摘要
The aim of this study was to prepare camel serum albumin(CSA) nanoparticles using a self-assembly strategy to co-immobilize curcumin(CCM) and doxorubicin(Dox) which was in favor of combined chemotherapy and biomedical applications of bactrian(Camelus bactrianus) CSA. The constructed CSA nanoparticles(CSA-NPs)with the size around 200 nm displayed a high degree of polydispersity and further encapsulation of CCM and Dox caused no apparent morphological changes to the nanocomposite(CCM/Dox CSA-NPs). The synergistic cytotoxic effect of CCM and Dox on cancer cell A549 was observed with the calculated combination index less than 1.0. Moreover, the release kinetic profile of encapsulated drugs showed a concentration dependence of glutathione(GSH) originating from the GSH used in nanoparticle formation to break the intramolecular disulfide bonds. In vitro cytotoxicity evaluations also revealed that CCM/Dox CSA-NPs showed higher cytotoxicity than that of single drug loaded CSA-NPs, which was also validated by high content screen assay. Taken together, the CCM/Dox CSA-NPs with redox-responsive attributes provided an integrated protein-based combinational drugdelivery matrix to exert synergistic effects.
The aim of this study was to prepare camel serum albumin(CSA) nanoparticles using a self-assembly strategy to co-immobilize curcumin(CCM) and doxorubicin(Dox) which was in favor of combined chemotherapy and biomedical applications of bactrian(Camelus bactrianus) CSA. The constructed CSA nanoparticles(CSA-NPs)with the size around 200 nm displayed a high degree of polydispersity and further encapsulation of CCM and Dox caused no apparent morphological changes to the nanocomposite(CCM/Dox CSA-NPs). The synergistic cytotoxic effect of CCM and Dox on cancer cell A549 was observed with the calculated combination index less than 1.0. Moreover, the release kinetic profile of encapsulated drugs showed a concentration dependence of glutathione(GSH) originating from the GSH used in nanoparticle formation to break the intramolecular disulfide bonds. In vitro cytotoxicity evaluations also revealed that CCM/Dox CSA-NPs showed higher cytotoxicity than that of single drug loaded CSA-NPs, which was also validated by high content screen assay. Taken together, the CCM/Dox CSA-NPs with redox-responsive attributes provided an integrated protein-based combinational drugdelivery matrix to exert synergistic effects.
基金
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U1703118)
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20181364)
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China(No.19KJA310003)
the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD)
Jiangsu Shuangchuang Program
Open Funds of the State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics(No.2016015)
Open Project of the National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules(No.2017KF05)
the Cooperative Project between Southeast University and Nanjing Medical University(No.2018DN0004)
Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professor Project,China。