Unraveling the in vivo fate and cellular pharmacokinetics of drug nanocarriers

2019 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wu ◽  
Tonglei Li
Pharmaceutics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wallyn ◽  
Anton ◽  
Vandamme

The current nanotechnology era is marked by the emergence of various magnetic inorganic nanometer-sized colloidal particles. These have been extensively applied and hold an immense potential in biomedical applications including, for example, cancer therapy, drug nanocarriers (NCs), or in targeted delivery systems and diagnosis involving two guided-nanoparticles (NPs) as nanoprobes and contrast agents. Considerable efforts have been devoted to designing iron oxide NPs (IONPs) due to their superparamagnetic (SPM) behavior (SPM IONPs or SPIONs) and their large surface-to-volume area allowing more biocompatibility, stealth, and easy bonding to natural biomolecules thanks to grafted ligands, selective-site moieties, and/or organic and inorganic corona shells. Such nanomagnets with adjustable architecture have been the topic of significant progresses since modular designs enable SPIONs to carry out several functions simultaneously such as local drug delivery with real-time monitoring and imaging of the targeted area. Syntheses of SPIONs and adjustments of their physical and chemical properties have been achieved and paved novel routes for a safe use of those tailored magnetic ferrous nanomaterials. Herein we will emphasis a basic notion about NPs magnetism in order to have a better understanding of SPION assets for biomedical applications, then we mainly focus on magnetite iron oxide owing to its outstanding magnetic properties. The general methods of preparation and typical characteristics of magnetite are reviewed, as well as the major biomedical applications of magnetite.


2009 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandrine Vinchon-Petit ◽  
Delphine Jarnet ◽  
Archibald Paillard ◽  
Jean-Pierre Benoit ◽  
Emmanuel Garcion ◽  
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pp. 1029-1034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyuan Ji ◽  
Fei Peng ◽  
Yiling Zhong ◽  
Yuanyuan Su ◽  
Xiangxu Jiang ◽  
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Leukemias ◽  
1993 ◽  
pp. 213-218
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M. E. Scheulen ◽  
B. Kramer ◽  
M. Skorzec ◽  
W. K. Reich

1985 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-129 ◽  
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M. Lakhal ◽  
J. Lang ◽  
E. Perrin-Fayolle ◽  
Q. Timour Chah ◽  
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Samrat Chakraborty ◽  
Zewdu Yilma Dlie ◽  
Biswajit Mukherjee ◽  
Shila Elizabeth Besra ◽  
Soma Sengupta ◽  
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Cancers ◽  
2020 ◽  
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Author(s):  
Francesca Oltolina ◽  
Ana Peigneux ◽  
Donato Colangelo ◽  
Nausicaa Clemente ◽  
Annarita D’Urso ◽  
...  

Biomimetic magnetic nanoparticles mediated by magnetosome proteins (BMNPs) are potential innovative tools for cancer therapy since, besides being multifunctional platforms, they can be manipulated by an external gradient magnetic field (GMF) and/or an alternating magnetic field (AMF), mediating targeting and hyperthermia, respectively. We evaluated the cytocompatibility/cytotoxicity of BMNPs and Doxorubicin (DOXO)-BMNPs in the presence/absence of GMF in 4T1 and MCF-7 cells as well as their cellular uptake. We analyzed the biocompatibility and in vivo distribution of BMNPs as well as the effect of DOXO-BMNPs in BALB/c mice bearing 4T1 induced mammary carcinomas after applying GMF and AMF. Results: GMF enhanced the cell uptake of both BMNPs and DOXO-BMNPs and the cytotoxicity of DOXO-BMNPs. BMNPs were biocompatible when injected intravenously in BALB/c mice. The application of GMF on 4T1 tumors after each of the repeated (6×) iv administrations of DOXO-BMNPs enhanced tumor growth inhibition when compared to any other treatment, including that with soluble DOXO. Moreover, injection of DOXO-BMNPs in the tumor combined with application of an AMF resulted in a significant tumor weight reduction. These promising results show the suitability of BMNPs as magnetic nanocarriers for local targeted chemotherapy and as local agents for hyperthermia.


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