Characterization and antitumor effect of doxorubicin-loaded Fe 3 O 4 -Au nanocomposite synthesized by electron beam evaporation for magnetic nanotheranostics

Magnetic nanocomposites (MNC) are promising theranostic platforms with tunable physicochemical properties allowing for remote drug delivery and multimodal imaging. Here, we developed doxorubicin-loaded Fe O -Au MNC (DOX-MNC) using electron beam physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD) in combination with...

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Published in:RSC advances 2024-04, Vol.14 (20), p.14126-14138
Main Authors: Orel, Valerii B, Kurapov, Yurii A, Lytvyn, Stanislav Ye, Orel, Valerii E, Galkin, Olexander Yu, Dasyukevich, Olga Yo, Rykhalskyi, Oleksandr Yu, Diedkov, Anatolii G, Ostafiichuk, Vasyl V, Lyalkin, Sergii A, Burlaka, Anatoliy P, Virko, Sergii V, Skoryk, Mykola A, Zagorodnii, Viacheslav V, Stelmakh, Yaroslav A, Didikin, Gennadii G, Oranska, Olena I, Calcagnile, Lucio, Manno, Daniela E, Rinaldi, Rosaria, Nedostup, Yana V
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Summary:Magnetic nanocomposites (MNC) are promising theranostic platforms with tunable physicochemical properties allowing for remote drug delivery and multimodal imaging. Here, we developed doxorubicin-loaded Fe O -Au MNC (DOX-MNC) using electron beam physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD) in combination with magneto-mechanochemical synthesis to assess their antitumor effect on Walker-256 carcinosarcoma under the influence of a constant magnetic (CMF) and electromagnetic field (EMF) by comparing tumor growth kinetics, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra. Transmission (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirmed the formation of spherical magnetite nanoparticles with a discontinuous gold coating that did not significantly affect the ferromagnetic properties of MNC, as measured by vibrating-sample magnetometry (VSM). Tumor-bearing animals were divided into the control (no treatment), conventional doxorubicin (DOX), DOX-MNC and DOX-MNC + CMF + EMF groups. DOX-MNC + CMF + EMF resulted in 14% and 16% inhibition of tumor growth kinetics as compared with DOX and DOX-MNC, respectively. MRI visualization showed more substantial tumor necrotic changes after the combined treatment. Quantitative analysis of T -weighted (T W) images revealed the lowest value of skewness and a significant increase in tumor intensity in response to DOX-MNC + CMF + EMF as compared with the control (1.4 times), DOX (1.6 times) and DOX-MNC (1.8 times) groups. In addition, the lowest level of nitric oxide determined by ESR was found in DOX-MNC + CMF + EMF tumors, which was close to that of the muscle tissue in the contralateral limb. We propose that the reason for the relationship between the observed changes in MRI and ESR is the hyperfine interaction of nuclear and electron spins in mitochondria, as a source of free radical production. Therefore, these results point to the use of EB-PVD and magneto-mechanochemically synthesized Fe O -Au MNC loaded with DOX as a potential candidate for cancer magnetic nanotheranostic applications.
ISSN:2046-2069
2046-2069
DOI:10.1039/D4RA01777C