In vivo formation of Cu(DDC)2 complex induced by nanomedicine for mesothelioma chemotherapy

Autor: Xinyu Peng, Jing Chang, Wenxia Gao, Yixin Zhang, Junhua Li, Bin He, Jing Li, Shunjie Ding
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Chinese Chemical Letters. 31:3168-3172
ISSN: 1001-8417
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.04.051
Popis: The copper(II) diethyldithiocarbamate (Cu(DDC)2) complex exhibited excellent inhibition to cancer cells. The usual administration is intravenous injection for disulfram and oral for copper. A new strategy was reported to improve the administration efficiency of the Cu(DDC)2 drug. Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticles were used to trap disulfram and copper gluconate separately, the two types of drug loaded nanoparticles were injected in mesothelioma-bearing nude mice via intraperitoneal injection. The in vivo formation of Cu(DDC)2 complex was induced by disulfiram and Cu2+ released from PLGA nanoparticles. This strategy avoided many obstacles in the use of Cu(DDC)2 complex as chemotherapeutic and exhibited excellent anticancer activity to mesothelioma.
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