Volume 186, 2016

Microtubule targeted therapeutics loaded polymeric assembled nanospheres for potentiation of antineoplastic activity

Abstract

Polymeric nanoassemblies represent an attractive strategy for efficient cellular internalization of microtubule targeted anticancer drugs. Using dynamic light scattering, zeta potential, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, the physical properties and surface morphology of microtubule-binding PEGylated PLGA assembled nanospheres (100–200 nm) were analyzed. The present approach leads to strong internalization as observed by confocal laser scanning microscopy and transmission electron microscopy in hepatocarcinoma cells. The effect of these nanoassemblies on microtubules and mitosis were explored using immunofluorescence microscopy. The effects of these nanoassemblies on cancer cell proliferation and cell death revealed their antitumor enhancing effects. Perturbation of the microtubule assembly, mitosis and nuclear modulations potentiated the antineoplastic effects delivered via nanospheres in hepatocarcinoma cells. The extensive biomolecular and physical characterizations of the synthesized nanoassemblies will help to design potent therapeutic materials and the present approach can be applied to deliver microtubule-targeted drugs for liver cancer therapy.

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 8 2015
Accepted
12 10 2015
First published
12 10 2015

Faraday Discuss., 2016,186, 45-59

Author version available

Microtubule targeted therapeutics loaded polymeric assembled nanospheres for potentiation of antineoplastic activity

R. Poojari, R. Srivastava and D. Panda, Faraday Discuss., 2016, 186, 45 DOI: 10.1039/C5FD00123D

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