Wang, H;
Williams, G;
Wu, J;
Wu, J;
Niu, S;
Xie, X;
Zhu, L-M;
(2019)
Pluronic F127-based micelles for tumor-targeted bufalin delivery.
International Journal of Pharmaceutics
, 559
pp. 289-298.
10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.01.049.
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Abstract
In this study, we developed novel thermal and redox-responsive micelles based on the Pluronic F127 tri-block copolymer and employed these for redox-responsive intratumor release of bufalin, an anti-cancer drug. Pluronic F127 was first functionalized with carboxylate groups, and then assembled into micelles. The HOOC-F127-COOH micelles are 20 ± 4 nm in size at 37 °C, but expand to 281 ± 5 nm when cooled to 4 °C. This allows for the free diffusion of bufalin into the micellar cores at low temperatures, while at 37 °C the micelles are much more compact and the drug molecules can be effectively held in their interiors. A high encapsulation efficiency and loading content were obtained via drug incorporation at 4 °C. The drug-loaded micelles were cross-linked with cystamine, which contains a disulfide bond responsive to the local cancer microenvironment. In vitro studies showed that drug release from the cross-linked micelles was low under normal physiological conditions, but markedly accelerated upon exposure to conditions representative of the intracellular tumor environment. Confocal microscopy revealed that the cross-linked micelles gave high levels of drug release inside the cells. In vivo studies in mice showed the drug-loaded cross-linked micelles have potent anti-tumor activity, leading to high levels of apoptosis of tumor cells and significant reductions in tumor volume. The drug-loaded cross-linked micelles did not significantly influence body weight, and there was no evidence for detrimental off-target effects. These results indicate that the Pluronic-based micelles developed in this work are promising drug delivery systems for the targeted treatment of cancer.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Pluronic F127-based micelles for tumor-targeted bufalin delivery |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.01.049 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.01.049 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Thermo-responsive, Redox-responsive, Bufalin, F127-based micelles, Cross-linking, Controlled release |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10066863 |
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