Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages 6337-6352Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S119839
Keywords
oleanolic acid; Pluronic P105; vitamin E-TPGS; polymer-drug conjugate; NSCLC
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81303275]
- Traditional Chinese Medicine for Public Interest Research from Ministry of Finance of China [201507004]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu (People's Republic of China) [BK20141507]
- Anhui universities Provincial Natural Science Key Research Project (People's Republic of China) [KJ2014A242]
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Oleanolic acid (OA) is a triterpenoid found in various fruits and vegetables and used in traditional Chinese medicine. OA plays a crucial role in the treatment of several cancers, but poor water solubility, low permeability, and significant efflux have limited its widespread clinical use. Vitamin E-D-alpha-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate (vitamin E-TPGS) and Pluronic P105 were used to improve the solubility and permeability and to decrease the efflux of OA. OA-loaded mixed micelles were prepared by ethanol thin-film hydration. The physicochemical properties of the micelles, including zeta potential, morphology, particle size, solubility, drug loading, and drug entrapment efficiency were characterized. OA release from micelles was slower than that from the free drug system. OA uptake by A549 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells was enhanced by the micelles. A tumor model was established by injecting A549 cells into nude mice. In vivo imaging showed that OA-micelles could accumulate in the tumors of nude mice. Additionally, smaller tumor size and increased expression of pro-apoptotic proteins were observed in OA-micelle-treated mice, indicating that OA-micelles are more effective than free OA in treating cancer. In vitro experiments were performed using two NSCLC cell lines (A549 and PC-9). Cytotoxicity evaluations showed that the half-maximal inhibitory concentrations of free OA and OA-micelles were 36.8 +/- 4.8 and 20.9 +/-.7 mu M, respectively, in A549 cells and 82.7 +/- 7.8 and 56.7 +/- 4.7 mu M, respectively, in PC-9 cells. Apoptosis assays revealed that the apoptotic rate of OA-micelle-treated A549 and PC-9 cells was higher than that of cells treated with the same concentration of free OA. Wound healing and transwell assays showed that migration and invasion were significantly suppressed in OA-micelle-treated cells. Immunofluorescence and Western blot analyses confirmed that the epithelial-mesenchymal transition was reversed in OA-micelle-treated cells. Mixed micelles are a promising nano-drug delivery system for lung cancer treatment.
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