ArticleRSC advances2018
A chemotherapeutic approach targeting the acidic tumor microenvironment: combination of a proton pump inhibitor and paclitaxel for statistically optimized nanotherapeutics.
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- Engineered Exosomes Carrying miR-588 for Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Through Remodeling the Immunosuppressive Microenvironment.International journal of nanomedicine · 2024Article
- The reversed intra- and extracellular pH in tumors as a unified strategy to chemotherapeutic delivery using targeted nanocarriers.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2021Review
- Recent Advances of Taxol-Loaded Biocompatible Nanocarriers Embedded in Natural Polymer-Based Hydrogels.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Application of statistical design to evaluate critical process parameters and optimize formulation technique of polymeric nanoparticles.Royal Society open science · 2019Article
- Proton Pump Inhibitors Modulate Transport Of Doxorubicin And Its Liposomal Form Into 2D And 3D Breast Cancer Cell Cultures.Cancer management and research · 2019Article
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Abstract
Paclitaxel (PTX) is a major chemotherapeutic drug that is effective against a wide variety of cancers, particularly breast, ovarian and lung cancer. For a weakly basic chemotherapeutic drug such as PTX, the development of the acidic tumor microenvironment (Warburg effect) has a remarkable impact on therapeutic resistance. The present approach takes advantage of the acidic tumor microenvironment by incorporating lansoprazole (LAN), a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), with PTX as a potent therapeutic combination that is capable of reversing PTX resistance. To deliver optimal amounts of the drugs to neoplastic cells, a nano drug delivery system was selected. To design the nanoformulation process in a limited framework, typical formulation parameters were optimized and validated by the application of response surface methodology (RSM) using Box-Behnken design (BBD). On the basis of critical quality aspects, the experimental design helped to determine the optimal particle size (243.7 nm), zeta potential (-9.14 mV) and encapsulation efficiencies (88.91% and 80.35% for PTX and LAN respectively). The optimized formulation (PTX-LAN-PLGA-NPs) exhibited sustained
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