Mesoporous silica nanocarriers encapsulated antimalarials with high therapeutic performance

Saliu Alao Amolegbe, Yui Hirano, Joseph Oluwatope Adebayo, Olusegun George Ademowo, Elizabeth Abidemi Balogun*, Joshua Ayoola Obaleye, Antoniana Ursine Krettli, Chengzhong Yu, Shinya Hayami

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Abstract

The use of nanocarriers in drug delivery is a breakeven research and has received a clarion call in biomedicine globally. Herein, two newly nano-biomaterials: MCM-41 encapsulated quinine (MCM-41 - QN) (1) and 3-phenylpropyl silane functionalized MCM-41 loaded QN (pMCM-41 - QN) (2) were synthesized and well characterized. 1 and 2 along with our two already reported nano-antimalarial drugs (MCM-41 - ATS) (3) and 3-aminopropyl silane functionalized MCM-41 contained ATS (aMCM-41 - ATS) (4) were screened in vitro for their activity against P. falciparium W2 strain, cytotoxicity against BGM cells and in vivo for their activity against Plasmodium bergheiNK65. 1 has the highest antimalarial activity in vivo against P. berghei NK65, (ED50: < 0.0625 mg/kg body weight) and higher mean survival time compared to the other nano biomaterials or unencapsulated drugs at doses higher than 0.0625 mg/kg body weight. This encapsulation strategy of MCM-41 - QN (1) stands very useful and effective in delivering the drug to the target cells compared to other delivery systems and therefore, this encapsulated drug may be considered for rational drug design.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3078
JournalScientific Reports
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2018
Externally publishedYes

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