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  2. Honokiol nanomicellar formulation produced increased oral bioavailability and anticancer effects in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)

Honokiol nanomicellar formulation produced increased oral bioavailability and anticancer effects in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)

  • Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2017 May 1;153:208-219. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.01.038.
Chandraiah Godugu 1 Ravi Doddapaneni 2 Mandip Singh 3
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  • 1 College of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA; Department of Regulatory Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Balanagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500037 India.
  • 2 College of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
  • 3 College of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
Abstract

Triple negative breast Cancer (TNBC), owing to its aggressive behavior and toxicity associated with available chemotherapy; currently no suitable therapy is available. Honokiol (HNK) is a promising Anticancer drug but has poor bioavailability. In the current study, we evaluated the Anticancer effects of an oral Honokiol nanomicellar (NM) formulation (size range of 20-40nm) in vitro against various TNBC cells lines. Cytotoxicity, clonogenic and wound healing assays demonstrated the promising Anticancer effects. In vitro Caco-2 permeability studies suggested increased absorption of Honokiol. Compared to HNK-FD, nanomicellar formulations resulted in significant increase in the oral bioavailability. Cmax (4.06 and 3.60-fold) and AUC (6.26 and 5.83-fold) were significantly increased in comparison to oral 40 and 80mg/kg free drug respectively. Further, Anticancer effects of these formulations were studied in BALB/c nude mice transplanted with orthotopic MDA-MB-231 cell induced xenografts. After 4 weeks of daily administration of HNK-NM formulation, significant reduction in the tumor volumes and weights compared to free drug (p<0.001) treated groups was observed. Surprisingly, in some of the Animals (25%), the treatment resulted in complete eradication of tumors. Increased Apoptosis and antiangiogenic effect was observed in HNK-NM groups compared to free drug and untreated control Animals. This is the first report demonstrating that HNK-FD possesses Anticancer effects against TNBC.

Keywords

Anticancer; Bioavailability; Honokiol; Nanomicellar formulation; TNBC.

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