Low-dose curcuminoid-loaded in dextran nanobubbles can prevent metastatic spreading in prostate cancer cells

Nanotechnology. 2019 May 24;30(21):214004. doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/aaff96. Epub 2019 Jan 17.

Abstract

Preventing recurrences and metastasis of prostate cancer after prostatectomy by administering adjuvant therapies is quite a controversial issue. In addition to effectiveness, absence of side effects and long term toxicity are mandatory. Curcuminoids (Curc) extracted with innovative techniques and effectively loaded by polymeric nanobubbles (Curc-NBs) satisfy such requirements. Curc-NBs showed stable over 30 d, were effectively internalized by tumor cells and were able to slowly release Curc in a sustained way. Significant biological effects were detected in PC-3 and DU-145 cell lines where Curc-NBs were able to inhibit adhesion and migration, to promote cell apoptosis and to affect cell viability and colony-forming capacity in a dose-dependent manner. Since the favourable effects are already detectable at very low doses, which can be reached at a clinical level, the actual drug concentration can be visualized and monitored by US or MRI, Curc-NBs can be proposed as an effective adjuvant theranostic tool.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Cell Adhesion / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement / drug effects
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Curcumin / chemistry
  • Curcumin / pharmacology*
  • Dextrans / chemistry
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Compounding / methods*
  • Drug Delivery Systems / methods*
  • Drug Liberation
  • Humans
  • Kinetics
  • Male
  • Microbubbles*
  • PC-3 Cells
  • Theranostic Nanomedicine / methods

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Dextrans
  • Curcumin