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Shahid S, Khan A, Shahid W, Rehan M, Asif R, Nisar H, Kanwal Q, Choi JR. Nanoenzymes: A Radiant Hope for the Early Diagnosis and Effective Treatment of Breast and Ovarian Cancers. Int J Nanomedicine 2024; 19:5813-5835. [PMID: 38895143 PMCID: PMC11184228 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s460712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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Breast and ovarian cancers, despite having chemotherapy and surgical treatment, still have the lowest survival rate. Experimental stages using nanoenzymes/nanozymes for ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment are being carried out, and correspondingly the current treatment approaches to treat breast cancer have a lot of adverse side effects, which is the reason why researchers and scientists are looking for new strategies with less side effects. Nanoenzymes have intrinsic enzyme-like activities and can reduce the shortcomings of naturally occurring enzymes due to the ease of storage, high stability, less expensive, and enhanced efficiency. In this review, we have discussed various ways in which nanoenzymes are being used to diagnose and treat breast and ovarian cancer. For breast cancer, nanoenzymes and their multi-enzymatic properties can control the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cells or tissues, for example, oxidase (OXD) and peroxidase (POD) activity can be used to generate ROS, while catalase (CAT) or superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity can scavenge ROS. In the case of ovarian cancer, most commonly nanoceria is being investigated, and also when folic acid is combined with nanoceria there are additional advantages like inhibition of beta galactosidase. Nanocarriers are also used to deliver small interfering RNA that are effective in cancer treatment. Studies have shown that iron oxide nanoparticles are actively being used for drug delivery, similarly ferritin carriers are used for the delivery of nanozymes. Hypoxia is a major factor in ovarian cancer, therefore MnO2-based nanozymes are being used as a therapy. For cancer diagnosis and screening, nanozymes are being used in sonodynamic cancer therapy for cancer diagnosis and screening, whereas biomedical imaging and folic acid gold particles are also being used for image guided treatments. Nanozyme biosensors have been developed to detect ovarian cancer. This review article summarizes a detailed insight into breast and ovarian cancers in light of nanozymes-based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
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- Samiah Shahid
- Research Centre for Health Sciences (RCHS), The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Research Centre for Health Sciences (RCHS), The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Research Centre for Health Sciences (RCHS), The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Kyeonggi-do, 16227, Republic of Korea
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Wang M, Long J, Zhang S, Liu F, Zhang X, Zhang X, Sun L, Ma L, Yu C, Wei H. Folate-Targeted Anticancer Drug Delivery via a Combination Strategy of a Micelle Complex and Reducible Conjugation. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2020; 6:1565-1572. [PMID: 33455375 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Conjugation of various active targeting ligands to the surface of nanocarriers to realize specific recognition by the corresponding receptors localized on the membrane of the cancer cells has provided a powerful means toward enhanced cancer therapy. Folic acid (FA) is one of the most used targeting ligands due to the overexpressed FA receptors in many cancer cell lines. However, conjugation of hydrophobic FA to the surface of nanocarriers usually alters the hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance of the stabilized nanoparticles, leading to their thermodynamic instability and subsequent formation of aggregates, which apparently compromises the in vivo long circulation and minimized side effects of nanocarriers. The currently leading strategy to overcome this issue is to incorporate a protecting hydrophilic stealth that can be deshielded to expose the targeting ligand at the desired tumor site, which generally involves multistep chemical modifications, conjugations, and purifications. To develop a simple alternative toward FA-mediated enhanced anticancer drug delivery, a combination strategy of micelle complex and reducible conjugation was reported in this study. FA was first conjugated to the terminus of the hydrophilic block of a reduction-sensitive miktoarm star-shaped amphiphilic copolymer, PCL3-SS-POEGMA1, with the previously optimized star structure by click coupling via a reducible disulfide link. The resulting PCL3-SS-POEGMA1-SS-FA was further mixed with the parent PCL3-SS-POEGMA1 to afford a micelle complex with both reducibly conjugated and relatively low amount of FA-targeting ligands toward excellent FA-mediated targeted drug delivery without compromised salt stability in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, the combined strategy developed herein provides a simple and powerful means to promote FA-mediated anticancer drug delivery.
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- Mingqi Wang
- Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study & Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study & Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study & Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study & Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China.,State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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Wang J, Hu X, Xiang D. Nanoparticle drug delivery systems: an excellent carrier for tumor peptide vaccines. Drug Deliv 2018; 25:1319-1327. [PMID: 29869539 PMCID: PMC6058474 DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2018.1477857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Revised: 05/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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In the past 40 years, the nanoparticle drug delivery system for tumor peptide vaccines has been widely studied which also reached a splendid result. Nanomaterial can enhance the targeting of vaccines, help vaccines enter the cells and trigger immune response by themselves. They also help in increasing cellular uptake, improving permeability and efficacy. Currently, several categories of nanopreparation, such as liposome, polymeric micelle, polymeric nanoparticle, gold nanoparticle and so on, are proved that they are appropriate for peptide vaccines. This review we discussed the possible mechanisms of nanomaterial's action on the regulation of immunological functions and several major applications of this advanced drug delivery system for tumor peptide vaccine.
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- Jiemin Wang
- a Department of Pharmacy , Second Xiangya Hospital Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
- b Institute of Clinical Pharmacy Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
- c Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Translational Medicine and Innovative Drug , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- a Department of Pharmacy , Second Xiangya Hospital Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
- b Institute of Clinical Pharmacy Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
- c Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Translational Medicine and Innovative Drug , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- a Department of Pharmacy , Second Xiangya Hospital Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
- b Institute of Clinical Pharmacy Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
- c Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Translational Medicine and Innovative Drug , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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