Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (26): 4168-4173.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0943

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Preparation, release and antitumor properties of sodium alginate/layered double hydroxides-5- fluorouracil delivery system

Han Xiao-jing1, Yang Hong1, Sun Xiao-yu1, Wang Hui2, Wang Qing-feng3   

  1. 1Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shanxi Pharmaceutical Vocational College, Taiyuan 030031, Shanxi Province, China; 2Department of Chemical Industry and Environment, Liaoning Shihua University, Fushun 113001, Liaoning Province, China; 3College of Food Science and Technology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110032, Liaoning Province, China
  • Received:2018-07-11 Online:2018-09-18 Published:2018-09-18
  • Contact: Wang Qing-feng, Lecturer, College of Food Science and Technology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110032, Liaoning Province, China
  • About author:Han Xiao-jing, Master, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shanxi Pharmaceutical Vocational College, Taiyuan 030031, Shanxi Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Science and Technology Research Project of Shenyang, No. 18-013-0-44

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: In clinical practice, 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu) has disadvantages such as high toxicity and short metabolism time.

OBJECTIVE: To prepare the sodium alginate (SA)/layered double hydroxides (LDH)-5-Fu delivery system and to explore its drug loading, micromorphology, in vitro release and inhibitory effect on hepatoma cells.
METHODS: LDH-5-Fu solution and SA solution were mixed at a ratio of 3:5, 4:5 and 5:5 to prepare SA/LDH-5-Fu beads using ionic gel method, respectively. The drug loading capacity of these beads was then tested. SA/LDH-5-Fu beads were placed in PBS of pH=2.1, 4.6, and 7.4, and the release rate of 5-Fu was measured periodically. SMMC-7 721 hepatoma cells were cultured with the SA at different concentrations  (5, 10, 20, 40 mg/L), LDH-5-Fu beads, and SA/LDH-5-Fu bead suspension for 24 hours, and then the cell inhibitory rate was detected.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The drug loading rate of SA/LDH-5-Fu at 3:5, 4:5, and 5:5 was (3.09±0.08)%, (4.55±0.10)%, and (5.47±0.14)%, respectively. The release of 5-Fu from the SA/LDH-5-Fu beads at pH=2.1 and 4.6 was faster than that at pH=7.4. Moreover, the release of 5-Fu was gradually fastened with the increasing input amount of 5-Fu. SA showed little inhibition effect on SMMC-7721 cells, while the inhibitory rate of LDH-5-Fu or SA/LDH-5-Fu to SMMC-7721 in vitro was gradually increased, and the inhibitory rate of SA/LDH-5-Fu was significantly higher than that of LDH-5-Fu. These findings reveal that SA/LDH-5-Fu is a potential pH sensitive anti-tumor drug release system.  

 

Key words: Fluorouracil, Liver Neoplasms, Tissue Engineering

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