Fabrication of nanomicelle with enhanced solubility and stability of camptothecin based on alpha,beta-poly[(N-carboxybutyl)-L-aspartamide]-camptothecin conjugate

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2010 Feb 1;75(2):543-9. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2009.09.034. Epub 2009 Sep 26.

Abstract

This research is aimed to develop a nanomicelle delivery system in order to enhance the solubility and stability of camptothecin (CPT) in aqueous media. In this case, alpha,beta-poly[(N-carboxybutyl)-L-aspartamide] (PBAsp)-CPT was conjugated by the esterification between PBAsp and 20-OH of CPT, and hence used to fabricate nanomicelles with a particle size between the pore size of blood capillary in normal tissue and that in tumor tissue. It was worthy of note that the drug-loaded system of PBAsp-CPT nanomicelle improved the solubility and stability of CPT in aqueous media. However, with an increase of the CPT loading in PBAsp-CPT, the solubility sharply decreased. Meanwhile, the sizes of PBAsp-CPT nanomicelles showed a tendency of increase. Moreover, the drug release of PBAsp-CPT nanomicelles displayed a linear sustaining profile, and hence resulted in the essential decrease of cytotoxicity to L929 cell line. The assembled nanomicelles based on the PBAsp-CPT conjugates showed a great potential as polymer prodrug of tumor therapy, and the controlled nano-scale might achieve the passive tumor targeting.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Camptothecin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Camptothecin / chemical synthesis
  • Camptothecin / chemistry*
  • Camptothecin / pharmacology
  • Cell Death / drug effects
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Drug Stability
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration / drug effects
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mice
  • Micelles*
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure
  • Particle Size
  • Solubility / drug effects
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared

Substances

  • Micelles
  • Camptothecin