Biomedicinal Chemistry Program, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Natural Products for Ageing and Chronic Diseases Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Molecules. 2019 Apr 9;24(7):1388. doi: 10.3390/molecules24071388.
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by hyperproliferation of the epidermal cells and is clinically presented as thick, bright red to pink plaques with a silvery scale. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) using visible light has become of increasing interest in the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases. In this study, we demonstrate that a combination of curcumin-loaded chitosan/alginate nanoparticles (Cur-CS/Alg NPs) and blue light emitting diodes (LED) light irradiation effectively suppressed the hyperproliferation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α)-induced cultured human kerlatinocyte (HaCaT) cells. The Cur-CS/Alg NPs were fabricated by emulsification of curcumin in aqueous sodium alginate solution and ionotropic gelation with calcium chloride and chitosan using an optimized formulation derived from a Box-Behnken design. The fabricated Cur-CS/Alg NPs were characterized for their particle size, zeta potential, encapsulation efficiency, and loading capacity. The surrogate 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, to measure the relative number of viable cells, showed that the CS/Alg NPs were nontoxic to normal HaCaT cells, while 0.05 µg/mL and 0.1 µg/mL of free curcumin and Cur-CS/Alg NPs inhibited the hyperproliferation of HaCaT cells induced by TNF-α. However, the Cur-CS/Alg NPs demonstrated a stronger effect than the free curcumin, especially when combined with blue light irradiation (10 J/cm²) from an LED-based illumination device. Therefore, the Cur-CS/Alg NPs with blue LED light could be potentially developed into an effective PDT system for the treatment of psoriasis.
银屑病是一种慢性炎症性皮肤病,其特征是表皮细胞过度增殖,临床上表现为厚而红的斑块,伴有银色鳞屑。利用可见光的光动力疗法(PDT)在治疗炎症性皮肤病方面越来越受到关注。在这项研究中,我们证明了负载姜黄素的壳聚糖/海藻酸钠纳米粒子(Cur-CS/Alg NPs)和蓝光发光二极管(LED)光照射的组合可有效抑制肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)诱导的培养人角质形成细胞(HaCaT)的过度增殖。通过将姜黄素乳化在海藻酸钠水溶液中,并使用 Box-Behnken 设计得到的优化配方与氯化钙和壳聚糖进行离子凝胶化,制备了 Cur-CS/Alg NPs。对制备的 Cur-CS/Alg NPs 进行了粒径、Zeta 电位、包封效率和载药量的表征。替代的 3-(4,5-二甲基噻唑-2-基)-2,5-二苯基四唑溴盐(MTT)测定法,用于测量活细胞的相对数量,表明 CS/Alg NPs 对正常 HaCaT 细胞没有毒性,而 0.05 µg/mL 和 0.1 µg/mL 的游离姜黄素和 Cur-CS/Alg NPs 可抑制 TNF-α诱导的 HaCaT 细胞过度增殖。然而,Cur-CS/Alg NPs 比游离姜黄素表现出更强的作用,尤其是与基于 LED 的照明装置发出的蓝光照射(10 J/cm²)结合时。因此,具有蓝光 LED 光的 Cur-CS/Alg NPs 可能被开发为治疗银屑病的有效 PDT 系统。
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