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Synthesis and Characterization of Placental Chondroitin Sulfate A plCSA-Targeting Lipid-Polymer Nanoparticles
Published on: September 18, 2018
Chondroitin sulfate-functionalized polymeric nanoparticles for colon cancer-targeted chemotherapy
Menghang Zu1, Lijun Ma1, Xueqing Zhang1
1Education Ministry Key Laboratory on Luminescence and Real-Time Analysis, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soft-Matter Material Chemistry and Function Manufacturing, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China.
Abstract:
Targeted delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs to tumors is a major challenge in colon cancer chemotherapy. To overcome this bottleneck, we loaded camptothecin (CPT) into polymeric nanoparticles (NPs), and further functionalized their surface with chondroitin sulfate (CS). The resulting CS-CPT-NPs had a desirable hydrodynamic diameter (289 nm), narrow particle size distribution (polydispersity index = 0.192) and neutral surface charge. Furthermore, in vitro experiments revealed that the surface functionalization of CS endowed NPs with the capacity of colon cancer-targeted drug delivery, and significantly improved the anti-colon cancer activities and pro-apoptosis effects against colon cancer cells. Strikingly, treatment of colon tumor-bearing mice with different NPs clearly indicated that CS-CPT-NPs showed much better therapeutic outcomes than non-targeted NPs and no systemic toxicity. Taken together, these results demonstrated the promising potential of CS-CPT-NP as an effective drug delivery system for colon cancer-targeted chemotherapy.
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