Badran Mohamed M, Mady Mohsen M, Ghannam Magdy M, Shakeel Faiyaz
Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Int J Biol Macromol. 2017 Feb;95:643-649. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.11.098. Epub 2016 Nov 28.
5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) loaded chitosan (C) coated polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) nanoparticles [NPs] (C-5-FU PLGA NPs) and polycaprolactone [PCL] (C-5-FU PCL NPs) were employed as the carriers for cancer treatment. The prepared NPs showed the spherical shape of NPs with the particle size in the range of 188.1-302.2nm with polydispersity index (PDI) of <0.30. C-coated NPs converted zeta potential from negative to positive value with small modification in particle size distribution. The entrapment efficiency of 5-FU was recorded in the range of 32-51%. The in vitro release studies showed an initial rapid 5-FU release followed by a sustained release profile. The in vitro cytotoxicity of C-5-FU PLGA NPs showed significant inhibition of colon cancer cells (HT-29) compared to the other NPs and drug solution. These results showed that C-5-FU PLGA NPs can be considered as a promising carrier for cancer therapy.
负载5-氟尿嘧啶(5-FU)的壳聚糖(C)包被的聚乳酸-乙醇酸共聚物(PLGA)纳米颗粒[NPs](C-5-FU PLGA NPs)和聚己内酯[PCL](C-5-FU PCL NPs)被用作癌症治疗的载体。制备的纳米颗粒呈现出球形,粒径范围为188.1-302.2nm,多分散指数(PDI)<0.30。壳聚糖包被的纳米颗粒使zeta电位从负值转变为正值,粒径分布略有变化。5-氟尿嘧啶的包封率记录在32%-51%的范围内。体外释放研究表明,最初5-氟尿嘧啶快速释放,随后是持续释放曲线。与其他纳米颗粒和药物溶液相比,C-5-FU PLGA NPs的体外细胞毒性对结肠癌细胞(HT-29)表现出显著抑制作用。这些结果表明,C-5-FU PLGA NPs可被视为一种有前景的癌症治疗载体。