Combating multidrug resistance of breast cancer with ginsenoside Rh2-irrigated nano-in-thermogel

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The emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR) is the leading cause of mortality in patients with breast cancer. Overexpressed P-glycoprotein (P-gp) that can pump out chemotherapeutics from multidrug-resistant cancer cells is the main cause of chemotherapy failure. P-gp inhibitors are hence increasingly used to sensitize chemotherapy to breast cancer with MDR by reducing the efflux of drugs. However, representative P-gp inhibitors usually have severe side effects and the effect of their release behavior on chemotherapy are neglected in current studies. We constructed a nano-in-thermogel delivery system with the sequential release of ginsenoside Rh2 (GRh2) and a chemotherapeutic drug in the tumor microenvironment as a drug compounding "reservoir" to combat MDR in breast cancer. Briefly, paclitaxel (PTX) and GRh2 were encapsulated in solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) and dispersed in a poloxamer-based thermogel (SLNs-Gel). GRh2 was used as an innovative and safe P-gp inhibitor to lower P-gp expression and cellular adenosine triphosphate context, thereby sensitizing PTX-resistant breast cancer cells (MCF-7/PTX) to PTX. Pharmacodynamic and in vivo safety studies confirmed that intratumoral injection of SLNs-Gel significantly suppressed the proliferation of PTX-resistant breast cancer and alleviated the PTX-induced hematotoxicity. The GRh2-irrigated nano-in-thermogel delivery system shows great potential in combating multidrug-resistant cancer.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:650

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International journal of pharmaceutics - 650(2024) vom: 25. Jan., Seite 123718

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Long, Jieyu [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Wanshan [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xuewen [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Chuanbin [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Tingting [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

20(S)-ginsenoside Rh2
78214-33-2
Ginsenoside Rh2
Journal Article
Multidrug-resistant breast cancer
Nano-in-thermogel delivery system
P-glycoprotein
P88XT4IS4D
Paclitaxel

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Date Completed 08.01.2024

Date Revised 08.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.123718

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365955477