In vitro and in vivo efficacy of edelfosine-loaded lipid nanoparticles against glioma

Edelfosine is the prototype molecule of a family of anticancer drugs collectively known as synthetic alkyl-lysophospholipids. This drug holds promise as a selective antitumor agent, and a number of preclinical assays are in progress. In this study, we observe the accumulation of edelfosine in brain tissue after its oral administration in Compritol (R) and Precirol (R) lipid nanoparticles (LN). The high accumulation of edelfosine in brain was due to the inhibition of P-glycoprotein by Tween (R) 80, as verified using a P-glycoprotein drug interaction assay. Moreover, these LN were tested in vitro against the C6 glioma cell line, which was later employed to establish an in vivo xenograft mouse model of glioma. In vitro studies revealed that edelfosine-loaded LN induced an antiproliferative effect in C6 glioma cell line. In addition, in vivo oral administration of drug-loaded LN in NMRI nude mice bearing a C6 glioma xenograft tumor induced a highly significant reduction in tumor growth (p
Caja Navarra Foundation, Ibercaja, the Government of Navarra, Department of Health (“Ortiz de Landázuri” fellowship, ref: 63/09), the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (SAF2007-61261, SAF2008-02251, SAF2010-15547, PCT-090100-2007-27, RD06/0020/1037 from Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Cáncer, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, cofunded by the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional of the European Union) and University of Navarra (FUN). Ander Estella-Hermoso de Mendoza is supported by a research grant from the Department of Education of the Basque Government (BFI06.37).