Hasanin Mohamed, Taha Nesrin Fouad, Abdou Aya Rashad, Emara Laila Hasanin
Cellulose and Paper Department Chemical Research Institute, National Research Centre, 33 EL Bohouth st. (former EL Tahrir st.), Dokki, Giza, P.O.12622 Egypt.
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, 33 EL Bohouth st. (former EL Tahrir st.), Dokki, Giza, P.O.12622 Egypt.
Biotechnol Rep (Amst). 2022 Mar 18;34:e00722. doi: 10.1016/j.btre.2022.e00722. eCollection 2022 Jun.
Tri-nanocomposite system of biocompatible polymers (gelatin/gum arabic) functionalized onto graphene-oxide nanosheets for controlling the release of an anticancer, doxorubicin (DOX), was fabricated via green-biosynthesis. Biocompatibility and nano-size stability of the tri-nanocomposite was characterized by SEM, TEM, FTIR, XRD, and zeta-potential. Loading-efficiency, release-behavior and cytotoxic-activity of DOX-loaded-composite in WI-38 normal-lung-fibroblast and A549 lung-carcinoma cells were investigated. High DOX-loading (at pH 9.5), with pH-sensitive release from loaded-composite was achieved, with 25% and 77% DOX released, at physiological pH 7.4 and cancerous pH 5.3, respectively. Stability of tri-nanocomposite system was confirmed over 3-months storage at accelerated conditions, as presented by FTIR, XRD, TEM, zeta-potential and in-vitro release assays. High proliferative inhibitory effect of DOX loaded-composite, on A549-cells, with minimal toxicity on WI-38-cells, with IC values of 51.9 ± 0.46 and 185±1.08 µg/mL, against A549 and WI-38, respectively. Proposed tri-nanocomposite offers a novel combination of gelatin/gum arabic with graphene-oxide for targeted drug-delivery and efficient anti-cancer therapy.
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