Title
Development and characterization of miltefosine-loaded polymeric micelles for cancer treatment
Date Issued
01 December 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
García M.
Feitosa V.
Pachioni-Vasconcelos J.
Gomes-Filho S.
Lourenço F.
Cerize N.
Bassères D.
Rangel-Yagui C.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Miltefosine presents antineoplastic activity but high hemolytic potential. Its use in cancer has been limited to treating cutaneous metastasis of breast cancer. To decrease hemolytic potential, we developed a formulation of miltefosine-loaded polymeric micelles (PM) of the copolymer Pluronic-F127. A central composite design was applied and the analysis of variance showed that the optimum level of hydrodynamic diameter and polydispersity index predicted by the model and experimentally confirmed were 29 nm and 0.105, respectively. Thermal analyses confirmed that miltefosine was molecularly dispersed within PM. Pluronic-F127 PM with miltefosine 80 μM presented a significant reduction of hemolytic effect (80%, p < 0.05) in comparison to free drug. In vitro assays against HeLa carcinoma cells demonstrated similar cytotoxicity to free miltefosine and PM. Our results suggest that, by lowering hemolytic potential, miltefosine-loaded Pluronic-F127 PM a promising alternative to broaden this drug use in cancer therapy, as well as of other alkylphosphocholines.
Start page
327
End page
333
Volume
81
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85026850501
PubMed ID
Source
Materials Science and Engineering C
ISSN of the container
09284931
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by grants from the Coordination for Higher Level Graduate Improvements (CAPES/Brazil) (23536007864 and 01095849379), State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP/Brazil, processes #2014/01983-0 and #2010/52685-9). MCG thanks to CONICET for postdoctoral fellowship and to the Red de Macro Universidades de América Latina y el Caribe for the scholarship received. VAF also acknowledges to IPT Foundation for the “Novos Talentos” scholarship received.
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