A robust strategy for preparation of sequential stimuli-responsive block copolymer prodrugs via thiolactone chemistry to overcome multiple anticancer drug delivery barriers

Add time:09/27/2019    Source:sciencedirect.com

Block copolymer prodrugs (BCPs) have attracted considerable attentions in clinical translation of nanomedicine owing to their self-assembly into well-defined core-shell nanoparticles for improved pharmacokinetics, stability in blood circulation without drug leakage, and optimized biodistribution. However, a cascade of physiological barriers against specific delivery of drugs into tumor cells limit the final therapeutic efficacy. Herein, we report a robust and facile strategy based on thiolactone chemistry to fabricate well-defined BCPs with sequential tumor pH-promoted cellular internalization and intracellular stimuli-responsive drug release. A series of BCPs were prepared through one-pot synthesis from clinically used small molecule anticancer drugs. The ring-opening reaction of drug-conjugated thiolactones releases mercapto groups via aminolysis by N-(3-aminopropyl)-imidazole, which further react with poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(pyridyldisulfide ethylmethacrylate) (PEG-PDSEMA) to produce imidazole and disulfide bonds-incorporated BCPs. Taking paclitaxel (PTX) for example, PTX BCPs exhibited high drug-loading content (>50%) and low critical micellization concentration (5 × 10−3 g/L), which can self-assemble into micellar nanoparticles in aqueous solution with a small size (∼40 nm). The nanoparticles showed high tumor accumulation and uniform distribution in hypopermeable tumors via systemic administration. Meanwhile, imidazole moieties endow nanoparticles tumor pH-sensitive charge transition from nearly neutral to positive, which promoted cellular internalization. Disulfide bonds can be cleaved by intracellular glutathione (GSH) of cancer cells, which accelerate the release of active PTX drug inside cells. Finally, highly aggressive murine breast cancer 4T1 tumor and hypopermeable human pancreatic adenocarcinoma BxPC3 tumor were completely ablated after treatment by PTX BCP nanoparticles. Consequently, the robust and facile preparation strategy based on thiolactone chemistry represents an efficient approach to construct multifunctional BCPs for better therapeutic efficacy via addressing multiple physiological barriers.

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