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BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY
Volume 22, Issue 6, Pages 1171-1180Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bc200062q
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- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2007CB935800]
- National Science and Technology Major Project [2009ZX09310-006]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30762544]
- young teacher's initiative foundation of Fudan University
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A brain drug delivery system for glioma chemotherapy based on transferrin-conjugated biodegradable polymersomes, Tf-PO-DOX, was made and evaluated with doxorubicin (DOX) as a model drug. Biodegradable polymersomes (PO) loaded with doxorubicin (DOX) were prepared by the nanoprecipitation method (PO-DOX) and then conjugated with transferrin (TO to yield Tf-PO-DOX with an average diameter of 107 nm and surface Tf molecule number per polymersome of approximately 35. Compared with PO-DOX and free DOX, Tf-PO-DOX demonstrated the strongest cytotoxicity against C6 glioma cells and the greatest intracellular delivery. It was shown in pharmacokinetic and brain distribution experiments that Tf-PO significantly enhanced brain delivery of DOX, especially the delivery of DOX into brain tumor cells. Pharmacodynamics results revealed a significant reduction of tumor volume and a significant increase of median survival time in the group of Tf-PO-DOX compared with those in saline control animals, animals treated with PO-DOX, and free DOX solution. By terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end-labeling, Tf-PO-DOX could extensively make tumor cell apoptosis. These results indicated that Tf-PO-DOX could significantly enhance the intracellular delivery of DOX in glioma and the chemotherapeutic effect of DOX for glioma rats.
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