Doxorubicin and Indocyanine Green Loaded Hybrid Bicelles for Fluorescence Imaging Guided Synergetic Chemo/Photothermal Therapy

Bioconjug Chem. 2017 Sep 20;28(9):2410-2419. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00407. Epub 2017 Aug 24.

Abstract

Hybrid bicelles have been demonstrated to have great potential for hydrophobic drug delivery. Herein, we report a near-infrared light-driven, temperature-sensitive hybrid bicelles co-encapsulating hydrophobic doxorubicin (DOX) and indocyanine green (ICG) (DOX/ICG@HBs). Encapsulation of ICG into the lipid bilayer membrane of DOX/ICG@HBs results in higher photostability than free ICG. DOX/ICG@HBs exhibited temperature-regulated drug release behavior and significant photothermal cytotoxicity. After tail vein injection, such discotic nanoparticles of DOX/ICG@HBs were found to accumulate selectively at the tumor site and act as an efficient probe to enhance fluorescence imaging greatly. The in vivo experiments showed that the DOX/ICG@HBs-mediated chemo- and photothermal combination therapy was more cytotoxic to tumor cells than the photothermal treatment or the chemotherapy alone due to the synergistic effect, reducing the occurrence of tumor metastasis. Therefore, DOX/ICG@HBs can act as a powerful nanotheranostic agent for chemo/photothermal therapy of cancer under the guidance of near-infrared fluorescence imaging.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage*
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / pharmacokinetics
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
  • Breast / drug effects
  • Breast / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Coloring Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Coloring Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Coloring Agents / therapeutic use
  • Combined Modality Therapy / methods
  • Delayed-Action Preparations / chemistry*
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage*
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacokinetics
  • Doxorubicin / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperthermia, Induced / methods
  • Indocyanine Green / administration & dosage*
  • Indocyanine Green / pharmacokinetics
  • Indocyanine Green / therapeutic use
  • Infrared Rays
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Nude
  • Models, Molecular
  • Optical Imaging / methods
  • Phototherapy / methods

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Coloring Agents
  • Delayed-Action Preparations
  • Doxorubicin
  • Indocyanine Green