PEGylated anti-MUC1 aptamer-doxorubicin complex for targeted drug delivery to MCF7 breast cancer cells

Lihan Tan, Koon Gee Neoh, En Tang Kang, Woo Seok Choe, Xiaodi Su

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Abstract

Targeted drug delivery is especially important in cancer treatment as many anti-cancer drugs are non-specific and highly toxic to both cancer and normal cells. The targeted drug delivery of DOX to the MUC1-expressing breast cancer cell line (MCF7) was obtained using APT as a carrier. Modification of the APT-DOX complex by PEG increases the survivability of the macrophage control (RAW 264.7) by about six-fold as compared to free DOX treatment without significantly affecting the cytotoxicity toward the target cell line. Thus, PEG-APT-DOX is potentially a new therapeutic agent for targeted drug delivery to MUC1-expressing cell lines.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1331-1335
Number of pages5
JournalMacromolecular Bioscience
Volume11
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Oct 2011

Keywords

  • Aptamers
  • Biological applications of polymers
  • Breast cancer
  • Doxorubicin
  • Drug delivery systems

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