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Stable and efficient delivery of docetaxel by micelle-encapsulation using a tripodal cyclotriphosphazene amphiphile

  • Yong Joo Jun
  • , Vithal B. Jadhav
  • , Jee Hyon Min
  • , Jin Xin Cui
  • , Song Wha Chae
  • , Jong Min Choi
  • , In Sun Kim
  • , Soo Jin Choi
  • , Hwa Jeong Lee
  • , Youn Soo Sohn

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Abstract

Docetaxel micelle-encapsulated by a tripodal cyclotriphosphazene amphiphilile [NP(PEG750)(GlyPheLeu) 2Et] 3 (CP750) exhibited outstanding drug-loaded micelle stability in aqueous solution compared with the polymeric micelles assembled from linear block copolymers. Furthermore, docetaxel micelle-encapsulated by CP750 is obtainable in solvent free powder form, which is immediately soluble in any aqueous media including saline and PBS and very stable to photo-degradation even in the room light at room temperature. Although docetaxel micelle-encapsulated by CP750 did not display highly improved pharmacokinetic profile compared with Taxotere® currently in clinical use, its in vivo xenograft trials exhibited excellent antitumor efficacy by showing complete tumor regression against the breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231) at a lower dose of 5 mg/kg and better efficacy against gastric cancer cells (MKN-28) compared with Taxotere®. Furthermore, according to the comparative acute toxicity study, toxicities associated with Taxotere® may be remarkably reduced by micelle-encapsulation of docetaxel using CP750, which afforded a much higher LD 50 value of 75 mg/kg compared with 28 mg/kg of docetaxel in Taxotere®. Thus docetaxel micelle-encapsulated by CP750 has entered the stage of preclinical studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)374-380
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Pharmaceutics
Volume422
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Jan 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Korean Government (MEST) (SRC Program: 2011-0001340, NCRC Program: 2011-0006244, 2011-0013493), by a Korean Research Foundation Grant ( KRF-2004-005-C00090 ), by Seoul R & BD Program (10816), and by the Ewha Global Top 5 Grant 2011 of Ewha Womans University.

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Keywords

  • Anticancer drug
  • Cyclotriphosphazene
  • Docetaxel
  • Micelle
  • Taxane

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