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JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 235, Issue 5, Pages 4618-4630Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.29339
Keywords
ACUPA; docetaxel; galbanic acid; PLA nanoparticle; prostate cancer
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- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences [930626]
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Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most prevalent non-drug delivery system cutaneous malignancies. Undoubtedly, introducing novel treatment options to achieve higher therapeutic index will be worthwhile. In this study, we report for the first time, a novel targeted self-assembled based on PEG-PLA nanoparticles (PEG-PLA NPs) containing galbanic acid (GBA) and docetaxel, which was targeted using ((S)-2-(3-((S)-5-amino-1-carboxypentyl) ureido) pentanedioic acid (ACUPA), a small molecule inhibitor targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), in prostate cancer cell line. The prepared NPs were characterized by different analytical methods. The MTT assay was used to compare the anti-proliferation of drugs-loaded PEG-PLA NPs and ACUPA-PEG-PLA against LNCaP (PSMA(+)) and PC3 (PSMA(-)) cells. PEG-PLA NPs with an average size of 130-140 nm had an enhanced release of GBA and docetaxel at pH 5.5 compared with pH 7.5. Spectrofluorometric analysis suggested that ACUPA-modified PEG-PLA could effectively enhance the drug uptake in PSMA(+) prostate cancer cells. Cytotoxicity studies showed that the targeted NPs loaded with different concentrations of GBA and fixed concentration of docetaxel (4 nM) have shown higher toxicity (IC50 30 +/- 3 mu M) than both free GBA (80 +/- 4.5 mu M) and nontargeted NPs (IC50 40 +/- 4.6 mu M) in LNCaP cells. Collectively, these findings suggest that ACUPA-conjugated PEG-PLA nanosystem containing GBA and docetaxel is a viable delivery carrier for various cancer-targeting PSMA that suffer from short circulation half-life and limited therapeutic efficacy.
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