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Author(s): Himani Tiwari, Neha Karki, Chetna Tewari, Neema Pandey, Anita Rana, Sravendra Rana, Mintu Pal* and Nanda Gopal Sahoo*

DOI: 10.2174/1567201819666220524152558

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Dual Drug Loaded Potassium-contained Graphene Oxide as a Nanocarrier in Cocktailed Drug Delivery for the Treatment of Human Breast Cancer

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Abstract

Background: The combinatorial use of anticancer drugs, dual or multiple, with a specific nanocarrier is one of the most promising attempts in drug delivery. The current work reports potassium contained graphene oxide (K-GO) as a nanocarrier in the drug delivery system of two anticancer drugs, gefitinib (GEF) and camptothecin (CPT), simultaneously.

Methods: To characterize K-GO, K-GO-related single and combined drug systems, different techniques have been performed and studied using the following spectroscopic tools, such as Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA 4000), UV–visible spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The in vitro cytotoxicity tests of K-GO, single drug system, and the combined drug system were also performed in the human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells.

Results: The release profile of the dual drug conjugates grafted onto the surface of K-GO was found to be up to 38% in PBS solution over 72 hours. The percentage of MDA-MB-231 cell viability was about 18% when treated with K-GO-GEF-CPT combined system; for K-GO, K-GO-GEF, and K-GO-CPT, the cell viability was 79%, 31%, and 32%, respectively.

Conclusion: We studied the loading, release, and delivery of two anticancer drugs onto the fluorescent nanocarrier. Features, such as superb aqueous solubility, excellent biocompatibility, richness in potassium, and fluorescent nature, which can monitor the delivery of drugs, make them a promising nanocarrier for single or multiple drug delivery. Furthermore, our novel findings revealed that the loading capacity and cytotoxicity of the combined drug-loaded system are superior to the capacity of the individual drug system for human breast cancer cells.

Keywords: Anticancer, combined system, drug delivery, graphene oxide, human breast cancer, nanocarrier.

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