Rational design of hollow mesoporous titania nanoparticles loaded with curcumin for UV-controlled release and targeted drug delivery.

Nanotechnology

Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China.

Published: May 2021

AI Article Synopsis

  • Curcumin's therapeutic potential is hindered by poor solubility and instability, prompting the development of a new hollow mesoporous titania nanoparticle (HMTN) to encapsulate it.
  • The HMTN is modified with hydrophilic polyethylenimine (PEI) for controlled release and folic acid (FA) targeting, resulting in a multifunctional nanoparticle (Cur-FA-PEI-HMTN) that shows excellent bioavailability and UV-responsive properties.
  • Comprehensive characterization and various tests confirm the low cytotoxicity and high biocompatibility of the synthesized nanoparticles, making them promising drug delivery systems for biomedical applications.

Article Abstract

Curcumin (Cur), appeared to provide huge potential in biomedical application. However, its therapeutic efficacy was greatly limited as the result of poor solubility and instability. To address these limitations, we create a new type of hollow mesoporous titania nanoparticle (HMTN) to encapsulate Cur. HMTN was decorated with a layer of hydrophilic polyethylenimine (PEI), which controlled the release rate of Cur inside the pore due to its dendritic structure. Combined with the folic acid (FA) mediated targeting effect, the potential multifunctional Cur loaded titania nanoparticle (Cur-FA-PEI-HMTN) showed excellent biocompatibility and bioavailability, as well as the UV-responsive drug release properties. The operating parameters to prepare hollow structure were studied and the Cur-FA-PEI-HMTN nanosystem had been fully characterized by Brunauer-Emmet-Teller, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscope, thermal gravity analysis, differential thermal analysis, x-ray diffraction, dynamic light scattering and zeta potential. In addition, the hemolytic test, as well as CCK8, flow cytometry, Hoechst 33342 staining experiment, were carried out to confirm the low cytotoxity and high biocompatibility. The confocal microscopy analysis results also revealed the increasing uptake of Cur@FA-PEI-HMTN by MCF-7 cells. The synthesized nanoparticles displayed great potential as drug nanovehicles with high biocompatibility.

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