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Diblock Copolymer Micelles Deliver Hydrophobic Protoporphyrin IX for Photodynamic Therapy
Ist Teil von
Photochemistry and photobiology, 2007-11, Vol.83 (6), p.1505-1512
Ort / Verlag
Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2007
Quelle
MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Polymeric micelles are emerging as an effective drug delivery system for hydrophobic photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy (PDT). The objective of this study was to investigate the formulation of hydrophobic protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) with MePEG5000‐b‐PCL4100 [methoxy poly (ethylene glycol)‐b‐poly (caprolactone)] diblock copolymers and to compare their PDT response to that of free PpIX. The photophysical and photochemical properties of the polymeric PpIX micelles were studied by measuring absorbance and fluorescence spectra, PpIX‐loading efficiency and stability, the micelle particle size and morphology, as well as singlet oxygen luminescence and lifetime. The spherical micelles have a high PpIX‐loading efficiency of 82.4% and a narrow size distribution with a mean diameter of 52.2 ± 6.4 nm. The cellular uptake of PpIX in RIF‐1 cells using PpIX micelles was approximately two‐fold higher than that for free PpIX. Free PpIX and PpIX formulated in micelles exhibited similar subcellular localization in or around the cellular plasma membrane, as demonstrated using fluorescence microscopy. In vitro PDT results showed that the PpIX micelles have markedly increased photocytotoxicity over that with free PpIX, by nearly an order of magnitude at the highest light dose used. The micelles alone had no evident phototoxicity or dark toxicity. These findings suggest that MePEG5000‐b‐PCL4100 diblock copolymer micelles have great potential as a drug delivery system for hydrophobic photodynamic sensitizers.