• 文献标题:   Functionalized graphene oxide/Fe3O4 nanocomposite: A biocompatible and robust nanocarrier for targeted delivery and release of anticancer agents
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TAHERIKAFRANI A, SHIRZADFAR H, KAJANI AA, KUDHAIR BK, MOHAMMED LJ, MOHAMMADI S, LOTFI F
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, methotrexate, nanocarrier, chemotherapy, drug delivery
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0168-1656 EI 1873-4863
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  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.03.005 EA MAR 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

The development of efficient drug nanocarriers has remained an important challenge in advanced drug delivery in human body. Combination of graphene-based nanomaterials and cyanuric chloride (CC), as a linker, may improve the success of drug delivery. Herein, a simple approach was used for the synthesis of superparamagnetic graphene oxide (SPMGO) nanocomposite through a chemical precipitation method. The nanocomposite was readily functionalized with cyanuric chloride as a linker for loading the drug. The FTIR spectroscopy confirmed the efficient synthesis of nanocarriers. So did the transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and thermo-gravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Subsequently, the synthesized nanocarriers were studied in terms of their potential for biomedical applications. Immobilization of methotrexate (MTX), as a drug for treatment of cancer was taken into action on the SPMGO and SPMGO/CC. The in vitro assays indicated that the drug nanocarrier systems, SPMGO/MTX and SPMGO/CC/MTX, are hemocompatible and increase the efficiency of MTX against Caov-4, HeLa and MCF-7 cell lines. The MTX nanocarriers represented a considerably high drug loading and controlled drug release. The overall results indicated the great potential of SPMGO/CC/MTX nanocarrier for targeted drug delivery, particularly in MTX chemotherapy.