Synergistic effects of Titanium dioxide nanoparticles and Paclitaxel combination on the DNA structure and their antiproliferative role on MDA-MB-231cells

The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the synergisticeffect of paclitaxel (PTX) combined with titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2NPs)on DNA structure and to examine the proliferation of MDA-MB-231cells.

This investigation performed with Ultraviolet spectroscopy, zetapotential investigation, circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, ELISA reader andfluorescence spectroscopy.

The Ultraviolet results indicated that the structure of DNA in the presenceof PTX and TiO2NPs (at a lower concentration) changed significantly rather thanTiO2NPs or PTX alone. The fluorescence results exposed that PTX+TiO2NPs couldform a complex via non-intercalative mechanism and the PTX+TiO2NPs affinityto DNA increased considerably. The thermodynamics parameters displayed thatPTX+TiO2NPs interact with DNA strongly and in this interaction, the hydrophobicforce plays an important role. The CD data confirmed that DNA structure wasmodified by PTX+TiO2NPs via a simple and reasonable mechanism: change in DNAconformation from B to C-form. The negative charge of DNA reduced stronglyafter addition of PTX+TiO2NPs. The anticancer property of PTX+TiO2NPs byMTT assay demonstrates that this combination can tremendously diminish theproliferation of MDA-MB-231cells compared to PTX or TiO2NPs alone.

Based on this investigation TiO2NPs could enhance the affinityand binding of PTX (at a lower concentration) on DNA structure and PTX+NDscan promote mortality of MDA-MB-231 cells. This study can offer an innovativestrategy for designing the ideal anti-tumor agents.