D-a-tocopherol polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate(TPGS)is a pharmaceutical excipient approved by Chinese NMPA and FDA of USA.It's widely applied as a multifunctional drug carrier for nanomedicine.The advantages of...D-a-tocopherol polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate(TPGS)is a pharmaceutical excipient approved by Chinese NMPA and FDA of USA.It's widely applied as a multifunctional drug carrier for nanomedicine.The advantages of TPGS include P-glycoprotein(P-gp)inhibition,penetration promotion,apoptosis induction via mitochondrial-associated apoptotic pathways,multidrug resistant(MDR)reversion,metastasis inhibition and so on.TPGS-based drug delivery systems which are responding to extermal stimulus can combine the inhibitory functions of TPGS towards P-gp with the environmentally responsive controlled release property and thus exerts a synergistic anti-cancer effect,through increased intracellular drug concentration in tumors cells and well-controlled drug release behavior.In this review,TPGS-based nano-sized delivery systems responsive to different stimuli were summarized and discussed,including pH-responsive,redox-responsive and multi-responsive systems in various formulations.The achievements,mechanisms and diffcrent characteristics of TPGS-bascd stimuli-responsive drug-delivery systems in tumor therapy were also outlined.展开更多
基金This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81871473)and the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University(No.2018ZZ11).
文摘D-a-tocopherol polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate(TPGS)is a pharmaceutical excipient approved by Chinese NMPA and FDA of USA.It's widely applied as a multifunctional drug carrier for nanomedicine.The advantages of TPGS include P-glycoprotein(P-gp)inhibition,penetration promotion,apoptosis induction via mitochondrial-associated apoptotic pathways,multidrug resistant(MDR)reversion,metastasis inhibition and so on.TPGS-based drug delivery systems which are responding to extermal stimulus can combine the inhibitory functions of TPGS towards P-gp with the environmentally responsive controlled release property and thus exerts a synergistic anti-cancer effect,through increased intracellular drug concentration in tumors cells and well-controlled drug release behavior.In this review,TPGS-based nano-sized delivery systems responsive to different stimuli were summarized and discussed,including pH-responsive,redox-responsive and multi-responsive systems in various formulations.The achievements,mechanisms and diffcrent characteristics of TPGS-bascd stimuli-responsive drug-delivery systems in tumor therapy were also outlined.
