Min Han, Yuan-Yuan Diao, Hong-Liang Jiang, Xiao-Ying Ying, Da-Wei Chen, Wen-Quan Liang, Jian-Qing Gao
Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China.
International journal of pharmaceutics 2011 Nov 28The present study was aimed to overcome the multidrug resistance (MDR) of tumor cells which accounts for the failure of clinical chemotherapy. A novel doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded composite micelle consisting of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-polycaprolactone (PCL)/Pluronic P105 has been developed and was proved to inhibit the drug resistance of human myelogenous leukemia (K562/ADR) cells. The modulation mechanism that DOX-loaded the composite micelle inhibited MDR was for the first time investigated at cell levels. Results indicated that the cytotoxicity in K562/ADR cells treated by DOX-loaded PEG-PCL/P105 composite micelle was about 4 times higher than DOX solution at 12 μg/mL of DOX. Confocal images showed that the DOX-loaded composite micelles gradually entered into cytoplasm and nucleus, and stayed in intracellular much longer than DOX solution. All the micelles (PEG-PCL micelle, P105 micelle and PEG-PCL/P105 composite micelle) did not change Pgp expression on the surface of K562/ADR cells. However, further study revealed that micelle containing of P105 (P105 or PEG-PCL/P105 composite micelle) significantly decreased ATP level, and consequently restricted the activity of Pgp by down-regulation of mitochondrial membrane potential. On the other hand, the PEG-PCL micelle had no effect on both mitochondrial membrane potential and ATP level of the K562/ADR cells, but its access to K562/ADR cells through endocytic pathway avoided the recognition of Pgp. The PEG-PCL/P105 composite micelle was designed based on the combination of P105-mediated down regulation of mitochondrial membrane potential the malignant cells and PEG-PCL-mediated internalization effect. Therefore, the novel composite micelle is a promising drug delivery system for anticancer drug to overcome MDR. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Min Han, Yuan-Yuan Diao, Hong-Liang Jiang, Xiao-Ying Ying, Da-Wei Chen, Wen-Quan Liang, Jian-Qing Gao. Molecular mechanism study of chemosensitization of doxorubicin-resistant human myelogenous leukemia cells induced by a composite polymer micelle. International journal of pharmaceutics. 2011 Nov 28;420(2):404-11
PMID: 21945184
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