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Curcumin-coordinated Nanoparticles With Improved Stability for Reactive Oxygen Species-Responsive Drug Delivery in Lung Cancer Therapy

Curcumin-coordinated Nanoparticles With Improved Stability for Reactive Oxygen Species-Responsive Drug Delivery in Lung Cancer Therapy

Cheng-Qiong Luo, Lei Xing, Peng-Fei Cui, Jian-Bin Qiao, Yu-Jing He, Bao-An Chen, Liang Jin, Hu-Lin Jiang

Int J Nanomedicine. 2017 Jan 25;12:855-869.

PMID: 28182160

Abstract:

Background:
The natural compound curcumin (Cur) can regulate growth inhibition and apoptosis in various cancer cell lines, although its clinical applications are restricted by extreme water insolubility and instability. To overcome these hurdles, we fabricated a Cur-coordinated reactive oxygen species (ROS)-responsive nanoparticle using the interaction between boronic acid and Cur.
Materials and methods:
We synthesized a highly biocompatible 4-(hydroxymethyl) phenylboronic acid (HPBA)-modified poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-grafted poly(acrylic acid) polymer (PPH) and fabricated a Cur-coordinated ROS-responsive nanoparticle (denoted by PPHC) based on the interaction between boronic acid and Cur. The mean diameter of the Cur-coordinated PPHC nanoparticle was 163.8 nm and its zeta potential was -0.31 mV. The Cur-coordinated PPHC nanoparticle improved Cur stability in physiological environment and could timely release Cur in response to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). PPHC nanoparticles demonstrated potent antiproliferative effect in vitro in A549 cancer cells. Furthermore, the viability of cells treated with PPHC nanoparticles was significantly increased in the presence of N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC), which blocks Cur release through ROS inhibition. Simultaneously, the ROS level measured in A549 cells after incubation with PPHC nanoparticles exhibited an obvious downregulation, which further proved that ROS depression indeed influenced the therapeutic effect of Cur in PPHC nanoparticles. Moreover, pretreatment with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) significantly impaired the cytotoxic effect of Cur in A549 cells in vitro while causing less damage to the activity of Cur in PPHC nanoparticle.
Conclusion:
The Cur-coordinated nanoparticles developed in this study improved Cur stability, which could further release Cur in a ROS-dependent manner in cancer cells.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
LS793937	2-(Hydroxymethyl)phenylboronic acid			Price

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