Antibody modified Bovine Serum Albumin microspheres for targeted delivery of anticancer agent Gemcitabine

Olga Grinberg, Aharon Gedanken, Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Chitta Ranjan Patra

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Abstract

Inhibition of the EGFR signaling pathway is one of the attractive therapeutic targets for pancreatic cancer as recent studies demonstrated that EGFR is over-expressed in pancreatic cancer. In this article we have demonstrated the design of targeted drug delivery system containing Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) microspheres as delivery vehicle, gemcitabine as anticancer drug and anti-EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) monoclonal antibody as targeting agent. The conjugated BSA microspheres were characterized by several physico-chemical techniques such as scanning electron microscope, optical microscopy, fluorescent microscopy etc. Administration of these BSA microspheres containing gemcitabine and anti-EGFR (BSA-Gem-EGFR) shows significant inhibition of pancreatic cancer cells (AsPC1) compared to the cells treated with only BSA microspheres, BSA with gemcitabine (BSA-Gem), and free gemcitabine. This strategy could be used as a generalized approach for the treatment of pancreatic cancer along with other cancers which overexpress EGFR on cell surface.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)294-299
Number of pages6
JournalPolymers for Advanced Technologies
Volume24
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2013

Keywords

  • Anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody
  • BSA microspheres
  • Gemcitabine
  • Pancreatic cancer cells (AsPC1)
  • Sonochemistry
  • Targeted drug delivery

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