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    Graphene Oxide Nanoplatforms to Enhance Cisplatin-Based Drug Delivery in Anticancer Therapy


    Giusto, Elena, Žárská, Ludmila, Beirne, Darren Fergal, Rossi, Arianna, Bassi, Giada, Ruffini, Andrea, Montesi, Monica, Montagner, Diego, Ranc, Vaclav and Panseri, Silvia (2022) Graphene Oxide Nanoplatforms to Enhance Cisplatin-Based Drug Delivery in Anticancer Therapy. Nanomaterials, 12 (14). p. 2372. ISSN 2079-4991

    Abstract

    Chemotherapeutics such as platinum-based drugs are commonly used to treat several cancer types, but unfortunately, their use is limited by several side effects, such as high degradation of the drug before entering the cells, off-target organ toxicity and development of drug resistance. An interesting strategy to overcome such limitations is the development of nanocarriers that could enhance cellular accumulation in target cells in addition to decreasing associated drug toxicity in normal cells. Here, we aim to prepare and characterize a graphene-oxide-based 2D nanoplatform functionalised using highly branched, eight-arm polyethylene-glycol, which, owing to its high number of available functional groups, offers considerable loading capacity over its linear modalities and represents a highly potent nanodelivery platform as a versatile system in cancer therapy. The obtained results show that the GO@PEG carrier allows for the use of lower amounts of Pt drug compared to a Pt-free complex while achieving similar effects. The nanoplatform accomplishes very good cellular proliferation inhibition in osteosarcoma, which is strictly related to increased cellular uptake. This enhanced cellular internalization is also observed in glioblastoma, although it is less pronounced due to differences in metabolism compared to osteosarcoma. The proposed GO@PEG nanoplatform is also promising for the inhibition of migration, especially in highly invasive breast carcinoma (i.e., MDA-MB-231 cell line), neutralizing the metastatic process. The GO@PEG nanoplatform thus represents an interesting tool in cancer treatment that can be specifically tailored to target different cancers.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: nanomaterials; platinum-based drug; graphene oxide; breast cancer; osteosarcoma; glioblastoma; nanomedicine; drug delivery systems;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Chemistry
    Item ID: 20874
    Identification Number: 10.3390/nano12142372
    Depositing User: Diego Montagner
    Date Deposited: 02 Dec 2025 14:28
    Journal or Publication Title: Nanomaterials
    Publisher: MDPI
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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