Anticancer effects against colorectal cancer models of chloro(triethylphosphine)gold(I) encapsulated in PLGA-PEG nanoparticles.

ABSTRACT: Chloro(triethylphosphine)gold(I), (Et₃PAuCl hereafter), is an Auranofin (AF)-related compound showing very similar biological and pharmacological properties. Like AF, Et₃PAuCl exhibits potent antiproliferative properties in vitro toward a variety of cancer cell lines and is a promising anticancer drug candidate. We wondered whether Et₃PAuCl encapsulation might lead to an improved pharmacological profile also considering the likely reduction of unwanted side-reactions that are responsible for adverse effects and for drug inactivation. Et₃PAuCl was encapsulated in biocompatible PLGA-PEG nanoparticles (NPs) and the new formulation evaluated in colorectal HCT-116 cancer cells in comparison to the free gold complex. Notably, encapsulated Et₃

SUBMITTER: Menconi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8313464 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature