Issue 46, 2016, Issue in Progress

Preparation and characterization of a dual-receptor mesoporous silica nanoparticle–hyaluronic acid–RGD peptide targeting drug delivery system

Abstract

A dual-receptor targeting delivery system based on mesoporous silica nanoparticles modified with hyaluronic acid and RGD peptide (MSNs/NH2–HA–RGD) was developed in the present study, and characterized by TEM, SAXRD, nitrogen adsorption–desorption analysis, DLS, FT-IR, 13C NMR and UV-vis. The results showed that MSNs/NH2–HA–RGD had an ideal monodispersibility, uniform particle size (172.5 ± 10 nm) and well-defined mesoporous structure. Moreover, cellular uptake results showed that MSNs/NH2–HA–RGD had an ideal dual-receptor mediated endocytosis pathway and could be significantly internalized into ovarian cancer cells. Chlorambucil (CHL), an anticancer drug, was chosen as a model drug to investigate drug loading, in vitro drug release behaviors and cytotoxicity. The results showed that CHL-loaded MSNs/NH2–HA–RGD exhibited a high drug loading capacity of about 10.1% and pH-sensitive drug controlled release behaviors. The cytotoxicity test showed that CHL-loaded MSNs/NH2–HA–RGD had a stronger cytotoxicity for ovarian cancer cells than one receptor or no receptor modified MSNs. It is expected that MSNs/NH2–HA–RGD may be a prospective candidate for targeted delivery of anticancer drugs to cancer foci.

Graphical abstract: Preparation and characterization of a dual-receptor mesoporous silica nanoparticle–hyaluronic acid–RGD peptide targeting drug delivery system

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Feb 2016
Accepted
13 Apr 2016
First published
13 Apr 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 40427-40435

Preparation and characterization of a dual-receptor mesoporous silica nanoparticle–hyaluronic acid–RGD peptide targeting drug delivery system

H. Xu, Z. Wang, Y. Li, Y. Guo, H. Zhou, Y. Li, F. Wu, L. Zhang, X. Yang, B. Lu, Z. Huang, W. Xu and P. Xu, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 40427 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA03113G

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