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Design and cellular studies of a carbon nanotube-based delivery system for a hybrid platinum-acridine anticancer agent

  • Cale D. Fahrenholtz
  • , Song Ding
  • , Brian W. Bernish
  • , Mariah L. Wright
  • , Ye Zheng
  • , Mu Yang
  • , Xiyuan Yao
  • , George L. Donati
  • , Michael D. Gross
  • , Ulrich Bierbach
  • , Ravi Singh

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Abstract

A three-component drug-delivery system has been developed consisting of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) coated with a non-classical platinum chemotherapeutic agent ([PtCl(NH3)2(L)]Cl (P3A1; L = N-(2-(acridin-9-ylamino)ethyl)-N-methylproprionimidamide) and 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[amino(polyethylene glycol)-5000] (DSPE-mPEG). The optimized P3A1-MWCNTs are colloidally stable in physiological solution and deliver more P3A1 into breast cancer cells than treatment with the free drug. Furthermore, P3A1-MWCNTs are cytotoxic to several cell models of breast cancer and induce S-phase cell cycle arrest and non-apoptotic cell death in breast cancer cells. By contrast, free P3A1 induces apoptosis and allows progression to G2/M phase. Photothermal activation of P3A1-MWCNTs to generate mild hyperthermia potentiates their cytotoxicity. These findings suggest that delivery of P3A1 to cancer cells using MWCNTs as a drug carrier may be beneficial for combination cancer chemotherapy and photothermal therapy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)170-180
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Inorganic Biochemistry
Volume165
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2016
Externally publishedYes

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© 2016 Elsevier Inc.

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Keywords

  • Chemotherapy
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Drug delivery
  • Nanoparticle
  • Photothermal therapy
  • Triple negative breast cancer

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