Journal
DRUG DELIVERY
Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages 1171-1183Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/10717544.2015.1040527
Keywords
Cancer; cell penetrating peptide; chemotherapy; drug delivery system; dual-targeting
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81373337]
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The purpose of this study was to develop an efficient dual-ligand based liposomal drug delivery system with targeting specificity as well as properties that would kill melanoma cells. Liposomes modified with transferrin (Tf) and cell-penetrating peptide TAT was prepared, which encapsulated two kinds of chemotherapy drugs, paclitaxel and doxorubicin (Tf/TAT-PTX/DOX-LP). The Tf ligands specifically bind to the overexpressed Tf receptors on the surface of melanoma cells, while the TAT ligands functioned as a classical cell penetrating peptide, helping dual-ligand liposomes be internalized by melanoma cells. The effect of dual-targeting system and double-drug'' combination therapy were evaluated both in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, cellular uptake, intracellular distribution and tumor spheroids penetration studies demonstrated that the system could not only be selectively and efficiently penetrate melanoma cells. Besides, apoptosis staining assay and cytotoxicity showed effective anti-tumor capability and obvious synergistic effect of combination therapy of PTX and DOX. In vivo imaging and fluorescent images of tumor section further demonstrated that Tf/TAT-PTX/DOX-LP had the highest tumor distribution. The results of these experiments demonstrated that double-drug liposomal drug delivery systems (DDS) had both enhanced targeting efficiency and increased therapeutic efficacy.
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