Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages 2507-2523Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S403689
Keywords
solid lipid nanoparticles; stability of nanoparticles; oxovanadium(IV) and dioxovanadium(V) complexes; triple-negative MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line; live imaging microscopy
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Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) have shown promising potential as a drug delivery system for the treatment of various human diseases, including cancers. Encapsulation of two compounds into SLNs increased their cytotoxicity against MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line and enhanced the effect of vincristine.
Introduction: Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) have been considered lately as promising drug delivery system in treatment of many human diseases including cancers. We previously studied potential drug compounds that were effective inhibitors of PTP1B phosphatase - possible target for breast cancer treatment. Based on our studies, two complexes were selected for encapsulation into the SLNs, the compound 1 ([VO(dipic)(dmbipy)] center dot 2 H2O) and compound 2 ([VOO(dipic)](2-phepyH) center dot H2O). Here, we investigate the effect of encapsulation of those compounds on cell cytotoxicity against MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line. The study also included the stability evaluation of the obtained nanocarriers with incorporated active substances and characterization of their lipid matrix. Moreover, the cell cytotoxicity studies against the MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line in comparison and in combination with vincristine have been performed. Wound healing assay was carried out to observe cell migration rate. Methods: The properties of the SLNs such as particle size, zeta potential (ZP), and polydispersity index (PDI) were investigated. The morphology of SLNs was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), while the crystallinity of the lipid particles was analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The cell cytotoxicity of complexes and their encapsulated forms was carried out against MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line using standard MTT protocols. The wound healing assay was performed using live imaging microscopy. Results: SLNs with a mean size of 160 +/- 25 nm, a ZP of -34.00 +/- 0.5, and a polydispersity index of 30 +/- 5% were obtained. Encapsulated forms of compounds showed significantly higher cytotoxicity also in co-incubation with vincristine. Moreover, our research shows that the best compound was complex 2 encapsulated into lipid nanoparticles. Conclusion: We observed that encapsulation of studied complexes into SLNs increases their cell cytotoxicity against MDA-MB-231 cell line and enhanced the effect of vincristine.
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