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ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2014

Design real-time reversal of tumor multidrug resistance cleverly with shortened carbon nanotubes.

Pingping Wu, Shang Li, Haijun Zhang

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Article in Drug design, development and therapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Carbon nanotubes-based drug delivery to cancer and brain.Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban · 2017
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  7. Apatinib for molecular targeted therapy in tumor.Drug design, development and therapy · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Pingping WuJiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Shang LiDepartment of Oncology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Haijun ZhangDepartment of Oncology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Jiangsu Cancer Hospital · CNSoutheast University · CNZhongda Hospital Southeast University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multidrug resistance (MDR) in tumors renders many currently available chemotherapeutic drugs ineffective. Research in nanobiotechnology-based therapeutic alternatives has provided innovative and promising strategies to overcome MDR. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the new strategy of a co-loaded reversal agent and chemotherapeutic drug with shortened carbon nanotubes (CNTs) would show useful effects on the real-time reversal of tumor MDR. CNTs were cut and purified via ultrasonication and oxidative acid treatment to optimize their length for drug-delivery vehicles, then verapamil (Ver) and doxorubicin (Dox) were co-loaded on shortened CNTs (denoted as Ver/Dox/shortened CNTs), which acted as a drug delivery system. The multidrug resistant leukemia K562/A02 cells were treated with the denoted Ver/Dox/shortened CNTs. The real-time reversal of tumor MDR were evaluated by flow cytometer, 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assays, acridine orange/ethidium bromide staining, and Western blot analysis. In the same MDR tumor cells the new strategy of a co-loaded reversal agent and chemotherapeutic drug with CNTs could inhibit the function of P-glycoprotein in real-time by Ver as reversal agent, significantly increase the uptake of Dox, enhance the sensitivity of the MDR cancer cells to the chemotherapeutic agent, and induce apoptosis. It was therefore concluded that a co-loaded reversal agent and chemotherapeutic drug with shortened CNTs could have real-time reversal ability of MDR in tumors, which could represent a promising approach in cancer therapy.

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Drug DesignAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsApoptosisCell SurvivalDrug Resistance, MultipleDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansK562 CellsLeukemiaMolecular StructureNanotubes, CarbonTime FactorsTumor Cells, CulturedNanotubes, Carboncarbon nanotubesdrug delivery systemmultidrug resistancetumor

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PMID25525333
PMCPMC4266246
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