Cyclodextrin-calixarene giant amphiphiles that can self-assemble into nanospheres or nanovesicles have the ability to encapsulate the anticancer hydrophobic drugs docetaxel, temozolomide and combretastatin A-4 with encapsulation efficiencies >80% and deliver them to tumoral cells, enhancing their therapeutic efficacy by 1-3 orders of magnitude. These amphiphiles were modified by inserting a disulfide bridge confering them redox responsiveness. Disassembly of the resulting nanocompounds and cargo release was favored by high glutathione levels mimicking those present in the tumor microenvironment. Anticancer drug-loaded nanoformulations inhibited prostate, breast, glioblastoma, colon or cervix cancer cell lines proliferation with IC50 values markedly below those observed for the free drugs. Cell-cycle analysis indicated a similar mechanism of action for drug-loaded nanocompounds and free drugs. The results strongly suggest that the cyclodextrin-calixarene heterodimer prototype is an excellent scaffold for nanoformulations aimed to deliver anticancer drugs with limited bioavailability due to low solubility to tumoral cells, markedly increasing their effectivity.

Synthesis, self-assembly and anticancer drug encapsulation and delivery properties of cyclodextrin-based giant amphiphiles / Gallego-Yerga, L.; de la Torre, C.; Sansone, F.; Casnati, A.; Mellet, C. O.; Garcia Fernandez, J. M.; Cena, V.. - In: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS. - ISSN 0144-8617. - 252:(2021), p. 117135. [10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117135]

Synthesis, self-assembly and anticancer drug encapsulation and delivery properties of cyclodextrin-based giant amphiphiles

Sansone F.;Casnati A.;
2021-01-01

Abstract

Cyclodextrin-calixarene giant amphiphiles that can self-assemble into nanospheres or nanovesicles have the ability to encapsulate the anticancer hydrophobic drugs docetaxel, temozolomide and combretastatin A-4 with encapsulation efficiencies >80% and deliver them to tumoral cells, enhancing their therapeutic efficacy by 1-3 orders of magnitude. These amphiphiles were modified by inserting a disulfide bridge confering them redox responsiveness. Disassembly of the resulting nanocompounds and cargo release was favored by high glutathione levels mimicking those present in the tumor microenvironment. Anticancer drug-loaded nanoformulations inhibited prostate, breast, glioblastoma, colon or cervix cancer cell lines proliferation with IC50 values markedly below those observed for the free drugs. Cell-cycle analysis indicated a similar mechanism of action for drug-loaded nanocompounds and free drugs. The results strongly suggest that the cyclodextrin-calixarene heterodimer prototype is an excellent scaffold for nanoformulations aimed to deliver anticancer drugs with limited bioavailability due to low solubility to tumoral cells, markedly increasing their effectivity.
2021
Synthesis, self-assembly and anticancer drug encapsulation and delivery properties of cyclodextrin-based giant amphiphiles / Gallego-Yerga, L.; de la Torre, C.; Sansone, F.; Casnati, A.; Mellet, C. O.; Garcia Fernandez, J. M.; Cena, V.. - In: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS. - ISSN 0144-8617. - 252:(2021), p. 117135. [10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117135]
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