Redox-responsive cisplatin nanogels for anticancer drug delivery

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Jul 24;54(60):8367-8370. doi: 10.1039/c8cc01795f.

Abstract

Inspired by cisplatin's deactivation by glutathione (GSH) in cancer, a GSH responsive nanogel loaded with doxorubicin (Dox) was prepared using hyaluronan as a matrix and cisplatin as a crosslinker. The elevated GSH depletes the cisplatin crosslinker in the nanogel, enhances Dox release and boosts cytotoxicity, thus providing a new GSH responsive platform to reverse cisplatin resistance.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Cisplatin / chemistry*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage*
  • Doxorubicin / chemistry
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology*
  • Drug Delivery Systems*
  • Gels / chemistry
  • Glutathione / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Hyaluronic Acid / chemistry
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Gels
  • Doxorubicin
  • Hyaluronic Acid
  • Glutathione
  • Cisplatin