Evaluation of the Cytotoxicity of α-Cyclodextrin Derivatives on the Caco-2 Cell Line and Human Erythrocytes

Molecules

Eszter Róka²  Zoltán Ujhelyi²  Mária Deli³  Alexandra Bocsik³  Éva Fenyvesi¹  Lajos Szente¹  Ferenc Fenyvesi²  Miklós Vecsernyés²  Judit Váradi²  Pálma Fehér²  Rudolf Gesztelyi⁵  Caroline Félix⁴  Florent Perret⁴  Ildikó Katalin Bácskay² 

[1] Cyclolab Ltd., Illatos út 7, Budapest H-1097, Hungary;Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei körút 98, Debrecen H-4032, Hungary;Department of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári körút 62, Szeged H-6726, Hungary;University Lyon 1, ICBMS, Equipe CSAp, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, Villeurbanne F-69622, France;Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei körút 98, Debrecen H-4032, Hungary;

关键词: α-CD derivatives;    cytotoxicity;    Caco-2 cell line;    hemolysis;    RT-CES;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules201119694

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Cyclodextrins, even the 6-membered α-cyclodextrin, are approved in the various pharmacopoeias as pharmaceutical excipients for solubilizing and stabilizing drugs as well as for controlling drug release. Recently α-cyclodextrin has also been marketed as health food with beneficial effects on blood lipid profiles. However, the concentration of α-cyclodextrin used may be very high in these cases, and its toxic attributes have to be seriously considered. The objective of this study was to investigate the cytotoxicity of various, differently substituted α-cyclodextrin derivatives and determine relationship between the structures and cytotoxicity. Three different methods were used, viability tests (MTT assay and Real Time Cell Electronic Sensing on Caco-2 cells) as well as hemolysis test on human red blood cells. The effect of α-cyclodextrin derivatives resulted in concentration-dependent cytotoxicity, so the IC50 values have been determined. Based on our evaluation, the Real Time Cell Electronic Sensing method is the most accurate for describing the time and concentration dependency of the observed toxic effects. Regarding the cytotoxicity on Caco-2 cells, phosphatidylcholine extraction may play a main role in the mechanism. Our results should provide help in selecting those α-cyclodextrin derivatives which have the potential of being used safely in medical formulations.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.