Despite the noticeable advantages of the
liposomes and polymersomes, they also revealed some drawbacks that could be minimized by preparing hybrid vesicular systems and integrating the advantage of both vehicles into one system named lipopolymersome. Lipopolymesome incorporates the biodegradability, stability, adjustability and chemical flexibility of polymersomes with the elasticity, soft nature and biocompatibility of
liposomes. In the current study, wereported the development of five nanoscale lipopolymersomal hybrid vesicular systems consisting different molar ratios of
dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and poly (
ethylene glycol)-
poly (lactic acid) (
PEG-PLA) (PEG-PLA: DPPC ratio of 100:0, 50:50: 25:75, 75:25 and 0:100). Rhod-6G-loaded hybrid vesicles were prepared via film
rehydration. Then, the efficacy of five formulations were evaluated in terms of loading capacity, release pattern, cellular uptake, andin vivobiodistribution in ectopic
tumor model in mice. The obtained results demonstrated that the self-assembly, loading capacity, cargo release and stability of hybrid nanoscale lipopolymersomes can be tuned by incorporation of amphiphilic
lipid-
polymers at various ratios. In this regard, the prepared hybrid nanovesicles consisting of DPPC-
PEG-PLA (25:75) exhibited great potential through superior loading capacity, stability and
tumor accumulation compared with other systems. It could be concluded that the prepared lipopolymersome offers important opportunities for the development of novel hybrid carriers for efficient transportation of
therapeutics into
tumor site.