Relevance of folic acid/polymer ratio in targeted PEG-epirubicin conjugates

Journal of Controlled Release : Official Journal of the Controlled Release Society
Fabiana CanalOddone Schiavon

Abstract

A series of PEG-epirubicin conjugates with different folic acid contents per polymer chain was synthesized in order to study the influence of polymer/targeting moiety ratio on selective cytotoxicity, cellular uptake and intracellular localization. Analogous carboxyl-terminated conjugates without folic acid were studied as control. The heterobifunctional HO-PEG-COOH was used as polymeric carrier, allowing the synthesis of conjugates with a good control over the chemical structure and the drug/polymer and polymer/targeting residue ratios. A dendron structure was synthesized at one end of the PEG chain with the aim to increase the number of folic acid molecules. L-2-aminoadipic acid was used as branching unit. The conjugates showed high stability under several physiological conditions. Biological evaluation was carried out in A549, HeLa and KB-3-1 human cell lines, as these cells have different levels of folate receptor (FR) expression. In particular A549 cells are FR negative (FR-), HeLa cells are FR positive (FR+) and KB-3-1 cells over-express FR (FR++). It was clearly shown that the biological activity of the conjugates was influenced by the presence and the number of folic acid molecules per polymer chain and by the level of F...Continue Reading

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