Poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid nanoparticles (PLGA-NPs) were approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for drug delivery in cancer. The enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect drives their accumulation minimizing the side effects of chemotherapeutics. Our aim was to develop a new theranostic tool for cancer diagnosis and therapy based on PLGA-NPs and to evaluate the added value of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) for enhanced tumor targeting. In vitro and in vivo properties of PLGA-NPs were tested and compared with VEGF-PLGA-NPs. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) was performed to evaluate the particle size, polydispersity index (PDI), and zeta potential of both preparations. Spectroscopy was used to confirm the absorption spectra in the near-infrared (NIR). In vivo, in BALB/c mice bearing a syngeneic tumor in the right thigh, intravenously injected PLGA-NPs showed a high target-to-muscle ratio (4.2 T/M at 24 h post-injection) that increased over time, with a maximum uptake at 72 h and a retention of the NPs up to 240 h. VEGF-PLGA-NPs accumulated in tumors 1.75 times more than PLGA-NPs with a tumor-to-muscle ratio of 7.90 ± 1.61 (versus 4.49 ± 0.54 of PLGA-NPs). Our study highlights the tumor-targeting potential of PLGA-NPs for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Such NPs can be conjugated with proteins such as VEGF to increase accumulation in tumor lesions.

Theranostic designed near-Infrared fluorescent poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles and preliminary studies with functionalized VEGF-nanoparticles / Varani, Michela; Galli, Filippo; Capriotti, Gabriela; Mattei, Maurizio; Cicconi, Rosella; Campagna, Giuseppe; Panzuto, Francesco; Signore, Alberto. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 2077-0383. - 9:6(2020), pp. 1-13. [10.3390/jcm9061750]

Theranostic designed near-Infrared fluorescent poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles and preliminary studies with functionalized VEGF-nanoparticles

Varani, Michela;Galli, Filippo;Capriotti, Gabriela;Campagna, Giuseppe;Panzuto, Francesco;Signore, Alberto
2020

Abstract

Poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid nanoparticles (PLGA-NPs) were approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for drug delivery in cancer. The enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect drives their accumulation minimizing the side effects of chemotherapeutics. Our aim was to develop a new theranostic tool for cancer diagnosis and therapy based on PLGA-NPs and to evaluate the added value of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) for enhanced tumor targeting. In vitro and in vivo properties of PLGA-NPs were tested and compared with VEGF-PLGA-NPs. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) was performed to evaluate the particle size, polydispersity index (PDI), and zeta potential of both preparations. Spectroscopy was used to confirm the absorption spectra in the near-infrared (NIR). In vivo, in BALB/c mice bearing a syngeneic tumor in the right thigh, intravenously injected PLGA-NPs showed a high target-to-muscle ratio (4.2 T/M at 24 h post-injection) that increased over time, with a maximum uptake at 72 h and a retention of the NPs up to 240 h. VEGF-PLGA-NPs accumulated in tumors 1.75 times more than PLGA-NPs with a tumor-to-muscle ratio of 7.90 ± 1.61 (versus 4.49 ± 0.54 of PLGA-NPs). Our study highlights the tumor-targeting potential of PLGA-NPs for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Such NPs can be conjugated with proteins such as VEGF to increase accumulation in tumor lesions.
2020
plga; optical imaging; polymeric nanoparticles; tumor targeting
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Theranostic designed near-Infrared fluorescent poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles and preliminary studies with functionalized VEGF-nanoparticles / Varani, Michela; Galli, Filippo; Capriotti, Gabriela; Mattei, Maurizio; Cicconi, Rosella; Campagna, Giuseppe; Panzuto, Francesco; Signore, Alberto. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 2077-0383. - 9:6(2020), pp. 1-13. [10.3390/jcm9061750]
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