Daunomycin-loaded superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: Preparation, magnetic targeting, cell cytotoxicity, and protein delivery research. (August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Min-Chao; Jin, Shu-fang; Zheng, Min; Wang, Yan; Zhao, Peng-liang; Tang, Ding-tong; Chen, Jiong; Lin, Jia-qi; Wang, Xia-hong; Zhao, Ping
• Is Part Of: Journal of biomaterials applications. Volume 31:Number 2(2016:Aug.)
• Page Start: 261
• Page End: 272
• Publication Date: 2016-08
• Subjects: Daunomycin -- superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle -- carrier protein -- interaction -- conformation; Biomedical engineering -- Periodicals; Biomedical materials -- Periodicals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.1177/0885328216654425
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0885-3282

Abstract

The clinical use of daunomycin is restricted by dose-dependent toxicity and low specificity against cancer cells. In the present study, modified superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles were employed to load daunomycin and the drug-loaded nanospheres exhibited satisfactory size and smart pH-responsive release. The cellular uptake efficiency, targeted cell accumulation, and cell cytotoxicity experimental results proved that the superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle-loading process brings high drug targeting without decreasing the cytotoxicity of daunomycin. Moreover, a new concern for the evaluation of nanophase drug delivery's effects was considered, with monitoring the interactions between human serum albumin and the drug-loaded nanospheres. Results from the multispectroscopic techniques and molecular modeling calculation elucidate that the drug delivery has detectable deleterious effects on the frame conformation of protein, which may affect its physiological function.