| Literature DB >> 24440402 |
Abraham H Abouzeid1, Niravkumar R Patel1, Vladimir P Torchilin2.
Abstract
The therapeutic potential of mixed micelles, made of PEG-PE and vitamin E co-loaded with curcumin and paclitaxel, was investigated against SK-OV-3 human ovarian adenocarcinoma along with its multi-drug resistant version SK-OV-3-paclitaxel-resistant (TR) cells in vitro and in vivo. The addition of curcumin at various concentrations did not significantly enhance the cytotoxicity of paclitaxel against SK-OV-3 in vitro. However, a clear synergistic effect was observed with the combination treatment against SK-OV-3TR in vitro. In vivo, this combination treatment produced a three-fold tumor inhibition with each of these cell lines. Our results indicate that such co-loaded mixed micelles could have significant clinical advantages for the treatment of resistant ovarian cancer.Entities:
Keywords: Combination therapy; Curcumin; Mixed micelles; Multi-drug resistance; Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB); Ovarian cancer
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24440402 PMCID: PMC3980878 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2014.01.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Pharm ISSN: 0378-5173 Impact factor: 5.875