Self-assembled stable sponge-type nanocarries for Brucea javanica oil delivery

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2017 May 1:153:310-319. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.02.031. Epub 2017 Feb 27.

Abstract

Sponge-type nanocarriers (spongosomes) are produced upon dispersion of a liquid crystalline sponge phase formed by self-assembly of an amphiphilic lipid in excess aqueous phase. The inner organization of the spongosomes is built-up by randomly ordered bicontinuous lipid membranes and their surfaces are stabilized by alginate chains providing stealth properties and colloidal stability. The present study elaborates spongosomes for improved encapsulation of Brucea javanica oil (BJO), a traditional Chinese medicine that may strongly inhibit proliferation and metastasis of various cancers. The inner structural organization and the morphology characteristics of BJO-loaded nanocarriers at varying quantities of BJO were determined by cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (Cryo-TEM), small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). Additionally, the drug loading and drug release profiles for BJO-loaded spongosome systems also were determined. We found that the sponge-type liquid crystalline lipid membrane organization provides encapsulation efficiency rate of BJO as high as 90%. In vitro cytotoxicity and apoptosis study of BJO spongosome nanoparticles with A549 cells demonstrated enhanced anti-tumor efficiency. These results suggest potential clinical applications of the obtained safe spongosome formulations.

Keywords: Liquid crystalline nanocarriers; Nanosponges; Phytochemical anticancer nanomedicines; Self-assembly.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Brucea / chemistry*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Carriers / chemical synthesis*
  • Drug Carriers / chemistry*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Oils / administration & dosage*
  • Oils / chemistry
  • Oils / pharmacology*
  • Particle Size
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Drug Carriers
  • Oils