Valentina Notarstefano, Michela Pisani, Massimo Bramucci, Luana Quassinti, Filippo Maggi, Lisa Vaccari, Marco Parlapiano, Elisabetta Giorgini, Paola Astolfi
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy 2022 Mar 15Isofuranodiene (IFD) is a sesquiterpene occurring in several plant species, which proved to have multiple anticancer activities. IFD has a lipophilic nature and, hence, a very low water solubility and a poor bioavailability; moreover, it is not stable, undergoing the "Cope rearrangement" to the less active curzerene. The use of appropriate delivery systems can thus be considered as a valid tool to enhance IFD bioavailability, solubility, stability and at the same time also to improve its intracellular uptake and pharmacological activity. Within this frame, monoolein (GMO) nanoparticles loaded with IFD were prepared and their enhanced anticancer activity, compared to pristine IFD, was assessed. In this study, for the first time, an in vitro Fourier Transform Infrared and Raman Microspectroscopy approaches were exploited to evaluate the effects of IFD, alone and loaded in GMO nanoparticles, on MDA-MB 231 breast cancer cell line. The anti-cancer effects of IFD were evidenced by both the spectroscopic techniques and discriminated from the GMO-induced changes in the culture environment; moreover, a synergistic effect of IFD and GMO administration can be envisaged by the experimental results.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Valentina Notarstefano, Michela Pisani, Massimo Bramucci, Luana Quassinti, Filippo Maggi, Lisa Vaccari, Marco Parlapiano, Elisabetta Giorgini, Paola Astolfi. A vibrational in vitro approach to evaluate the potential of monoolein nanoparticles as isofuranodiene carrier in MDA-MB 231 breast cancer cell line: New insights from Infrared and Raman microspectroscopies. Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy. 2022 Mar 15;269:120735
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