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. 2021 Sep 22;11(10):2467. doi: 10.3390/nano11102467

Table 3.

Summary of co-delivery of small molecule drug and siRNA mediated by polymer-based nanomaterials for cancer therapy.

Delivery System Small Molecule Drug siRNA
Target
Type of Cancer Cell Line Testing Stage Ref.
Chitosan based pH-responsive polymeric prodrug vector (GA-CS-PEI-HBA-DOX)
where GA-CS-PEI-HBA-DOX is prodrug chitosan-polyethylenimine-4-hydrazino-benzoic acid doxorubicin
Doxorubicin BCL2 Liver cancer HUVEC, HepG2 In vitro
In vivo
[44]
Amphiphilic block copolymer of monomethoxylpoly(ethylene glycol), poly(l-lysine), and poly(aspartyl(Benzylamine-co-(Diisopropylamino)ethylamine)) mPEG-PLLys-PLAsp(BzA-co-DIP), abbreviated as PELABD micelles Doxorubicin siRNA Ovarian cancer SKOV3 In vitro [46]
Triblock copolymer nanocarrier of PAH-b-PDMAPMA-b-PAH
where PAH-b-PDMAPMA-b-PAH is poly(acrylhydrazine)-block-poly(3-dimethylaminopropyl
methacrylamide)-block-poly(acrylhydrazine) (PAH-b-PDMAPMA-b-PAH)
Doxorubicin BCL2 Breast cancer MCF-7 In vitro [56]
PEG-PCL-PEI triblock copolymer nanomicelle functionalized with folic acid Doxorubicin (P-gp) siRNA Breast cancer MCF-7/ADR In vitro [57]
Poly(ε-caprolactone), polyethylenimine and polyethylene glycol (PCL-PEI-PEG) copolymers 4-(N)-stearoyl gemcitabine RELA Pancreatic cancer and breast cancer AsPC-1, MCF-7 In vitro [58]
Lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles
where cationic ε-polylysine co-polymer nanoparticles (ENPs) are coated with PEGylated lipid bilayer resulted formation of LENPs, with reversed surface charge
Gemcitabine HIF1A Pancreatic cancer Panc-1 In vitro
In vivo
[59]
pH/redox dual-sensitive polymeric materials (cPCPL)
where cPCPL is poly(ethylene glycol))x-(chitosan-polymine)y-(lipoic acid)z grafted with cRGDyC-PEG-NHS, cRGDyC is a kind of peptide, PEG is poly(ethylene glycol) and NHS is hydroxysuccinimide.
Etoposide EZH2 Orthotopic non-small-cell lung tumour luc-A549 In vitro
In vivo
[60]
Self-assembled polyjuglanin nanoparticles (PJAD-PEG)
where PJAD-PEG is poly(juglanin (Jug) dithiodipropionic acid (DA))-b-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)
Doxorubicin KRAS Lung cancer A549, H69 In vitro
In vivo
[61]
Cationic polyethylenimine-block-polylactic acid (PEI-PLA) Paclitaxel BIRC5 Lung Adenocarcinoma 4T1, A549 In vitro
In vivo
[62]
Lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) nanoparticles Paclitaxel SPDYE7P Cervical cancer HeLa In vitro
In vivo
[63]
FeCo-polyethylenimine (FeCo-PEI) nanoparticles and polylactic acid-polyethylene glycol (PLA-PEG) Paclitaxel FAM group Breast cancer MCF-7, BT-474 In vitro [64]
Hypoxia-sensitive PEG-azobenzene-PEI-DOPE (PAPD) nanoparticles Doxorubicin ABCB1 Ovarian cancer and breast cancer A2780 ADR, MCF7 ADR In vitro [65]
Chondroitin sulfate (CS)-coated β-cyclodextrin polyethylenemine polymer Paclitaxel MCAM Breast Cancer MDA-MB-231, MCF-7 In vitro [66]
Targeted multifunctional polymeric micelle (TMPM)
where TMPM is made up of triblock copolymer poly(ε-caprolactone)-polyethyleneglycol-poly(L-histidine) (PCL-PEGPHIS)
Paclitaxel VEGF group Breast Cancer HUVECs, MCF-7 In vitro [67]

Note: BCL2, BCL2 apoptosis regulator; HIF1A, hypoxia inducible factor 1 subunit alpha; EZH2, enhancer of zeste 2 polycomb repressive complex 2 subunit; KRAS, KRAS proto-oncogene, GTPase; BIRC5, baculoviral IAP repeat containing 5; SPDYE7P, speedy/RINGO cell cycle regulator family member E7 pseudogene; FAM group, long non-coding family with sequence group; ABCB1, ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 1; MCAM, melanoma cell adhesion molecule; VEGF group, vascular endothelial growth factor group; RELA, RELA proto-oncogene, NF-kB subunit.