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ArticleDrug delivery and translational research2011

Liposomes as multicompartmental carriers for multidrug delivery in anticancer chemotherapy.

Donato Cosco, Donatella Paolino, Jessica Maiuolo, Diego Russo, Massimo Fresta

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Article in Drug delivery and translational research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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Donato CoscoDepartment of Pharmacobiological Sciences, University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, Campus Universitario "S. Venuta"-Building of BioSciences, Viale Europa, 88100, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy.
Donatella Paolino
Jessica Maiuolo
Diego Russo
Massimo Fresta

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new PEGylated liposomal formulation containing both gemcitabine (GEM) and paclitaxel (PTX) was investigated in order to realize an innovative multidrug carrier (MDC) to test on human cancer cells. The MDC in question was realized by the liposome extrusion method. Photocorrelation spectroscopy was used for the physicochemical characterization of the vesicular carriers. In vitro cytotoxicity was studied through MTT testing. The contemporary presence of the two antitumoral compounds induced no destabilization phenomena in the liposomal structure. The extrusion method provided vesicles with mean sizes of ∼100 nm and a zeta-potential of ∼ -10 mV. The liposomal MDC showed a high drug loading capacity (∼90% and ∼80% for GEM and PTX, respectively) as well as a controlled release of the active compounds over a 24-h period. Cell viability testing on Michigan Cancer Foundation-7 human breast cancer cells evidenced the MDC as having a stronger cytotoxic effect with respect to the active compounds tested in free and liposomal formulations, both as single molecules and in association. Flow cytometry furnished evidence of the synergistic in vitro antitumoral action between the GEM and PTX co-encapsulated the liposomal MDC. This formulation may offer even more advantages in in vivo testing in terms of drug pharmacokinetic, biodistribution, and antitumoral efficacy for the treatment of breast cancer, as compared to past formulations.

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