PMID- 22777758 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130712 LR - 20211021 IS - 1613-6829 (Electronic) IS - 1613-6810 (Print) IS - 1613-6810 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 18 DP - 2012 Sep 24 TI - High payload dual therapeutic-imaging nanocarriers for triggered tumor delivery. PG - 2895-903 LID - 10.1002/smll.201200437 [doi] AB - The in vitro and in vivo characterization of an optimized formulation of nanoparticles (NPs) loaded with a high content of dexamethasone palmitate (DEX-P), a chemotherapeutic adjuvant that decreases interstitial fluid pressure in tumors, and (111) In, a signaling agent, is described. These NPs are uniform in size and composition. Single photon emission computed tomography imaging demonstrates significant tumor uptake of (111) In-labeled DEX-P NPs in tumor-bearing mice. As with many nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems, significant liver accumulation is observed. Assessment of liver histology and blood tests show no apparent hepatic or renal toxicity of the DEX-P NPs. Conversion of DEX-P to DEX occurs when DEX-P NPs are incubated with mouse plasma, human tumor homogenate and ascites from tumor bearing mice, but not with human plasma. This conversion is slower in plasma from Es1(e) ((-/-)) /SCID mice, a potential alternative animal model that better mimics humans; however, plasma from these mice are not completely devoid of esterase activity. The difference between blood and tumor esterase activity in humans facilitates the delivery of DEX-P NPs to tumors and the release of dexamethasone by an esterase trigger. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. FAU - Kim, Jin-Ki AU - Kim JK AD - Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Lineberger, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA. FAU - Yuan, Hong AU - Yuan H FAU - Nie, Jingxin AU - Nie J FAU - Yang, Yu-Tsai AU - Yang YT FAU - Leggas, Markos AU - Leggas M FAU - Potter, Philip M AU - Potter PM FAU - Rinehart, John AU - Rinehart J FAU - Jay, Michael AU - Jay M FAU - Lu, Xiuling AU - Lu X LA - eng GR - P30 CA021765/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA108775/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA108775/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA21765/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120706 PL - Germany TA - Small JT - Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) JID - 101235338 RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Indium Radioisotopes) RN - 0 (Prodrugs) RN - 0 (Radiopharmaceuticals) RN - 7S5I7G3JQL (Dexamethasone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Dexamethasone/administration & dosage/chemistry/*pharmacokinetics MH - *Drug Carriers MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Indium Radioisotopes MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Mice, SCID MH - Nanoparticles/administration & dosage/*chemistry MH - Neoplasm Transplantation MH - Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Prodrugs/administration & dosage/chemistry/*pharmacokinetics MH - Radiopharmaceuticals/administration & dosage/chemistry/*pharmacokinetics MH - Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon MH - Transplantation, Heterologous PMC - PMC3817621 MID - NIHMS502284 EDAT- 2012/07/11 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/16 06:00 PMCR- 2013/11/05 CRDT- 2012/07/11 06:00 PHST- 2012/02/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/04/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/07/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/07/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/11/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/smll.201200437 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Small. 2012 Sep 24;8(18):2895-903. doi: 10.1002/smll.201200437. Epub 2012 Jul 6.