Thermosensitive Micelles Gel to Deliver Quercetin Locally for Enhanced Antibreast Cancer Efficacy: An In Vitro Evaluation

Although quercetin is low cytotoxicity to normal human cells, quercetin is effective against the growth of some tumors. Given the poor blood stability in vivo, insolubility, low delivery efficiency, and poor medicinal properties of quercetin, we developed a local drug delivery system comprising quer...

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Main Authors: Yanxue Sun, Yun Bai, Silu Liu, Shuxia Cui, Pengcheng Xu
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:IET Nanobiotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/2023/7971492
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description Although quercetin is low cytotoxicity to normal human cells, quercetin is effective against the growth of some tumors. Given the poor blood stability in vivo, insolubility, low delivery efficiency, and poor medicinal properties of quercetin, we developed a local drug delivery system comprising quercetin core’s polymer micelles and F127 hydrogel stroma. In vitro evaluation revealed that quercetin core’s polymer micelles have excellent antitumor activity and could inhibit the multiplication of 4T1 breast cancer cells through the apoptosis pathway. Meanwhile, a rheological study revealed that the quercetin core’s micelles gel possessed excellent properties of hydrogel formation and injectability of liquid preparation as a local drug delivery system after the quercetin core’s polymer micelles were loaded into the F127 hydrogel stroma. Our study findings indicated that the drug stability and stable release capacity of quercetin were vastly improved with the composite formulation of the micelles gel. This not only realized drug injectability but also drug storage in the semisolid form, which is a more comfortable and slower drug-releasing form that will eventually exert a proper therapeutic effect. In conclusion, quercetin micellar hydrogel system has better antitumor activity and excellent hydrogel properties.
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spelling doaj-art-62bcb8e2b76646d5b34290bdb7ac0d102025-08-20T02:24:00ZengWileyIET Nanobiotechnology1751-875X2023-01-01202310.1049/2023/7971492Thermosensitive Micelles Gel to Deliver Quercetin Locally for Enhanced Antibreast Cancer Efficacy: An In Vitro EvaluationYanxue Sun0Yun Bai1Silu Liu2Shuxia Cui3Pengcheng Xu4Department of Pharmaceutical EngineeringDepartment of Pharmaceutical EngineeringDepartment of Pharmaceutical EngineeringDepartment of AnesthesiologyDepartment of Pharmaceutical EngineeringAlthough quercetin is low cytotoxicity to normal human cells, quercetin is effective against the growth of some tumors. Given the poor blood stability in vivo, insolubility, low delivery efficiency, and poor medicinal properties of quercetin, we developed a local drug delivery system comprising quercetin core’s polymer micelles and F127 hydrogel stroma. In vitro evaluation revealed that quercetin core’s polymer micelles have excellent antitumor activity and could inhibit the multiplication of 4T1 breast cancer cells through the apoptosis pathway. Meanwhile, a rheological study revealed that the quercetin core’s micelles gel possessed excellent properties of hydrogel formation and injectability of liquid preparation as a local drug delivery system after the quercetin core’s polymer micelles were loaded into the F127 hydrogel stroma. Our study findings indicated that the drug stability and stable release capacity of quercetin were vastly improved with the composite formulation of the micelles gel. This not only realized drug injectability but also drug storage in the semisolid form, which is a more comfortable and slower drug-releasing form that will eventually exert a proper therapeutic effect. In conclusion, quercetin micellar hydrogel system has better antitumor activity and excellent hydrogel properties.http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/2023/7971492
spellingShingle Yanxue Sun
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Silu Liu
Shuxia Cui
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Thermosensitive Micelles Gel to Deliver Quercetin Locally for Enhanced Antibreast Cancer Efficacy: An In Vitro Evaluation
IET Nanobiotechnology
title Thermosensitive Micelles Gel to Deliver Quercetin Locally for Enhanced Antibreast Cancer Efficacy: An In Vitro Evaluation
title_full Thermosensitive Micelles Gel to Deliver Quercetin Locally for Enhanced Antibreast Cancer Efficacy: An In Vitro Evaluation
title_fullStr Thermosensitive Micelles Gel to Deliver Quercetin Locally for Enhanced Antibreast Cancer Efficacy: An In Vitro Evaluation
title_full_unstemmed Thermosensitive Micelles Gel to Deliver Quercetin Locally for Enhanced Antibreast Cancer Efficacy: An In Vitro Evaluation
title_short Thermosensitive Micelles Gel to Deliver Quercetin Locally for Enhanced Antibreast Cancer Efficacy: An In Vitro Evaluation
title_sort thermosensitive micelles gel to deliver quercetin locally for enhanced antibreast cancer efficacy an in vitro evaluation
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/2023/7971492
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