CN115120721A - Preparation method of sericin/manganese dioxide compound loaded with phthalocyanine and adriamycin - Google Patents

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CN115120721A
CN115120721A CN202210887948.8A CN202210887948A CN115120721A CN 115120721 A CN115120721 A CN 115120721A CN 202210887948 A CN202210887948 A CN 202210887948A CN 115120721 A CN115120721 A CN 115120721A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a preparation method of a sericin/manganese dioxide compound loaded phthalocyanine and adriamycin, which mainly comprises the following steps: (1) synthesizing phthalocyanine nanodots (Pc); (2) synthesizing a phthalocyanine-loaded sericin/manganese dioxide composite nanoparticle (SMP) by self-assembling in an ethanol solution; (3) and (3) preparing nanoparticles (SMPD) with Doxorubicin (DOX) loaded on the surfaces of the SMP nanoparticles. The obtained inorganic nanoparticles can form a nanoparticle aqueous solution which is uniformly distributed in water, have the advantages of high stability, low toxic and side effects, good controlled release of the drug and the like, effectively solve the problem of low solubility of hydrophobic drug molecules and provide an efficient drug delivery system.

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Preparation method of sericin/manganese dioxide compound loaded with phthalocyanine and adriamycin
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of drug delivery, and particularly relates to a preparation method of a sericin/manganese dioxide compound loaded phthalocyanine and adriamycin.
Background
Sericin is a hydrophilic glycoprotein extracted from silk, and is composed of 18 kinds of amino acids including serine, glycine, glutamic acid, etc. The chemical element composition is as follows: carbon (46.5%), oxygen (31%), nitrogen (16.5%), hydrogen (6%). Through research, the sericin has various good efficacies of anti-inflammation, antibiosis, antioxidation and the like.
Because the molecular size of the adriamycin medicine is small and the solubility in water is extremely low, the problems of nonspecific selectivity, low medicine utilization rate, high kidney clearance rate, strong toxic and side effects and the like are urgently solved in the medicine delivery process, so that the improvement of the water solubility and the biocompatibility of the adriamycin medicine has important scientific significance.
In order to fully exert the advantage of good biocompatibility of sericin and solve the problems of hypoxia and insufficient efficiency in photodynamic, sericin is self-assembled in an ethanol solution to form nanosphere-coated Pc nanodots, and the nanosphere-coated Pc nanodots are subjected to KMnO 4 The mineralized manganese dioxide is acted, and the chemotherapeutic drug DOX is loaded on the surface of the nanoparticle to obtain the final product SMPD nanoparticle, under the action of EPR, the nanoparticle is passively targeted to a tumor part and is decomposed to generate oxygen under the action of a tumor microenvironment to release the loaded Pc and DOX. The oxygen generation relieves the tumor hypoxia, enhances the photodynamic efficiency of Pc, and realizes the combination of enhanced photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects that the existing inorganic nanoparticles have poor selectivity, the loading capacity of the medicine is low, the selective controllable release of the medicine is difficult to ensure and the like, the invention aims to provide a construction method for loading phthalocyanine and adriamycin on a sericin/manganese dioxide compound and application thereof in the field of cancer treatment by medicines.
Sericin is used as a reducing agent and a biological template, self-assembly is carried out in ethanol solution containing phthalocyanine nanodots (Pc) to form nanospheres, the Pc is wrapped in the nanospheres, and then biomineralization is carried out on the surfaces of the nanospheres through oxidation-reduction reaction with potassium permanganateManganese dioxide, finally loading the chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin DOX on the surface of the nano particles to obtain the final product SS-MnO 2 -Pc @ DOX (SMPD for short). The nanoparticles can be enriched at the tumor part through the EPR effect, the problem of insufficient oxygen concentration in the photodynamic therapy process can be solved, the decomposition of the nanoparticles promotes the release of Pc and DOX, the synergistic proceeding of chemotherapy and enhanced photodynamic is realized, and the treatment efficiency is improved. Meanwhile, manganese dioxide can also react with GSH in the tumor, so that the consumption of the GSH on singlet oxygen is reduced, and the tumor killing effect of the singlet oxygen is improved. Meanwhile, the defects of high toxic and side effects on normal collective tissues and the like of the adriamycin are overcome, and the targeting property and excellent controllable release of the drug-loaded particles are realized.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
a preparation method of a sericin/manganese dioxide compound loaded with phthalocyanine and adriamycin comprises the following steps:
(1) ultrasonically dispersing phthalocyanine in absolute ethyl alcohol, placing the phthalocyanine in a reaction kettle for reaction for 24 hours, ultrasonically dispersing obtained phthalocyanine nanoparticles, removing large particles in a centrifugal mode, and dialyzing with ethanol;
(2) dissolving sericin (SS) in secondary water, adding into absolute ethyl alcohol dropwise under ultrasonic treatment, and continuing ultrasonic treatment to obtain milky white dispersion liquid;
(3) mixing potassium permanganate solution (KMnO) 4 ) Dripping the mixture into the solution obtained in the step (2), reacting under ultrasonic, centrifugally collecting the obtained tan reactant, and washing and dispersing the tan reactant by secondary water;
(4) taking the solution obtained in the step (1), dripping the solution obtained in the step (3) under ultrasound, then adding a potassium permanganate solution with the same volume and mass concentration as the solution obtained in the step (3), reacting under ultrasound, centrifugally collecting a product, and washing and dispersing the product by using secondary water;
(5) putting the particle dispersion liquid obtained in the step (4) into a reaction bottle, dropwise adding a DOX aqueous solution under ultrasound, and performing ultrasonic treatment;
(6) transferring the solution obtained in the step (5) to a stirring table, and stirring in the dark, dialyzing the obtained product for 12h to remove free DOX, and then obtaining the SMPD nano-particle aqueous solution.
Further, the required mass of Pc in step (1) is 20mg, and the mass concentration in ethanol is 0.5mg mL -1 The reaction kettle is set to 180 ℃ for 24 hours.
Further, the required mass of the sericin in the step (2) is 200mg, and the mass concentration in secondary water is 20mg mL -1 (ii) a The absolute ethyl alcohol content was 15 mL.
Further, the mass concentration of potassium permanganate in the step (3) is 6mg mL -1 Take 5 mL.
Further, the required weight of the sericin aqueous solution in the step (4) is 15mg, and the ultrasonic reaction is carried out for 15 minutes.
Further, in the step (5), the mass fraction of the SMPD nanoparticle dispersion liquid is 10mL and is 2mg mL -1 (ii) a 2mL of DOX aqueous solution with the mass concentration of 2.5mg mL -1
The main advantages of the invention are:
1. aiming at the problems of the existing inorganic nanoparticle delivery system, the project creatively provides the delivery system of the construction method of loading phthalocyanine and adriamycin on the sericin/manganese dioxide compound, which can effectively achieve the aim of selective release, solve the problems of stability and drug selective controllable release of the existing inorganic nanoparticle delivery system and promote accurate diagnosis and efficient treatment of tumors.
2. In the project, sericin has various effects of good antibiosis, anti-inflammation, oxidation resistance and the like, is a pure natural hydrophilic glycoprotein, and is one of the greatest characteristics of the project for application of sericin.
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fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the synthesis of SMPD in example 1.
Fig. 2 is a particle size distribution diagram of SMPD in example 1.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the uv-vis absorption spectrum of the SMPD in example 1.
Fig. 4 is an infrared schematic of the SMPD of example 1.
Fig. 5 is a schematic representation of the MTT cytotoxicity assay of SMPD in example 1.
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The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
EXAMPLE 1 preparation of sericin/manganese dioxide Complex Supported with phthalocyanine and Doxorubicin
A preparation schematic diagram of a sericin/manganese dioxide compound nano drug loaded phthalocyanine and adriamycin is shown in figure 1, and mainly comprises the following steps:
(1) ultrasonically dispersing 20mg of phthalocyanine in 40mL of absolute ethyl alcohol for 30min, placing the phthalocyanine in a 100mL reaction kettle for reaction at 180 ℃ for 24h, then ultrasonically dispersing the obtained phthalocyanine nanoparticles again, removing large particles in a centrifugal mode, and dialyzing with ethanol;
(2) dissolving 100mg of sericin in 5mL of secondary water, adding the sericin into 15mL of absolute ethyl alcohol dropwise under ultrasound, and continuing to perform ultrasound for 5min to obtain a milky dispersion liquid;
(3) subsequently, 5mL of 6mg mL -1 Dripping the potassium permanganate solution into the solution obtained in the step (2), reacting for 15min under ultrasonic waves, centrifugally collecting the obtained tan reactant, and washing and dispersing the brown reactant by secondary water;
(4) take 15mL of 0.5mg mL -1 Dripping the solution obtained in the step (1) into the solution obtained in the step (3) under ultrasonic, then adding the potassium permanganate solution with the same amount as that in the step (3), reacting for 15min under ultrasonic, centrifugally collecting the product, and washing and dispersing the product by using secondary water; obtaining phthalocyanine-loaded sericin/manganese dioxide composite nanoparticles (SMP);
(5) 10mL of the solution was taken and 2mg mL of the solution was taken -1 The nanoparticle dispersion liquid obtained in (4) is added into a reaction bottle by dropping 2mL and 2.5mg mL under ultrasound -1 Performing ultrasonic treatment on the DOX aqueous solution for 5 min;
(6) transferring the solution obtained in the step (5) to a stirring table, stirring for 12h in the dark, dialyzing the obtained product for 12h to remove free DOX, and then obtaining the SMPD nano-particle aqueous solution.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the particle size distribution of SMPD, illustrating successful synthesis of SMPD with good stability.
FIGS. 3 and 4 are UV-VIS spectra and IR spectra of SMPD, SMP, and DOX, respectively, all illustrating the successful synthesis of SMPD.
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of MTT cytotoxicity assay of SMPD, demonstrating that SMPD cytotoxicity gradually decreased with increasing drug concentration, and was more effective in combination with photodynamic therapy (SMPD + L).
Finally, it is noted that the above-mentioned preferred embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that, although the invention has been described in detail with reference to the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. A preparation method of a sericin/manganese dioxide compound loaded with phthalocyanine and adriamycin is characterized by comprising the following steps:
(1) ultrasonically dispersing phthalocyanine in absolute ethyl alcohol, placing the phthalocyanine in a reaction kettle for reaction for 24 hours, ultrasonically dispersing obtained phthalocyanine nanoparticles, removing large particles in a centrifugal mode, and dialyzing with ethanol;
(2) dissolving sericin SS in secondary water, adding the sericin SS into absolute ethyl alcohol dropwise under ultrasound, and continuing to perform ultrasound to obtain milky dispersion liquid;
(3) mixing potassium permanganate solution KMnO 4 Dripping the mixture into the solution obtained in the step (2), reacting under ultrasonic wave, centrifugally collecting the obtained tan reactant, and washing and dispersing the brown reactant by secondary water;
(4) taking the solution obtained in the step (1), dripping the solution obtained in the step (3) under ultrasound, then adding a potassium permanganate solution with the same volume and mass concentration as the solution obtained in the step (3), reacting under ultrasound, centrifugally collecting a product, and washing and dispersing the product by using secondary water;
(5) adding the particle dispersion liquid obtained in the step (4) into a reaction bottle, dropwise adding a DOX aqueous solution under ultrasonic treatment, and performing ultrasonic treatment;
(6) transferring the solution obtained in the step (5) to a stirring table, and stirring in the dark, dialyzing the obtained product for 12h to remove free DOX, and then obtaining an SMPD nanoparticle aqueous solution.
2. The method for preparing a sericin/manganese dioxide complex loaded with phthalocyanine and adriamycin according to claim 1, wherein: the mass concentration of the phthalocyanine in the absolute ethyl alcohol in the step (1) is 0.5mg mL -1 The temperature of the reaction kettle is 180 ℃.
3. The method for preparing a sericin/manganese dioxide complex loaded with phthalocyanine and adriamycin according to claim 1, wherein: the mass concentration of the sericin in the secondary water in the step (2) is 20mg mL -1
4. The method for preparing a sericin/manganese dioxide complex loaded with phthalocyanine and adriamycin according to claim 1, wherein: the mass concentration of potassium permanganate in the step (3) is 6mg mL -1
5. The method for preparing a sericin/manganese dioxide complex loaded with phthalocyanine and adriamycin according to claim 1, wherein: and (4) carrying out ultrasonic reaction for 15 minutes.
6. The method for preparing a sericin/manganese dioxide complex loaded with phthalocyanine and adriamycin according to claim 1, wherein: the mass concentration of the DOX aqueous solution in the step (5) is 2.5mg mL -1
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