PMID- 29497294 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180425 LR - 20240313 IS - 1178-2013 (Electronic) IS - 1176-9114 (Print) IS - 1176-9114 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2018 TI - Polymeric micelles for potentiated antiulcer and anticancer activities of naringin. PG - 1009-1027 LID - 10.2147/IJN.S154325 [doi] AB - Naringin is one of the most interesting phytopharmaceuticals that has been widely investigated for various biological actions. Yet, its low water solubility, limited permeability, and suboptimal bioavailability limited its use. Therefore, in this study, polymeric micelles of naringin based on pluronic F68 (PF68) were developed, fully characterized, and optimized. The optimized formula was investigated regarding in vitro release, storage stability, and in vitro cytotoxicity vs different cell lines. Also, cytoprotection against ethanol-induced ulcer in rats and antitumor activity against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma in mice were investigated. Nanoscopic and nearly spherical 1:50 micelles with the mean diameter of 74.80+/-6.56 nm and narrow size distribution were obtained. These micelles showed the highest entrapment efficiency (EE%; 96.14+/-2.29). The micelles exhibited prolonged release up to 48 vs 10 h for free naringin. The stability of micelles was confirmed by insignificant changes in drug entrapment, particle size, and retention (%) (91.99+/-3.24). At lower dose than free naringin, effective cytoprotection of 1:50 micelles against ethanol-induced ulcer in rat model has been indicated by significant reduction in mucosal damage, gastric level of malondialdehyde, gastric expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, caspase-3, nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells, and interleukin-6 with the elevation of gastric reduced glutathione and superoxide dismutase when compared with the positive control group. As well, these micelles provoked pronounced antitumor activity assessed by potentiated in vitro cytotoxicity particularly against colorectal carcinoma cells and tumor growth inhibition when compared with free naringin. In conclusion, 1:50 naringin-PF68 micelles can be represented as a potential stable nanodrug delivery system with prolonged release and enhanced antiulcer as well as antitumor activities. FAU - Mohamed, Elham Abdelmonem AU - Mohamed EA AD - Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. FAU - Abu Hashim, Irhan Ibrahim AU - Abu Hashim II AD - Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. FAU - Yusif, Rehab Mohammad AU - Yusif RM AD - Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. AD - Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia. FAU - Shaaban, Ahmed Abdel Aziz AU - Shaaban AAA AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. FAU - El-Sheakh, Ahmed Ramadan AU - El-Sheakh AR AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. FAU - Hamed, Mohammed Fawzy AU - Hamed MF AD - Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. FAU - Badria, Farid Abd Elreheem AU - Badria FAE AD - Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180219 PL - New Zealand TA - Int J Nanomedicine JT - International journal of nanomedicine JID - 101263847 RN - 0 (Anti-Ulcer Agents) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Flavanones) RN - 0 (Micelles) RN - 106392-12-5 (Poloxamer) RN - N7TD9J649B (naringin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Ulcer Agents/administration & dosage/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Biological Availability MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Drug Carriers/*chemistry/pharmacokinetics MH - Drug Liberation MH - Female MH - Flavanones/administration & dosage/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Micelles MH - Particle Size MH - Poloxamer/chemistry MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Solubility MH - Ulcer/chemically induced/drug therapy PMC - PMC5823073 OTO - NOTNLM OT - antitumor activity OT - antiulcer OT - in vitro cytotoxicity OT - naringin OT - pluronic F68 OT - polymeric micelles COIS- Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2018/03/03 06:00 MHDA- 2018/04/26 06:00 PMCR- 2018/02/19 CRDT- 2018/03/03 06:00 PHST- 2018/03/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/03/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/04/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/02/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijn-13-1009 [pii] AID - 10.2147/IJN.S154325 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Nanomedicine. 2018 Feb 19;13:1009-1027. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S154325. eCollection 2018.