Double-responsive hyaluronic acid-based prodrugs for efficient tumour targeting

Autor: Som Akshay Jain, Arianna Gennari, Francesco Rosso, Manlio Barbarisi, Rosario Vincenzo Iaffaioli, Alfonso Barbarisi, Vincenzo Quagliariello, Nicola Tirelli
Přispěvatelé: Quagliariello, Vincenzo, Gennari, Arianna, Akshay Jain, Som, Rosso, Francesco, Vincenzo Iaffaioli, Rosario, Barbarisi, Alfonso, Barbarisi, Manlio, Tirelli, Nicola
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Materials Science and Engineering: C. 131:112475
ISSN: 0928-4931
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2021.112475
Popis: Hyaluronic acid (HA)-based prodrugs bearing double-responsive (acid pH or oxidation) boronates of catechol-containing drugs were used to treat xenografted human prostate tumours (LNCaP) in SCID mice. The HA prodrugs accumulated significantly only in tumours (impressively, up to 40% of the injected dose after 24 h) and in liver, with negligible – actually anti-inflammatory - consequences in the latter. A quercetin-HA prodrug significantly slowed down tumour growth, in a dose-dependent fashion and with a much higher efficacy (up to 4 times) than equivalent doses of free quercetin. In short, boronated HA appears to be a very promising platform for targeted chemotherapy.
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