PMID- 21967065 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120320 LR - 20231120 IS - 1936-086X (Electronic) IS - 1936-0851 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 11 DP - 2011 Nov 22 TI - Smart nanocarrier based on PEGylated hyaluronic acid for cancer therapy. PG - 8591-9 LID - 10.1021/nn202070n [doi] AB - Tumor targetability and site-specific drug release of therapeutic nanoparticles are key factors for effective cancer therapy. In this study, poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-conjugated hyaluronic acid nanoparticles (P-HA-NPs) were investigated as carriers for anticancer drugs including doxorubicin and camptothecin (CPT). P-HA-NPs were internalized into cancer cells (SCC7 and MDA-MB-231) via receptor-mediated endocytosis, but were rarely taken up by normal fibroblasts (NIH-3T3). During in vitro drug release tests, P-HA-NPs rapidly released drugs when incubated with cancer cells, extracts of tumor tissues, or the enzyme Hyal-1, which is abundant in the intracellular compartments of cancer cells. CPT-loaded P-HA-NPs (CPT-P-HA-NPs) showed dose-dependent cytotoxicity to cancer cells (MDA-MB-231, SCC7, and HCT 116) and significantly lower cytotoxicity against normal fibroblasts (NIH-3T3) than free CPT. Unexpectedly, high concentrations of CPT-P-HA-NPs demonstrated greater cytotoxicity to cancer cells than free CPT. An in vivo biodistribution study indicated that P-HA-NPs selectively accumulated into tumor sites after systemic administration into tumor-bearing mice, primarily due to prolonged circulation in the blood and binding to a receptor (CD44) that was overexpressed on the cancer cells. In addition, when CPT-P-HA-NPs were systemically administrated into tumor-bearing mice, we saw no significant increases in tumor size for at least 35 days, implying high antitumor activity. Overall, P-HA-NPs showed promising potential as a drug carrier for cancer therapy. CI - (c) 2011 American Chemical Society FAU - Choi, Ki Young AU - Choi KY AD - Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea. FAU - Yoon, Hong Yeol AU - Yoon HY FAU - Kim, Jong-Ho AU - Kim JH FAU - Bae, Sang Mun AU - Bae SM FAU - Park, Rang-Woon AU - Park RW FAU - Kang, Young Mo AU - Kang YM FAU - Kim, In-San AU - Kim IS FAU - Kwon, Ick Chan AU - Kwon IC FAU - Choi, Kuiwon AU - Choi K FAU - Jeong, Seo Young AU - Jeong SY FAU - Kim, Kwangmeyung AU - Kim K FAU - Park, Jae Hyung AU - Park JH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111011 PL - United States TA - ACS Nano JT - ACS nano JID - 101313589 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 3WJQ0SDW1A (Polyethylene Glycols) RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) RN - 9004-61-9 (Hyaluronic Acid) RN - XT3Z54Z28A (Camptothecin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Antineoplastic Agents/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Biological Transport MH - Camptothecin/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Doxorubicin/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Drug Carriers/*chemistry/metabolism/pharmacokinetics MH - Humans MH - Hyaluronic Acid/*chemistry MH - Mice MH - NIH 3T3 Cells MH - Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - Polyethylene Glycols/*chemistry MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays EDAT- 2011/10/05 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/21 06:00 CRDT- 2011/10/05 06:00 PHST- 2011/10/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/10/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/21 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/nn202070n [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Nano. 2011 Nov 22;5(11):8591-9. doi: 10.1021/nn202070n. Epub 2011 Oct 11.