Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Curcumin-incorporated albumin nanoparticles and its tumor image

Albumin is an ideal carrier for hydrophobic drugs. This paper reports a facile route to develop human serum albumin (HSA)–curcumin (CCM) nanoparticles, in which β -mercaptoethanol ( β -ME) acted as an inducer and CCM acted as a bridge. Fluorescence quenching and conformational changes in HSA–CCM nanoparticles occurred during assembly. Disulfide bonds and hydrophobic interactions may play a key role in assembly. HSA–CCM nanoparticles were about 130 nm in size, and the solubility of CCM increased by more than 500 times. The HSA–CCM nanoparticles could accumulate at the cytoplasm of tumor cells and target the tumor tissues. Therefore, HSA nanoparticles fabricated by β -ME denaturation are promising nanocarriers for hydrophobic substances from chemotherapy drugs to imaging probes.

Guangming Gong, Qinqin Pan, Kaikai Wang, Rongchun Wu, Yong Sun and Ying Lu

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