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Conjugation to Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers and Pulmonary Delivery Reduce Cardiac Accumulation and Enhance Antitumor Activity of Doxorubicin in Lung Metastasis

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Zhong, Qian, Bielski, Elizabeth R., Rodrigues, Leonan S., Brown, Matthew R., Reineke, Joshua J., da Rocha, Sandro R. P.·2016·Molecular Pharmaceutics

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Lung is one of the most common sites to which almost all other primary tumors metastasize. The major challenges in the chemotherapy of lung metastases include the low drug concentration found in the tumors and high systemic toxicity upon systemic administration. In this study, we combine local lung delivery and the use of nanocarrier-based systems for improving pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of the therapeutics to fight lung metastases. We investigate the impact of the conjugation of doxorubicin (DOX) to carboxyl-terminated poly(amidoamine) dendrimers (PAMAM) through a bond that allows for intracellular-triggered release, and the effect of pulmonary delivery of the dendrimer-DOX conjugate in decreasing tumor burden in a lung metastasis model. The results show a dramatic increase in efficacy of DOX treatment of the melanoma (B16-F10) lung metastasis mouse model upon pulmonary administration of the drug, as indicated by decreased tumor burden (lung weight) and increased survival rates of the animals (male C57BL/6) when compared to iv delivery. Conjugation of DOX further increased the therapeutic efficacy upon lung delivery as indicated by the smaller number of nodules observed in the lungs when compared to free DOX. These results are in agreement with the biodistribution characteristics of the DOX upon pulmonary delivery, which showed a longer lung accumulation/retention compared to iv administration. The distribution of DOX to the heart tissue is also significantly decreased upon pulmonary administration, and further decreased upon conjugation. The results show, therefore, that pulmonary administration of DOX combined to conjugation to PAMAM dendrimer through an intracellular labile bond is a potential strategy to enhance the therapeutic efficacy and decrease systemic toxicity of DOX.

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Authors
Zhong, Q., Bielski, E. R., Rodrigues, L. S., Brown, M. R., Reineke, J. J., & da Rocha, S. R. P.
Affiliations
  • Wayne State University (US)
  • South Dakota State University (US)
  • Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, College of Engineering, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
Venue
Molecular Pharmaceutics
Published
2016-06-10
Volume
13
Issue
7
Pages
2363-2375
ISSN
  • 1543-8384 (ISSN-L)
  • 1543-8392
OpenAlex
W2415245575
Cited by
88
References
80
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 1
FWCI
6.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET-0933144)
  • Wayne State University
  • Division of Materials Research (DMR-1508363)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
Keywords
doxorubicin, PAMAM dendrimers, lung metastasis, pulmonary drug delivery, melanoma, B16F10, tissue distribution, nanocarriers, anticancer activity, systemic toxicity, drug conjugation
MeSH terms
Animals, Doxorubicin, Lung, Lung Neoplasms, Male, Melanoma, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Drug Delivery Systems, Cell Line, Tumor, Dendrimers, Mice

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