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Multiwalled carbon nanotubes for combination therapy: a biodistribution and efficacy pilot study†
Federica Pisaneschi,Seth T. Gammon,Emily Powell,Helen Piwnica-Worms,Erica Pranzini,Paolo Paoli,David Piwnica-Worms
Journal of Materials Chemistry B Pub Date : 03/12/2019 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C8TB03299H
Abstract

A drug delivery system (DDS) for combined therapy, based on a short oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotube, is reported. It was prepared by exploiting a synthetic approach which allowed loading of two drugs, doxorubicin and metformin, the targeting agent biotin and a radiolabeling tag, to enable labeling with Ga-68 or Cu-64 in order to perform an extensive biodistribution study by PET/CT. The DDS biodistribution profile changes with different administration methods. Once administered at therapeutic doses, the DDS showed a marginal beneficial effect on 4T1 tumor bearing mice, a syngeneic and orthotopic model of triple negative breast cancer, with survival extended by 1 week and 2 days in 20% of the mice. This is encouraging given the aggressiveness of the 4T1 tumor. Furthermore, our DDS was well tolerated, ruling out concerns regarding the toxicity of carbon nanotubes.

Graphical abstract: Multiwalled carbon nanotubes for combination therapy: a biodistribution and efficacy pilot study
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