用于双重激活细胞内抗癌药物释放的氧化还原和 pH 响应性可降解胶束。
Redox and pH-responsive degradable micelles for dually activated intracellular anticancer drug release.
机构信息
Biomedical Polymers Laboratory, and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, PR China.
出版信息
J Control Release. 2013 Aug 10;169(3):171-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2013.01.001. Epub 2013 Jan 8.
Redox and pH dual-responsive biodegradable micelles were developed based on poly(ethylene glycol)-SS-poly(2,4,6-trimethoxybenzylidene-pentaerythritol carbonate) (PEG-SS-PTMBPEC) copolymer and investigated for intracellular doxorubicin (DOX) release. PEG-SS-PTMBPEC copolymer with an Mn of 5.0-4.1kg/mol formed micellar particles with an average diameter of 140nm and a low polydispersity of 0.12. DOX was loaded into PEG-SS-PTMBPEC micelles with a decent drug loading content of 11.3wt.%. The in vitro release studies showed that under physiological conditions only ca. 24.5% DOX was released from DOX-loaded micelles in 21h. The release of DOX was significantly accelerated at pH5.0 or in the presence of 10mM glutathione (GSH) at pH7.4, in which 62.8% and 74.3% of DOX was released, respectively, in 21h. The drug release was further boosted under 10mM GSH and pH 5.0 conditions, with 94.2% of DOX released in 10h. Notably, DOX release was also facilitated by 2 or 4h incubation at pH 5.0 and then at pH 7.4 with 10mM GSH, which mimics the intracellular pathways of endocytosed micellar drugs. Confocal microscopy observation indicated that DOX was delivered and released into the nuclei of HeLa cells following 8h incubation with DOX-loaded PEG-SS-PTMBPEC micelles, while DOX was mainly located in the cytoplasm for reduction-insensitive PEG-PTMBPEC controls. MTT assays revealed that DOX-loaded PEG-SS-PTMBPEC micelles had higher anti-tumor activity than reduction-insensitive controls, with low IC50 of 0.75 and 0.60μg/mL for HeLa and RAW 264.7 cells, respectively, following 48h incubation. PEG-SS-PTMBPEC micelles displayed low cytotoxicity up to a concentration of 1.0mg/mL. These redox and pH dual-bioresponsive degradable micelles have appeared as a promising platform for targeted intracellular anticancer drug release.
基于聚乙二醇-SS-聚(2,4,6-三甲氧基苯甲叉基-五亚乙基核碳酸酯)(PEG-SS-PTMBPEC)共聚物开发了氧化还原和 pH 双重响应的可生物降解胶束,并研究了其用于细胞内阿霉素(DOX)的释放。Mn 为 5.0-4.1kg/mol 的 PEG-SS-PTMBPEC 共聚物形成平均直径为 140nm、低多分散性为 0.12 的胶束颗粒。DOX 以 11.3wt%的良好药物装载量载入 PEG-SS-PTMBPEC 胶束中。体外释放研究表明,在生理条件下,载 DOX 胶束在 21h 内仅释放约 24.5%的 DOX。在 pH5.0 或在 pH7.4 存在 10mM 谷胱甘肽(GSH)的情况下,DOX 的释放明显加速,分别在 21h 内释放 62.8%和 74.3%的 DOX。在 10mM GSH 和 pH 5.0 条件下,药物释放进一步增强,10h 内释放 94.2%的 DOX。值得注意的是,在 pH5.0 孵育 2 或 4h 然后在 pH7.4 存在 10mM GSH 的条件下,DOX 的释放也得到了促进,这模拟了内吞胶束药物的细胞内途径。共聚焦显微镜观察表明,载 DOX 的 PEG-SS-PTMBPEC 胶束孵育 8h 后,DOX 被递送至并释放到 HeLa 细胞的细胞核中,而还原不敏感的 PEG-PTMBPEC 对照物主要位于细胞质中。MTT 测定表明,载 DOX 的 PEG-SS-PTMBPEC 胶束具有比还原不敏感对照物更高的抗肿瘤活性,孵育 48h 后,HeLa 和 RAW 264.7 细胞的 IC50 分别为 0.75 和 0.60μg/mL。PEG-SS-PTMBPEC 胶束的细胞毒性低至 1.0mg/mL。这些氧化还原和 pH 双重生物响应可降解胶束已成为一种有前途的靶向细胞内抗癌药物释放的平台。