Mucoadhesive Cationic Polypeptide Nanogel with Enhanced Penetration for Efficient Intravesical Chemotherapy of Bladder Cancer

Abstract: Initially, chemotherapy is effective for treatment of bladder cancer after transurethral resection of the bladder. However, certain patients progressively become unresponsive after multiple treatment cycles, which results from the rapid and almost complete excretion of clinically used formulations of antineoplastic agents with urinary voiding. Improving the mucoadhesiveness and penetrability of chemotherapeutic drugs are key factors in treatment of advanced bladder cancer. Here, a smart disulfide‐crosslinked polypeptide nanogel of poly (l‐lysine)–poly (l‐phenylalanine‐co‐l‐cystine) (PLL–P (LP‐co‐LC)) is developed to deliver 10‐hydroxycamptothecin (HCPT) for treatment of orthotopic bladder cancer. The positively charged PLL–P (LP‐co‐LC) can significantly prolong the retention period and enhance the tissue permeability of HCPT within the bladder wall of rat. Moreover, the reduction‐responsive polypeptide nanogel (i.e., NG/HCPT) possesses the capability to accurately and rapidly deliver HCPT in bladder cancer cells. NG/HCPT can significantly inhibit proliferation of human bladder cancer 5637 cells in vitro and enhance antitumor activity toward an orthotopic rat bladder cancer model in vivo. This work demonstrates that the smart polypeptide nanogel may function as a promising drug‐delivery system for local chemotherapy of bladder cancer with unprecedented clinical benefits.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Mucoadhesive Cationic Polypeptide Nanogel with Enhanced Penetration for Efficient Intravesical Chemotherapy of Bladder Cancer ; volume:5 ; number:6 ; year:2018 ; extent:10
Advanced science ; 5, Heft 6 (2018) (gesamt 10)

Creator
Guo, Hui
Li, Faping
Xu, Weiguo
Chen, Jinjin
Hou, Yuchuan
Wang, Chunxi
Ding, Jianxun
Chen, Xuesi

DOI
10.1002/advs.201800004
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022090719080548540760
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Guo, Hui
  • Li, Faping
  • Xu, Weiguo
  • Chen, Jinjin
  • Hou, Yuchuan
  • Wang, Chunxi
  • Ding, Jianxun
  • Chen, Xuesi

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