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Co-delivery of letrozole and cyclophosphamide via folic acid-decorated nanoniosomes for breast cancer therapy: Synergic effect, augmentation of cytotoxicity, and apoptosis gene expression

Sahrayi, H ; Sharif University of Technology | 2022

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.3390/ph15010006
  3. Publisher: MDPI , 2022
  4. Abstract:
  5. Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent causes of cancer mortality in women. In order to increase patient prognosis and survival rates, new technologies are urgently required to deliver therapeutics in a more effective and efficient manner. Niosome nanoparticles have been recently employed as therapeutic platforms capable of loading and carrying drugs within their core for both mono and combination therapy. Here, niosome-based nanoscale carriers were investigated as a targeted delivery system for breast cancer therapy. The platform developed consists of niosomes loaded with letrozole and cyclophosphamide (NLC) and surface-functionalized with a folic-acidtargeting moiety (NLCPFA). Drug release from the formulated particles exhibited pH-sensitive properties in which the niosome showed low and high release in physiological and cancerous conditions, respectively. The results revealed a synergic effect in cytotoxicity by co-loading letrozole and cyclophosphamide with an efficacy increment in NLCPFA use in comparison with NLC. The NLCPFA resulted in the greatest drug internalization compared to the non-targeted formulation and the free drug. Additionally, downregulation of cyclin-D, cyclin-E, MMP-2, and MMP-9 and upregulating the expression of caspase-3 and caspase-9 genes were observed more prominently in the nanoformulation (particularly for NLCPFA) compared to the free drug. This exciting data indicated that niosome-based nanocarriers containing letrozole and cyclophosphamide with controlled release could be a promising platform for drug delivery with potential in breast cancer therapy. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/)
  6. Keywords:
  7. Breast cancer ; Cyclophosphamide ; Drug delivery ; Folic acid ; Letrozole ; Nanomedicine ; Nanoparticles ; Neoplasms ; Niosomes ; Caspase 3 ; Caspase 9 ; Cyclin D ; Cyclin E ; Gelatinase A ; Gelatinase B ; Nanoniosome ; Niosome ; Unclassified drug ; Apoptosis ; Article ; Controlled study ; Dispersity ; Down regulation ; Drug cytotoxicity ; Drug delivery system ; Drug efficacy ; Drug formulation ; Drug mechanism ; Drug potentiation ; Drug release ; Flow cytometry ; Gene expression ; Human ; Human cell ; IC50 ; MCF-10A cell line ; Morphology ; Nonhuman ; SK-BR-3 cell line ; Upregulation
  8. Source: Pharmaceuticals ; Volume 15, Issue 1 , 2022 ; 14248247 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0065245821000541