Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of a novel amphiphilic polymer RGD-PEG-Chol for target drug delivery system

ScientificWorldJournal. 2014 Jan 21:2014:546176. doi: 10.1155/2014/546176. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

An amphiphilic polymer RGD-PEG-Chol which can be produced in large scale at a very low cost has been synthesized successfully. The synthesized intermediates and final products were characterized and confirmed by ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum (¹H NMR) and Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FT-IR). The paclitaxel- (PTX-) loaded liposomes based on RGD-PEG-Chol were then prepared by film formation method. The liposomes had a size within 100 nm and significantly enhanced the cytotoxicity of paclitaxel to B16F10 cell as demonstrated by MTT test (IC₅₀ = 0.079 μg/mL of RGD-modified PTX-loaded liposomes compared to 9.57 μg/mL of free PTX). Flow cytometry analysis revealed that the cellular uptake of coumarin encapsulated in the RGD-PEG-Chol modified liposome was increased for HUVEC cells. This work provides a reasonable, facile, and economic approach to prepare peptide-modified liposome materials with controllable performances and the obtained linear RGD-modified PTX-loaded liposomes might be attractive as a drug delivery system.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic* / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic* / pharmacology
  • Cell Line
  • Cholesterol* / chemistry
  • Cholesterol* / pharmacology
  • Coumarins / chemistry
  • Coumarins / pharmacology
  • Drug Delivery Systems*
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells
  • Humans
  • Liposomes
  • Mice
  • Oligopeptides* / chemistry
  • Oligopeptides* / pharmacology
  • Paclitaxel* / chemistry
  • Paclitaxel* / pharmacology
  • Polyethylene Glycols* / chemistry
  • Polyethylene Glycols* / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Coumarins
  • Liposomes
  • Oligopeptides
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid
  • Cholesterol
  • coumarin
  • Paclitaxel