Graphene Oxide Functional Nanohybrids with Magnetic Nanoparticles for Improved Vectorization of Doxorubicin to Neuroblastoma Cells

Autor: Anna Dubrovska, Francesca Iemma, Gerardo F. Goya, Manuela Curcio, Marion Le Grand, Annafranca Farfalla, Florida Voli, Giuseppe Cirillo, Luigi Lerra, Beatriz Sanz, Silke Hampel, Orazio Vittorio, Fiore Pasquale Nicoletta
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Pharmaceutics, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 3 (2018)
Zaguán. Repositorio Digital de la Universidad de Zaragoza
instname
Pharmaceutics
Volume 11
Issue 1
Pharmaceutics 11(2019)1, 3
ISSN: 1999-4923
Popis: With the aim to obtain a site-specific doxorubicin (DOX) delivery in neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells, we designed an hybrid nanocarrier combining graphene oxide (GO) and magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MNPs), acting as core elements, and a curcumin&ndash
human serum albumin conjugate as functional coating. The nanohybrid, synthesized by redox reaction between the MNPs@GO system and albumin bioconjugate, consisted of MNPs@GO nanosheets homogeneously coated by the bioconjugate as verified by SEM investigations. Drug release experiments showed a pH-responsive behavior with higher release amounts in acidic (45% at pH 5.0) vs. neutral (28% at pH 7.4) environments. Cell internalization studies proved the presence of nanohybrid inside SH-SY5Y cytoplasm. The improved efficacy obtained in viability assays is given by the synergy of functional coating and MNPs constituting the nanohybrids: while curcumin moieties were able to keep low DOX cytotoxicity levels (at concentrations of 0.44&ndash
0.88 µ
M), the presence of MNPs allowed remote actuation on the nanohybrid by a magnetic field, increasing the dose delivered at the target site.
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