Characterization of Gemcitabine Loaded Polyhydroxybutyrate Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery.

Anti-cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Maryam ParsianUfuk Gündüz

Abstract

Targeted drug delivery is one of the recent hot topics in cancer therapy. Because of having a targeting potential under the magnetic field and a suitable surface for the attachment of different therapeutic moieties, magnetic nanoparticles are widely studied for their applications in medicine. Gemcitabine loaded polyhydroxybutyrate coated magnetic nanoparticles (Gem-PHB-MNPs) were synthesized and characterized for the treatment of breast cancer by the targeted drug delivery method. The characterization of nanoparticles was confirmed by FTIR, XPS, TEM, and spectrophotometric analyses. The cytotoxicities of drug-free nanoparticles and Gemcitabine loaded nanoparticles were determined with cell proliferation assay using SKBR-3 and MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines. The release of Gemcitabine from PHB-MNPs indicated a pH-dependent pattern, which is a desirable release characteristic, since the pH of the tumor microenvironment and endosomal structures are acidic, while bloodstream and healthy-tissues are neutral. Drug-free PHB-MNPs were not cytotoxic to the SKBR-3 and MCF- 7 cells, whereas the Gemcitabine loaded PHB-MNPs was about two-fold as cytotoxic with respect to free Gemcitabine. In vitro targeting ability of PHB-MNPs was shown und...Continue Reading

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