PMID- 36015366 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220830 IS - 1999-4923 (Print) IS - 1999-4923 (Electronic) IS - 1999-4923 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 8 DP - 2022 Aug 20 TI - Association of Indocyanine Green with Chitosan Oleate Coated PLGA Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy. LID - 10.3390/pharmaceutics14081740 [doi] LID - 1740 AB - Indocyanine green (ICG) is a safe dye widely used in the biomedical field. Its photodynamic effect (PDT), originating from laser irradiation at 803 nm, opens interesting perspectives in theranostic applications. To overcome its low water stability, ICG can be shielded with nanoparticles (NPs). In this work, previously developed NPs based on poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) coated with chitosan oleate (CS-OA) and loaded with resveratrol as a hydrophobic model drug have been proposed as an ICG carrier. These systems have been selected for their observed immunostimulatory properties. The possible loading of the dye by adsorption onto NP surface by electrostatic interaction was studied here in comparison with the encapsulation into the PLGA core. The ICG-chitosan (CS) interaction has been characterized by spectrophotometry, spectroscopy and in-cell in vitro assays. Fluorescence quenching was observed due to the ionic interaction between ICG and CS and was studied considering the dye:polymer stoichiometry and the effect of the NP dilution in cell culture medium (DMEM). The NP systems have been compared in vitro, assessing their behaviour in Caco-2 cell lines. A reduction in cell viability was observed after irradiation of ICG associated with NPs, evident also for the samples loaded by adsorption. These findings open the opportunity to exploit the association of PDT's effect on ICG with the properties of CS-OA coated NPs, whose immunostimulatory effect can be associated with PDT mechanism in cancer therapy. FAU - Miele, Dalila AU - Miele D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6396-7452 AD - Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. FAU - Sorrenti, Milena AU - Sorrenti M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8249-5761 AD - Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. FAU - Catenacci, Laura AU - Catenacci L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6791-3785 AD - Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. FAU - Minzioni, Paolo AU - Minzioni P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3087-8602 AD - Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. FAU - Marrubini, Giorgio AU - Marrubini G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1399-5783 AD - Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. FAU - Amendola, Valeria AU - Amendola V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5219-6074 AD - Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. FAU - Maestri, Marcello AU - Maestri M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5693-9151 AD - IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy. FAU - Giunchedi, Paolo AU - Giunchedi P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2471-1355 AD - Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy. FAU - Bonferoni, Maria Cristina AU - Bonferoni MC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1194-9372 AD - Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220820 PL - Switzerland TA - Pharmaceutics JT - Pharmaceutics JID - 101534003 PMC - PMC9414095 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PLGA nanoparticles OT - chitosan oleate OT - indocyanine green OT - photodynamic effect COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/08/27 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/27 06:01 PMCR- 2022/08/20 CRDT- 2022/08/26 01:42 PHST- 2022/07/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/08/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/26 01:42 [entrez] PHST- 2022/08/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/27 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - pharmaceutics14081740 [pii] AID - pharmaceutics-14-01740 [pii] AID - 10.3390/pharmaceutics14081740 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Pharmaceutics. 2022 Aug 20;14(8):1740. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14081740.