Loughborough University
Browse

File(s) under permanent embargo

Reason: This item is currently closed access.

Transferrin-modified doxorubicin-loaded biodegradable nanoparticles exhibit enhanced efficacy in treating brain glioma-bearing rats

journal contribution
posted on 2017-05-12, 09:40 authored by Guodong Liu, Jinning Mao, Zirong Jiang, Tao SunTao Sun, Yunfeng Hu, Zhen Jiang, Caiyuan Zhang, Jun Dong, Qiang Huang, Qing Lan
Doxorubicin (Dox) is widely used for the treatment of solid tumors but its clinical utility on glioma is limited. In this study, we developed a novel nano-scale drug delivery system employing biodegradable nanoparticle (NP) as carriers to load Dox. Transferrin (Tf) was conjugated to the surface of NP to specifically target the NP to glioma. Tf-NP-Dox was prepared via emulsification-solvent evaporation method, and characterized for the size, Drug loading capacity (DLC), entrapment efficiency, and Tf number on the surface. The antitumor efficiency in vitro was evaluated via CCK-8 assay. The transmembrane transportation was evaluated via HPLC assay. The antitumor efficiency in vivo was assessed in C6 glioma intracranial implant rat model. The average diameter of Tf-NP-Dox was 100 nm with ∼32 Tf molecules on the surface. DLC was 4.4%. CCK-8 assay demonstrated much stronger cytotoxicity of Tf-NP-Dox to C6 glioma cells compared to NP-Dox or Dox. HPLC assay showed that Tf-NP-Dox transported Dox into C6 cells with high efficiency. In vivo, Tf-NP-Dox could transport Dox into tumors compare to contralateral part, with tumor inhibitory ratio and survival higher than NP-Dox or Dox. Taken together, our results suggest that Tf-NP-Dox exhibits better therapeutic effects against glioma both in vitro and in vivo, and is a potential nano-scale drug delivery system for glioma chemotherapy.

History

School

  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Chemical Engineering

Published in

Cancer Biotherapy & Radiopharmaceuticals

Volume

28

Issue

9

Pages

691 - 696

Citation

LIU, G. ... et al, 2013. Transferrin-modified doxorubicin-loaded biodegradable nanoparticles exhibit enhanced efficacy in treating brain glioma-bearing rats. Cancer Biotherapy & Radiopharmaceuticals, 28 (9), pp.691-696

Publisher

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers

Version

  • NA (Not Applicable or Unknown)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2013

Notes

This paper is closed access.

ISSN

1084-9785

eISSN

1557-8852

Language

  • en

Usage metrics

    Loughborough Publications

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC