Mar. Drugs 2019, 17(1), 41; https://doi.org/10.3390/md17010041
Photo-Cured Glycol Chitosan Hydrogel for Ovarian Cancer Drug Delivery
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, Korea
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Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, Korea
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Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Sciences, Cheongju University, Cheongju 28503, Korea
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea
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Institute of Cell and Tissue Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea
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These authors contributed equally to this study.
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Received: 27 December 2018 / Revised: 7 January 2019 / Accepted: 7 January 2019 / Published: 10 January 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Marine Biopolymers and Drug Delivery)
Abstract
In this study, we prepared an injectable drug delivery depot system based on a visible light-cured glycol chitosan (GC) hydrogel containing paclitaxel (PTX)-complexed beta-cyclodextrin (β-CD) (GC/CD/PTX) for ovarian cancer (OC) therapy using a tumor-bearing mouse model. The hydrogel depot system had a 23.8 Pa of storage modulus at 100 rad/s after visible light irradiation for 10 s. In addition, GC was swollen as a function of time. However, GC had no degradation with the time change. Eventually, the swollen GC matrix affected the releases of PTX and CD/PTX. GC/PTX and GC/CD/PTX exhibited a controlled release of PTX for 7 days. In addition, GC/CD/PTX had a rapid PTX release for 7 days due to improved water solubility of PTX through CD/PTX complex. In vitro cell viability tests showed that GC/CD/PTX had a lower cell viability percentage than the free PTX solution and GC/PTX. Additionally, GC/CD/PTX resulted in a superior antitumor effect against OC. Consequently, we suggest that the GC/CD system might have clinical potential for OC therapy by improving the water solubility of PTX, as PTX is included into the cavity of β-CD. View Full-TextKeywords:
injectable drug delivery depot system; visible light-cured glycol chitosan hydrogel; beta-cyclodextrin; paclitaxel; ovarian cancer therapy
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Hyun, H.; Park, M.H.; Jo, G.; Kim, S.Y.; Chun, H.J.; Yang, D.H. Photo-Cured Glycol Chitosan Hydrogel for Ovarian Cancer Drug Delivery. Mar. Drugs 2019, 17, 41.
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