Issue 13, 2023

Toxicity and efficacy of green tea catechin derivative-based micellar nanocomplexes for anticancer protein delivery

Abstract

Toxicity towards non-tumor cells during anticancer therapy can be reduced by using nanoscale systems for anticancer drug delivery. Usually only the loaded drug has anticancer activity. Recently, micellar nanocomplexes (MNCs) comprising green tea catechin derivatives for the delivery of the anticancer proteins, such as Herceptin, have been developed. Herceptin as well as the MNCs without the drug were effective against HER2/neu-overexpressing human tumor cells and had synergistic anticancer effects in vitro and in vivo. It remained unclear which kinds of negative effects the MNCs had on tumor cells exactly, and which of their components mediated them. Also, it was unclear if MNC has any toxicity effects on the normal cells of vital human organ systems. Herein we examined the effects of Herceptin-MNCs and their individual components on human breast cancer cells and on normal primary human endothelial and kidney proximal tubular cells. We applied a novel in vitro model that predicts nephrotoxicity in humans with high accuracy, as well as high-content screening and microfluidic mono- and co-culture models to thoroughly address effects on various cell types. The results showed that MNCs alone were profoundly toxic for breast cancer cells, and induced apoptosis regardless of HER2/neu expression levels. Apoptosis was induced by both green tea catechin derivatives contained within MNCs. In contrast, MNCs were not toxic for normal human cells, and the probability was low that MNCs would be nephrotoxic in humans. Together, the results supported the hypothesis that green tea catechin derivative-based MNCs could improve efficacy and safety of therapies with anticancer proteins.

Graphical abstract: Toxicity and efficacy of green tea catechin derivative-based micellar nanocomplexes for anticancer protein delivery

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Kax 2022
Accepted
10 Cax 2023
First published
12 Cax 2023

Biomater. Sci., 2023,11, 4675-4683

Toxicity and efficacy of green tea catechin derivative-based micellar nanocomplexes for anticancer protein delivery

S. Xiong, S. Tan, P. Huang, Y. Li, J. E. Chung, M. Kurisawa, D. Zink and J. Y. Ying, Biomater. Sci., 2023, 11, 4675 DOI: 10.1039/D2BM01969H

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