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The Effects of Paclitaxel in the Combination of Diamond Nanoparticles on the Structure of Human Serum Albumin (HSA) and Their Antiproliferative Role on MDA-MB-231cells

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Since the interactions of anti-cancer agents with blood constituents, in particular with human serum albumin (HSA) may have a major impact on drug pharmacology, the present study designed to provide a fundamental understanding of the interaction of nanodiamonds (NDs) together with paclitaxel (PTX) with HSA in detail for the first time. The UV–Vis, steady-state fluorescence, far-UV CD and zeta potential results displayed that PTX + NDs could form a complex with HSA. Additionally, the values of binding constants and ΔG° showed that PTX + NDs interact strongly with HSA compared to PTX or NDs alone and the hydrophobic force plays a major role in this interaction. Moreover, the in vitro release behavior of PTX + NDs form HSA can be regulated at dissimilar pH levels. The anticancer property of 0.5 µM PTX + 20 µM NDs by MTT assay demonstrates that this combination can tremendously diminish the proliferation of MDA-MB-231cells compared to PTX or NDs alone. Altogether, the structure of HSA changed moderately in the presence of PTX + NDs and PTX + NDs can promote mortality of MDA-MB-231 cells besides those mortality effects induced via PTX or NDs alone. The results obtained from this study can help in understanding the pharmacokinetic properties of PTX + NDs.

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We thank Ms. Evini at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Tehran University for technical support. The authors thank Professor Gholamhossein Riazi (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Tehran University) for assistance with MTT assays.

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Hekmat, A., Salavati, F. & Hesami Tackallou, S. The Effects of Paclitaxel in the Combination of Diamond Nanoparticles on the Structure of Human Serum Albumin (HSA) and Their Antiproliferative Role on MDA-MB-231cells. Protein J 39, 268–283 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10930-020-09882-4

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