title: Lipid nanocapsules loaded with an organometallic tamoxifen derivative as a novel drug-carrier system for experimental malignant gliomas.
abstract: Ferrocenyl diphenol tamoxifen derivative (Fc-diOH) is one of the most active molecules of a new class of organometallic drugs, showing in vitro antiproliferative effects on both hormone-dependent and independent breast cancer cells. For the first time, Fc-diOH was tested on a 9L glioma model according to two encapsulation strategies: lipid nanocapsules (LNC) and swollen micelles. LNC showed a higher drug loading capacity because of a larger oily core in their structure and were able to be up taken by glioma cells. The large amount of PEG present at the micellar interface prevented interaction with cytoplasm membrane which led to a low level of micelle cell uptake and no biological activity. On the contrary, Fc-diOH cytostatic activity was conserved after its encapsulation in LNC and was very effective on 9L-glioma cells as the IC(50) was about 0.6 microM. Interestingly, Fc-diOH-loaded LNC showed low toxicity levels when in contact with healthy cells, conferring a functional specificity of this compound on tumour cells. Finally, Fc-diOH LNC treatment was able to lower significantly both tumour mass and volume evolution after 9L-cell implantation into rats which evidenced for the first time the in vivo efficacy of this new kind of organometallic compound.
authors.affiliation: INSERM, U646, Angers, F-49100, France.
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Allard
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Passirani
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garcion
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pigeon
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vessières
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jaouen
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Benoit
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005910:Glioma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D053769:Nanocapsules / Q000737:chemistry*; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D010316:Particle Size; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D004337:Drug Carriers; D008055:Lipids; D053769:Nanocapsules; D013629:Tamoxifen