Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Nanotechnology, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy.
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy.
Mol Pharm. 2023 Nov 6;20(11):5593-5606. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00494. Epub 2023 Sep 27.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a noninvasive therapeutic approach for the treatment of skin cancer and diseases. 5-Aminolevulinic acid is a prodrug clinically approved for PDT. Once internalized by cancer cells, it is rapidly metabolized to the photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX, which under the proper light irradiation, stimulates the deleterious reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and leads to cell death. The high hydrophilicity of 5-aminolevulinic acid limits its capability to cross the epidermis. Lipophilic derivatives of 5-aminolevulinic acid only partly improved skin penetration, thus making its incorporation into nanocarriers necessary. Here we have developed and characterized 5-aminolevulinic acid loaded invasomes made of egg lecithin, either 1,2-dilauroyl--glycero-3-phosphocholine or 1,2-dioleoyl--glycero-3-phosphocholine, and the terpene limonene. The obtained invasomes are highly thermostable and display a spherical morphology with an average size of 150 nm and an encapsulation efficiency of 80%; moreover, the epidermis diffusion tests established that nanovesicles containing the terpene led to a much higher skin penetration (up to 80% in 3 h) compared to those without limonene and to the free fluorescent tracer (less than 50%). Finally, in vitro studies with 2D and 3D human cell models of melanoma proved the biocompatibility of invasomes, the enhanced intracellular transport of 5-aminolevulinic acid, its ability to generate ROS upon irradiation, and consequently, its antiproliferative effect. A simplified scaffold-based 3D skin model containing melanoma spheroids was also prepared. Considering the results obtained, we conclude that the lecithin invasomes loaded with 5-aminolevulinic acid have a good therapeutic potential and may represent an efficient tool that can be considered a valid alternative in the topical treatment of melanoma and other skin diseases.
光动力疗法(PDT)是一种非侵入性的治疗皮肤癌和疾病的方法。5-氨基酮戊酸是一种临床批准用于 PDT 的前药。一旦被癌细胞内化,它会迅速代谢为光敏剂原卟啉 IX,在适当的光照下,刺激有害的活性氧(ROS)的产生,导致细胞死亡。5-氨基酮戊酸的高亲水性限制了它穿过表皮的能力。5-氨基酮戊酸的亲脂性衍生物仅部分改善了皮肤渗透,因此使其必需被纳入纳米载体中。在这里,我们开发并表征了由卵磷酯制成的负载 5-氨基酮戊酸的入侵囊泡,该卵磷酯为 1,2-二肉豆蔻酰基-甘油-3-磷酸胆碱或 1,2-二油酰基-甘油-3-磷酸胆碱,以及萜烯柠檬烯。所得到的入侵囊泡具有很高的热稳定性,呈现出平均尺寸为 150nm 的球形形态,并且具有 80%的封装效率;此外,表皮扩散测试表明,含有萜烯的纳米囊泡导致皮肤渗透(3 小时内高达 80%)显著高于不含柠檬烯和游离荧光示踪剂(小于 50%)的纳米囊泡。最后,2D 和 3D 黑色素瘤人类细胞模型的体外研究证明了入侵囊泡的生物相容性,增强了 5-氨基酮戊酸的细胞内转运,其在光照下生成 ROS 的能力,以及因此其抗增殖作用。还制备了含有黑色素瘤球体的简化基于支架的 3D 皮肤模型。考虑到所获得的结果,我们得出结论,负载 5-氨基酮戊酸的卵磷酯入侵囊泡具有良好的治疗潜力,可能代表一种有效的工具,可以被认为是治疗黑色素瘤和其他皮肤疾病的局部治疗的有效替代方法。
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