Macrophage blockade using nature-inspired ferrihydrite for enhanced nanoparticle delivery to tumor

Aziz B. Mirkasymov*, Ivan V. Zelepukin, Ilya N. Ivanov, Iaroslav B. Belyaev, Dzhuliia Sh. Dzhalilova, Daria B. Trushina, Alexey V. Yaremenko, Vsevolod Yu. Ivanov, Maxim P. Nikitin, Petr I. Nikitin, Andrei V. Zvyagin, Sergey M. Deyev

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Abstract

The rapid elimination of systemically administered drug nanocarriers by the mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS) compromises nanomedicine delivery efficacy. To mitigate this problem, an approach to block the MPS has been introduced and implemented by intravenous pre-administering blocker nanoparticles. The required large doses of blocker nanoparticles appeared to burden the MPS, raising toxicity concerns. To alleviate the toxicity issues in MPS blockade, we propose an intrinsically biocompatible blocker, ferrihydrite – a metabolite ubiquitous in a biological organism. Ferrihydrite particles were synthesized to mimic endogenous ferritin-bound iron. Ferrihydrite surface coating with carboxymethyl-dextran was found to improve MPS blockade dramatically with a 9-fold prolongation of magnetic nanoparticle circulation in the bloodstream and a 24-fold increase in the tumor targeted delivery. The administration of high doses of ferrihydrite caused low toxicity with a rapid recovery of toxicological parameters after 3 days. We believe that ferrihydrite particles coated with carboxymethyl-dextran represent superior blocking biomaterial with enviable biocompatibility.

Original languageEnglish
Article number121795
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Pharmaceutics
Volume621
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Jun 2022

Keywords

  • Biodistribution
  • Ferrihydrite
  • Magnetic nanoparticles
  • Mononuclear phagocyte system
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Toxicity

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