In-vivo tumor targeting of pluronic-based nano-carriers

Authors
Kim, Ja-YoungChoi, Won IlKim, Young HaTae, GiyoongLee, Seung-YoungKim, KwangmeyungKwon, Ick Chan
Issue Date
2010-10-01
Publisher
ELSEVIER
Citation
JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, v.147, no.1, pp.109 - 117
Abstract
Pluronic-based nano-carriers including bare forms that were composed of Pluronic F 68(NC(PF 68)) or Pluronic F 127(NC(PF 127)), and chitosan-conjugated forms (Chito-NC(PF 68) or Chito-NC(PF 127)) were prepared by photo-polymerizing two kinds of diacrylated Pluronic (F 68 and F 127) and acrylated chitosan to investigate the effect of chitosan conjugation and their physicochemical characteristics (size and hydrophilicity) of Pluronic-based nano-carriers on the tumor targeting efficiency. All of the nano-carriers were stable in serum-containing media without forming any aggregation and did not show any acute cytotoxicity to both normal (NIH3T3 fibroblast) and tumor (SCC7) cells. Chitosan conjugation did not change their sizes or thermo-sensitive properties of the nano-carriers, but significantly increased their in-vitro cellular uptake compared to the corresponding bare forms. The in-vivo tumor accumulation of these nano-carriers was optically monitored by using Cy5.5-attached nano-carriers in SCC7 tumor-bearing mice. For all cases, local accumulation of the injected nano-carriers in liver was not dominant compared to the tumor site, demonstrating good tumor targeting efficacy of the Pluronic-based nano-carriers. Among different samples, chitosan-conjugated nano-carriers showed much better tumor accumulation than bare forms, and mostly remained up to 72 h, implying prolonged blood circulation and more efficient tumor accumulation. Between Chito-NC(PF 68) and Chito-NC(PF 127), Chito-NC(PF 68) showed a little better tumor accumulation and retention, suggesting the difference in Pluronic, thus difference in hydrophilicity and the size of the nano-carriers also might affect the tumor targeting. In contrast, bare nano-carriers were initially accumulated well in tumor, but they were excreted from the tumor site relatively rapidly. Therefore, chitosan-functionalization was very effective for improving the tumor targeting efficacy of Pluronic-based nano-carriers. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords
SELF-ASSEMBLED NANOPARTICLES; CHITOSAN NANOPARTICLES; BLOCK-COPOLYMERS; DRUG-DELIVERY; SYSTEMS; VITRO; SIZE; THERAPEUTICS; LIPOSOMES; THERAPY; SELF-ASSEMBLED NANOPARTICLES; CHITOSAN NANOPARTICLES; BLOCK-COPOLYMERS; DRUG-DELIVERY; SYSTEMS; VITRO; SIZE; THERAPEUTICS; LIPOSOMES; THERAPY; Pluronic-based nano-carriers; Chitosan; Cellular uptake; Tumor targeting
ISSN
0168-3659
URI
https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/131012
DOI
10.1016/j.jconrel.2010.06.010
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