Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 34, Issue 11, Pages 2773-2786Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.01.030
Keywords
pH-sensitivity; Zwitterionic oligopeptide lipid; Liposomes; Drug delivery; Antitumor efficacy
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81072589]
- 111 Project from the Ministry of Education of China
- State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs of China [111-2-07]
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pH-sensitive liposomes (HHG2C(18)-L and PEGHG2C(18)-L) based on zwitterionic oligopeptide lipids as anticancer drug carriers were developed and evaluated for effective intracellular delivery and enhanced antitumor activity. The amino acid-based lipids, 1,5-dioctadecyl-L-glutamyl 2-histidyl-hexahydrobenzoic acid (HHG2C(18)) and 1,5-distearyl N-(N-alpha-(4-mPEG2000) butanedione)-histidyl-L-glutamate (PEGHG2C(18)), were synthesized, which have the multistage pH-response to tumor microenvironmental pH (pH(e), pH 6.0-7.0) and endosomal/lysosomal pH (pH(i), pH 4.0-6.0) successively. HHG2C(18)-L contains HHG2C(18), while PEGHG2C(18)-L includes HHG2C(18) and PEGHG2C(18). Both of them displayed the capability of charge conversion to the surrounding pH. The zeta potentials of HHG2C(18)-L and PEGHG2C(18)-L were negative at pH 7.4, whereas positive at pH 6.5 and more positive at lower pH. Coumarin 6-loaded HHG2C(18)-L (C6(HHG2G(18)-L) and PEGHG2C(18)-L (C6/PEGHG2C(18)-L) showed higher tumor cellular uptake due to electrostatic absorptive endocytosis at pH(e) (pH 6.5), produced proton sponge effect for endolysosomal escape, and accumulated to the mitochondria based on stronger positive charge by the hydrolysis of a pH-sensitive linker at pH(i) (pH 5.5 and pH 4.5). Furthermore, temsirolimus (CCI-779)-loaded HHG2C(18)-L (CCI-779/HHG2C(18)-L) and PEGHG2C(18)-L (CCI-779/PEGHG2C(18)-L) had significantly higher antiproliferative and apoptosis inducing effects toward the human renal carcinoma (A498) cells at pH 6.5 relative to that at pH 7.4. The half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of CCI-779/HHG2C(18)-L and CCI-779/PEGHG2C(18)-L were about 3 mu g/mL and 5 mu g/mL at pH 6.5, 1.67-fold and 1.60-fold improved relative to that at pH 7.4, respectively. The total apoptotic ratio of CCI-779/HHG2C(18)-L and CCI-779/ PEGHG2C(18)-L increased from 9.90% and 7.78% at pH 7.4 to 19.53% and 12.10% at pH 6.5, respectively. In vivo, CCI-779/PEGHG2C(18)-L after intravenous administration presented remarkably higher bioavailability and blood persistence compared with unPEGylated CCI-779/HHG2C(18)-L, and had the strongest antitumor efficacy against xenograft renal cancer (Renca) tumor models. Accordingly, the results provide the feasibility of using pH-sensitive zwitterionic oligopeptide lipids to extend the applications of liposomes to efficient anticancer drug delivery in cancer therapy. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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