Inulin-based polymer coated SPIONs as potential drug delivery systems for targeted cancer therapy

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This paper deal with the synthesis and characterization of PEGylated squalene-grafted-inulin amphiphile capable of self-assembling and self-organizing into nanocarriers once placed in aqueous media. It was exploited as coating agent for obtaining doxorubicin loaded superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) endowed with stealth like behavior and excellent physicochemical stability. Inulin was firstly modified in the side chain with primary amine groups, followed in turn by conjugation with squalenoyl derivatives through common amidic coupling agents and PEGylation by imine linkage. Polymer coated SPIONs were so obtained by spontaneous self-assembling of inulin copolymer onto magnetite surface involving hydrophobic-hydrophobic interactions between the metallic core and the squalene moieties. The system was characterized in terms of hydrodynamic radius, zeta potential, shape and drug loading capacity. On the whole, the stealth-like shell stabilized the suspension in aqueous media, though allowing the release of the doxorubicin loaded in therapeutic range. The cytotoxicity profile on cancer (HCT116) cell line and in vitro drug uptake were evaluated both with and without an external magnetic field used as targeting agent and uptake promoter, displaying that magnetic targeting implies advantageous therapeutic effects, that is amplified drug uptake and increased anticancer activity throughout the tumor mass.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:88

Enthalten in:

European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V - 88(2014), 3 vom: 15. Nov., Seite 695-705

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Scialabba, C [VerfasserIn]
Licciardi, M [VerfasserIn]
Mauro, N [VerfasserIn]
Rocco, F [VerfasserIn]
Ceruti, M [VerfasserIn]
Giammona, G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

80168379AG
9005-80-5
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Doxorubicin
Drug Carriers
Inulin
Inulin copolymer
Journal Article
Magnetic targeting
Magnetite Nanoparticles
Pegylated
Polymers
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SPIONs
Squalene

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Date Completed 20.07.2015

Date Revised 01.12.2014

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ejpb.2014.09.008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM242471404