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Phenylboronic acid conjugated to doxorubicin nanocomplexes as an anti-cancer drug delivery system in hepatocellular carcinoma

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, ISSN: 1549-9634, Vol: 34, Page: 102389
2021
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Anti-cancer strategies using nanocarrier systems have been explored in a variety of cancers; these systems can easily be incorporated into tumors via the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect leading to enhanced anti-tumor activity while reducing systemic toxicity by specific tumor-targeting. The prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is extremely poor when the condition is diagnosed at the unresectable stage as treatment options are limited. In order to improve the treatment of cancer and the overall anti-cancer effect, polymerized phenylboronic acid conjugated doxorubicin (pPBA-Dox) nanocomplexes were generated, and conjugated doxorubicin, which is conventionally used in HCC. The nanocomplexes exhibited enhanced anti-tumor activity via tumor-specific targeting in the subcutaneous and orthotopic HCC syngeneic mice tumor model, implying that the nanocomplexes facilitate the targeted Dox delivery to liver cancer in which the sialic acid is over-expressed. Therefore, this study provides insight into the novel targeted therapy using the nanocomplexes for the treatment of HCC.

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Kang, Byung-Yoon; Hur, Wonhee; Kim, Sung Min; Kim, Seonil; Lee, Junseok; Tak, Eunyoung; Kim, Won Jong; Chun, Ho Jong; Yoon, Seung Kew

Elsevier BV

Chemical Engineering; Medicine; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Engineering; Materials Science; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

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