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Increase of doxorubicin sensitivity by doxorubicin-loading into nanoparticles for hepatocellular carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is known to be chemoresistant to anticancer drugs due to the multidrug resistant (MDR) transporters expression. Here, we compared in vitro and in vivo the anti-tumor efficacy of doxorubicin-loaded polyisohexylcyanoacrylate nanoparticles (PIHCA-Dox) versus free doxorubi...
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Published in: | Journal of hepatology 2005-05, Vol.42 (5), p.736-743 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is known to be chemoresistant to anticancer drugs due to the multidrug resistant (MDR) transporters expression. Here, we compared in vitro and in vivo the anti-tumor efficacy of doxorubicin-loaded polyisohexylcyanoacrylate nanoparticles (PIHCA-Dox) versus free doxorubicin (Dox). These nanoparticles are known to overcome the MDR phenotype.
We first determined in vitro the 50% inhibition concentration (IC
50) of these drugs on different human hepatoma cell lines. Secondly, the efficacy of the drugs in vivo was determined on the X/
myc transgenic murine model of HCC by histological counting of apoptotic tumorous hepatocytes and by TUNEL labeling. We characterized by semi-quantitative RT-PCR the MDR-related gene (
mdr1,
mdr3,
mrp1) expression pattern in this model.
In vitro, IC
50 was reduced with PIHCA-Dox versus Dox for Huh7 (1.7-fold reduction;
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ISSN: | 0168-8278 1600-0641 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.12.035 |