PMID- 25089507 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150807 LR - 20140924 IS - 1873-3476 (Electronic) IS - 0378-5173 (Linking) VI - 474 IP - 1-2 DP - 2014 Oct 20 TI - Polyester-idarubicin nanoparticles and a polymer-photosensitizer complex as potential drug formulations for cell-mediated drug delivery. PG - 70-9 LID - S0378-5173(14)00547-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2014.07.048 [doi] AB - Cell-mediated transport of therapeutics has emerged as promising alternative to classical drug delivery approaches. To preserve viability and functions of carrier cells, encapsulation of active drugs in protective nanoparticles or the use of inducible therapeutics has been proposed. Here, we compared the effects of novel polymeric formulations of an active and a stimulus-sensitive anti-cancer drug on human T lymphocytes to identify suitable drug preparations for cell-mediated drug delivery. For the first approach, the chemotherapeutic agent idarubicin (IDA) was encapsulated in poly(lactic-co-glycolic-acid) (PLGA) and newly developed maleate-polyester (MPE) nanoparticles. PLGA- and MPE-encapsulated IDA was efficiently internalized by ex vivo activated human T lymphocytes; however, both encapsulations could not prevent premature T cell death resulting from IDA-uptake. In contrast, loading with a poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS)-complex of the light-sensitive pharmaceutical 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(meso-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin (mTHPP) did not affect T cell viability if upon loading the cells were kept in the dark. The photosensitizer was transferred from loaded T lymphocytes to co-cultivated carcinoma cells, and induced cancer cell death if co-cultures were exposed to light. Inducible drugs, such as photosensitizers, thus, may help to overcome the limitations of encapsulated active drugs and open up new perspectives for the use of cells as drug transporters in cancer therapy. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Blaudszun, Andre-R AU - Blaudszun AR AD - Cellular Immunotherapy Team and Environment and Bio Group, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Europe, Saarbrucken 66123, Germany. FAU - Lian, Qiong AU - Lian Q AD - Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Saarland University, Saarbrucken 66123, Germany. FAU - Schnabel, Melanie AU - Schnabel M AD - Organic Macromolecular Chemistry, Saarland University, Saarbrucken 66123, Germany. FAU - Loretz, Brigitta AU - Loretz B AD - Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Saarland University, Saarbrucken 66123, Germany; Department of Drug Delivery, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarbrucken 66123, Germany. FAU - Steinfeld, Ute AU - Steinfeld U AD - Cellular Immunotherapy Team and Environment and Bio Group, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Europe, Saarbrucken 66123, Germany. FAU - Lee, Hyeck-H AU - Lee HH AD - Cellular Immunotherapy Team and Environment and Bio Group, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Europe, Saarbrucken 66123, Germany. FAU - Wenz, Gerhard AU - Wenz G AD - Organic Macromolecular Chemistry, Saarland University, Saarbrucken 66123, Germany. FAU - Lehr, Claus-M AU - Lehr CM AD - Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Saarland University, Saarbrucken 66123, Germany; Department of Drug Delivery, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarbrucken 66123, Germany. FAU - Schneider, Marc AU - Schneider M AD - Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Saarland University, Saarbrucken 66123, Germany; Pharmaceutics and Biopharmacy, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg 35032, Germany. FAU - Philippi, Anja AU - Philippi A AD - Cellular Immunotherapy Team and Environment and Bio Group, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Europe, Saarbrucken 66123, Germany. Electronic address: a.philippi@kist-europe.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140730 PL - Netherlands TA - Int J Pharm JT - International journal of pharmaceutics JID - 7804127 RN - 0 (Photosensitizing Agents) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - ZRP63D75JW (Idarubicin) SB - IM MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemistry, Pharmaceutical MH - *Drug Delivery Systems MH - Humans MH - Idarubicin/*chemistry MH - Molecular Structure MH - Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - Particle Size MH - Photosensitizing Agents/*chemistry MH - Polymers/chemical synthesis/*chemistry MH - Surface Properties MH - T-Lymphocytes/chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - Gold shell nanoparticle OT - Photosensitizer OT - Polymeric nanoparticle OT - T lymphocyte OT - Targeted drug delivery EDAT- 2014/08/05 06:00 MHDA- 2015/08/08 06:00 CRDT- 2014/08/05 06:00 PHST- 2014/05/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/07/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/07/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/08/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/08/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/08/08 06:00 [medline] AID - S0378-5173(14)00547-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2014.07.048 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Pharm. 2014 Oct 20;474(1-2):70-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2014.07.048. Epub 2014 Jul 30.