Tumor-targeted and pH-controlled delivery of doxorubicin using gold nanorods for lung cancer therapy

Narsireddy Amreddy,1,2 Ranganayaki Muralidharan,1,2 Anish Babu,1,2 Meghna Mehta,2,3 Elyse V Johnson,4 Yan D Zhao,2,5 Anupama Munshi,2,3 Rajagopal Ramesh1,2,6 1Department of Pathology, 2Stephenson Cancer Center, 3Department of Radiation Oncology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahom...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b370ec7e044142548938ea3bc220c1202021-12-02T01:50:38ZTumor-targeted and pH-controlled delivery of doxorubicin using gold nanorods for lung cancer therapy1178-2013https://doaj.org/article/b370ec7e044142548938ea3bc220c1202015-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/tumor-targeted-and-ph-controlled-delivery-of-doxorubicin-using-gold-na-peer-reviewed-article-IJNhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Narsireddy Amreddy,1,2 Ranganayaki Muralidharan,1,2 Anish Babu,1,2 Meghna Mehta,2,3 Elyse V Johnson,4 Yan D Zhao,2,5 Anupama Munshi,2,3 Rajagopal Ramesh1,2,6 1Department of Pathology, 2Stephenson Cancer Center, 3Department of Radiation Oncology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; 4CytoViva Inc., Auburn, AL, USA; 5Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 6Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA Background: In lung cancer, the efficacy of conventional chemotherapy is limited due to poor drug accumulation in tumors and nonspecific cytotoxicity. Resolving these issues will increase therapeutic efficacy.Methods: GNR-Dox-Tf-NPs (gold nanorod-doxorubicin-transferrin-nanoparticles) were prepared by different chemical approaches. The efficacy of these nanoparticles was carried out by cell viability in lung cancer and primary coronary artery smooth muscle cells. The receptor-mediated endocytosis studies were done with human transferrin and desferrioxamine preincubation. The GNR-Dox-Tf nanoparticles induced apoptosis, and DNA damage studies were done by Western blot, H2AX foci, and comet assay.Results: We developed and tested a gold nanorod-based multifunctional nanoparticle system (GNR-Dox-Tf-NP) that carries Dox conjugated to a pH-sensitive linker and is targeted to the transferrin receptor overexpressed in human lung cancer (A549, HCC827) cells. GNR-Dox-Tf-NP underwent physicochemical characterization, specificity assays, tumor uptake studies, and hyperspectral imaging. Biological studies demonstrated that transferrin receptor-mediated uptake of the GNR-Dox-Tf-NP by A549 and HCC827 cells produced increased DNA damage, apoptosis, and cell killing compared with nontargeted GNR-Dox-NP. GNR-Dox-Tf-NP-mediated cytotoxicity was greater (48% A549, 46% HCC827) than GNR-Dox-NP-mediated cytotoxicity (36% A549, 39% HCC827). Further, GNR-Dox-Tf-NP markedly reduced cytotoxicity in normal human coronary artery smooth muscle cells compared with free Dox.Conclusion: Thus, GNR-Dox-Tf nanoparticles can selectively target and deliver Dox to lung tumor cells and alleviate free Dox-mediated toxicity to normal cells. Keywords: doxorubicin, gold, lung cancer, nanoparticles, transferrin, tumor targetingAmreddy NMuralidharan RBabu AMehta MJohnson EVZhao YDMunshi ARamesh RDove Medical PressarticleMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol 2015, Iss default, Pp 6773-6788 (2015)
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Amreddy N
Muralidharan R
Babu A
Mehta M
Johnson EV
Zhao YD
Munshi A
Ramesh R
Tumor-targeted and pH-controlled delivery of doxorubicin using gold nanorods for lung cancer therapy
description Narsireddy Amreddy,1,2 Ranganayaki Muralidharan,1,2 Anish Babu,1,2 Meghna Mehta,2,3 Elyse V Johnson,4 Yan D Zhao,2,5 Anupama Munshi,2,3 Rajagopal Ramesh1,2,6 1Department of Pathology, 2Stephenson Cancer Center, 3Department of Radiation Oncology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; 4CytoViva Inc., Auburn, AL, USA; 5Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 6Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA Background: In lung cancer, the efficacy of conventional chemotherapy is limited due to poor drug accumulation in tumors and nonspecific cytotoxicity. Resolving these issues will increase therapeutic efficacy.Methods: GNR-Dox-Tf-NPs (gold nanorod-doxorubicin-transferrin-nanoparticles) were prepared by different chemical approaches. The efficacy of these nanoparticles was carried out by cell viability in lung cancer and primary coronary artery smooth muscle cells. The receptor-mediated endocytosis studies were done with human transferrin and desferrioxamine preincubation. The GNR-Dox-Tf nanoparticles induced apoptosis, and DNA damage studies were done by Western blot, H2AX foci, and comet assay.Results: We developed and tested a gold nanorod-based multifunctional nanoparticle system (GNR-Dox-Tf-NP) that carries Dox conjugated to a pH-sensitive linker and is targeted to the transferrin receptor overexpressed in human lung cancer (A549, HCC827) cells. GNR-Dox-Tf-NP underwent physicochemical characterization, specificity assays, tumor uptake studies, and hyperspectral imaging. Biological studies demonstrated that transferrin receptor-mediated uptake of the GNR-Dox-Tf-NP by A549 and HCC827 cells produced increased DNA damage, apoptosis, and cell killing compared with nontargeted GNR-Dox-NP. GNR-Dox-Tf-NP-mediated cytotoxicity was greater (48% A549, 46% HCC827) than GNR-Dox-NP-mediated cytotoxicity (36% A549, 39% HCC827). Further, GNR-Dox-Tf-NP markedly reduced cytotoxicity in normal human coronary artery smooth muscle cells compared with free Dox.Conclusion: Thus, GNR-Dox-Tf nanoparticles can selectively target and deliver Dox to lung tumor cells and alleviate free Dox-mediated toxicity to normal cells. Keywords: doxorubicin, gold, lung cancer, nanoparticles, transferrin, tumor targeting
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author Amreddy N
Muralidharan R
Babu A
Mehta M
Johnson EV
Zhao YD
Munshi A
Ramesh R
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Muralidharan R
Babu A
Mehta M
Johnson EV
Zhao YD
Munshi A
Ramesh R
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title Tumor-targeted and pH-controlled delivery of doxorubicin using gold nanorods for lung cancer therapy
title_short Tumor-targeted and pH-controlled delivery of doxorubicin using gold nanorods for lung cancer therapy
title_full Tumor-targeted and pH-controlled delivery of doxorubicin using gold nanorods for lung cancer therapy
title_fullStr Tumor-targeted and pH-controlled delivery of doxorubicin using gold nanorods for lung cancer therapy
title_full_unstemmed Tumor-targeted and pH-controlled delivery of doxorubicin using gold nanorods for lung cancer therapy
title_sort tumor-targeted and ph-controlled delivery of doxorubicin using gold nanorods for lung cancer therapy
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2015
url https://doaj.org/article/b370ec7e044142548938ea3bc220c120
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