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Dual 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin Conjugated Phospholipid Prodrug Assembled Liposomes With in Vitro Anticancer Effects

Dual 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin Conjugated Phospholipid Prodrug Assembled Liposomes With in Vitro Anticancer Effects

Yawei Du, Wei Zhang, Ruiyu He, Muhammad Ismail, Longbing Ling, Chen Yao, Zhenglin Fu, Xinsong Li

Bioorg Med Chem. 2017 Jun 15;25(12):3247-3258.

PMID: 28465086

Abstract:

7-Ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (SN38), as a highly active topoisomerase I inhibitor, is 200-2000-fold more cytotoxic than irinotecan (CPT-11) commercially available as Camptosar®. However, poor solubility and low stability extensively restricted its clinical utility. In this report, dual SN38 phospholipid conjugate (Di-SN38-PC) prodrug based liposomes were developed in order to compact these drawbacks. Di-SN38-PC prodrug was first synthesized by inhomogeneous conjugation of two SN38-20-O-succinic acid molecules with L-α-glycerophosphorylcholine (GPC). The assembly of the prodrug was carried out without any excipient by using thin film method. Dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cyro-TEM) characterization indicated that Di-SN38-PC can form spherical liposomes with narrow particle size (<200nm) and negatively charged surface (-21.6±3.5mV). The loading efficiency of SN38 is 65.2 wt.% after a simple calculation. In vitro release test was further performed in detail. The results demonstrated that Di-SN38-PC liposomes were stable in neutral environment but degraded in a weakly acidic condition thereby released parent drug SN38 effectively. Cellular uptake studies reflected that the liposomes could be internalized into cells more significantly than SN38. In vitro antitumor activities were finally evaluated by MTT assay, colony formation assay, flow cytometry, RT-PCR analysis and Western Blot. The results showed that Di-SN38-PC liposomes had a comparable cytotoxicity with SN38 against MCF-7 and HBL-100, and a selective promotion of apoptosis of tumor cells. Furthermore, a pharmacokinetics test showed that Di-SN38-PC liposomes had a longer circulating time in blood compared with the parent drug. All the results indicate that Di-SN38-PC liposomes are an effective delivery system of SN38.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP86639523-B	7-Ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin		86639-52-3	Price
IAR42412154	L-α-Glycerophosphorylcholine			Price

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