State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
J Drug Target. 2011 Jan;19(1):25-36. doi: 10.3109/10611861003663531. Epub 2010 Mar 16.
On the basis of the fact of the overexpression of integrins in malignant tumor cells and neovasculature, and the advantage of polymeric micelles (PM) as the drug carriers, a cyclic RGD peptide (cRGDyK) was anchored on the surface of polyethylene glycol-b-poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PEG-b-PLGA) micelles as a ligand of integrins in order to enhance the intracellular delivery of encapsulated hydrophobic drug into the tumor cells and its neovasculature. Toward this goal, PEG-b-PLGA micelles without or with cRGDyK conjugation loaded with paclitaxel (PTX) or DiI were prepared and characterized. The results revealed that drug-loaded micelles were stable in solution, with small diameters (<80 nm) and a low critical micelle concentration. Spectrophotofluorometry, confocal microscopy, and flow cytometry showed that cRGDyK-conjugated micelles (TPM) facilitated the cell-specific uptake of DiI into the murine melanoma B16-F10 cells and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) via integrin-mediated endocytosis compared with cRGDyK-free micelles (NPM), and the uptake was proportional to the ratio of cRGDyK modification in certain range. Meanwhile, PTX-loaded TPM displayed higher cytotoxicity and antiproliferation activities against both cells than PTX-loaded NPM. These results suggest that cRGDyK-coupled PEG-b-PLGA micelles may be the promising intracellular targeting carriers for efficient delivery of chemotherapeutic agents into tumor cells and neovasculature.
基于整合素在恶性肿瘤细胞和新生血管中的过度表达的事实,以及聚合物胶束(PM)作为药物载体的优势,将环状 RGD 肽(cRGDyK)锚定在聚乙二醇-b-聚(乳酸-共-乙醇酸)(PEG-b-PLGA)胶束的表面上,作为整合素的配体,以增强包裹的疏水性药物进入肿瘤细胞及其新生血管的细胞内递送。为此,制备并表征了没有或接枝有 cRGDyK 的 PEG-b-PLGA 胶束,负载紫杉醇(PTX)或 DiI。结果表明,载药胶束在溶液中稳定,粒径小(<80nm),临界胶束浓度低。分光荧光法、共聚焦显微镜和流式细胞术表明,与没有 cRGDyK 的胶束(NPM)相比,接枝有 cRGDyK 的胶束(TPM)通过整合素介导的内吞作用促进 DiI 进入鼠黑色素瘤 B16-F10 细胞和人脐静脉内皮细胞(HUVEC)的细胞特异性摄取,并且摄取与 cRGDyK 修饰的比例成正比。同时,负载 PTX 的 TPM 对两种细胞的细胞毒性和增殖活性均高于负载 PTX 的 NPM。这些结果表明,cRGDyK 偶联的 PEG-b-PLGA 胶束可能是将化学治疗剂有效递送至肿瘤细胞和新生血管的有前途的细胞内靶向载体。
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