PMID- 32778980 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201014 LR - 20221207 IS - 1530-9932 (Electronic) IS - 1530-9932 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 6 DP - 2020 Aug 10 TI - Development and In Vitro Evaluation of Long Circulating Liposomes for Targeted Delivery of Gemcitabine and Irinotecan in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. PG - 231 LID - 10.1208/s12249-020-01745-6 [doi] AB - The classically used nontargeted chemotherapeutic approach to pancreatic cancer has a dual drawback of suboptimal drug delivery at the target site and the systemic side effects produced by the unfettered exposure of the drug to healthy tissue. This study has the objective of developing novel poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) (PETOX)-based long circulating liposomes loaded with gemcitabine and irinotecan for the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, with a juxtaposition to PEGylated and uncoated liposomes. A PETOX-cholesteryl chloroformate lipopolymer conjugate (PETOX-ChC) with a carbonate linkage was prepared and characterized by (1)H NMR, FTIR, and DSC. Liposomes were prepared using the thin film hydration technique followed by freeze-thaw and membrane extrusion methods. Liposome characterization includes particle size determination, zeta potential determination using a zetameter, and structural elucidation using (31)P NMR and cryo-TEM. The PETOXylated liposomes showed a particle size of 180.1 +/- 2.2 nm and a zeta potential of - 33.63 +/- 1.23 mV. The liposomal combination therapy of gemcitabine and irinotecan was found to have an IC(50) value 39 times lower in comparison to the drug combination in solution, while the PEGylated and PETOXylated liposomes showed IC(50) values 1.6 times lower and 2 times lower than that of uncoated liposomes, respectively, against Mia PaCa II pancreatic cancer cell line. The PEGylated and PETOXylated liposomes showed 4.1 and 5.4 times slower macrophagial uptake in vitro in comparison to the uncoated liposomes respectively. The PEGylated liposomes showed 11% higher in vitro macrophagial uptake in comparison to PETOXylated liposomes. FAU - Deodhar, S AU - Deodhar S AD - Department of Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska, 68178, USA. FAU - Dash, A K AU - Dash AK AD - Department of Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska, 68178, USA. adash@creighton.edu. FAU - North, E J AU - North EJ AD - Department of Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska, 68178, USA. FAU - Hulce, M AU - Hulce M AD - Department of Chemistry, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200810 PL - United States TA - AAPS PharmSciTech JT - AAPS PharmSciTech JID - 100960111 RN - 0 (Liposomes) RN - 0W860991D6 (Deoxycytidine) RN - 3WJQ0SDW1A (Polyethylene Glycols) RN - 7673326042 (Irinotecan) RN - 0 (Gemcitabine) SB - IM MH - Adenocarcinoma/*drug therapy MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/*administration & dosage MH - Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Deoxycytidine/administration & dosage/*analogs & derivatives MH - Drug Delivery Systems MH - Humans MH - Irinotecan/*administration & dosage MH - *Liposomes MH - Pancreatic Neoplasms/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Particle Size MH - Polyethylene Glycols/chemistry MH - Gemcitabine OTO - NOTNLM OT - gemcitabine OT - irinotecan OT - long circulating liposome OT - pancreatic cancer OT - polyethylene glycol OT - polyoxazoline EDAT- 2020/08/12 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/21 06:00 CRDT- 2020/08/12 06:00 PHST- 2020/04/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/21 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1208/s12249-020-01745-6 [pii] AID - 10.1208/s12249-020-01745-6 [doi] PST - epublish SO - AAPS PharmSciTech. 2020 Aug 10;21(6):231. doi: 10.1208/s12249-020-01745-6.