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Poly-L-ornithine/fucoidan-coated calcium carbonate microparticles by layer-by-layer self-assembly technique for cancer theranostics

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Recently, the layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly technology has attracted the enormous interest of researchers in synthesizing various pharmaceutical dosage forms. Herewith, we designed a biocompatible drug delivery system containing the calcium carbonate microparticles (CaCO3 MPs) that coated with the alternatively charged polyelectrolytes, i.e., poly-L-ornithine (PLO)/fucoidan by LbL self-assembly process (LbL MPs). Upon coating with the polyelectrolytes, the mean particle size of MPs obtained from SEM observations increased from 1.91 to 2.03 μm, and the surface of LbL MPs was smoothened compared to naked CaCO3 MPs. In addition, the reversible zeta potential changes have confirmed the accomplishment of layer upon a layer assembly. To evaluate the efficiency of cancer therapeutics, we loaded doxorubicin (Dox) in the LbL MPs, which resulted in high (69.7%) drug encapsulation efficiency. The controlled release of Dox resulted in the significant antiproliferative efficiency in breast cancer cell line (MCF-7 cells), demonstrating the potential of applying this innovative drug delivery system in the biomedical field.

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This work was supported by Financial support from National marine economic innovation and development project (16PYY007SF17), the Science Research Foundation of National Health and Family Planning Commission of PRC & United Fujian Provincial Health and Education Project for Tacking the Key Research (WKJ2016-2-22), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province University (2014FJ-NCET-ZR01), the Promotion Program for Young and Middle-aged Teachers in Science and Technology Research of Huaqiao University (ZQN-PY108) and Subsidized Project for Postgraduates’ Innovative Fund in Scientific Research of Huaqiao University.

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  1. College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, China

    Pei Wang, Ranjith Kumar Kankala, Jingqian Fan, Ruimin Long, Yuangang Liu & Shibin Wang

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, China

    Pei Wang & Shibin Wang

  3. Institute of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, China

    Ranjith Kumar Kankala, Ruimin Long, Yuangang Liu & Shibin Wang

  4. Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology, Xiamen, 361021, China

    Ranjith Kumar Kankala, Ruimin Long, Yuangang Liu & Shibin Wang

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Wang, P., Kankala, R.K., Fan, J. et al. Poly-L-ornithine/fucoidan-coated calcium carbonate microparticles by layer-by-layer self-assembly technique for cancer theranostics. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 29, 68 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-018-6075-z

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