Shi Chenyang, Cao Hui, He Wei, Gao Fei, Liu Yu, Yin Lifang
Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China.
Shanghai Institute for Food and Drug Control, Shanghai 200131, PR China.
Biomed Pharmacother. 2015 Jul;73:48-57. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2015.05.008. Epub 2015 May 30.
Immunoliposomes modified by monoclonal antibodies are promising agents for tumor-targeted drug delivery. Here, we designed a novel long-circulating liposome conjugated to a fully human anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) monoclonal antibody (mAb) as a targeting modification. VEGF mAb selectively accumulates in tumor tissue over-expressing VEGF; therefore, drugs accumulate within tumors to enhance antitumor efficacy. For this study, paclitaxel (PTX), a chemotherapeutic agent with potent antiangiogenic activity, was used as a prototype drug. PEGylated liposomes loaded with paclitaxel were successfully prepared using the thin-film hydration method with appropriate amounts of S100PC, cholesterol, and mPEG2000-DSPE at a molar ratio of 90:10:5. The VEGF mAb was then conjugated to the Mal-PEG2000-DSPE liposome at a ratio of 6.65mg of VEGF mAb/μmol Mal-PEG2000-DSPE, producing completely stable VEGF mAb-liposomes. The anticancer activity was evaluated in BALB/c nude mice bearing SGC-7901 xenografts. The results indicate that VEGF-targeted mAb-liposomes are visualized in the interior of the tumor and taken up by tumor cells. After receiving five i.v. injections, the mice treated with mAb-liposomal paclitaxel showed superior anticancer activity than the commercial formulation Taxol(®) and unmodified liposomal formulations. Immunohistochemical analysis of the tumor tissues showed weaker VEGF and CD31 signals in mAb-liposome-treated tumors compared to treatment with no mAb-liposomes. Immunohistology analysis results demonstrated that the tumors treated with VEGF mAb-liposomes had the lowest concentration of Ki67-labeled cells and the greatest number of TUNEL-positive cells. All data showed that the novel VEGF mAb-liposomes carried anticancer drugs, such as paclitaxel, to the interior of solid tumors and inhibited tumor growth effectively.
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