Multiarm Nanoconjugates for Cancer Cell-Targeted Delivery of Photosensitizers.

abstract：:The human apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (hASBT) is a potential target for drug delivery, but an understanding of hASBT substrate requirements is limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of ionic character and steric bulk in the C-24 region of bile acid conjugates in governing ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Balakrishnan A,Wring SA,Coop A,Polli JE

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymer therapeutics has emerged as a new clinical option for the treatment of human diseases. However, little is known about pharmacogenetic responses to drugs formulated with polymers. In this study, we demonstrate that a formulation containing the block copolymer Pluronic P85 and antineoplastic drug doxorubicin (Do...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Batrakova EV,Kelly DL,Li S,Li Y,Yang Z,Xiao L,Alakhova DY,Sherman S,Alakhov VY,Kabanov AV

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new approach for characterizing drug-polymer interactions in aqueous media, using sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC). We investigated the potential interaction of ketoconazole (KTZ), a poorly water-soluble drug, with polyacrylic acid (PAA) and a polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl ace...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Amponsah-Efah KK,Demeler B,Suryanarayanan R

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential use of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) as an in vitro biomimetic analogue of the passive drug absorption process in the human gastrointestinal tract (GI) is assessed. PDMS is biomimetic because of similarities in small molecule transport, such as mechanism, ionization selectivity, lipophilicity. Nine molec...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Sinko PD,Gidley D,Vallery R,Lamoureux A,Amidon GL,Amidon GE

更新日期：2017-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Following oral administration, dabigatran etexilate (DABE) is rapidly hydrolyzed to its active form, dabigatran. DABE, but not dabigatran, presents as a P-glycoprotein (P-gp) substrate and has increasingly been used as a probe drug. Therefore, although dosed as DABE, a P-gp drug-drug interaction (DDI) is reported as a...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Shen H,Yao M,Sinz M,Marathe P,Rodrigues AD,Zhu M

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori inhabits the gastric epithelium and can promote the development of gastric disorders, such as peptic ulcers, acute and chronic gastritis, mucosal lymphoid tissue (MALT), and gastric adenocarcinomas. To use nanotechnology as a tool to increase the antibacterial activity of silver I [Ag(I)] compounds...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Almeida Furquim de Camargo B,Soares Silva DE,Noronha da Silva A,Campos DL,Machado Ribeiro TR,Mieli MJ,Borges Teixeira Zanatta M,Bento da Silva P,Pavan FR,Gallina Moreira C,Resende FA,Menegário AA,Chorilli M,Vieira de Godoy Nett

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted delivery of anticancer drugs to brain tumors, especially glioblastoma multiforme, which is the most frequent and aggressive type, is one of the important objectives in nanomedicine. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor type II (VEGFR2) are promising targets because they are overexpressed...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Shein SA,Kuznetsov II,Abakumova TO,Chelushkin PS,Melnikov PA,Korchagina AA,Bychkov DA,Seregina IF,Bolshov MA,Kabanov AV,Chekhonin VP,Nukolova NV

更新日期：2016-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfection activity and the phase behavior of two novel cationic O-alkyl-phosphatidylcholines, 1,2-dioleoyl- sn-glycero-3-hexylphosphocholine (C6-DOPC) and 1,2-dierucoyl- sn-glycero-3-ethylphosphocholine (di22:1-EPC), have been examined with the aim of more completely understanding the mechanism of lipid-mediate...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Koynova R,Wang L,Macdonald RC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoplexes, composed of Lipofectamine and mRNA encoding HIV Gag protein, were shown to be internalized by dendritic cells (DCs) and promote antigen presentation to stimulate HIV-specific T cell responses. Using confocal microscopy, we showed that one-third of fluorescently labeled mRNA containing lipoplexes are coloca...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： De Haes W,Van Mol G,Merlin C,De Smedt SC,Vanham G,Rejman J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simvastatin is one of the most widely used active pharmaceutical ingredients for the treatment of hyperlipidemias. Because the compound is employed as a solid in drug formulations, particular attention should be given to the characterization of different polymorphs, their stability domains, and the nature of the phase...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Simões RG,Bernardes CES,Joseph A,M Piedade MF,Kraus W,Emmerling F,Diogo HP,Minas da Piedade ME

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To synergistically enhance the selectivity and efficiency of anticancer copper drugs, we proposed and built a model to develop anticancer copper pro-drugs based on the nature of human serum albumin (HSA) IIA subdomain and cancer cells. Three copper(II) compounds of a 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde benzoyl hydrazone Schiff...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Gou Y,Qi J,Ajayi JP,Zhang Y,Zhou Z,Wu X,Yang F,Liang H

更新日期：2015-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoniazid (INH) is still one of the two most effective antitubercular drugs and is included in all recommended multitherapeutic regimens. Because of the increasing resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to INH, mainly associated with mutations in the katG gene, new INH-based compounds have been proposed to circumven...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Teixeira VH,Ventura C,Leitão R,Ràfols C,Bosch E,Martins F,Machuqueiro M

更新日期：2015-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the photochemical internalization (PCI) technique was adopted in a nanoparticle-based antigen delivery system to enhance antigen-specific CD8+ T cell immune response for cancer immunotherapy. Pheophorbide A, a hydrophobic photosensitizer, grafted with polyethylenimine (PheoA-PEI) with endosome escape ac...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Zhang C,Zhang J,Shi G,Song H,Shi S,Zhang X,Huang P,Wang Z,Wang W,Wang C,Kong D,Li C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible aqueous lipidization (REAL) at the interdisulfide bond has been shown to improve the deliverability of some peptide drugs. Recently, we developed a nonreversible aqueous lipidization method targeted at the interdisulfide bond of salmon calcitonin (sCT). The resultant derivative had comparable hypocalcemic a...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Cheng W,Lim LY

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delta-like ligand 4 (Dll4) expressed in tumor cells plays a key role to promote tumor growth of numerous cancer types. Based on a novel antihuman Dll4 monoclonal antibody (61B), we developed a (64)Cu-labeled probe for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of tumor Dll4 expression. In this study, 61B was conjugate...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Zhou B,Wang H,Liu R,Wang M,Deng H,Giglio BC,Gill PS,Shan H,Li Z

更新日期：2015-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Although nitric oxide (NO) is a bactericidal component of the macrophage's innate response to intracellular infections such as tuberculosis (TB), prolonged inhalation of NO gas has little benefit in chemotherapy of TB. The impact of controlled release of NO through intracellular delivery of NO donors to macrophages in...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Verma RK,Singh AK,Mohan M,Agrawal AK,Verma PR,Gupta A,Misra A

更新日期：2012-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate the crystallization behavior and molecular dynamics of amorphous griseofulvin (GSF) in the presence of low-concentration poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). We observe that the addition of 3% w/w PEO remarkably increases the crystal growth rate of GSF by two orders of magnitude in both the super...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Shi Q,Zhang C,Su Y,Zhang J,Zhou D,Cai T

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an in situ hydrophobic salt forming technique for the encapsulation of weakly hydrophobic, ionizable active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) into stable nanocarriers (NCs) formed via a rapid precipitation process. Traditionally, NC formation via rapid precipitation has been difficult with APIs in this class...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Pinkerton NM,Grandeury A,Fisch A,Brozio J,Riebesehl BU,Prud'homme RK

更新日期：2013-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions of a lyophilized peptide with water and excipients in a solid matrix were explored using photolytic labeling. A model peptide "KLQ" (Ac-QELHKLQ-NHCH3) was covalently labeled with NHS-diazirine (succinimidyl 4,4'-azipentanoate), and the labeled peptide (KLQ-SDA) was formulated and exposed to UV light in bo...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Chen Y,Topp EM

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The controlled release of anticancer drugs at the tumor site is a central challenge in treating cancer. To achieve this goal, our strategy was based on tumor-specific targeting and ultrasound-triggered release of an anticancer agent from liposomal nanocarriers. To enhance the ultrasound-triggered drug release, we inco...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Zhou C,Xie X,Yang H,Zhang S,Li Y,Kuang C,Fu S,Cui L,Liang M,Gao C,Yang Y,Gao C,Yang C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycationic polymers like poly(ethylene imine)s (PEIs) are extensively explored for the nonviral transfer of DNA or small RNAs (siRNAs). To enhance biocompatibility and alter pharmacokinetic properties, hyperbranched PEI was recently grafted with the nonligand oligosaccharides maltose or maltotriose at various degree...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Gutsch D,Appelhans D,Höbel S,Voit B,Aigner A

更新日期：2013-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of the most significant therapeutic leads and agents used for the treatment of cancer target microtubule dynamics. Paclitaxel is an exceptional example that is currently used for treating a wide range of tumors. New, non-taxane microtubule stabilizers, including several epothilones, are advancing through clinical...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Clark EA,Hills PM,Davidson BS,Wender PA,Mooberry SL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is highly expressed on blood-brain barrier (BBB) and glioblastoma (GB) cells, particularly on cancer stem cells (SC). Pgp recognizes a broad spectrum of substrates, limiting the therapeutic efficacy of several chemotherapeutic drugs in eradicating GB SC. Finding effective and safe inhibitors of Pg...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Salaroglio IC,Abate C,Rolando B,Battaglia L,Gazzano E,Colombino E,Costamagna C,Annovazzi L,Mellai M,Berardi F,Capucchio MT,Schiffer D,Riganti C

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a subpopulation of cancer cells that have stem cell-like properties and are thought to be responsible for tumor drug resistance and relapse. Therapies that can effectively eliminate CSCs will, therefore, likely inhibit tumor recurrence. The objective of our study was to determine the susce...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Sadhukha T,Niu L,Wiedmann TS,Panyam J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present research a salt of vincamine, a poorly bioavailable indole alkaloid derived from the leaves of Vinca minor L., was synthesized in the solid state by means of a mechanochemical process employing citric acid as a reagent. The mechanochemical process was adopted as a solvent-free alternative to classical c...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Hasa D,Perissutti B,Cepek C,Bhardwaj S,Carlino E,Grassi M,Invernizzi S,Voinovich D

更新日期：2013-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that polymers adopt a range of conformations and solution-state organization in response to varying solution environments, although very little work has been done to understand how these effects might impact the physical stability and bioavailability of spray-dried amorphous dispersions (SDDs). ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Defrese MK,Farmer MA,Long Y,Timmerman LR,Bae Y,Marsac PJ

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-associated inflammation has been linked to angiogenesis, metastasis and poor prognosis. The 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), also known as the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR), is expressed in activated immune cells such as macrophages, but also in a number of cancer cell lines such as those of breast...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Zheng J,Boisgard R,Siquier-Pernet K,Decaudin D,Dollé F,Tavitian B

更新日期：2011-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracetamol has been one of the most commonly used and prescribed analgesic drugs for more than a hundred years. Despite being generally well tolerated, it can result in high liver toxicity when administered in specific conditions, such as overdose, or in vulnerable individuals. We have synthesized and characterized a...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Sodano F,Lazzarato L,Rolando B,Spyrakis F,De Caro C,Magliocca S,Marabello D,Chegaev K,Gazzano E,Riganti C,Calignano A,Russo R,Rimoli MG

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), as an effective surfactant, is often used as a solubilizer and/or wetting agent in various dosage forms for the purpose of improving the solubility and dissolution of lipophilic, poorly water-soluble drugs. This study aims to understand the impact of SLS on the solution behavior and bioava...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Chen Y,Wang S,Wang S,Liu C,Su C,Hageman M,Hussain M,Haskell R,Stefanski K,Qian F

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently we characterized an unusual switch in the internalization mechanism of the monomeric and dimeric forms of the cell-penetrating peptide RDLWEMMMVSLACQY. Here, we observed both energy-dependent and energy-independent modes of peptide uptake by the target B-lymphocytes WI-L2-729HF2, suggesting that higher-order ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Kim Y,Lillo A,Moss JA,Janda KD

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00