Dual-responsive polymer-coated iron oxide nanoparticles for drug delivery and imaging applications.
Dual-responsive polymer-coated iron oxide nanoparticles for drug delivery and imaging applications.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ijpharm.2014.03.016
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发表时间:
2014-05-15
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Wadajkar AS
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作者:
Sundaresan V;Menon JU;Rahimi M;Nguyen KT;Wadajkar AS
We reported the synthesis and characterization of dual-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-acrylamide-chitosan) (PAC)-coated magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) for controlled and targeted drug delivery and imaging applications. The PAC-MNPs size was about 150 nm with 70% iron mass content and excellent superparamagnetic properties. PAC-MNPs loaded with anti-cancer drug doxorubicin showed dual-responsive drug release characteristics with the maximum release of drugs at 40 °C (~78%) than at 37 °C (~33%) and at pH of 6 (~55%) than at pH of 7.4 (~28%) after 21 days. Further, the conjugation of prostate cancer-specific R11 peptides increased the uptake of PAC-MNPs by prostate cancer PC3 cells. The dose-dependent cellular uptake of the nanoparticles was also significantly increased with the presence of 1.3 T magnetic field. The nanoparticles demonstrated cytocompatibility up to concentrations of 500 μg/ ml when incubated over a period of 24 h with human dermal fibroblasts and normal prostate epithelial cells. Finally, pharmacokinetic studies indicated that doxorubicin-loaded PAC-MNPs caused significant prostate cancer cell death at 40 °C than at 37 °C, thereby confirming the temperature-dependent drug release kinetics and in vitro therapeutic efficacy. Future evaluation of in vivo therapeutic efficacy of targeted image-guided cancer therapy using R11-PAC-MNPs will reinforce a significant impact of the multifunctional PAC-MNPs on the future drug delivery systems.