1. Alpha- and Beta-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes with 5-Fluorouracil: Characterization and Cytotoxic Activity Evaluation
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Chiara Russo, Marina Isidori, Roberto Fattorusso, Margherita Lavorgna, Luigi Russo, Rosa Iacovino, Carla Isernia, Gaetano Malgieri, Cristina Di Donato, Concetta Piscitelli, Di Donato, Cristina, Lavorgna, Margherita, Fattorusso, Roberto, Isernia, Carla, Isidori, Marina, Malgieri, Gaetano, Piscitelli, Concetta, Russo, Chiara, Russo, Luigi, and Iacovino, Rosa more...
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0301 basic medicine ,alpha-Cyclodextrins ,cyclodextrin ,5-fluorouracil ,inclusion complex ,cytotoxicity ,Stereochemistry ,Pharmaceutical Science ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Article ,Analytical Chemistry ,lcsh:QD241-441 ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Pyrimidine analogue ,lcsh:Organic chemistry ,Bromide ,Neoplasms ,Drug Discovery ,Humans ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Solubility ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Cyclodextrin ,Cell growth ,Organic Chemistry ,beta-Cyclodextrins ,Hep G2 Cells ,0104 chemical sciences ,Bioavailability ,Job plot ,Hep G2 ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,Chemistry (miscellaneous) ,MCF-7 Cells ,Molecular Medicine ,Fluorouracil ,Caco-2 Cells ,Nuclear chemistry - Abstract
Cyclodextrins are natural macrocyclic oligosaccharides able to form inclusion complexes with a wide variety of guests, affecting their physicochemical and pharmaceutical properties. In order to obtain an improvement of the bioavailability and solubility of 5-fluorouracil, a pyrimidine analogue used as chemotherapeutic agent in the treatment of the colon, liver, and stomac cancers, the drug was complexed with alpha- and beta-cyclodextrin. The inclusion complexes were prepared in the solid state by kneading method and characterized by Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and X-ray powder diffractometry. In solution, the 1:1 stoichiometry for all the inclusion complexes was established by the Job plot method and the binding constants were determined at different pHs by UV-VIS titration. Furthermore, the cytotoxic activity of 5-fluorouracil and its complexation products were evaluated using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay on MCF-7 (breast cancer cell line), Hep G2 (hepatocyte carcinoma cell line), Caco-2 (colon adenocarcinoma cell line), and A-549 (alveolar basal epithelial carcinoma cell line). The results showed that both inclusion complexes increased the 5-fluorouracil capability of inhibiting cell growth. In particular, 5-fluorouracil complexed with beta-cyclodextrin had the highest cytotoxic activity on MCF-7; with alpha-cyclodextrin the highest cytotoxic activity was observed on A-549. The IC50 values were equal to 31 and 73 µM at 72 h, respectively. Our results underline the possibility of using these inclusion complexes in pharmaceutical formulations for improving 5-fluorouracil therapeutic efficacy. more...
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- 2016