Li Youmei, Chen Shu, Chang Xiupeng, He Feng, Zhuo Renxi
Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
ACS Appl Bio Mater. 2019 May 20;2(5):2271-2279. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00230. Epub 2019 May 6.
Combination therapy by co-delivering multiple drugs using a single delivery carrier is a promising strategy to achieve a synergistic antitumor effect. In this study, a novel dual-functional block copolymer mPEG--poly(TAC--ATMC--S(CH)COOH) was designed and synthesized for co-delivering two kinds of anticancer drugs, methotrexate (MTX) and doxorubicin (DOX). This biodegradable amphiphilic copolymer could spontaneously self-assemble into electronegative nanomicelles with higher micelle stability and lower hemolysis ratio. Besides hydrophobic interactions, electrostatic interactions between the carboxyl groups of 5-allyloxy-1,3-dioxan-2-one (ATMC) with amine groups of DOX, as well as complementary multiple hydrogen-bonding interactions between thymine groups of thymine-functional six-membered cyclic carbonate (TAC) and 2,6-diaminopyridine (DAP) groups of MTX, could contribute to co-delivering DOX/MTX simultaneously with high-efficiency loading without interference with each other. For comparison, DOX alone and MTX alone were also encapsulated into mPEG--poly(TAC--ATMC--S(CH)COOH) nanomicelles. All drug-loaded nanomicelles exhibited sustained release properties with a pH sensitivity. Confocal laser scanning microscopy revealed an efficient cell uptake of DOX and MTX delivered by mPEG--poly(TAC--ATMC--S(CH)COOH) nanomicelles, while DOX mainly accumulated in nuclei and MTX in cytoplasm after 8 h of incubation. MTT assay further demonstrated an enhanced synergistic antitumor efficacy of DOX/MTX co-loaded nanomicelles. Therefore, DOX/MTX co-loaded mPEG--poly(TAC--ATMC--S(CH)COOH) nanomicelles might have attractive potentials in clinical implications for efficient combination chemotherapy.
使用单一递送载体共递送多种药物的联合疗法是实现协同抗肿瘤效果的一种有前景的策略。在本研究中,设计并合成了一种新型双功能嵌段共聚物mPEG--聚(TAC--ATMC--S(CH)COOH),用于共递送两种抗癌药物甲氨蝶呤(MTX)和阿霉素(DOX)。这种可生物降解的两亲性共聚物能够自发自组装成带负电的纳米胶束,具有更高的胶束稳定性和更低的溶血率。除了疏水相互作用外,5-烯丙氧基-1,3-二氧六环-2-酮(ATMC)的羧基与DOX的胺基之间的静电相互作用,以及胸腺嘧啶功能化六元环碳酸酯(TAC)的胸腺嘧啶基团与MTX的2,6-二氨基吡啶(DAP)基团之间的互补多重氢键相互作用,有助于高效负载同时共递送DOX/MTX且互不干扰。为作比较,单独的DOX和单独的MTX也被封装到mPEG--聚(TAC--ATMC--S(CH)COOH)纳米胶束中。所有载药纳米胶束均表现出pH敏感性的缓释特性。共聚焦激光扫描显微镜显示,mPEG--聚(TAC--ATMC--S(CH)COOH)纳米胶束递送的DOX和MTX能有效被细胞摄取,孵育8小时后,DOX主要积聚在细胞核中,MTX积聚在细胞质中。MTT试验进一步证明了载有DOX/MTX的纳米胶束具有增强的协同抗肿瘤功效。因此,载有DOX/MTX的mPEG--聚(TAC--ATMC--S(CH)COOH)纳米胶束在高效联合化疗的临床应用中可能具有诱人的潜力。
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