Moosavian Seyedeh Alia, Abnous Khalil, Badiee Ali, Jaafari Mahmoud Reza
Biotechnology Research Center, Nanotechnology Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Pharmaceutical Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2016 Mar 1;139:228-36. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.12.009. Epub 2015 Dec 15.
Targeted delivery by ligands such as aptamers, is a promising method to increase the efficiency of PEGylated-liposomal doxorubicin (PL-Dox). In this study, we have successfully conjugated our recently developed anti-breast cancer RNA aptamer (TSA14) to the surface of PL-Dox and characterized for their size, zeta potential, Dox percent encapsulation and release properties in the presence of fetal bovine serum. In vitro experiments showed that aptamer could improve cellular uptake and cytotoxicity of PL-Dox in TUBO breast cell line. In mice bearing TUBO breast tumor, although, the doxorubicin plasma level of liposomal doxorubicin did not significantly change after modification of nanoparticles with aptamer, however, much higher tumor accumulation of Dox as compared with non-targeted liposomes proved the tumor-targeting capability of aptamers. In the same way, aptamer-PL-Dox improved anti-tumor efficiency of liposomes in TUBO breast tumor in mice compared to non-targeted liposomes. Overall, the results showed that aptamer decoration of PL-Dox could significantly improve selectivity and the therapeutic efficacy of liposomal DOX and merits further investigation.
通过适配体等配体进行靶向递送,是提高聚乙二醇化脂质体阿霉素(PL-Dox)效率的一种有前景的方法。在本研究中,我们已成功将我们最近开发的抗乳腺癌RNA适配体(TSA14)偶联到PL-Dox表面,并对其在胎牛血清存在下的尺寸、zeta电位、阿霉素包封率和释放特性进行了表征。体外实验表明,适配体可提高PL-Dox在TUBO乳腺癌细胞系中的细胞摄取和细胞毒性。在携带TUBO乳腺肿瘤的小鼠中,虽然用适配体修饰纳米颗粒后脂质体阿霉素的阿霉素血浆水平没有显著变化,但是,与非靶向脂质体相比,阿霉素在肿瘤中的蓄积要高得多,这证明了适配体的肿瘤靶向能力。同样,与非靶向脂质体相比,适配体-PL-Dox提高了脂质体在小鼠TUBO乳腺肿瘤中的抗肿瘤效率。总体而言,结果表明,PL-Dox的适配体修饰可显著提高脂质体阿霉素的选择性和治疗效果,值得进一步研究。