Journal
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
Volume 31, Issue 5, Pages 1264-1274Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-013-1247-5
Keywords
folic acid; nanoparticles; natural polymers; tamoxifen; targeted breast cancer therapy
Funding
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion of Spain [FIS PS09/01513, MAT2010-21509-C03-03]
- FPI grant from UCM
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In vivo evaluation of tamoxifen (TMX)-loaded folate-targeted nanoparticles prepared from a mixture of disulphide bond reduced bovine serum albumin (BSA-SH) and alginate-cysteine (ALG-CYS) as targeted delivery systems of TMX to tumour tissues. TMX in solution, TMX included into folate-nanoparticles and their non-targeted analogues were intravenously administered to nude mice carrying xenograft MCF-7 tumours. The antitumor activity of these systems was characterized in terms of tumour growth rate, histological and immunohistochemical analysis of tumour tissues and TMX biodistribution. TMX-folate-attached nanoparticles caused tumour remission whereas free TMX or TMX-non-targeted nanoparticles could only stop the tumour development. The histological evaluation of tumour tissues showed that those treated with folate-conjugated systems presented the most quiescent and disorganized structures. Additionally, the lowest concentrations of TMX accumulated in non-targeted organs were also found after administration of the drug using this formulation. This study demonstrated that TMX-loaded folate-targeted systems were capable of reaching tumour sites, so enhancing the in vivo anticancer action of TMX, and allowing a new administration route to be applied and some of the current TMX therapy problems to be overcome.
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