Novel alginate-stabilized doxorubicin-loaded nanodroplets for ultrasounic theranosis of breast cancer
Novel alginate-stabilized doxorubicin-loaded nanodroplets for ultrasounic theranosis of breast cancer
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10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.09.008
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发表时间:
2016-12-01
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8.2
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Mokhtari-Dizaji, Manijhe
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作者:
Baghbani, Fatemeh;Mortarzadeh, Fathollah;Mokhtari-Dizaji, Manijhe
Perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions are a new class of multifunctional stimuli-responsive nanocarriers which combine the properties of passive-targeted drug carriers, ultrasound imaging contrast agents, and ultrasound-responsive drug delivery systems. Doxorubicin-loaded alginate stabilized perflourohexane (PFH) nanodroplets were synthesized via nanoemulsion preparation method and their ultrasound responsivity, imaging, and therapeutic properties were studied. Doxorubicin was loaded into the nanodroplets (39.2 nm) with encapsulation efficiency of 92.2%. In vitro release profile of doxorubicin from nanodroplets was an apparently biphasic release process and 12.6% of drug released from nanodroplets after 24h incubation in PBS, pH approximate to 7.4. Sonication with 28 kHz therapeutic ultrasound for 10 min triggered droplet-to-bubble transition in PFH nanodroplets which resulted in the release of 85.95% of doxorubicin from nanodroplets. Microbubbles formed by acoustic vaporization of the nanodroplets underwent inertial cavitation.In the breast cancer mice models, ultrasound-mediated therapy with doxorubicin-loaded PFH nanodroplets showed excellent anti-cancer effects characterized by tumor regression. Complete tumor regression was observed for the group in which doxorubicin-loaded nanodroplets were combined with ultrasound, whereas the tumor growth inhibition of doxorubicin loaded nanodroplets was 89.6%. These multifunctional nanodroplets, with excellent therapeutic and ultrasound properties, could be promising drug delivery systems for chemotherapeutic application. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.