrent disease and distant metastasis of NPC are still the unsolved problems. Recently, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been developed as potential in vivo diagnostic and therapeutic agents. However, their role on nasopharyngeal cancer remains unknown. The object of this study is to investigate if AuNPs can be used as a new therapeutic agent for NPC by evaluating their anti-tumor effect in vitro. METHODS The AuNPs were prepared by the reduction of chloroauric acid to neutral gold. Their size distribution and microstructures were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). To evaluate their cytotoxic effect, NPC cell line TW01 and Human Nasal Epithelial Cells (HNEpC) were cultured in various concentrations of AuNPs for 3 days. Cell viability was evaluated by Trypan Blue viability assay while morphologic findings were observed via light microscopy. Terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUPT nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay was used to detect apoptosis. RESULTS AuNPs prepared in this study had an average diameter of 20.5nm and they were observed under light microscopy as dark material aggregated in the cells after treatment. Contrary to the HNEpC, the AuNPs reduced cell viability of NPC cell in a concentration-dependant manner by Trypan Blue assay, especially at high concentration. Besides, cell apoptosis was demonstrated by positive TUNEL assay. CONCLUSIONS The AuNP possesses specific imaging properties and is cytotoxic to NPC cells at high concentrations.
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- Ming-Ying Lan
- Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Popescu MT, Tsitsilianis C. Controlled Delivery of Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles by pH-Sensitive Polymersomes. ACS Macro Lett 2013; 2:222-225. [PMID: 35581886 DOI: 10.1021/mz300637c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The present study reports on the development of composite gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)/polymersome formulations, based on pH-responsive biocompatible polymer vesicles integrating prefunctionalized AuNPs, doped with a hydrophobic model probe for improved multimodal drug delivery. The polymer vesicles were prepared from an amphiphilic pentablock terpolymer poly(ε-caprolactone)-b-poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine)-b-poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL-PEO-P2VP-PEO-PCL), consisting of a pH-sensitive and biodegradable P2VP/PCL membrane, surrounded by neutral hydrophilic PEO looping chains. Additionally, partial quaternization of the P2VP block has been performed to introduce cationic moieties. Water-dispersible AuNPs carrying a hydrophobic molecule were encapsulated in the hydrophilic aqueous lumen of the vesicles, and the release was monitored at pH conditions simulating physiological and tumor environments. The complex delivery of the cargos from these vesicles showed improved and controlled kinetics relative to the individual nanocarriers, which could be further tuned by pH and chemical modification of the membrane forming block.
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- Department of Chemical
Engineering, University of Patras, 26504, Patras, Greece
- Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, ICE/HT-FORTH, P.O. Box 1414, 26504
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Kudgus RA, Szabolcs A, Khan JA, Walden CA, Reid JM, Robertson JD, Bhattacharya R, Mukherjee P. Inhibiting the growth of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in vitro and in vivo through targeted treatment with designer gold nanotherapeutics. PLoS One 2013; 8:e57522. [PMID: 23483913 PMCID: PMC3590245 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 01/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest of all human malignancies with limited options for therapy. Here, we report the development of an optimized targeted drug delivery system to inhibit advanced stage pancreatic tumor growth in an orthotopic mouse model. Method/Principal Findings Targeting specificity in vitro was confirmed by preincubation of the pancreatic cancer cells with C225 as well as Nitrobenzylthioinosine (NBMPR - nucleoside transporter (NT) inhibitor). Upon nanoconjugation functional activity of gemcitabine was retained as tested using a thymidine incorporation assay. Significant stability of the nanoconjugates was maintained, with only 12% release of gemcitabine over a 24-hour period in mouse plasma. Finally, an in vivo study demonstrated the inhibition of tumor growth through targeted delivery of a low dose of gemcitabine in an orthotopic model of pancreatic cancer, mimicking an advanced stage of the disease. Conclusion We demonstrated in this study that the gold nanoparticle-based therapeutic containing gemcitabine inhibited tumor growth in an advanced stage of the disease in an orthotopic model of pancreatic cancer. Future work would focus on understanding the pharmacokinetics and combining active targeting with passive targeting to further improve the therapeutic efficacy and increase survival.
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- Rachel A. Kudgus
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and University of Missouri Research Reactor, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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Hussain S, Vanoirbeek JAJ, Haenen S, Haufroid V, Boland S, Marano F, Nemery B, Hoet PHM. Prior lung inflammation impacts on body distribution of gold nanoparticles. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:923475. [PMID: 23509805 PMCID: PMC3581283 DOI: 10.1155/2013/923475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2012] [Revised: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 12/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Gold- (Au-) based nanomaterials have shown promising potential in nanomedicine. The individual health status is an important determinant of the response to injury/exposure. It is, therefore, critical to evaluate exposure to Au-nanomaterials with varied preexisting health status. OBJECTIVE The goal of this research was to determine the extent of extrapulmonary translocation from healthy and inflamed lungs after pulmonary exposure to AuNPs. Male BALB/c mice received a single dose of 0.8 mg · kg(-1) AuNPs (40 nm) by oropharyngeal aspiration 24 hours after priming with LPS (0.4 mg · kg(-1)) through the same route. Metal contents were analyzed in different organs by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). RESULTS Oropharyngeal aspiration resulted in high metal concentrations in lungs (P < 0.001); however, these were much lower after pretreatment with LPS (P < 0.05). Significantly higher concentrations of Au were detected in heart and thymus of healthy animals, whereas higher concentrations of Au NPs were observed in spleen in LPS-primed animals. CONCLUSIONS The distribution of AuNPs from lungs to secondary target organs depends upon the health status, indicating that targeting of distinct secondary organs in nanomedicine needs to be considered carefully under health and inflammatory conditions.
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- Salik Hussain
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Responses to Xenobiotics, CNRS EAC 7059, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology (BFA), Sorbonne Paris Cité, University of Paris Diderot, 75 013 Paris, France
- Lung Toxicology Research Unit, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Clinical Research Unit, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina NC 27709, USA
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- Lung Toxicology Research Unit, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Louvain Centre for Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Catholic University of Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Responses to Xenobiotics, CNRS EAC 7059, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology (BFA), Sorbonne Paris Cité, University of Paris Diderot, 75 013 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Responses to Xenobiotics, CNRS EAC 7059, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology (BFA), Sorbonne Paris Cité, University of Paris Diderot, 75 013 Paris, France
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- Lung Toxicology Research Unit, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Mukherjee S, B V, Prashanthi S, Bangal PR, Sreedhar B, Patra CR. Potential therapeutic and diagnostic applications of one-step in situ biosynthesized gold nanoconjugates (2-in-1 system) in cancer treatment. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ra22299j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Ahmad MZ, Akhter S, Rahman Z, Akhter S, Anwar M, Mallik N, Ahmad FJ. Nanometric gold in cancer nanotechnology: current status and future prospect. J Pharm Pharmacol 2012; 65:634-51. [DOI: 10.1111/jphp.12017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2012] [Accepted: 11/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Objectives
This review elaborate on modified gold nanoparticulate concept in oncology, provides an overview of the use of gold nanoparticles in cancer treatment and discusses their potential applications and clinical benefits.
Key findings
Modified gold nanoparticles (e.g. rod, multipod and star or a hollow structure such as shell, box and cage) have promising applications in the fields of drug delivery and photothermal therapy in oncology due to their unique optical and photothermal properties and their ability to modify the surface and conjugate drugs/molecules with gold nanomaterial. Modified gold nanoparticles exhibit strong light absorption in the near-infrared region in which light can penetrate deeply into soft tissue. Moreover, recent advances have opened the way to site-specific delivery by gold nanoparticle.
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Recent research and development in cancer-targeted gold nanovectors shows promise for maximizing the efficacy of anti-cancer drugs while decreasing their harmful systemic effects in chemotherapy. Moreover, gold nanoparticles can also serve as cancer therapeutic.
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- Nanomedicine Research Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Kingsville, TX, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Najran University, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Nanomedicine Research Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Nanomedicine Research Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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Mukherjee S, Sushma V, Patra S, Barui AK, Bhadra MP, Sreedhar B, Patra CR. Green chemistry approach for the synthesis and stabilization of biocompatible gold nanoparticles and their potential applications in cancer therapy. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2012; 23:455103. [PMID: 23064012 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/45/455103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The biological approach to synthesis of AuNPs is eco-friendly and an ideal method to develop environmentally sustainable nanoparticles alternative to existing methods. We have developed a simple, fast, clean, efficient, low-cost and eco-friendly single-step green chemistry approach for the synthesis of biocompatible gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) from chloroauric acid (HAuCl(4)) using a water extract of Eclipta Alba leaves at room temperature. The AuNPs using Eclipta extract have been formed in very short time, even in less than 10 min. The as-synthesized AuNPs were thoroughly characterized by several physico-chemical techniques. The in vitro stability of as-synthesized AuNPs was studied in different buffer solutions. A plausible mechanism for the synthesis of AuNPs by Eclipta extract has been discussed. The biocompatibility of AuNPs was observed by in vitro cell culture assays. Finally, we have designed and developed a AuNPs-based drug delivery system (DDS) (Au-DOX) containing doxorubicin (DOX), a FDA approved anticancer drug. Administration of this DDS to breast cancer cells (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) shows significant inhibition of breast cancer cell proliferation compared to pristine doxorubicin. Therefore we strongly believe that the use of Eclipta Alba offers large-scale production of biocompatible AuNPs that can be used as a delivery vehicle for the treatment of cancer diseases.
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- Sudip Mukherjee
- Centre for Chemical Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, AP, India
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Shin HS, Huh S. Au/Au@polythiophene core/shell nanospheres for heterogeneous catalysis of nitroarenes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2012; 4:6324-6331. [PMID: 23106495 DOI: 10.1021/am3019417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Monodisperse Au/Au@polythiophene core/shell nanospheres were facilely prepared through the reduction of gold precursor, AuCl₄⁻, by 2-thiopheneacetonitrile in an aqueous solution. Concomitantly, 2-thiopheneacetonitrile polymerized during this redox process. As a result, Au nanoparticle was encapsulated by conductive polymer shell to afford novel core/shell nanospheres. Interestingly, the shell was composed of very tiny Au nanoparticles surrounded with thiophene polymers. Thus, the new material is best described as Au/Au@polythiophene core/shell nanospheres. FT-IR spectroscopy revealed that the Au nanoparticles were coordinated by the C≡N groups of the polythiophene shell. Some of the C≡N groups were partially hydrolyzed into COOH groups during the redox process because of the acidic reaction condition. The shell was conductive based on the typical ohmic behavior found in electrical measurement. The Au/Au@polythiophene core/shell nanospheres were found to be very active catalysts for the hydrogenation of various nitroarene compounds into corresponding aminoarene compounds in the presence of NaBH₄. Both hydrophilic and hydrophobic nitroarenes were efficiently hydrogenated under mild conditions.
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- Hye-Seon Shin
- Department of Chemistry and Protein Research Center for Bio-Industry, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin 449-791, Korea
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Akhter S, Ahmad MZ, Ahmad FJ, Storm G, Kok RJ. Gold nanoparticles in theranostic oncology: current state-of-the-art. Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2012; 9:1225-43. [PMID: 22897613 DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2012.716824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In recent years, extensive multidisciplinary investigations have been carried out in the area of cancer nanotechnology. Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have emerged as promising carrier for delivery of various pay-loads into their target. In view of their unique physicochemical and optical properties, GNPs have been exploited for multimodality imaging, tumor targeting, and as transporter of various therapeutics. Additionally, GNPs have been used as photothermal therapeutics against cancer. AREAS COVERED This review will focus on recent progress in the field of gold nanomaterials in cancer therapy and diagnosis. Moreover, concern about the toxicity of gold nanomaterials is addressed. EXPERT OPINION GNPs present versatile scaffolds for efficient delivery of cancer chemotherapeutics. Tuneable chemistry of the GNPs contributes to their ever increasing use in oncology research. The promises of a functional cancer therapy using GNPs have been extensively demonstrated, although the materials are still in their infancy stage and not surfaced to meet clinical standards.
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- Sohail Akhter
- Utrecht University, Department of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Xiao Y, Hong H, Matson VZ, Javadi A, Xu W, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Engle JW, Nickles RJ, Cai W, Steeber DA, Gong S. Gold Nanorods Conjugated with Doxorubicin and cRGD for Combined Anticancer Drug Delivery and PET Imaging. Theranostics 2012; 2:757-68. [PMID: 22916075 PMCID: PMC3425121 DOI: 10.7150/thno.4756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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A multifunctional gold nanorod (GNR)-based nanoplatform for targeted anticancer drug delivery and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of tumors was developed and characterized. An anti-cancer drug (i.e., doxorubicin (DOX)) was covalently conjugated onto PEGylated (PEG: polyethylene glycol) GNR nanocarriers via a hydrazone bond to achieve pH-sensitive controlled drug release. Tumor-targeting ligands (i.e., the cyclo(Arg-Gly-Asp-D-Phe-Cys) peptides, cRGD) and 64Cu-chelators (i.e., 1,4,7-triazacyclononane-N, N', N''-triacetic acid (NOTA)) were conjugated onto the distal ends of the PEG arms to achieve active tumor-targeting and PET imaging, respectively. Based on flow cytometry analysis, cRGD-conjugated nanocarriers (i.e., GNR-DOX-cRGD) exhibited a higher cellular uptake and cytotoxicity than non-targeted ones (i.e., GNR-DOX) in vitro. However, GNR-DOX-cRGD and GNR-DOX nanocarriers had similar in vivo biodistribution according to in vivo PET imaging and biodistribution studies. Due to the unique optical properties of GNRs, this multifunctional GNR-based nanoplatform can potentially be optimized for combined cancer therapies (chemotherapy and photothermal therapy) and multimodality imaging (PET, optical, X-ray computed tomography (CT), etc.).
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Watanabe K, Kaneko M, Maitani Y. Functional coating of liposomes using a folate- polymer conjugate to target folate receptors. Int J Nanomedicine 2012; 7:3679-88. [PMID: 22888227 PMCID: PMC3414201 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s32853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Folate-polymer-coated liposomes were developed for targeted chemotherapy using doxorubicin (DXR) as a model drug. Folate-poly(L-lysine) (F–PLL) conjugates with a folate modification degree of 16.7 mol% on epsilon amino groups of PLL were synthesized. DXR-loaded anionic liposomes were coated with F–PLL, and the cellular association of F–PLL-coated liposomes was evaluated by flow cytometry, and confocal microscopy in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma KB cells overexpressing folate receptors (FRs), and human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells [FR (−)]. The existence of a polymer layer on the surface of F–PLL-coated liposomes was confirmed by zeta potential analysis. The KB cellular association of F–PLL-coated liposomal DXR was increased compared with that of PLL-coated liposomes and was inhibited in the presence of free folic acid. Twofold higher cytotoxicity of F–PLL-coated liposomal DXR was observed compared with that of the PLL-coated liposomal DXR in KB cells, but not in A549 cells, suggesting the presence of FR-mediated endocytosis. These results indicated that folate-targeted liposomes were prepared successfully by coating the folate–polymer conjugate F–PLL. This novel preparation method of folate-targeted liposomes is expected to provide a powerful tool for the development of a folate-targeting drug nanodevice as coating with ligand–polymer conjugates can be applicable to many kinds of particles, as well as to lipid-based particles.
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- Kazuo Watanabe
- Institute of Medical Chemistry, Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan
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Park J, Jeon WI, Lee SY, Ock KS, Seo JH, Park J, Ganbold EO, Cho K, Song NW, Joo SW. Confocal Raman microspectroscopic study of folate receptor-targeted delivery of 6-mercaptopurine-embedded gold nanoparticles in a single cell. J Biomed Mater Res A 2012; 100:1221-8. [PMID: 22359274 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.33294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Revised: 09/21/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We investigate the cellular uptake behaviors and efficacy of folate-coated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for the targeted drug delivery system in human cancer cells. Folate-conjugated AuNPs embedded with a purine analogue cancer drug of 6-mercaptopurine (6MP) were assembled via a 1-ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl] carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) coupling reaction between the amino group of 4-aminobenzenethiol (ABT) and the carboxyl group of folic acid. The assembly of folate and 6MP on AuNPs has been examined by absorption spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and confocal Raman spectroscopy. The internalization of the conjugated AuNPs inside the folate receptor-positive HeLa and KB cells was checked by TEM and dark-field microscopy (DFM) combined with label-free confocal spectroscopy over the depth variable z at a micrometer resolution. DFM live cell imaging of folate-conjugated AuNPs in HeLa cells indicated that the targeted AuNPs appeared to attach on the cell surfaces and enter into the cell with an hour. The cell viability was also compared to estimate the efficacy of folate-conjugated AuNP delivery systems. Folate receptor-targeted AuNP systems appeared to decrease cancer cell viability both in vitro and in vivo more than did the use of the 6MP-coated AuNPs drug without any targeting systems.
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- Jin Park
- Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea
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Rana S, Bajaj A, Mout R, Rotello VM. Monolayer coated gold nanoparticles for delivery applications. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2012; 64:200-16. [PMID: 21925556 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2011.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 322] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2011] [Revised: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) provide attractive vehicles for delivery of drugs, genetic materials, proteins, and small molecules. AuNPs feature low core toxicity coupled with the ability to parametrically control particle size and surface properties. In this review, we focus on engineering of the AuNP surface monolayer, highlighting recent advances in tuning monolayer structures for efficient delivery of drugs and biomolecules. This review covers two broad categories of particle functionalization, organic monolayers and biomolecule coatings, and discusses their applications in drug, DNA/RNA, protein and small molecule delivery.
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- Subinoy Rana
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA-01003, USA
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Krishnamoorthy K, Moon JY, Hyun HB, Cho SK, Kim SJ. Mechanistic investigation on the toxicity of MgO nanoparticles toward cancer cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2jm35087d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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