Propranolol‐Loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Treatment of Infantile Hemangiomas

Abstract Infantile hemangioma (IH) is one of the most common neoplasm of infancy. Although with the potential to involute slowly after proliferation, IH has several subsets that could develop severe complications and lead to functional impairment or permanent disfigurement. In the present study, a novel propranolol (PRN) delivery system is developed that encapsulated in mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN). The primary nanoparticles are further treated with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to form PVA‐MSN‐PRN nanoparticles. The encapsulation efficiency is 58.8% ± 7.2%, and nanoparticles could release PRN in a controlled‐release way. It is discovered that PVA‐MSN‐PRN could significantly suppress hemangioma stem cell (Hemsc) proliferation, promote Hemsc apoptosis in vitro, and inhibit the growth of hemangiomain xenografts in vivo. A conclusion could be made that this novel nanodrug delivery system has high therapeutic efficacy, low cytotoxicity, low administration frequency, and provides an attractive strategy for efficient IH therapy.