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Mostafaei F, Hemmati S, Valizadeh H, Mahmoudian M, Sarfraz M, Abdi M, Torabi S, Baradaran B, Vosough M, Zakeri-Milani P. Enhanced intracellular accumulation and cytotoxicity of bortezomib against liver cancer cells using N-stearyl lactobionamide surface modified solid lipid nanoparticles. Int J Pharm 2024; 649:123635. [PMID: 38000649 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.123635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
Abstract
Asialoglycoprotein receptors (ASGPRs) are highly expressed on hepatocytes and have been used for liver-targeted delivery and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) therapy. However, targeted delivery of bortezomib (BTZ) to HCC has not been reported. In this study, N-stearyl lactobionamide (N-SALB) with galactose (Gal) moiety was synthesized as a targeting agent and its structure was confirmed by FT-IR and NMR analyses. N-SALB surface-modified solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) loaded with BTZ (Gal-SLNs/BTZ) were developed to target BTZ delivery into HCC cancer cells. The Gal-SLNs/BTZ had an average particle size of 116.3 nm, polydispersity index (PDI) of 0.210, and zeta potential of -13.8 mV. TEM analysis showed their nanometer-sized spherical morphology. The encapsulation efficiency (EE) and drug loading (DL) capacity were 84.5 % and 1.16 %, respectively. Release studies showed that BTZ loaded inside the SLNs was slowly released over a period of 72 h at pH 7.4. Flow cytometry analysis showed significantly higher intracellular uptake of N-SALB-targeted nanoparticles than non-targeted nanoparticles in HepG2 cells. All lipid formulations showed good biocompatibility in the cytotoxicity study using MTT assay. Concentration-dependent cytotoxicity was observed for all formulations, with N-SALB-targeted nanoparticles demonstrating more cytotoxicity against HepG2 cells. The highest percentage of apoptosis was obtained for N-SALB-targeted nanoparticles compared to non-targeted nanoparticles (42.2 % and 8.70 %, respectively). Finally, biodistribution studies in HepG2 bearing nude mice showed that the accumulation of targeted nanoparticles in the tumor was significantly higher than non-targeted nanoparticles.
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Affiliation(s)
- Farid Mostafaei
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
| | - Hadi Valizadeh
- Drug Applied Research Center and Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
| | - Mahdieh Abdi
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran
| | - Shukoofeh Torabi
- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
| | - Massoud Vosough
- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran; Experimental Cancer Medicine, Institution for Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital-Huddinge, Sweden
| | - Parvin Zakeri-Milani
- Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Center and Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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