HYDROPHOBIC MEDICINES IN NANOPARTICLES MADE OF HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (HDL) WITH AN ORGANIC CORE
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- CITY OF HOPE
- Filing Date
- 2021-10-22
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-27
AI Technical Summary
Hydrophobic drugs like F7 face challenges with formulation, biodistribution, bioavailability, and delivery to tumor tissues due to their hydrophobic nature, leading to limited therapeutic efficacy and increased side effects when encapsulated in lipid vesicles.
Synthesis of HDL-like nanoparticles with a lipid-conjugated organic core scaffold that encapsulates hydrophobic drugs, mimicking human HDLs in size, shape, and charge, and targets tumor cells through scavenger receptor type B1, using apolipoprotein A-I for delivery.
The HDL-like nanoparticles efficiently deliver hydrophobic drugs to cancer cells, reducing tumor burden with similar cytotoxicity profiles to free drugs while minimizing side effects and improving drug loading.