DOX@Ferumoxytol-Medical Chitosan as magnetic hydrogel therapeutic system for effective magnetic hyperthermia and chemotherapy in vitro

Abstract Magnetic fluid hyperthermia has been one clinical treatment method in malignancy on account of the sufficient heat generation, which originates from hysteresis loss of magnetic nanomedicine in alternating magnetic field. Magnetic nanomedicine can also be employed as drug carrier for chemotherapy. Nevertheless few magnetic nanocarries has been approved in clinic, owing to the high pharmaceutical demand. For broadening the clinical application of current magnetic nanomedicine, novel magnetic hydrogel complex (DOX@FMT-MC) constituted by Doxorubicin, Ferumoxytol and Medical Chitosan was produced for hyperthermia and chemo synergistic therapy. The three materials were approved in clinic. Heat induction in vitro and rheology mesurements suggested this complex succeed in transforming into physical hydrogel when reaching hyperthermia temperature in alternating magnetic field. Drug release experiment implied the complex has the temperature-dependent slow drug release behaviour. Cell apoptosis assay presented that DOX@FMT-MC complex gave enhanced synergistic efficacy with 32.4 % on colon carcinoma cell treatment in vitro, compared to other therapeutic groups. Heat induction in mice subcutaneous xenografted tumour demonstrated the better heating performance of the complex than that of DOX@FMT. The novel hydrogel complex incorporated with three clinical available drugs promises the great potential in tumour synergistic treatment, motivating the clinical indication development of magnetic nanomedicine.