Health & Biomedical Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Impact of PEGylated liposomes on cytotoxicity of tamoxifen and piperine on MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells

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Article

Publication Date

12-2024

Abstract

Tamoxifen (TMF) is an anticancer agent used for managing estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. It has limited therapeutic efficacy against breast cancer, which could be enhanced by the coadministration of herbal drugs like piperine (PIP). However, the hydrophobic nature of TMF and PIP restricts their therapeutic application. Therefore, the present study focuses on the impact of the anticancer activity of TMF in combination with PIP and after entrapping them into liposomes (TMF-PIP-LPs and TMF-PIP-PEG-LPs). The liposomes were prepared using the thin film hydration method. In addition, the morphology of the prepared liposomes was found spherical after SEM and TEM analyses. Further, the in vitro cytotoxicity (IC50) study of pure PIP and TMF was found to be 90.3 ± 10.2 μg/mL and 40.9 ± 5.9 μg/mL, respectively. Interestingly, an improved cytotoxicity (IC50) was observed when the TMF and PIP were loaded into liposomes (TMF-PIP-LPs: 21 ± 1.6 μg/mL and TMF-PIP-PEG-LPs: 10 ± 0.5 μg/mL). Also, the PEGylated liposomes showed improvement in cellular uptake as compared to liposomes without PEGylation in MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells. Thus, the enhanced cellular uptake and improved cytotoxicity of PEGylated liposomes can be a suitable strategy for delivering TMF with PIP for breast cancer treatment.

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Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2024.106331

Publication Title

Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology

DOI

10.1016/j.jddst.2024.106331

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