Fluorocoxib A loading into ROS-responsive nanoparticles
Disclosed are compositions that comprise a cyclooxygenase-2-selective therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent having a therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent conjugated to a NSAID drug; and a ROS-responsive nanoparticle. Methods of making and using these compositions for drug encapsulation and delivery are also disclosed.
1. A composition, comprising: a cyclooxygenase-2-selective therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent having a therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent conjugated to a NSAID drug; and a ROS-responsive nanoparticle, wherein the ROS-responsive nanoparticle comprises a plurality of diblock copolymers, and wherein the diblock copolymers comprise a poly(propylene sulfide) block having from 2to 200 propylene sulfide residues and a poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether acrylate) block having from 2 to 50 oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether acrylate residues.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the NSAID drug is selected from the group consisting of fenamic acids, indoles, phenylalkanoic acids, phenylacetic acids, coxibs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and combinations thereof.
3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the NSAID drug is selected from the group consisting of aspirin, o-(acetoxyphenyl)hept-2-ynyl sulfide (APHS), indomethacin, 6-methoxy-α-methyl-2-naphthylacetic acid, meclofenamic acid, 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid (ETYA), diclofenac, flufenamic acid, niflumic acid, mefenamic acid, sulindac, tolmetin, suprofen, ketorolac, flurbiprofen, ibuprofen, aceloferac, alcofenac, amfenac, benoxaprofen, bromfenac, carprofen, clidanac, diflunisal, efenamic acid, etodolic acid, fenbufen, fenclofenac, fenclorac, fenoprofen, fleclozic acid, indoprofen, isofezolac, ketoprofen, loxoprofen, meclofenamate, naproxen, orpanoxin, pirprofen, pranoprofen, tolfenamic acid, zaltoprofen, zomepirac, celecoxib, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and combinations thereof.
4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the NSAID drug is selected from the group consisting of indomethacin, celecoxib, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and combinations thereof.
5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the cyclooxygenase-2-selective therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent has the diagnostic agent and the diagnostic agent comprises a fluorescent molecule selected from the group consisting of a fluorophore, a cyanine dye, and a near infrared (NIR) dye.
6. The composition of claim 5 , wherein the diagnostic agent is 6-carboxy-X-rhodamine, Cy5, Cy5.5, and Cy7, NIR641, NIR664, NIR700, and NIR782.
7. The composition of claim 5 , wherein the diagnostic agent is 5-carboxy-X-rhodamine.
8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the cyclooxygenase-2-selective therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent is:
9. The composition of claim 1 , where the poly(propylene sulfide) block has from 80 to 100 propylene sulfide residues.
10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the ROS-responsive nanoparticle comprises a plurality of poly(propylene sulfide) 106 -b-poly[oligo(ethylene glycol) 9 methyl ether acrylate] 17 copolymers.
11. A method of diagnosing a disease characterized by COX-2 expression or over expression in a subject, comprising administering to the subject the composition of claim 1 , and detecting a signal from the composition.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the disease is skin cancer, colon cancer, esophagus cancer, bladder cancer, or oropharynx cancer.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the composition is administered to the subject by intravenous injection.