In vitro Anticancer Activity of Doxorubicin-Loading Pectin Nanoparticles
Journal Title: Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 5
Abstract
By using pectin (PEC) as carrier material and doxorubicin (DOX) as a model drug, the blank PEC nanoparticles (PEC-NPs) and the DOX-loading PEC nanoparticles (DOX-PEC-NPs) were prepared by microemulsification method and drug adsorption. The aim of this study is to investigate the anticancer activity of DOX-PEC-NPs in vitro to understand the advantages of PEC-NPs as an anticancer drug delivery system. The particle size, polydispersity index (PDI) and zeta potential of PEC-NPs were (276.80 ± 2.80) nm, (0.140 ± 0.014) and (−19.83 ± 0.21) mV, while those of DOX-PEC-NPs were (283.73 ± 3.26) nm, (0.157 ± 0.034) and (−18.00 ± 0.44) mV. The entrapment efficiency (EE%) and drug-loading rate (LR%) of DOX-PEC-NPs were (92.10 ± 0.60)% and (18.72 ± 0.10)%, respectively. Using an MTT assay, the DOX-PEC-NPs were proved to greatly inhibit the viability of MDAMB- 231 cells, A549 cells and NCI-H1299 cells, and the anticancer activity was higher than that of the DOX solution in these cells. The PEC-NPs had no cytotoxicity against the three tested cells. An inverted fluorescence microscope and flow cytometry were used to observe the intracellular uptake of DOX. The DOX-PEC-NPs resulted in faster and more DOX uptake than DOX solution in the tested cells. The results indicated that the PEC-NPs may be a potential anticancer drug delivery system which could reduce the dose and increase the activity of anticancer drugs.
Authors and Affiliations
Li Sha, Gong Tian, Ye Qiumian, Kuang Jianyuan, Xu Zhenxia, Zhao Wen, Ou Jinlai
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