Issue 53, 2014

Multiple drug-loaded electrospun PLGA/gelatin composite nanofibers encapsulated with mesoporous ZnO nanospheres for potential postsurgical cancer treatment

Abstract

Multiple drugs-loaded electrospun composite nanofibrous scaffolds have attracted much interest as drug delivery vehicles for the treatment of tissue defect after tumor resection. In this study, a novel mesoporous ZnO/poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)/gelatin (mZnO/PLGA/GE) electrospun composite fiber encapsulated with both hydrophilic drug (doxorubicin hydrochloride, DOX) and hydrophobic drug (camptothecin, CPT) is fabricated. mZnO is firstly used to encapsulate DOX. Then, the DOX-loaded mZnO (DOX@mZnO) and CPT were mixed with PLGA/GE solution to fabricate electrospun hybrid nanofibers. The in vitro release results demonstrated that the CPT in the composite fibers presented a fast release, while DOX showed a sustained release behavior. The cell cytotoxicity test indicated that the composite nanofiber with two drugs showed strong antitumor efficacy against HepG-2 cells. Moreover, the addition of GE increased the hydrophilicity of the composite fibers. More importantly, the incorporated of mZnO within the PLGA/GE nanofibers cannot only significantly reduce the burst release of DOX, but also improve the mechanical durability of the composite nanofibers. Thus, the composite nanofibers could be a versatile drug delivery system encapsulated with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic anticancer drugs as implantable scaffolds for potential postsurgical cancer treatment.

Graphical abstract: Multiple drug-loaded electrospun PLGA/gelatin composite nanofibers encapsulated with mesoporous ZnO nanospheres for potential postsurgical cancer treatment

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Apr 2014
Accepted
17 Jun 2014
First published
17 Jun 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 28011-28019

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Multiple drug-loaded electrospun PLGA/gelatin composite nanofibers encapsulated with mesoporous ZnO nanospheres for potential postsurgical cancer treatment

J. Wei, J. Hu, M. Li, Y. Chen and Y. Chen, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 28011 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA03722G

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