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ArticleTherapeutic delivery2025

Styrene-maleic acid-thymoquinone nanomicelles preparation, and their in vitro and in vivo application in a model of TNBC.

Marah Abdulhadi Alhamoud, Fatima Alhassan Hamidaddin, Mohamed Haider, Valeria Pittalà, Khaled Greish

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Marah Abdulhadi AlhamoudMedical Intern, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Fatima Alhassan HamidaddinMedical Intern, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed HaiderDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.
Valeria PittalàDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1856-0308
Khaled GreishDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.

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purposeTo develop and characterize a micellar system, SMA-TQ (styrene-maleic acid-thymoquinone), for the potential management of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

methodsSMA synthesis and TQ encapsulation in SMA are described. The loading of TQ in SMA-TQ was established at 20%. The size of SMA-TQ micelle as determined by DLS was in average of 155.2 nm with a polydispersity index of 0.350. In vitro testing was carried out in 4T1 TNBC cell line, and in vivo testing in mice model of TNBC.

resultsIn vitro experiments revealed an added effect of SMA-TQ and doxorubicin (Doxo) at doses of 1-3 mM). In vivo studies showed that the combination of SMA-TQ and Doxo had the least mean tumor growth (509.6%) compared to other treatments.

conclusionObtained results collectively suggest that the combination of SMA-TQ and Doxo has cumulative effects in inhibiting tumor growth, emphasizing the significance of combination therapies to enhance anticancer effectiveness. This work reveals SMA-TQ micellar system as complementary therapeutic option in TNBC.

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BenzoquinonesMaleatesNanoparticlesPolystyrenesTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorDoxorubicinDrug CarriersDrug LiberationFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMicellesAntineoplastic AgentsBenzoquinonesDoxorubicinDrug CarriersMaleatesmaleic acidMicellesPolystyrenesbreast cancerdoxorubicinnanomicellesstyrene-dictionary acidThymoquinoneTNBC

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PMCPMC12320849

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