title: Vitamin E (D-alpha-tocopheryl-co-poly(ethylene glycol) 1000 succinate) micelles-superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for enhanced thermotherapy and MRI.
abstract: We synthesized vitamin E TPGS (d-α-Tocopheryl-co-poly(ethylene glycol) 1000 succinate) micelles for superparamagnetic iron oxides formulation for nanothermotherapy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which showed better thermal and magnetic properties, and in vitro cellular uptake and lower cytotoxicity as well as better in vivo therapeutic and imaging effects in comparison with the commercial Resovist and the Pluronic F127 micelles reported in the recent literature. The superparamagnetic iron oxides originally coated with oleic acid and oleylamine were formulated in the core of the TPGS micelles using a simple solvent-exchange method. The IOs-loaded TPGS showed greatest colloidal stability due to the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of vitamin E TPGS. Highly monodisperse and water soluble suspension was obtained which were stable in 0.9% normal saline for a period of 12 days. The micelles were characterized for their size and size distribution. Their morphology was examined through transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The enhanced thermal and superparamagnetic properties of the IOs-loaded TPGS micelles were assessed. Cellular uptake and cytotoxicity were investigated in vitro with MCF-7 cancer cells. Relaxivity study showed that the IOs-loaded TPGS micelles can have better effects for T2-weighted imaging using MRI. T2 mapped images of xenograft grown on SCID mice showed that the TPGS micelle formulation of IOs had ∼1.7 times and ∼1.05 times T2 decrease at the tumor site compared to Resovist and the F127 micelle formulation, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117576, Singapore.
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chandrasekharan
authors.forename: Dipak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maity
authors.forename: Cai Xian
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Kai-Hsiang
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Si-Shen
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D051379:Mice; D016513:Mice, SCID; D008823:Micelles; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
chemical_list: D008823:Micelles; D014810:Vitamin E; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; C014225:tocophersolan