The invention belongs to the technical field of medicines, and particularly relates to a preparation method and application of a self-assembled conjugate of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
drug and
irinotecan. Water-insoluble non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (
ibuprofen, oxaprozin,
naproxen,
indometacin and the like) are introduced into a water-soluble anti-tumor
drug irinotecan through
esterification reaction and are self-assembled into nano particles in an
aqueous solution, and then the self-assembled nano conjugate with an anti-tumor effect is formed. The inhibition activity of the nano particles prepared by the method on
tumor cells is far better than that of
irinotecan and a corresponding physical mixture of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
drug and irinotecan,
cancer cell proliferation can be accurately blocked by synergistically inhibiting
protein expression of COX-2 and Topo I, particularly, the inhibition effect on Topo I is better, the anti-tumor
treatment effect is greatly improved, and the nano particles have good application prospects. And a more efficient scheme is provided for tumor treatment.