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Development of mucoadhesive hydrogels based on polyacrylic acid grafted cellulose nanocrystals for local cisplatin
Mohammad Reza Vakili1, Waleed Mohammed-Saeid2, Abdullah Aljasser3
1Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada.
Abstract:
To fabricate a mucoadhesive hydrogel with superior properties for local delivery of cisplatin (CDDP) to colorectal cancer, a hardcore bottle-brush polymer (HCBBP) was developed through grafting of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) on cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) at 6, 9 and 12 CNC:PAA w/w ratios. The developed materials were characterized by acid-base titrations, FT-IR, electron microscopy, muco-rheological behaviour in the presence of mucin, in vitro drug release and anticancer activity against human HCT-116 colorectal cancer cells. The results showed CNC-g-PAA9 to have superior rheological behavior in the presence of mucin compared to CNC and other gels under study indicating beneficial mucoadhesive characteristics. CNC-g-PAA9:CDDP complex showed slow CDDP release causing a significant increase in IC 50 of the drug (> 3-fold) against HCT116 cells. The developed CNC-PAA9 hydrogel showed no intrinsic cytotoxicity on its own. The results point to a great promise for CNC-g-PAA9 as mucoadhesive hydrogels for local platinum delivery in colorectal cancer.
