PMID- 27780403 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171027 LR - 20171227 IS - 1748-6963 (Electronic) IS - 1743-5889 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 22 DP - 2016 Nov TI - Pluronic-attached polyamidoamine dendrimer conjugates overcome drug resistance in breast cancer. PG - 2917-2934 AB - AIM: To design pluronic F68 (PF68)-conjugated polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer conjugates for doxorubicin (DOX) delivery for overcoming multidrug resistance, and clarify the reversal mechanism. MATERIALS & METHODS: A series of PAMAM-PF68 conjugates were designed. The antitumor activity of the DOX-loaded conjugates was evaluated against MCF-7/ADR cells, tumor spheroids and tumors. Several bioinformatics were detected to characterize the reversal mechanism. RESULTS: Increased antitumor activity of the DOX-loaded conjugates was achieved in vitro and in vivo. The complexes induced more DOX accumulation via caveolae-mediated endocytosis. After escaping from the endosome/lysosome, the nuclear trafficking of DOX was achieved. Apoptosis was significantly increased by regulating mitochondrial function and gene expression. CONCLUSION: With optimized PF68 modification, PAMAM-PF68 conjugates can significantly overcome multidrug resistance in vitro and in vivo. FAU - Wang, Meng AU - Wang M AD - Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. FAU - Li, Ying AU - Li Y AD - Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. FAU - HuangFu, Mingyi AU - HuangFu M AD - Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. FAU - Xiao, Yi AU - Xiao Y AD - Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. FAU - Zhang, Tianyuan AU - Zhang T AD - Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. FAU - Han, Min AU - Han M AD - Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. FAU - Xu, Donghang AU - Xu D AD - Department of Pharmacy, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, PR China. FAU - Li, Fangyuan AU - Li F AD - Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. FAU - Ling, Daishun AU - Ling D AD - Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. FAU - Jin, Yi AU - Jin Y AD - National Pharmaceutical Engineering Center for Solid Preparation in Chinese Herbal Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330006, PR China. FAU - Gao, Jianqing AU - Gao J AD - Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161026 PL - England TA - Nanomedicine (Lond) JT - Nanomedicine (London, England) JID - 101278111 RN - 0 (Dendrimers) RN - 0 (Poly(amidoamine)) RN - 0 (Polyamines) RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) SB - IM EIN - Nanomedicine (Lond). 2017 Apr;12 (8):953. PMID: 28343417 MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Breast Neoplasms/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Dendrimers/administration & dosage/*chemistry MH - Doxorubicin/administration & dosage/chemistry MH - Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/*drug effects MH - Female MH - Humans MH - MCF-7 Cells MH - Polyamines/administration & dosage/chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - PAMAM dendrimer OT - cancer treatment OT - drug resistance OT - mechanism OT - pluronic EDAT- 2016/11/01 06:00 MHDA- 2017/10/28 06:00 CRDT- 2016/11/01 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/10/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/01 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.2217/nnm-2016-0252 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nanomedicine (Lond). 2016 Nov;11(22):2917-2934. doi: 10.2217/nnm-2016-0252. Epub 2016 Oct 26.