Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sadat City, Menoufia, Egypt.
Department of Pharmaceutics, National Organization of Drug Control and Research, Giza, Egypt.
Biomed Pharmacother. 2017 Sep;93:561-569. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.06.093. Epub 2017 Jul 4.
Resveratrol (RSV) is a natural polyphenolic compound with high affinity to hepatocytes. It has numerous benefits as anticancer, antioxidant, immunomodulatory and cardioprotective actions. Nevertheless, RSV therapeutic applications are hindered by its low solubility, light sensitivity and extensive first-pass metabolism. Cubosomes are colloidally stable dispersed liquid crystalline nanoparticles. The incorporation of RSV into cubosomes could overcome some of its physicochemical limitations. A Design-Expert software was applied to optimize cubosomes in terms of particle size and encapsulation efficiency (EE%). The used model proved its suitability in predicting optimum cubosomal size. The prepared cubosomes showed an enhanced HepG2 cytotoxicity except at particle size of ≈20nm. Different endocytic pathways mechanisms as macropinocytosis, clathrin-mediated endocytosis and caveolae-mediated endocytosis were identified in the cellular uptake of RSV cubosomes depending on particle size. Caveolae-mediated transport was shown to have a significant effect on RSV cubosomes internalization efficiency and cytotoxicity.
白藜芦醇(RSV)是一种天然多酚化合物,对肝细胞具有很高的亲和力。它具有多种益处,如抗癌、抗氧化、免疫调节和心脏保护作用。然而,RSV 的治疗应用受到其低溶解度、光敏感性和广泛的首过代谢的限制。立方脂质体是胶体稳定的分散液晶纳米颗粒。将 RSV 纳入立方脂质体可以克服其一些物理化学限制。Design-Expert 软件被应用于优化立方脂质体的粒径和包封效率(EE%)。所使用的模型证明了其在预测最佳立方脂质体粒径方面的适用性。所制备的立方脂质体显示出增强的 HepG2 细胞毒性,除了粒径约为 20nm 时。根据粒径大小,确定了 RSV 立方脂质体摄取过程中的不同内吞途径机制,如巨胞饮作用、网格蛋白介导的内吞作用和小窝蛋白介导的内吞作用。小窝蛋白介导的运输被证明对 RSV 立方脂质体的内化效率和细胞毒性有显著影响。