PUBLICATION
Radiation-Sensitive Dendrimer-Based Drug Delivery System
- Authors
- Wu, S.Y., Chou, H.Y., Yuh, C.H., Mekuria, S.L., Kao, Y.C., Tsai, H.C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-180404-6
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 5: 1700339 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Yuh, Chiou-Hwa (Cathy)
- Keywords
- HeLa cells, combination therapies, dendrimers, doxorubicin, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 29610720 Full text @ Adv Sci (Weinh)
Citation
Wu, S.Y., Chou, H.Y., Yuh, C.H., Mekuria, S.L., Kao, Y.C., Tsai, H.C. (2017) Radiation-Sensitive Dendrimer-Based Drug Delivery System. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany). 5:1700339.
Abstract
Combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy is used to enhance local drug delivery while reducing off-target tissue effects. Anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX) is loaded into l-cysteine modified G4.5 dendrimer (GC/DOX) and released at different pH values in the presence and absence of γ-radiation. Presence of γ-radiation significantly improves DOX release from the GC/DOX under acidic pH conditions, suggesting that GC dendrimer is a radiation-sensitive drug delivery system. GC/DOX is further evaluated by determining cytotoxicity in uterine cervical carcinoma HeLa cells. GC/DOX shows high affinity for cancer cells and effective drug release following an external stimulus (radiation exposure), whereas an in vivo zebrafish study confirms that l-cysteine acts as a radiosensitizer. GC/DOX treatment combined with radiotherapy synergistically and successfully inhibits cancer cell growth.
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