期刊
ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
卷 72, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105427
关键词
Carbon monoxide releasing material; Ultrasound; Micelle; Drug delivery
资金
- Ed Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease Research Grant
A study developed an ultrasound responsive micelle for localized CO delivery, demonstrating its significant therapeutic effects in prostate cancer cells.
Carbon monoxide (CO), an endogenously produced gasotransmitter, has shown various therapeutic effects in previous studies. In this work, we developed an ultrasound responsive micelle for localized CO delivery. The micelle is composed of a pluronic shell and a core of a CO releasing molecule, CORM-2. The mechanism is based on the ultrasound response of pluronics, and the reaction between CORM-2 and certain biomolecules, e.g. cysteine. The latter allows CO release without significantly breaking the micelles. In a 3.5 mM cysteine solution, the micelles released low level of CO, indicating effective encapsulation of CORM-2. Treatment with a low in-tensity, non-focused ultrasound led to four times as much CO as the sample without ultrasonication, which is close to that of unencapsulated CORM-2. Significantly reduced proliferation of prostate cancer cells (PC-3) was observed 24 h after the PC-3 cells were treated with the CORM-2 micelles followed by ultrasound activation.
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