acid)], polycarbonate Whatman nucleopore tracketched membranes (cut-off
0.1 μm), DPPG, Sephadex G75, (NH4)2SO4, and H2CO3 were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich
(Sigma-Aldrich SRL, Milan, Italy). Chol and sorbitan monolaurate (Span20)
were obtained from Acros Organics products (Acros Organics BVBA Geel,
Belgium). Cellulose acetate membrane (cut-off 8 kDa) was obtained
from Prodotti Gianni S.p.A. (Milan, Italy). MTT assay was obtained
from Promega (Madison, WI, USA). DOX was obtained by D.B.A. (Milan,
Italy). MCF-7 and MDA MB 468 were obtained from American Type Culture
Collection (ATCC, LGC Standards, Teddington, UK). High-glucose Dulbecco’s
modified Eagle’s minimal essential medium (DMEM), Roswell Park
Memorial Institute Medium (RPMI-1640), heat-inactivated FBS, trypsin–EDTA
(1×) solution, and penicillin–streptomycin solution were
obtained from Gibco (Invitrogen Corporation, Giuliano Milanese, Milan,
Italy). Lissamine rhodamine B 1,2 dihexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine triethylammonium salt (rhodamine B-DHPE)
was purchased from Invitrogen (Life Technologies Corporation, Grand
Island, NY, USA). All other chemical reagents were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich
(Milan, Italy) or Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA USA) and are
used without further purification.