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Payload Release Profile and Anti-Cancer Stem Cell Properties of Compositionally Different Polymeric Nanoparticles Containing a Copper(II) Complex.


ABSTRACT: Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are linked to tumour relapse and metastasis, the main reason for cancer-related deaths. The application of polymeric nanoparticles as drug delivery systems to target CSCs is relatively unexplored. Here, we report the encapsulation of a CSC-potent copper(II) complex 1 by two compositionally different methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PEG-PLGA) copolymers. Specifically, we used PEG-PLGA (5000:10,000 Da, 1:1 LA:GA) and PEG-PLGA (5000:10,000 Da, 4:1 LA:GA) polymers to prepare spherical nanoparticle formulations 1:1 NP15 and 4:1 NP15, respectively, both with a 15% feed of 1. The two formulations show distinct biophysical and in vitro properties. For example, (i) 4:1 NP15 displays a slower payload release profile than 1:1 NP15 in physiologically relevant solutions, (ii) 4:1 NP15 exhibits statistically greater potency towards breast CSCs than bulk breast cancer cells grown in monolayers, whereas 1:1 NP15 is equally potent towards breast CSCs and bulk breast cancer cells, and (iii) 4:1 NP15 shows significantly greater potency towards three-dimensionally cultured mammospheres than 1:1 NP15. This study shows that the release profile and anti-breast CSC properties of PEG-PLGA nanoparticle formulations (containing 1) can be perturbed (and possibly controlled) by modifying the proportion of glycolic acid within the PLGA component.

SUBMITTER: Passeri G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10051418 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Payload Release Profile and Anti-Cancer Stem Cell Properties of Compositionally Different Polymeric Nanoparticles Containing a Copper(II) Complex.

Passeri Ginevra G   Northcote-Smith Joshua J   Suntharalingam Kogularamanan K  

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20230309 6


Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are linked to tumour relapse and metastasis, the main reason for cancer-related deaths. The application of polymeric nanoparticles as drug delivery systems to target CSCs is relatively unexplored. Here, we report the encapsulation of a CSC-potent copper(II) complex <b>1</b> by two compositionally different methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-<i>b</i>-poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PEG-PLGA) copolymers. Specifically, we used PEG-PLGA (5000:10,000 Da, 1:1 LA:GA) and PEG-PLGA  ...[more]

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