Soybean agglutinin-conjugated silver nanoparticles nanocarriers in the treatment of breast cancer cells

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) induce diverse cell-death mechanisms, similar to those promoted by anticancer chemotherapeutics; however, they have not been tested in vivo because their action is not limited to cancer cells. Therefore, in vivo evaluations of their effectiveness should be developed with targeting systems. Breast cancer shows changes in the sugar expression patterns on cell surfaces, related to cancer progression and metastases; those changes have been identified previously by the specific binding of soybean agglutinin (SBA). Here is proposed the use of SBA to target the AgNP activity in breast cancer. For that, the present work reports the synthesis of AgNPs (3.89 ± 0.90 nm) through the polyol method, the generation of AgNP nanocarriers, and the bioconjugation protocol of the nanocarrier with SBA. The free AgNPs, the AgNP nanocarriers, and the SBA-bioconjugated AgNP nanocarriers were tested for cytotoxicity in breast cancerous (MDA-MB-231and MCF7) and non cancerous (MCF 10A) cells, using the MTT assay. AgNPs demonstrated cytotoxic activity in vitro, the non cancerous cells (MCF 10A) being more sensible than the cancerous cells (MDA-MB-231 and MCF7) showing LD(50) values of 128, 205, and 319 μM Ag, respectively; the nanoencapsulation decreased the cytotoxic effect of AgNPs in non cancerous cells, maintaining or increasing the effect on the cancer-derived cells, whereas the SBA-bioconjugation allowed AgNP cytotoxic activity with a similar behavior to the nanocarriers. Future experiments need to be developed to evaluate the targeting effect of the SBA-bioconjugated AgNP nanocarriers to study their functionality in vivo.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition - 27(2016), 3 vom: 17., Seite 218-34

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Casañas Pimentel, Rocio Guadalupe [VerfasserIn]
Robles Botero, Viviana [VerfasserIn]
San Martín Martínez, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Gómez García, Consuelo [VerfasserIn]
Hinestroza, Juan Paulo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3WJQ0SDW1A
Antineoplastic Agents
Bioconjugation
Breast cancer
Drug Carriers
Journal Article
Nanocarriers
P88XT4IS4D
Paclitaxel
Plant Lectins
Polyethylene Glycols
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Silver Compounds
Silver nanoparticles
Soybean Proteins
Soybean agglutinin
Soybean lectin

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Date Completed 19.10.2016

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/09205063.2015.1116892

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM254363938