Abstract
Nanocapsules containing selol and doxorubicin (NCS-DOX) with an oily core of selol and a shell of poly(methyl vinyl ether-co-maleic anhydride) covalently conjugated to doxorubicin were developed in a previous work. In this study, these nanocapsules showed a similar antitumour effect in comparison to the free doxorubicin (DOX) treatment, but showed no evident DOX-related cardiotoxicity, as evidenced by serum creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) activity. The histopathological analysis showed that the free DOX treatment induced more intense morphological damage to myocardial tissues in comparison to NCS-DOX treatment. Animals treated with free DOX presented important muscle fibre degradation and animals treated with NCS-DOX, heart tissue did not present signals of muscle fibre degeneration. These results indicate that the cardiotoxicity related to DOX is reduced when this drug is carried by the NCS-DOX. Noteworthy, biodistribution analyses showed that NCS-DOX accumulated more intensely in tumours than the free DOX. Thus, this study reinforces the importance of the development of nanocapsules as drug carriers for the treatment of cancer.
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