Khan, AH;
Jiang, X;
Surwase, S;
Gultekinoglu, M;
Bayram, C;
Sathisaran, I;
Bhatia, D;
... Dalvi, SV; + view all
(2020)
Effectiveness of Oil-Layered Albumin Microbubbles Produced Using Microfluidic T-Junctions in Series for In Vitro Inhibition of Tumor Cells.
Langmuir
, 36
(39)
pp. 11429-11441.
10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01557.
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Abstract
This work focuses on the synthesis of oil-layered microbubbles using two microfluidic T-junctions in series and evaluation of the effectiveness of these microbubbles loaded with doxorubicin and curcumin for cell invasion arrest from 3D spheroid models of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), MDA-MB-231 cell line. Albumin microbubbles coated in the drug-laden oil layer were synthesized using a new method of connecting two microfluidic T-mixers in series. Double-layered microbubbles thus produced consist of an innermost core of nitrogen gas encapsulated in an aqueous layer of bovine serum albumin (BSA) which in turn, is coated with an outer layer of silicone oil. In order to identify the process conditions leading to the formation of double-layered microbubbles, a regime map was constructed based on capillary numbers for aqueous and oil phases. The microbubble formation regime transitions from double-layered to single layer microbubbles and then to formation of single oil droplets upon gradual change in flow rates of aqueous and oil phases. In vitro dissolution studies of double-layered microbubbles in an air-saturated environment indicated that a complete dissolution of such bubbles produces an oil droplet devoid of a gas bubble. Incorporation of doxorubicin and curcumin was found to produce a synergistic effect, which resulted in higher cell deaths in 2D monolayers of TNBC cells and inhibition of cell proliferation from 3D spheroid models of TNBC cells compared to the control.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Effectiveness of Oil-Layered Albumin Microbubbles Produced Using Microfluidic T-Junctions in Series for In Vitro Inhibition of Tumor Cells |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01557 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01557 |
| 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: | Dietary supplements, Bubbles, Lipids, Liquids, Layers |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10111446 |
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