Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea.
BMC Cancer. 2010 May 18;10:211. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-211.
We have studied the in vitro and in vivo utility of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-hydrogels for the development of an anticancer drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) delivery system.
A 5-FU-loaded PEG-hydrogel was implanted subcutaneously to evaluate the drug retention time and the anticancer effect. For the pharmacokinetic study, two groups of male rats were administered either an aqueous solution of 5-FU (control group)/or a 5-FU-loaded PEG-hydrogel (treated group) at a dose of 100 mg/kg. For the pharmacodynamic study, a human non-small-cell lung adenocarcinoma (NSCLC) cell line, A549 was inoculated to male nude mice with a cell density of 3 x 10(6). Once tumors start growing, the mice were injected with 5-FU/or 5-FU-loaded PEG-hydrogel once a week for 4 weeks. The growth of the tumors was monitored by measuring the tumor volume and calculating the tumor inhibition rate (IR) over the duration of the study.
In the pharmacokinetic study, the 5-FU-loaded PEG-hydrogel gave a mean residence time (MRT) of 8.0 h and the elimination half-life of 0.9 h; these values were 14- and 6-fold, respectively, longer than those for the free solution of 5-FU (p < 0.05). In the pharmacodynamic study, A549 tumor growth was significantly inhibited in the 5-FU-loaded PEG-hydrogel group in comparison to the untreated group beginning on Day 14 (p < 0.05-0.01). Moreover, the 5-FU-loaded PEG-hydrogel group had a significantly enhanced tumor IR (p < 0.05) compared to the free 5-FU drug treatment group.
We suggest that 5-FU-loaded PEG-hydrogels could provide a useful tool for the development of an anticancer drug delivery system.
我们研究了聚乙二醇(PEG)水凝胶在开发抗癌药物 5-氟尿嘧啶(5-FU)递药系统中的体外和体内应用。
将载有 5-FU 的 PEG 水凝胶皮下植入以评估药物保留时间和抗癌效果。为了进行药代动力学研究,将两组雄性大鼠分别以 100mg/kg 的剂量给予 5-FU 的水溶液(对照组)/或载有 5-FU 的 PEG 水凝胶(治疗组)。为了进行药效学研究,将人非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)细胞系 A549 以 3×10(6)的细胞密度接种到雄性裸鼠中。一旦肿瘤开始生长,每周向小鼠注射一次 5-FU/或载有 5-FU 的 PEG 水凝胶,共 4 周。通过测量肿瘤体积并计算研究期间的肿瘤抑制率(IR)来监测肿瘤的生长。
在药代动力学研究中,载有 5-FU 的 PEG 水凝胶的平均驻留时间(MRT)为 8.0 小时,消除半衰期为 0.9 小时;这些值分别是游离 5-FU 溶液的 14 倍和 6 倍(p<0.05)。在药效学研究中,与未治疗组相比,载有 5-FU 的 PEG 水凝胶组从第 14 天开始 A549 肿瘤生长明显受到抑制(p<0.05-0.01)。此外,载有 5-FU 的 PEG 水凝胶组的肿瘤 IR 明显高于游离 5-FU 药物治疗组(p<0.05)。
我们建议载有 5-FU 的 PEG 水凝胶可为开发抗癌药物递药系统提供有用的工具。