Abstract
Purpose
Bevacizumab (BCZ) is a recombinant monoclonal antibody that inhibits the biological activity of the vascular endothelial growth factor, which has an important role in angiogenesis for tumoral growth and progression. In this way, our objective was to develop chitosan-coated lipid-core nanocapsules functionalized with BCZ by an organometallic complex using gold-III.
Methods
The formulation was produced and characterized in relation to physicochemical characteristics. Furthermore, the antitumoral and antiangiogenic activities were evaluated against C6 glioma cell line and chicken embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM), respectively.
Results
Final formulation showed nanometric size, narrow polydispersity, positive zeta potential and gold clusters size lower than 2 nm. BCZ in aqueous solution (0.01–0.10 μmol L−1) did not show cytotoxic activity in vitro against C6 glioma cell line; although, MLNC-Au-BCZ showed cytotoxicity with a median inhibition concentration of 30 nmol L−1 of BCZ. Moreover, MLNC-Au-BCZ demonstrated cellular internalization dependent on incubation time and BCZ concentration. BCZ solution did not induce significant apoptosis as compared to MLNC-Au-BCZ within 24 h of treatment. CAM assay evidenced potent antiangiogenic activity for MLNC-Au-BCZ, representing a decrease of 5.6 times in BCZ dose comparing to BCZ solution.
Conclusion
MLNC-Au-BCZ is a promising product for the treatment of solid tumors.
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Abbreviations
- BCZ:
-
Bevacizumab
- CAM:
-
Chorioallantoic membrane
- CCT:
-
Caprylic/capric triglyceride
- DLS:
-
Dynamic light scattering
- NTA:
-
Nanoparticle tracking analysis
- DMEM:
-
Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium
- FTIR:
-
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
- LNC:
-
Lipid-core nanocapsules
- LNC-Au:
-
Lipid-core nanocapsules functionalized with gold-III
- LNC-Au-Phe:
-
Lipid-core nanocapsules functionalized with gold-III and phenylalanine
- MLNC:
-
Chitosan-coated lipid-core nanocapsules
- MLNC-Au:
-
Chitosan-coated lipid-core nanocapsules functionalized with gold-III
- MLNC-Au-BCZ:
-
Chitosan-coated lipid-core nanocapsules functionalized with gold-III and bevacizumab
- MLNC-Au-Phe:
-
Chitosan-coated lipid-core nanocapsules functionalized with gold-III and phenylalanine
- MLNCf-Au-BCZ:
-
Fluorescent chitosan-coated lipid-core nanocapsules functionalized with gold-III and bevacizumab
- P80:
-
Polysorbate 80
- PCL:
-
Poly(ε-caprolactone)
- PDI:
-
Polydispersity index
- SL:
-
Soybean lecithin
- SM:
-
Sorbitan monostearate
- TEM:
-
Transmission electron microscopy
- VEGF:
-
Vascular endothelial growth factor
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The authors thank Professor Maria Palmira Daflon Gremião (Universidade Estadual Paulista em Araraquara, UNESP) for the Avastin® sample; Professor Sergio Luiz Vieira and Thiago Luiz Noetzold (Aviário de Ensino e Pesquisa do Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS) for the eggs supply; and the Brazilian Agencies (CAPES, CNPq and FAPERGS). This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES, finance code 001), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS: 17/2551-0001002-7; PRONEX FAPERGS-CNPq 16/2551-0000467-6) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Research grant 305301/2014-4 and INCT-Nanofarma grant 465687/2014-8).
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de Cristo Soares Alves, A., Lavayen, V., Figueiró, F. et al. Chitosan-Coated Lipid-Core Nanocapsules Functionalized with Gold-III and Bevacizumab Induced In Vitro Cytotoxicity against C6 Cell Line and In Vivo Potent Antiangiogenic Activity. Pharm Res 37, 91 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-020-02804-0
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