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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 406-420Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2012.06.019
Keywords
Multilayer nanocapsules; Cyanine-type photosensitizer; Photodynamic therapy; Cellular uptake; Photo-induced anticancer effect; MCF-7/WT cells
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- Wroclaw Research Center EIT+ under the project 'Biotechnologies and advanced medical technologies'-BioMed [POIG 01.01.02-02-003/08-00]
- European Regional Development Fund Operational Programme Innovative Economy [1.1.2]
- Department of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw Poland
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There is great clinical interest in developing novel nanocarriers for hydrophobic cyanine dyes used as photosensitizing agents in photodynamic therapy (PDT). In the present study we have employed nanoemulsion-templated oil-core multilayer nanocapsules as robust nanocarriers for a cyanine-type photosensitizer IR-786. These nanoproducts were fabricated via layer-by-layer (LbL) adsorption of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes (PEs), i.e., anionic PSS and cationic PDADMAC on nanoemulsion liquid cores created by dicephalic or bulky saccharide-derived cationic surfactants. All nanocapsules, with different thicknesses of the PE shell and average size <200 nm (measured by DLS) demonstrated good capacity for IR-786 encapsulation. The nanocarriers were visualized by SEM and AFM and their photo-induced anticancer effect and cellular internalization in human breast carcinoma MCF-7/WT cells were determined. Biological response of the cell culture, expressed as dark and photocytotoxicity as well as fluorescence of drug molecules loaded in the multilayer vehicles, analyzed by the FACS and CLSM techniques, have indicated that the delivered IR-786 did not aggregate inside the cells and could, therefore, act as an effective third-generation photosensitizing agent. In vitro biological experiments demonstrated that the properties of studied nanostructures depended upon the PE type and the envelope thickness as well as on the surfactant architecture in the nanoemulsion-based templates employed for the nanocapsule fabrication. Similarity of results obtained for stored (three weeks in the dark at room temperature) and freshly-prepared nanocapsules, attests to viability of this stable, promising drug delivery system for poorly water-soluble cyanines useful in PDT. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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