Liew, Hui Shan and Mai, Chun-Wai and Zulkefeli, Mohd and Madheswaran, Thiagarajan and Kiew, Lik Voon and Pua, Lesley Jia Wei and Hii, Ling Wei and Lim, Wei Meng and Low, May Lee (2022) Novel Gemcitabine-Re(I) bisquinolinyl complex combinations and formulations with liquid crystalline nanoparticles for pancreatic cancer photodynamic therapy. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 13. ISSN 1663-9812, DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.903210.
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With less than 10% of 5-year survival rate, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is known to be one of the most lethal types of cancer. Current literature supports that gemcitabine is the first-line treatment of PDAC. However, poor cellular penetration of gemcitabine along with the acquired and intrinsic chemoresistance of tumor against it often reduced its efficacy and hence necessitates the administration of high gemcitabine dose during chemotherapy. Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a more selective and minimally invasive treatment, may be used synergistically with gemcitabine to reduce the doses utilized and dose-related side effects. This study reports the synergistic use of Re(I) bisquinolinyl complex, a transition metal complex photosensitizer with gemcitabine against PDAC. Re(I) bisquinolinyl complex was found to act synergistically with gemcitabine against PDAC in vitro at various ratios. With the aim to enhance cellular uptake and therapeutic efficiency, the Re(I) bisquinolinyl complex and gemcitabine were encapsulated into liquid crystalline nanoparticles (LCNPs) system. The formulations were found to produce homogeneous drug-loaded LCNPs (average size: 159-173 nm, zeta potential +1.06 to -10 mV). Around 70% of gemcitabine and 90% of the Re(I) bisquinolinyl complex were found to be entrapped efficiently in the formulated LCNPs. The release rate of gemcitabine or/and the Re(I) bisquinolinyl complex loaded into LCNPs was evaluated in vitro, and the hydrophilic gemcitabine was released at a faster rate than the lipophilic Re(I) complex. LCNPs loaded with gemcitabine and Re(I) bisquinolinyl complex in a 1:1 ratio illustrated the best anti-cancer activity among the LCNP formulations (IC50 of BxPC3: 0.15 mu M; IC50 of SW 1990: 0.76 mu M) through apoptosis. The current findings suggest the potential use of transition metal-based photosensitizer as an adjunctive agent for gemcitabine-based chemotherapy against PDAC and the importance of nano-formulation in such application.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Grant No: IMU 433/2019) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Liquid crystalline nanoparticles; Nanomedicine; Pancreatic cancer; Photodynamic therapy; Re(I) tricarbonyl complexes |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Nov 2023 01:37 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2023 01:37 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/41630 |
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