PMID- 31707225 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200617 LR - 20200617 IS - 1873-4367 (Electronic) IS - 0927-7765 (Linking) VI - 185 DP - 2020 Jan 1 TI - Doxorubicin-doxorubicin conjugate prodrug as drug self-delivery system for intracellular pH-triggered slow release. PG - 110608 LID - S0927-7765(19)30752-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.110608 [doi] AB - Drug content and releasing rate are the main determining factors for the drug delivery systems (DDSs). Here, doxorubicin dimer (D-DOXcar) was synthesized as drug-drug conjugate prodrug with high drug content of 86%, via an acid-triggered hydrolysable carbamate linker. The prodrug nanoparticles (D-DOXcar-NP) with different diameters were prepared as drug self-delivery system (DSDS) for intracellular pH-triggered slow release. They showed size- and concentration-dependent pH-triggered slow DOX release. For the D-DOXcar-sNP with smaller diameter, the cumulative release ratio reached 25.6% at pH 5.0 within 60 h. The MTT results demonstrated that the proposed DSDS showed similar tumor inhibition regardless of carboxylesterases, and an enhanced anti-tumor efficacy on the HepG2 cells in comparison with the free DOX. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Jiagen AU - Li J AD - State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China. FAU - Li, Xinming AU - Li X AD - State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China. FAU - Liu, Peng AU - Liu P AD - State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China. Electronic address: pliu@lzu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191024 PL - Netherlands TA - Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces JT - Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces JID - 9315133 RN - 0 (Delayed-Action Preparations) RN - 0 (Prodrugs) RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) SB - IM MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Delayed-Action Preparations/administration & dosage/chemistry/pharmacology MH - Doxorubicin/*administration & dosage/chemistry/pharmacology MH - *Drug Delivery Systems MH - *Drug Liberation MH - Hep G2 Cells MH - Humans MH - Hydrodynamics MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - MCF-7 Cells MH - Nanoparticles/chemistry MH - Prodrugs/*administration & dosage/chemistry/pharmacology MH - Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acid-triggered OT - Carbamate linker OT - Doxorubicin OT - Drug self-delivery system OT - Drug-drug conjugate OT - Slow drug release EDAT- 2019/11/11 06:00 MHDA- 2020/06/18 06:00 CRDT- 2019/11/11 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/06/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/11 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0927-7765(19)30752-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.110608 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2020 Jan 1;185:110608. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.110608. Epub 2019 Oct 24.