Journal
BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 14, Issue 8, Pages 2636-2646Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm4005113
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- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2012CB932500]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [21204024, 81241103]
- Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education of China [20120142120093]
- Innovative Research Fund
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the major obstacles to successful chemotherapy. Overexpression of drug efflux transporters such as P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is an important factor responsible for MDR. Herein, a novel copolymer, D-alpha-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000-block-poly-(beta-amino ester) (TPGS-b-PBAE, TP), was synthesized for overcoming multidrug resistance by the synergistic effect of the pH-sensitive behavior of PBAE and P-gp inhibiting activity of TPGS. Docetaxel (DTX) was chosen as the model drug. The resulting DTX-loaded nanoparticles were stable at pH 7.4, while they dissociated in a weakly acidic environment (pH 5.5) and released the incorporated DTX quickly. The DTX-loaded TP nanoparticles increased the cell cytotoxicity against both drug-sensitive human ovarian A2780 and drug-resistant A2780/T cells. The IC50 of DTX-loaded TP against A2780/T cells was 100-fold lower than that of commercial DTX. This was associated with enhanced DTX-induced apoptosis and cell arrest in the G2/M phase. Furthermore, P-gp inhibition assays, including enhancement of the fluorescence intensity of rhodamine 123 and reduction of the intracellular ATP levels, confirmed the P-gp inhibition nature of the TP copolymer. The use of the TP copolymer is a new approach to improve the therapeutic effect of anticancer drugs in MDR tumors.
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