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JOURNAL OF DRUG TARGETING
卷 21, 期 6, 页码 581-592出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/1061186X.2013.778264
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Carbon nanotubes; folic acid; functionalization; gemcitabine hydrochloride; human breast cancer cells; pharmacokinetics
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are the three-dimensional sp(2) hybridized nano-containers that have attracted considerable interest in drug delivery by offering potential advantages such as biocompatibility, non-immunogenicity, high loading efficiency, intrinsic stability and low toxicities. The aim of the present investigation was to assess the potential of gemcitabine-loaded folic acid (FA) conjugated multi-walled CNTs (GEM/FA-NT) for targeting to breast cancer cells. Pristine MWCNTs was functionalized by FA followed by carboxylation, acylation and amidation and characterized by electron microscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, entrapment efficiency, cytotoxicity and in vivo studies. FDA-approved GEM was loaded to the purified (GEM-NT) and GEM/FA-NT, and % entrapment efficiency was found to be approximately 71.60 +/- 0.25 and 79.60 +/- 0.45, respectively. The developed formulation GEM/FA-NT was found to have significantly less hemolytic toxicity (8.23 +/- 0.65) as compared to free GEM (17.34 +/- 0.56). The in vitro release was found to be in sustained pattern at the lysosomal pH, which depicts more cytotoxic response on human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7). It may be interpreted that the GEM/FA-NT formulation is capable to carry drug and deliver it selectively at the tumor site while minimizing side effects and thus holds promise in chemotherapy.
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