{"title":"Gold nanoparticle-enabled doxorubicin delivery: Advancing targeted chemotherapy in cancer therapy","authors":"Rishabh Aggarwal , Amaan Ahmed , B.H. Jaswanth Gowda , Garima Gupta , Nazim Nasir , Shadma Wahab , Afsana Sheikh , Prashant Kesharwani","doi":"10.1016/j.inoche.2025.114467","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Gold nanoparticles are considered one of the safest metallic nanocarriers for delivering drugs to cancerous tumors. This approach signifies a pioneering advancement in cancer therapy owing to the multifaceted attributes exhibited by these nanoparticles. These attributes encompass photothermal effects, radiotherapeutic potentials, imaging enhancements, diagnostic functionalities, and proficient drug delivery vehicles. This review offers concise insights into doxorubicin, elucidating its mechanism of action, and associated adverse effects. Additionally, it provides a brief overview of gold nanoparticles, highlighting their optical and magnetic properties, as well as their capacity for both active and passive targeted drug delivery. Furthermore, the review provides an in-depth examination of gold nanoparticle-mediated doxorubicin delivery for the treatment of various cancer types, including its toxicity profile and related patents.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13609,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry Communications","volume":"178 ","pages":"Article 114467"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Inorganic Chemistry Communications","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1387700325005830","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Gold nanoparticles are considered one of the safest metallic nanocarriers for delivering drugs to cancerous tumors. This approach signifies a pioneering advancement in cancer therapy owing to the multifaceted attributes exhibited by these nanoparticles. These attributes encompass photothermal effects, radiotherapeutic potentials, imaging enhancements, diagnostic functionalities, and proficient drug delivery vehicles. This review offers concise insights into doxorubicin, elucidating its mechanism of action, and associated adverse effects. Additionally, it provides a brief overview of gold nanoparticles, highlighting their optical and magnetic properties, as well as their capacity for both active and passive targeted drug delivery. Furthermore, the review provides an in-depth examination of gold nanoparticle-mediated doxorubicin delivery for the treatment of various cancer types, including its toxicity profile and related patents.
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Launched in January 1998, Inorganic Chemistry Communications is an international journal dedicated to the rapid publication of short communications in the major areas of inorganic, organometallic and supramolecular chemistry. Topics include synthetic and reaction chemistry, kinetics and mechanisms of reactions, bioinorganic chemistry, photochemistry and the use of metal and organometallic compounds in stoichiometric and catalytic synthesis or organic compounds.