Design and evaluation of a novel potential carrier for a hydrophilic antitumor drug: Auricularia auricular polysaccharide-chitosan nanoparticles as a delivery system for doxorubicin hydrochloride

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• 作者：Wei Xiong^a ; ¹ ; Li Li^b ; ¹ ; ^{hrblili@sina.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Yingying Wang^a ; Yibin Yu^a ; Shenxia Wang^c ; Yunyun Gao^a ; Yanyao Liang^d ; Guogang Zhang^d ; Weisan Pan^a ; Xinggang Yang^a ; ^e ; ^{yangxg123@163.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; ^{yangxinggang@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Auricularia auricular polysaccharide ; Chitosan ; Nanoparticles ; Hydrophilic ; Doxorubicin hydrochloride
• 刊名：International Journal of Pharmaceutics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：10 September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：511
• 期：1
• 页码：267-275
• 全文大小：2915 K

文摘

To improve the low loading content of hydrophilic drugs in nanodrug delivery systems, a natural watersoluble polysaccharide, Auricularia auricular polysaccharide (AAP), was extracted and purified as a vehicle for the hydrophilic drug doxorubicin hydrochloride (Dox·HCl). This involved the preparation of polyelectrolyte complexes nanoparticles (PEC NPs) using the electrostatic interaction between cationic chitosan (CS) and anionic AAP. The formation of AAP-CS-NPs was confirmed by FT-IR and TEM. It was found that Dox-loaded AAP-CS-NPs possessed a spherical morphology with average diameters of 237.6 nm and 74.1% Dox·HCl encapsulation efficiency. The stability of Dox AAP-CS-NPs was examined by suspending the nanoparticles in PBS (pH 7.4) at room temperature. The particle size of the nanoparticle samples remained stable and exhibited no obvious variations in drug content after half a month. In addition, in vitro cytotoxicity studies showed that blank AAP-CS-NPs did not exhibit any cytotoxic effects, while Dox AAP-CS-NPs increased the Dox·HCl cytotoxicity against MCF-7 cells as the result of significantly increased cellular uptake, compared with free Dox·HCl. Hence, the overall results obtained suggest that AAP-CS-NPs are very effective in entrapping Dox·HCl and to penetrate into tumor cells, rendering them promising carriers for hydrophilic antitumor drugs.