PMID- 31940165 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201102 LR - 20201102 IS - 1944-8252 (Electronic) IS - 1944-8244 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 5 DP - 2020 Feb 5 TI - Biocompatible, Crystalline, and Amorphous Bismuth-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks for Drug Delivery. PG - 5633-5641 LID - 10.1021/acsami.9b21692 [doi] AB - The synthetic flexibility of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with high loading capacities and biocompatibility makes them ideal candidates as drug delivery systems (DDSs). Here, we report the use of CAU-7, a biocompatible bismuth-based MOF, for the delivery of two cancer drugs, sodium dichloroacetate (DCA) and alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (alpha-CHC). We achieved loadings of 33 and 9 wt % for DCA and alpha-CHC, respectively. Interestingly, CAU-7 showed a gradual release of the drugs, achieving a release time of up to 17 days for DCA and 31 days for alpha-CHC. We then performed mechanical and thermal amorphization processes to attempt to delay the delivery of guest molecules even more. With the thermal treatment, we were able to achieve an outstanding 32% slower release of alpha-CHC from the thermally treated CAU-7. Using in vitro studies and endocytosis inhibitors, confocal microscopy, and fluorescence-activated cell sorting, we also demonstrated that CAU-7 was successfully internalized by cancer cells, partially avoiding lysosome degradation. Finally, we showed that CAU-7 loaded either with DCA or alpha-CHC had a higher therapeutic efficiency compared with the free drug approach, making CAU-7 a great option for biomedical application. FAU - Orellana-Tavra, Claudia AU - Orellana-Tavra C AD - Adsorption & Advanced Materials Laboratory (A2ML), Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology , University of Cambridge , Philippa Fawcett Drive , Cambridge CB3 0AS , U.K. FAU - Koppen, Milan AU - Koppen M AD - Institut fur Anorganische Chemie , Max-Eyth-Strasse 2 , Kiel D-24118 , Germany. FAU - Li, Aurelia AU - Li A AD - Adsorption & Advanced Materials Laboratory (A2ML), Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology , University of Cambridge , Philippa Fawcett Drive , Cambridge CB3 0AS , U.K. FAU - Stock, Norbert AU - Stock N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0339-7352 AD - Institut fur Anorganische Chemie , Max-Eyth-Strasse 2 , Kiel D-24118 , Germany. FAU - Fairen-Jimenez, David AU - Fairen-Jimenez D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5013-1194 AD - Adsorption & Advanced Materials Laboratory (A2ML), Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology , University of Cambridge , Philippa Fawcett Drive , Cambridge CB3 0AS , U.K. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200124 PL - United States TA - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces JT - ACS applied materials & interfaces JID - 101504991 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Delayed-Action Preparations) RN - 0 (Metal-Organic Frameworks) RN - U015TT5I8H (Bismuth) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*chemistry/toxicity MH - Bismuth/*chemistry/toxicity MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Delayed-Action Preparations MH - Drug Delivery Systems/*methods MH - Drug Stability MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Metal-Organic Frameworks/*chemistry/toxicity OTO - NOTNLM OT - MOFs OT - cancer OT - controlled release OT - drug delivery OT - endocytosis EDAT- 2020/01/16 06:00 MHDA- 2020/11/03 06:00 CRDT- 2020/01/16 06:00 PHST- 2020/01/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/11/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/16 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acsami.9b21692 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 Feb 5;12(5):5633-5641. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b21692. Epub 2020 Jan 24.