School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-9-2020
Abstract
Utilization of safe cytotoxic agents with precise anticancer activity is considered as the prime focus of cancer therapeutics research. A greater incentive for such agents arises from the molecules/drugs that are already being used for other indications. Ormeloxifene (ORM) is a nonsteroidal, nonhormonal selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), which has been in human use for contraception purposes. Although in the recent past, many reports have suggested its emerging role as an anticancer agent, no significant attention was paid toward generating simple and safe nanoformulation( s) for improved therapeutic activity and tumor cell-specific delivery. Our aim is to develop nanoformulation(s) of ormeloxifene to improve its targeted delivery in tumor cells. We developed ormeloxifene nanoformulation(s) by utilizing various biocompatible polymers. The optimized formulations with pluronic polymers F127 and F68 show improved nanoparticle characteristics. These formulations show enhanced cellular uptake that allows ormeloxifene’s intracellular availability. We further evaluated its improved anticancer activity by performing cell proliferation, flow cytometry, and immunoblotting assays. Overall, this study confirms possible novel nanoformulation(s) of ormeloxifene to be evolved as a new therapeutic modality for cancer treatment.
Recommended Citation
Chauhan, N., Kruse, A., Newby, H., Jaggi, M., Yallapu, M. M., & Chauhan, S. C. (2020). Pluronic Polymer-Based Ormeloxifene Nanoformulations Induce Superior Anticancer Effects in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. ACS Omega, 5(2), 1147–1156. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b03382
Publication Title
ACS Omega
DOI
10.1021/acsomega.9b03382
Academic Level
faculty
Mentor/PI Department
Immunology and Microbiology
Comments
© 2020 American Chemical Society. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b03382
This is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License, which permits copying and redistribution of the article or any adaptations for non-commercial purposes.