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Physical pegylation enhances the cytotoxicity of 5-fluorouracil-loaded PLGA And PCL nanoparticles.

Ashour, Abdelkader Elbadawy Abbas and Badran, Mohamed M. and Kumar, Ashok and Hussain, Tajamul and A Alsarra, Ibrahim and Yassin, Alaa Eldeen Bakry (2019) Physical pegylation enhances the cytotoxicity of 5-fluorouracil-loaded PLGA And PCL nanoparticles. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 14. pp. 9259-9273. ISSN 1176-9114 E-ISSN 1178-2013

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Abstract

Purpose : The main goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of physical incorporation of polyethylene glycol (PEG) into 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-loaded polymeric nanoparticles (NPs). METHODS: The 5-FU-loaded NPs were prepared utilizing a simple double emulsion method using polycaprolactone (PCL) and polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) with or without PEG 6000. The surface charge, particle size, and shape of NPs were evaluated by standard procedures. Both Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction spectra of the 5-FU loaded NPs were compared against the pure 5-FU. The in vitro release profile of 5-FU from the NPs was monitored by the dialysis tubing method. Cell death and apoptosis induction in response to 5-FU NP exposure were measured by MTT and Annexin-V/7-amino-actinomycin D (7-AAD) assays, respectively, in Daoy, HepG2, and HT-29 cancer cell lines. RESULTS: The 5-FU loaded NPs were found to be spherical in shape with size ranging between 176±6.7 and 253.9±8.6 nm. The zeta potential varied between -7.13± 0.13 and -27.06±3.18 mV, and the entrapment efficiency was between 31.96% and 74.09%. The in vitro release of the drug followed a two-phase mode characterized by rapid release in the first 8 hrs followed by a period of slow release up to 72 hrs with composition-based variable extents. Cells exposed to NPs demonstrated a significant cell death which correlated with the ratio of PEG in the formulations in Daoy and HepG2 cells but not in HT-29 cells. Formulations (F1-F3) significantly induced early apoptosis in HT-29 cell lines. CONCLUSION: The physical PEGylation significantly enhanced the entrapment and loading efficiencies of 5-FU into NPs formulated with PLGA and PCL. It also fostered the in vitro cytotoxicity of 5-FU-loaded NPs in both Daoy and HepG2 cells. Induction of early apoptosis was confirmed for some of the formulations.

Item Type: Article (Journal)
Additional Information: 8129/78959
Uncontrolled Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2; Emulsification-solvent evaporation technique; Colorectal carcinoma HT-29, MTT assay; Apoptosis
Subjects: R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology > RM300 Drugs and their action
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Basic Medical
Depositing User: Dr. Abdelkader Ashour
Date Deposited: 27 Feb 2020 12:36
Last Modified: 23 Mar 2020 18:26
URI: http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/78959

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