Novel drug delivery system using thermoreversible gelation polymer for malignant glioma
Novel drug delivery system using thermoreversible gelation polymer for malignant glioma
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DOI:
10.1007/s11060-005-9001-4
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发表时间:
2006-03-01
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3.9
通讯作者:
Abe, Toshiaki
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作者:
Arai, Takao;Joki, Tatsuhiro;Abe, Toshiaki
Many approaches to local tumor treatment have been reported and their efficacy demonstrated in patients with malignant glioma. We studied thermoreversible gelation polymer (TGP) as a novel drug delivery system (DDS) for treating this type of tumor. TGP exhibits sol-gel transition i.e., is water-soluble in the sol phase below the chosen sol-gel transiting temperature and water-insoluble in the gel phase above this temperature. We conjugated doxorubicin with TGP to prepare doxorubicin-TGP (DXR-TGP), then studied the kinetics of doxorubicin release from TGP and the antitumor activity of DXR-TGP in vitro and in vivo. The diffusive speed of doxorubicin from TGP was 9.4 x 10(-7) cm(2)/s and doxorubicin was reliably released from TGP. DXR-TGP showed antitumor activity against the human glioma cell lines T98G and U87MG and in a subcutaneous tumor model in nude mice. Pathologically, detection of the proliferation marker Ki-67 was considerably lower in the DXR-TGP group than in the control group (30-40% vs. 60-70%, respectively). This is to the best of our knowledge the first report of TGP as a novel drug delivery system, and further we provide evidence that TGP exhibits potential for use as a novel DDS for malignant glioma.