Background: Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common and most lethal primary brain tumor in humans, with median survival of approximately 1 year. Owing to the ability of glioma cells to aggressively infiltrate normal brain tissue and survive exposure to current adjuvant therapies, there is a great need for specific targeted nanoplatforms capable of delivering both therapeutic and imaging agents directly to invasive tumor cells.
Method: Gadolinium-containing endohedral fullerenes, highly efficient contrast agents for MRI, were functionalized and conjugated with a tumor-specific peptide and assessed for their ability to bind to glioma cells in vitro.
Results: We report the successful conjugation of the carboxyl functionalized metallofullerene Gd(3)N@C(80)(OH)(-26)(CH(2)CH(2)COOH)(-16) to IL-13 peptides and the successful targeting ability towards brain tumor cells that overexpress the IL-13 receptor (IL-13Rα2).
Conclusion: These studies demonstrate that IL-13 peptide-conjugated gadolinium metallofullerenes could serve as a platform to deliver imaging and therapeutic agents to tumor cells.
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