Abstract
Rational design and construction of delivery nanosystems for anticancer metal complexes is a crucial strategy to improve solubility under physiological conditions and permeability and retention behavior in tumor cells. Therefore, in this study, we designed and synthesize a transferrin (Tf)-conjugated nanographene oxide (NGO) nanosystem as a cancer-targeted nanocarrier of Pt complexes (Tf-NGO@Pt). This nanodelivery system exhibited good solubility under physiological conditions. Moreover, Tf-NGO@Pt showed higher anticancer efficacy against MCF human breast cancer cells than the free Pt complex, and effectively inhibited cancer-cell migration and invasion, with involvement of reactive oxygen species overproduction. In addition, nanolization also enhanced the penetration ability and inhibitory effect of the Pt complex toward MCF7 breast cancer-cell tumor spheroids. The enhancement of anticancer efficacy was positively correlated with increased cellular uptake and cellular drug retention. This study provides a new strategy to facilitate the future application of metal complexes in cancer therapy.
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