Linseed Oil Nanoemulsion with Pluronic® F127 Loaded with Betulinic Acid: Preparation, Rheology, MTT Assay and in vitro Release Kinetics

AUTOR(ES)

Rebouças, Louhana M.; Sousa, Alexandre C. C.; Gramosa, Nilce V.; Araújo, Tamara G. de; Oliveira, Fátima de Cássia E. de; Pessoa, Cláudia do Ó; Araújo, Rinaldo S.; Santos, Emília M. A.; Ricardo, Nágila M. P. S.

FONTE

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2022

RESUMO

The main objective of this work was to develop a nanoemulsion based on linseed oil and betulinic acid, stabilized with Pluronic F127 and polyglycerol polyricinoleate, for anticancer applications. The nanoemulsions were synthesized by ultrasound and evaluated for in vitro cytotoxicity, particle size, polydispersity index, zeta potential, morphology, encapsulation efficiency, storage stability, rheology and in vitro release kinetics. In vitro cytotoxicity assays were performed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay (72 h) against HCT-116 (colorectal carcinoma), SNB-19 (glioblastoma), NCI-H460 (lung carcinoma) and L-929 (normal fibroblasts) cells. The determination of 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) showed an increased selectivity for the emulsified betulinic acid when compared to its free form for the HCT-116 cells. The IC50 values for the synthesized nanoemulsions showed a range from 3.2 to 3.7 µM (HCT-116), 5.6 and 11.5 µM (NCI-H460), 5.8 and 7.3 µM (SNB-19) and > 16.5 µM for normal fibroblasts. In the 48 h in vitro release assays, it presented controlled release explained by the Korsmeyer-Peppas model, releasing 572.25 and 619.95 µg of betulinic acid in a controlled way, generating promising perspectives for the prolonged release of betulinic acid in anticancer applications.

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