Anticancer efficacy of 6-thioguanine loaded chitosan nanoparticles with or without curcumin

Autor: Muralidhar Metta, M Narayana Swamy, G Srinivasa Rao, V. Rama Devi, H.D. Narayanaswamy, KR Anjan Kumar, A.R. Gomes, CR Santhosh, G. P. Kalmath, N. Prakash, Prem Kumar Govindappa, Rashmi Rajashekaraiah, S. Wilfred Ruban, A. Sahadev, U Sunilchandra, H Dhanalakshmi, Suguna Rao, S. Naveen Kumar, K. Satyanarayan, Doddamane Rathnamma, P. Ravi Kumar
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 148:704-714
ISSN: 0141-8130
Popis: 6-Thioguanine encapsulated chitosan nanoparticles (6-TG-CNPs) has formulated by the ionic-gelation method. Morphologically, the 6-TG-CNPs were spherical and showed mean size, PDI, zeta potential, and entrapment efficiency of 261.63 ± 6.01 nm, 0.34 ± 0.10, +15.97 ± 0.46 mV and 44.27%, respectively. The IR spectra confirmed the 6-TG complex with chitosan. The in vitro drug release profile of 6-TG-CNPs revealed an increase in sustained-release (91.40 ± 1.08% at 48 h) at pH 4.8 compared to less sustained-release (73.96 ± 1.12% at 48 h) at pH 7.4. The MTT assay was conducted on MCF-7 and PA-1 cell lines at 48 h incubation to determine % cell viability. The IC50 values of 6-TG, 6-TG-CNPs, and curcumin for MCF-7 were 23.09, 17.82, and 15.73 μM, respectively. Likewise, IC50 values of 6-TG, 6-TG-CNPs, and curcumin for PA-1 were 5.81, 3.92, and 12.89 μM, respectively. A combination of 6-TG-CNPs (IC25) with curcumin (IC25) on PA-1 and MCF-7 showed % cell viability of 43.67 ± 0.02 and 49.77 ± 0.05, respectively. The in vitro cytotoxicity potential in terms of % cell viability, early apoptosis, G2/M phase arrest, and DNA demethylating activity of 6-TG-CNPs alone and combination with curcumin proved to be more effective than that of 6-TG on PA-1 cells.
Databáze: OpenAIRE