Synthesis of Biomolecule-Modified Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Targeted Hydrophobic Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells
Synthetic methodologies integrating hydrophobic drug delivery and biomolecular targeting with mesoporous silica nanoparticles are described. Transferrin and cyclic‐RGD peptides are covalently attached to the nanoparticles utilizing different techniques and provide selectivity between primary and met...
Gespeichert in:
Veröffentlicht in: | Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Germany), 2011-07, Vol.7 (13), p.1816-1826 |
---|---|
Hauptverfasser: | , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Artikel |
Sprache: | eng |
Schlagworte: | |
Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
Zusammenfassung: | Synthetic methodologies integrating hydrophobic drug delivery and biomolecular targeting with mesoporous silica nanoparticles are described. Transferrin and cyclic‐RGD peptides are covalently attached to the nanoparticles utilizing different techniques and provide selectivity between primary and metastatic cancer cells. The increase in cellular uptake of the targeted particles is examined using fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry. Transferrin‐modified silica nanoparticles display enhancement in particle uptake by Panc‐1 cancer cells over that of normal HFF cells. The endocytotic pathway for these particles is further investigated through plasmid transfection of the transferrin receptor into the normal HFF cell line, which results in an increase in particle endocytosis as compared to unmodified HFF cells. By designing and attaching a synthetic cyclic‐RGD, selectivity between primary cancer cells (BT‐549) and metastatic cancer cells (MDA‐MB 435) is achieved with enhanced particle uptake by the metastatic cancer cell line. Incorporation of the hydrophobic drug Camptothecin into these two types of biomolecular‐targeted nanoparticles causes an increase in mortality of the targeted cancer cells compared to that caused by both the free drug and nontargeted particles. These results demonstrate successful biomolecular‐targeted hydrophobic drug delivery carriers that selectively target specific cancer cells and result in enhanced drug delivery and cell mortality.
Fluroscently labeled, biomolecule‐ targeted, mesoporous silica is synthesized. This material targets transferrin and RGD, and shows enhancement in hydrophobic drug delivery, allowing for an up to 10‐fold increase in particle endocytosis, resulting in a large increase in cell death versus particles without modification. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 1613-6810 1613-6829 1613-6829 |
DOI: | 10.1002/smll.201002300 |