Khan Muhammad Qamar, Alvi Muhammad Abbas, Nawaz Hafiza Hifza, Umar Muhammad
Department of Textile Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University, Faisalabad 37610, Pakistan.
Department of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2024 Aug 2;14(15):1305. doi: 10.3390/nano14151305.
Currently, the number of patients with cancer is expanding consistently because of a low quality of life. For this reason, the therapies used to treat cancer have received a lot of consideration from specialists. Numerous anticancer medications have been utilized to treat patients with cancer. However, the immediate utilization of anticancer medicines leads to unpleasant side effects for patients and there are many restrictions to applying these treatments. A number of polymers like cellulose, chitosan, Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA), Polyacrylonitrile (PAN), peptides and Poly (hydroxy alkanoate) have good properties for the treatment of cancer, but the nanofibers-based target and controlled drug delivery system produced by the co-axial electrospinning technique have extraordinary properties like favorable mechanical characteristics, an excellent release profile, a high surface area, and a high sponginess and are harmless, bio-renewable, biofriendly, highly degradable, and can be produced very conveniently on an industrial scale. Thus, nanofibers produced through coaxial electrospinning can be designed to target specific cancer cells or tissues. By modifying the composition and properties of the nanofibers, researchers can control the release kinetics of the therapeutic agent and enhance its accumulation at the tumor site while minimizing systemic toxicity. The core-shell structure of coaxial electrospun nanofibers allows for a controlled and sustained release of therapeutic agents over time. This controlled release profile can improve the efficacy of cancer treatment by maintaining therapeutic drug concentrations within the tumor microenvironment for an extended period.
目前,由于生活质量低下,癌症患者的数量在持续增加。因此,用于治疗癌症的疗法受到了专家们的广泛关注。许多抗癌药物已被用于治疗癌症患者。然而,直接使用抗癌药物会给患者带来不良副作用,并且这些治疗方法的应用存在诸多限制。一些聚合物,如纤维素、壳聚糖、聚乙烯醇(PVA)、聚丙烯腈(PAN)、肽和聚羟基脂肪酸酯,具有良好的癌症治疗特性,但通过同轴静电纺丝技术生产的基于纳米纤维的靶向和控释药物递送系统具有非凡的特性,如良好的机械性能、优异的释放曲线、高表面积、高海绵性,并且无害、生物可再生、生物友好、高度可降解,并且可以在工业规模上非常方便地生产。因此,通过同轴静电纺丝生产的纳米纤维可以设计用于靶向特定的癌细胞或组织。通过改变纳米纤维的组成和性质,研究人员可以控制治疗剂的释放动力学,并增强其在肿瘤部位的积累,同时将全身毒性降至最低。同轴静电纺丝纳米纤维的核壳结构允许治疗剂随时间进行可控和持续的释放。这种控释曲线可以通过在肿瘤微环境中长时间维持治疗药物浓度来提高癌症治疗的疗效。
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