Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States.
Biomacromolecules. 2019 Oct 14;20(10):3989-4000. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01026. Epub 2019 Sep 24.
Despite being one of the most potent chemotherapeutics, doxorubicin (DOX) facilitates cardiac toxicity by irreversibly damaging the cardiac muscle as well as severely dysregulating the immune system and impairing the resolution of cardiac inflammation. Herein, we report synthesis and aqueous self-assembly of nanosized polymersomes from temperature-responsive poly(3-methyl--vinylcaprolactam)--poly(-vinylpyrrolidone) (PMVC-PVPON) diblock copolymers and demonstrate their potential to minimize DOX cardiotoxicity compared to liposomal DOX. RAFT polymerization of vinylpyrrolidone and 3-methyl--vinylcaprolactam, which are structurally similar monomers but have drastically different hydrophobicity, allows decreasing the cloud point of PMVC-PVPON copolymers below 20 °C. The lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the PMVC-PVPON copolymer varied from 19.2 to 18.6 and to 15.2 °C by decreasing the length of the hydrophilic PVPON block from = 98 to = 65 and to = 20, respectively. The copolymers assembled into stable vesicles at room temperature when PVPON polymerization degrees were 65 and 98. Anticancer drug DOX was entrapped with high efficiency into the aqueous PMVC-PVPON polymersomal core surrounded by the hydrophobic temperature-sensitive PMVC shell and the hydrophilic PVPON corona. Unlike many liposomal, micellar, or synthetic drug delivery systems, these polymersomes exhibit an exceptionally high loading capacity of DOX (49%) and encapsulation efficiency (95%) due to spontaneous loading of the drug at room temperature from aqueous DOX solution. We also show that C57BL/6J mice injected with the lethal dose of DOX at 15 mg kg did not survive the 14 day treatment, resulting in 100% mortality. The DOX-loaded PMVC-PVPON polymersomes did not cause any mortality in mice indicating that they can be used for successful DOX encapsulation. The gravimetric analyses of the animal organs from mice treated with liposome-encapsulated DOX (Lipo-DOX) and PMVC-PVPON polymersomes (Poly-DOX) revealed that the Lipo-DOX injection caused some toxicity manifesting as decreased body weight compared to Poly-DOX and saline control. Masses of the left ventricle of the heart, lung, and spleen reduced in the Lipo-DOX-treated mice compared to the nontoxic saline control, while no significant decrease of those masses was observed for the Poly-DOX-treated mice. Our results provide evidence for superior stability of synthetic polymersomes in vivo and show promise for the development of next-generation drug carriers with minimal side effects.
尽管阿霉素(DOX)是最有效的化学疗法之一,但它会通过不可逆地损伤心肌、严重扰乱免疫系统以及损害心脏炎症的消退来导致心脏毒性。在此,我们报告了温敏性聚(3-甲基-N-乙烯基己内酰胺)-聚(N-乙烯基吡咯烷酮)(PMVC-PVPON)两亲嵌段共聚物自组装纳米聚合物囊的合成及其在减轻 DOX 心脏毒性方面的潜力,与脂质体 DOX 相比,具有更好的效果。结构相似但疏水性差异很大的 N-乙烯基己内酰胺和 N-乙烯基吡咯烷酮的可逆加成-断裂链转移(RAFT)聚合,使得 PMVC-PVPON 共聚物的浊点降低至 20°C 以下。通过降低亲水性 PVPON 嵌段的长度,PMVC-PVPON 共聚物的低临界溶液温度(LCST)分别从 19.2°C 降至 18.6°C 和 15.2°C,相应的 = 98 降低至 = 65 和 = 20。当 PVPON 聚合度为 65 和 98 时,共聚物在室温下组装成稳定的囊泡。抗癌药物 DOX 可以在室温下从水性 DOX 溶液中自发装载到疏水性温度敏感的 PMVC 壳和亲水性 PVPON 冠层所包围的水性 PMVC-PVPON 聚合物囊核心中,实现高效包封。与许多脂质体、胶束或合成药物递送系统不同,由于药物在室温下自发装载,这些聚合物囊具有异常高的 DOX 载药量(49%)和包封效率(95%)。我们还表明,C57BL/6J 小鼠在 15mgkg 的致死剂量 DOX 注射后,在 14 天的治疗中没有存活下来,导致 100%的死亡率。载有 DOX 的 PMVC-PVPON 聚合物囊在小鼠中没有引起任何死亡,表明它们可用于成功封装 DOX。用包封 DOX 的脂质体(Lipo-DOX)和 PMVC-PVPON 聚合物囊(Poly-DOX)处理的动物器官的重量分析表明,与 Poly-DOX 和盐水对照相比,Lipo-DOX 注射引起了一些毒性,表现为体重减轻。与无毒盐水对照相比,Lipo-DOX 处理的小鼠的左心室、肺和脾脏的质量减少,但 Poly-DOX 处理的小鼠的这些质量没有明显减少。我们的结果为体内合成聚合物囊的优异稳定性提供了证据,并为开发具有最小副作用的下一代药物载体提供了希望。
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