Multifunctional drug carrier on the basis of 3d–4f Fe/La-MOFs for drug delivery and dual-mode imaging

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (42) ◽  
pp. 6612-6622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caixue Lin ◽  
Bin Chi ◽  
Chen Xu ◽  
Cheng Zhang ◽  
Feng Tian ◽  
...  

Multifunctional drug carriers for simultaneous imaging and drug delivery have emerged as an important new direction for the treatment of cancer.

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang ◽  
Zhao ◽  
Gao ◽  
Xu ◽  
Wang ◽  
...  

Multifunctional nanomaterials for bioprobe and drug carrier have drawn great attention for their applications in the early monitoring the progression and treatment of cancers. In this work, we have developed new multifunctional water-soluble NaLnF4@MOF-Ln nanocomposites with dual-mode luminescence, which is based on stokes luminescent mesoporous lanthanide metal–organic frameworks (MOFs-Y:Eu3+) and anti-stokes luminescent NaYF4:Tm3+/Yb3+ nanoparticles. The fluorescence mechanism and dynamics are investigated and the applications of these nanocomposites as bioprobes and drug carriers in the cancer imaging and treatment are explored. Our results demonstrate that these nanocomposites with the excellent two-color emission show great potential in drug delivery, cancer cell imaging, and treatment, which are attributed to the unique spatial structure and good biocompatibility characteristics of NaLnF4@MOF-Ln nanocomposites.


Author(s):  
Samson O. Adeosun ◽  
Margaret O. Ilomuanya ◽  
Oluwashina P. Gbenebor ◽  
Modupeola O. Dada ◽  
Cletus C. Odili

A way to avoid or minimize the side effect that could result in drug delivery to cells with increased efficiency and performance in the health rehabilitation process is to use biocompatible and biodegradable drug carriers. These are essentially biomaterials that are metallic, ceramic, or polymeric in nature. The sources of these materials must be biological in its entire ramification. The classification, synthesis, processing, and the applications to which these materials are put are the essential components of having suitable target cell drug carriers. This chapter will be devoted to discussing biomaterials suitable as drug carrier for use in the health-related matters of rehabilitation.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Ding ◽  
Xinxia Cui ◽  
Rui Jiang ◽  
Keya Zhou ◽  
Yalei Wen ◽  
...  

Liposomes are extensively used in drug delivery, while alginates are widely used in tissue engineering. However, liposomes are usually thermally unstable and drug-leaking when in liquids, while the drug carriers made of alginates show low loading capacities when used for drug delivery. Herein, we developed a type of thermo-responsible liposome–alginate composite hydrogel (TSPMAH) by grafting thermo-responsive liposomes onto alginates by using Ca2+ mediated bonding between the phosphatidic serine (PS) in the liposome membrane and the alginate. The temperature-sensitivity of the liposomes was actualized by using phospholipids comprising dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and PS and the liposomes were prepared by a thin-film dispersion method. The TSPMAH was then successfully prepared by bridge-linking the microcapsules onto the alginate hydrogel via PS-Ca2+-Carboxyl-alginate interaction. Characterizations of the TSPMAH were carried out using scanning electron microscopy, transform infrared spectroscopy, and laser scanning confocal microscopy, respectively. Their rheological property was also characterized by using a rheometer. Cytotoxicity evaluations of the TSPMAH showed that the composite hydrogel was biocompatible, safe, and non-toxic. Further, loading and thermos-inducible release of model drugs encapsulated by the TSPMAH as a drug carrier system was also studied by making protamine–siRNA complex-carrying TSPMAH drug carriers. Our results indicated that the TSPMAH described herein has great potentials to be further developed into an intelligent drug delivery system.


2017 ◽  
pp. 459-485
Author(s):  
Prabhakar Singh ◽  
Sudhakar Singh ◽  
Rajesh Kumar Kesharwani

In this pharma innovative world, there are more than 30 drug delivery systems. Today's due to lacking the target specificity, the present scenario about drug delivery is emphasizing towards targeted drug delivery systems. Erythrocytes are the most common type of blood cells travel thousands of miles from wide to narrow pathways to deliver oxygen, drugs and nutrient during their lifetime. Red blood cells have strong and targeted potential carrier capabilities for varieties of drugs. Drug-loaded carrier erythrocytes or resealed erythrocytes are promising for various passive and active targeting. Resealed erythrocyte have advantage over several drug carrier models like biocompatibility, biodegradability without toxic products, inert intracellular environment, entrapping potential for a variety of chemicals, protection of the organism against toxic effects of the drug, able to circulate throughout the body, ideal zero-order drug-release kinetics, no undesired immune response against encapsulated drug etc. Resealed erythrocytes are rapidly taken up by macrophages of the Reticuloendothelial System (RES) of the liver, lung, and spleen of the body and hence drugs also. Resealed erythrocytes method of drugs delivery is secure and effective for drugs targeting specially for a longer period of time. This chapter will explain the different method of drug loading for resealed erythrocytes, their characterization, and applications in various therapies and associated health benefits.


Author(s):  
Prabhakar Singh ◽  
Sudhakar Singh ◽  
Rajesh Kumar Kesharwani

In this pharma innovative world, there are more than 30 drug delivery systems. Today's due to lacking the target specificity, the present scenario about drug delivery is emphasizing towards targeted drug delivery systems. Erythrocytes are the most common type of blood cells travel thousands of miles from wide to narrow pathways to deliver oxygen, drugs and nutrient during their lifetime. Red blood cells have strong and targeted potential carrier capabilities for varieties of drugs. Drug-loaded carrier erythrocytes or resealed erythrocytes are promising for various passive and active targeting. Resealed erythrocyte have advantage over several drug carrier models like biocompatibility, biodegradability without toxic products, inert intracellular environment, entrapping potential for a variety of chemicals, protection of the organism against toxic effects of the drug, able to circulate throughout the body, ideal zero-order drug-release kinetics, no undesired immune response against encapsulated drug etc. Resealed erythrocytes are rapidly taken up by macrophages of the Reticuloendothelial System (RES) of the liver, lung, and spleen of the body and hence drugs also. Resealed erythrocytes method of drugs delivery is secure and effective for drugs targeting specially for a longer period of time. This chapter will explain the different method of drug loading for resealed erythrocytes, their characterization, and applications in various therapies and associated health benefits.


Author(s):  
Dr.S.Bhagavathy Sivathanu ◽  
Shivapriya G ◽  
Shivapriya G

Liposome is a spherical vesicle which contains atleast one lipid bilayer. Liposomes are used as a novel drug carriers because of its hydrophobic and hydrophilic nature, it has many advantages in the field of medical sciences. There are some other drug carriers like dendrimers, micelles, niosomes. Out of all, liposomes are considered to be the most promising agent for drug delivery. The uniqueness of liposome is when it is used as a pharmaceutical drug, it acts as a natural receptor. Thus it acts as an antigen and binds with the antibody (cancer cell) without causing any damage to the adjacent cells. For the synthesis of liposomes, a phospholipid is required. The liposomes can be synthesized using egg yolk and chloroform. So the basic phospholipid is obtained from egg yolk. For more stability, the liposomes are prepared using popc. The present work  discuss about the effective preparation of drug loaded liposomes using popc (1- palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3- phosphocholine). POPC is an important phospholipid for biophysical experiments. Additionally chloroform is used as the solvent for the liposome preparation. The drug chosen for liposome loading is vitexin (vxn), which is an effective therapeutic agent against inflammation and cancer. The vesicular size, shape, drug entrapment efficacy, stability, electrochemical property and drug releasing property of the formulated liposomes were characterized. The results showed that the formulated liposomes are considered as the better drug carrier system and good choice for biotransformation within the cell to reach the target site such as cancer cells. Even though available treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy, causes damage to the surrounding cells, the alternative drug transferring system such as liposomal mediated drug transfer within the cell is considered as good choice of treatment to avoid such complications. The aim of liposome mediated  drug carrier system is to develop a method to reach the drug to the target site. After drug delivery at the target site, the liposomes are fused within the surface of the body. This is because of the pH of liposomes, which is at 7.4 and temperature is maintained at 37 oC. So, the vxn loaded liposomes are considered as the novel drug carriers for the successful targetted drug delivery.


Author(s):  
Patil Abhishek S. ◽  
Shaikh Bilal J. ◽  
Bhosale Ankush S. ◽  
Raut Indrayani D. ◽  
Nitalikar Manojkumar M.

Niosomes are non-ionic surfactant-based multilamellar or unilamellar vesicles in which an aqueous solute solution is completely encapsulated by a membrane formed by surfactant macromolecules organised as a bilayer. Because vesicles are made up of a bilayer of non-ionic surface-active substances, the term "Niosomes" was coined (non-ionic surfactants). Niosomes are an unique drug delivery technology that encapsulates the medication in a vesicle. Ionic drug carriers are hazardous and inappropriate, whereas niosomal drug carriers are less dangerous. Niosomes do not require any specific handling or storage conditions.Niosomes have shown to be a promising drug carrier, with the potential to minimise medication side effects and improve therapeutic efficacy in a variety of disorders. Drug insolubility, instability, limited bioavailability, and fast degradation are all issues that niosomes address. The benefits, preparations, assessment, and medicinal uses of niosomes are discussed in this review article.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Darwish ◽  
M. S. Said ◽  
A. A. El-Sayed ◽  
R. A. Sobh ◽  
A. A. Abdel Khalek

Abstract This work aimed to overcome the main drawbacks of some essential anticancer drugs as 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) by controlled loading with novel drug carriers. By a differential microemulsion technique, nanosized particles derived from a copolymer of poly(methyl methacrylate (MMA) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA)) with different monomer ratios have been synthesized and used as a drug carrier. Poly(MMA-co-HEMA)/MWCNT nanocomposite was also synthesized using an in-situ microemulsion polymerization technique and used as a 5-FU carrier. Different techniques have characterized these ground-breaking drug delivery systems such as FT-IR, XRD, TEM, TGA, zeta potential, and a particle size analyzer. The effects of monomer feed composition, 5-FU content, and MWCNTs content on morphological and structural properties, in-vitro 5-FU release, and entrapment efficiency (EE%) have been studied. It was noted that the inclusion of MWCNTs in the 5-FU-loaded polymer increases the thermal stability and raises the entrapment efficiency (EE%) to hit 99% at CNTs:5-FU ratio of 2:1. The anticancer drug release from the co-polymeric nanospheres depends on the HEMA ratio, 5-FU/copolymer ratio, CNT/5-FU ratio, and the pH of the medium. The optimized nanocomposite demonstrated higher anti-tumor activity against the cell lines CaCo-2, MCF-7, and HepG-2 and higher cytotoxicity against HepG-2 relative to CaCo-2 and MCF-7.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 882-891
Author(s):  
Yongjia Liu ◽  
Leilei Shi ◽  
Bangshang Zhu ◽  
Yue Su ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
...  

Background: The drug-drug self-assembly was considered as a simple and efficient approach to prepare high drug loading nano-drug carriers and present new opportunities for cancer therapeutics. The strategy of PTX amphiphiles preparation would be a possible way to solve the poor water solubility of PTX. Methods: The PTX-YSL conjugate were synthesized and characterized. The PTX-YSL nanocarriers was prepared by a simple self-assembly method. In vitro cell studies and pharmacokinetic studies were evaluated for their in vitro anti-tumor activities and blood retention time. Results: The structures of PTX-YSL conjugate were confirmed by LC-MS, 1H NMR and FTIR. The size and morphology of the PTX-YSL self-assembled nanocarriers were observed with TEM and DLS. PTX-YSL nanocarriers could facilitate cellular uptake and had low cytotoxicity. PTX-YSL nanocarriers have longer blood retention for enhancing accumulation in the tumor tissues via EPR effect. Conclusion: This drug delivery system formed by PTX-YSL conjugates constitutes a promising and effective drug carrier in cancer therapy.


Author(s):  
Raja Sekharan Thenrajan

Nanocapsules are submicroscopic colloidal drug carrier systems consist of a liquid/solid core in which the drug, gene, protein, and other substances are incorporated into the interior cavity that is surrounded by a distinctive polymeric membrane. Polymers like collagen, albumin, and gelatin are mainly using polymers in nanocapsule formulations. Nanocapsules can serve as nano-sized drug carriers to achieve controlled release as well as efficient drug targeting. The process is used to improve the poor aqueous drug solubility, taste, stabilizing drugs by protecting the molecule from the environment, providing the desired pharmacokinetic profile, allowing controlled release, as well as facilitating oral administration. Capsules are generally prepared between the range of 100 and 1000 nm. Their release and degradation properties largely depend on the composition and the structure of the capsule walls. The dispersion stability of nanocapsules determined by the surfactant, nature of the outer coating. This review describes various facts of nanocapsule drug delivery systems in relation to the method of formulation, characterization, potential benefits and risks, and pharmaceutical applications in drug delivery.


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