Enhancing the anti-glioma therapy of doxorubicin by honokiol with biodegradable self-assembling micelles through multiple evaluations

Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 27:7:43501. doi: 10.1038/srep43501.

Abstract

Combination chemotherapy is an important protocol in glioma therapy and honokiol shows synergistic anticancer effects with doxorubicin. In this paper, honokiol (HK) and doxorubicin (Dox) co-loaded Methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(ε-caprolactone) (MPEG-PCL) nanoparticles were prepared with a assembly method. The particle size (about 34 nm), morphology, X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRD), in vitro release profile, cytotoxicity and cell proliferation effects were studied in detail. The results indicated that honokiol and doxorubicin could be efficiently loaded into MPEG-PCL nanoparticles simultaneously, and could be released from the micelles in an extended period in vitro. In addition, honokiol and doxorubicin loaded in MPEG-PCL nanoparticles could efficiently suppress glioma cell proliferation and induce cell apoptosis in vitro. Furthermore, Dox-HK-MPEG-PCL micelles inhibited glioma growth more significantly than Dox-MPEG-PCL and HK-MPEG-PCL in both nude mice and zebrafish tumor models. Immunohistochemical analysis indicated that DOX-HK-MPEG-PCL micelles improved Dox's anti-tumor effect by enhancing tumor cell apoptosis, suppressing tumor cell proliferation, and inhibiting angiogenesis. Our data suggest that Dox-HK-MPEG-PCL micelles have the potential to be applied clinically in glioma therapy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Biphenyl Compounds / administration & dosage
  • Biphenyl Compounds / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology*
  • Drug Carriers* / chemistry
  • Drug Liberation
  • Drug Synergism
  • Humans
  • Lignans / administration & dosage
  • Lignans / pharmacology*
  • Micelles*
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / drug therapy
  • Polyesters / chemistry
  • Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry
  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
  • Zebrafish

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Drug Carriers
  • Lignans
  • Micelles
  • Polyesters
  • methoxy poly(ethylene glycol-co-epsilon-caprolactone)
  • honokiol
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Doxorubicin