Delivery as nanoparticles reduces imatinib mesylate-induced cardiotoxicity and improves anticancer activity

Gregory Marslin,1 Ann Mary Revina,2,3 Vinoth Kumar Megraj Khandelwal,4 Krishnamoorthy Balakumar,5 Jose Prakash,6 Gregory Franklin,1,* Caroline J Sheeba2,3,7,*1AgroBioPlant Group, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Minho, Braga, P...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ca3682a6eef24e259b3fb696eeced3872021-12-02T00:10:20ZDelivery as nanoparticles reduces imatinib mesylate-induced cardiotoxicity and improves anticancer activity1178-2013https://doaj.org/article/ca3682a6eef24e259b3fb696eeced3872015-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/delivery-as-nanoparticles-reduces-imatinib-mesylate-induced-cardiotoxi-peer-reviewed-article-IJNhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Gregory Marslin,1 Ann Mary Revina,2,3 Vinoth Kumar Megraj Khandelwal,4 Krishnamoorthy Balakumar,5 Jose Prakash,6 Gregory Franklin,1,* Caroline J Sheeba2,3,7,*1AgroBioPlant Group, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; 2Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; 3ICVS/3B’s – PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal; 4Department of Translational Pharmacology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy; 5Department of Pharmaceutics, PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India; 6Department of Pharmaceutics, Vels University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; 7Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal*These authors contributed equally to this workAbstract: Clinical effectiveness of imatinib mesylate in cancer treatment is compromised by its off-target cardiotoxicity. In the present study, we have developed physically stable imatinib mesylate-loaded poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles (INPs) that could sustainably release the drug, and studied its efficacy by in vitro anticancer and in vivo cardiotoxicity assays. MTT (methylthiazolyldiphenyl-tetrazolium bromide) assay revealed that INPs are more cytotoxic to MCF-7 breast cancer cells compared to the equivalent concentration of free imatinib mesylate. Wistar rats orally administered with 50 mg/kg INPs for 28 days showed no significant cardiotoxicity or associated changes. Whereas, increased alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase levels, and reduced white blood cell, red blood cell, and hemoglobin content were observed in the animals administered with free drug. While the histological sections from hearts of animals that received INPs did not show any significant cardiotoxic symptoms, loss of normal architecture and increased cytoplasmic vacuolization were observed in the heart sections of animals administered with free imatinib mesylate. Based on these results, we conclude that nano-encapsulation of imatinib mesylate increases its efficacy against cancer cells, with almost no cardiotoxicity.Keywords: imatinib nanoparticles, cytostoxicity, cardiotoxicity, hematologyMarslin GRevina AMKhandelwal VKMBalakumar KPrakash JFranklin GSheeba CJDove Medical PressarticleMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol 2015, Iss default, Pp 3163-3170 (2015)
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Marslin G
Revina AM
Khandelwal VKM
Balakumar K
Prakash J
Franklin G
Sheeba CJ
Delivery as nanoparticles reduces imatinib mesylate-induced cardiotoxicity and improves anticancer activity
description Gregory Marslin,1 Ann Mary Revina,2,3 Vinoth Kumar Megraj Khandelwal,4 Krishnamoorthy Balakumar,5 Jose Prakash,6 Gregory Franklin,1,* Caroline J Sheeba2,3,7,*1AgroBioPlant Group, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; 2Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; 3ICVS/3B’s – PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal; 4Department of Translational Pharmacology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy; 5Department of Pharmaceutics, PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India; 6Department of Pharmaceutics, Vels University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; 7Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal*These authors contributed equally to this workAbstract: Clinical effectiveness of imatinib mesylate in cancer treatment is compromised by its off-target cardiotoxicity. In the present study, we have developed physically stable imatinib mesylate-loaded poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles (INPs) that could sustainably release the drug, and studied its efficacy by in vitro anticancer and in vivo cardiotoxicity assays. MTT (methylthiazolyldiphenyl-tetrazolium bromide) assay revealed that INPs are more cytotoxic to MCF-7 breast cancer cells compared to the equivalent concentration of free imatinib mesylate. Wistar rats orally administered with 50 mg/kg INPs for 28 days showed no significant cardiotoxicity or associated changes. Whereas, increased alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase levels, and reduced white blood cell, red blood cell, and hemoglobin content were observed in the animals administered with free drug. While the histological sections from hearts of animals that received INPs did not show any significant cardiotoxic symptoms, loss of normal architecture and increased cytoplasmic vacuolization were observed in the heart sections of animals administered with free imatinib mesylate. Based on these results, we conclude that nano-encapsulation of imatinib mesylate increases its efficacy against cancer cells, with almost no cardiotoxicity.Keywords: imatinib nanoparticles, cytostoxicity, cardiotoxicity, hematology
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author Marslin G
Revina AM
Khandelwal VKM
Balakumar K
Prakash J
Franklin G
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title Delivery as nanoparticles reduces imatinib mesylate-induced cardiotoxicity and improves anticancer activity
title_short Delivery as nanoparticles reduces imatinib mesylate-induced cardiotoxicity and improves anticancer activity
title_full Delivery as nanoparticles reduces imatinib mesylate-induced cardiotoxicity and improves anticancer activity
title_fullStr Delivery as nanoparticles reduces imatinib mesylate-induced cardiotoxicity and improves anticancer activity
title_full_unstemmed Delivery as nanoparticles reduces imatinib mesylate-induced cardiotoxicity and improves anticancer activity
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