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Li J, Yang R, Dong F, Qiu Q, Jiang Z, Ren H, Zhang C, Liu G, Lovell JF, Zhang Y. Enzyme-Dynamic Extracellular Vesicles for Metalloimmunotherapy of Malignant Pleural Effusions. ACS NANO 2024; 18:21855-21872. [PMID: 39109520 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c12375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
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Malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) are hard to treat, and their onset usually signals terminal cancer. Immunotherapies hold promise but must overcome the immunosuppressive MPE microenvironment. Herein, we treat MPEs via synergistically combining two emerging cancer therapy modalities: enzyme-dynamic therapy (EDT) and metalloimmunotherapy. To do so, a nanoplatform termed "A-R-SOME" was developed which comprises MPE-targeted M1 type extracellular vesicles (EVs) loaded with (1) a manganese-based superoxide dismutase (SOD) enzyme, (2) stimulator of interferon genes (STING) agonist diABZI-2, and (3) signal transducer and an activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) small interfering RNA. Endogenous reactive oxygen species within tumors induced immunogenic cell death by EDT, along with STING activation by both Mn and diABZI-2, and suppression of the STAT3 pathway. Systemically administered A-R-SOME alleviated the MPE immunosuppressive microenvironment, triggered antitumor systemic immunity, and long-term immune memory, leading to the complete eradication of MPE and pleural tumors with 100% survival rate in an aggressive murine model. A-R-SOME-induced immune effects were also observed in human patient-derived MPE, pointing toward the translation potential of A-R-SOME as an experimental malignancy treatment.
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- Jiexin Li
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ion and Molecular Function in Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 3000211, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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Xin J, Lu X, Cao J, Wu W, Liu Q, Wang D, Zhou X, Ding D. Fluorinated Organic Polymers for Cancer Drug Delivery. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2404645. [PMID: 38678386 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202404645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/30/2024]
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In the realm of cancer therapy, the spotlight is on nanoscale pharmaceutical delivery systems, especially polymer-based nanoparticles, for their enhanced drug dissolution, extended presence in the bloodstream, and precision targeting achieved via surface engineering. Leveraging the amplified permeation and retention phenomenon, these systems concentrate therapeutic agents within tumor tissues. Nonetheless, the hurdles of systemic toxicity, biological barriers, and compatibility with living systems persist. Fluorinated polymers, distinguished by their chemical idiosyncrasies, are poised for extensive biomedical applications, notably in stabilizing drug metabolism, augmenting lipophilicity, and optimizing bioavailability. Material science heralds the advent of fluorinated polymers that, by integrating fluorine atoms, unveil a suite of drug delivery merits: the hydrophobic traits of fluorinated alkyl chains ward off lipid or protein disruption, the carbon-fluorine bond's stability extends the drug's lifecycle in the system, and a lower alkalinity coupled with a diminished ionic charge bolsters the drug's ability to traverse cellular membranes. This comprehensive review delves into the utilization of fluorinated polymers for oncological pharmacotherapy, elucidating their molecular architecture, synthetic pathways, and functional attributes, alongside an exploration of their empirical strengths and the quandaries they encounter in both experimental and clinical settings.
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- Jingrui Xin
- College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Nankai International Advanced Research Institute (Shenzhen, Futian), and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology at Shanxi Medical University, Ministry of Education, and First Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Nankai International Advanced Research Institute (Shenzhen, Futian), and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology at Shanxi Medical University, Ministry of Education, and First Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology at Shanxi Medical University, Ministry of Education, and First Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Nankai International Advanced Research Institute (Shenzhen, Futian), and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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Wang P, Peng Z, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Chen X, Li F, Chen B, Niu S, Du K, Zhu LM. A chitosan-camouflaged nanomedicine triggered by hierarchically stimuli to release drug for multimodal imaging-guided chemotherapy of breast cancer. Carbohydr Polym 2024; 335:122073. [PMID: 38616095 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.122073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Breast cancer remains one of the most intractable diseases, especially the malignant form of metastasis, with which the cancer cells are hard to track and eliminate. Herein, the common known carbohydrate polymer chitosan (CS) was innovatively used as a shelter for the potent tumor-killing agent. The designed nanoparticles (NPs) not only enhance the solubility of hydrophobic paclitaxel (PTX), but also provide a "hide" effect for cytotoxic PTX in physiological condition. Moreover, coupled with the photothermal (PTT) properties of MoS2, results in a potent chemo/PTT platform. The MoS2@PTX-CS-K237 NPs have a uniform size (135 ± 17 nm), potent photothermal properties (η = 31.5 %), and environment-responsive (low pH, hypoxia) and near infrared (NIR) laser irradiation-triggered PTX release. Through a series of in vitro and in vivo experiments, the MoS2@PTX-CS-K237 showed high affinity and specificity for breast cancer cells, impressive tumor killing capacity, as well as the effective inhibitory effect of metastasis. Benefit from the unique optical properties of MoS2, this multifunctional nanomedicine also exhibited favorable thermal/PA/CT multimodality imaging effect on tumor-bearing mice. The system developed in this work represents the advanced design concept of hierarchical stimulus responsive drug release, and merits further investigation as a potential nanotheranostic platform for clinical translation.
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- Pei Wang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, PR China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, the Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650032, PR China
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- College of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, PR China
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- College of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, PR China
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- College of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, PR China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Science and Technology Achievement Incubation Center, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, PR China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Science and Technology Achievement Incubation Center, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, PR China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Science and Technology Achievement Incubation Center, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, PR China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, PR China.
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- College of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, PR China.
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Li X, Cai J, Zhang H, Sun S, Zhao S, Wang Z, Nie X, Xu C, Zhang Y, Xiao H. A Trisulfide Bond Containing Biodegradable Polymer Delivering Pt(IV) Prodrugs to Deplete Glutathione and Donate H 2S to Boost Chemotherapy and Antitumor Immunity. ACS NANO 2024; 18:7852-7867. [PMID: 38437513 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c06194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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The clinical application of cisplatin (CisPt) is limited by its dose-dependent toxicity. To overcome this, we developed reduction-responsive nanoparticles (NP(3S)s) for the targeted delivery of a platinum(IV) (Pt(IV)) prodrug to improve efficacy and reduce the toxicity. NP(3S)s could release Pt(II) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) upon encountering intracellular glutathione, leading to potent anticancer effects. Notably, NP(3S)s induced DNA damage and activated the STING pathway, which is a known promoter for T cell activation. Comparative RNA profiling revealed that NP(3S)s outperformed CisPt in enhancing T cell immunity, antitumor immunity, and oxidative stress pathways. In vivo experiments showed that NP(3S)s accumulated in tumors, promoting CD8+ T cell infiltration and boosting antitumor immunity. Furthermore, NP(3S)s exhibited robust in vivo anticancer efficacy while minimizing the CisPt-induced liver toxicity. Overall, the results indicate NP(3S)s hold great promise for clinical translation due to their low toxicity profile and potent anticancer activity.
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- Xinyi Li
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Department of Pathology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Pathology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4006, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Zhang Z, Chen K, Ameduri B, Chen M. Fluoropolymer Nanoparticles Synthesized via Reversible-Deactivation Radical Polymerizations and Their Applications. Chem Rev 2023; 123:12431-12470. [PMID: 37906708 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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Fluorinated polymeric nanoparticles (FPNPs) combine unique properties of fluorocarbon and polymeric nanoparticles, which has stimulated massive interest for decades. However, fluoropolymers are not readily available from nature, resulting in synthetic developments to obtain FPNPs via free radical polymerizations. Recently, while increasing cutting-edge directions demand tailored FPNPs, such materials have been difficult to access via conventional approaches. Reversible-deactivation radical polymerizations (RDRPs) are powerful methods to afford well-defined polymers. Researchers have applied RDRPs to the fabrication of FPNPs, enabling the construction of particles with improved complexity in terms of structure, composition, morphology, and functionality. Related examples can be classified into three categories. First, well-defined fluoropolymers synthesized via RDRPs have been utilized as precursors to form FPNPs through self-folding and solution self-assembly. Second, thermally and photoinitiated RDRPs have been explored to realize in situ preparations of FPNPs with varied morphologies via polymerization-induced self-assembly and cross-linking copolymerization. Third, grafting from inorganic nanoparticles has been investigated based on RDRPs. Importantly, those advancements have promoted studies toward promising applications, including magnetic resonance imaging, biomedical delivery, energy storage, adsorption of perfluorinated alkyl substances, photosensitizers, and so on. This Review should present useful knowledge to researchers in polymer science and nanomaterials and inspire innovative ideas for the synthesis and applications of FPNPs.
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- Zexi Zhang
- Department of Macromolecular Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Macromolecular Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Institute Charles Gerhardt of Montpellier (ICGM), CNRS, University of Montpellier, ENSCM, Montpellier 34296, France
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- Department of Macromolecular Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Zhang Q, Wu P, Wu J, Shou H, Ming X, Wang S, Wang B. Chemoimmunological Cascade Cancer Therapy Using Fluorine Assembly Nanomedicine. ACS NANO 2023; 17:7498-7510. [PMID: 37011376 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Classical chemotherapeutic drugs may cause immunogenic cell death (ICD), followed by activating CD8+ T cells to promote cell-mediated antitumor immune responses. However, CD8+ T cells become exhausted due to tumor antigens' continuous stimulation, creating a major obstacle to effectively suppressing tumor growth and metastasis. Here, we develop an approach of chemo-gene combinational nanomedicine to bridge and reprogram chemotherapy and immunotherapy. The dually loaded nanomedicine induces ICD in tumor cells through doxorubicin and reverses the antitumor effects of exhausted CD8+ T cells through the small interfering RNA. The synergistic chemo-gene and fluorine assembly nanomedicine enriched in reactive oxygen species and acid-sensitive bonds results in enhanced cancer immunotherapy to inhibit tumor growth and the lung metastasis of breast cancer in a mouse model of breast cancer and melanoma. This study provides an efficient strategy and insights into chemoimmunological cascade therapy for combating malignant metastatic tumors.
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- Qingyan Zhang
- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education), The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education), The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education), The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education), The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Provincial Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education), The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
- Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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Ahmad A, Rashid S, Chaudhary AA, Alawam AS, Alghonaim MI, Raza SS, Khan R. Nanomedicine as potential cancer therapy via targeting dysregulated transcription factors. Semin Cancer Biol 2023; 89:38-60. [PMID: 36669712 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2023.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Cancer as a disease possess quite complicated pathophysiological implications and is among the prominent causes of morbidity and mortality on global scales. Anti-cancer chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation therapy are some of the present-day conventional treatment options. However, these therapeutic paradigms own several retreats, including lack of specificity, non-targeted toxicological implications, inefficient drug delivery to targeted cells, and emergence of cancer resistance, ultimately causing ineffective cancer management. Owing to the advanced and better biophysical characteristic features and potentiality for the tailoring and customizations and in several fashions, nanotechnology can entirely transubstantiate the cancer identification and its managements. Additionally, nanotechnology also renders several answers to present-day mainstream limitations springing-up in anti-cancer therapeutics. Nanocarriers, owing to their outstanding physicochemical features including but not limited to their particle size, surface morphological features viz. shape etc., have been employed in nanomedicinal platforms for targeting various transcription factors leading to worthy pharmacological outcomes. This transcription targeting activates the wide array of cellular and molecular events like antioxidant enzyme-induction, apoptotic cell death, cell-cycle arrest etc. These outcomes are obtained after the activation or inactivation of several transcription factors and cellular pathways. Further, nanoformulations have been precisely calibrated and functionalized with peculiar targeting groups for improving their efficiency to deliver the drug-payload to specified and targeted cancerous cells and tissues. This review undertakes an extensive, across-the-board and all-inclusive approach consisting of various studies encompassing different types of tailored and customized nanoformulations and nanomaterials designed for targeting the transcription factors implicated in the process of carcinogenesis, tumor-maturation, growth and metastasis. Various transcription factors viz. nuclear factor kappa (NF-κB), signal transducer and activators of transcription (STAT), Cmyc and Twist-related protein 1 (TWIST1) along with several types of nanoparticles targeting these transcription factors have been summarized here. A section has also been dedicated to the different types of nanoparticles targeting the hypoxia inducing factors. Efforts have been made to summarize several other transcription factors implicated in various stages of cancer development, growth, progression and invasion, and their targeting with different kinds of nanomedicinal agents.
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- Anas Ahmad
- Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre (JMDRC), Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 173, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 11623, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 11623, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 11623, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Stem Cell and Restorative Neurology, Department of Biotechnology, Era's Lucknow Medical College Hospital, Sarfarazganj, Lucknow 226003, India
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- Chemical Biology Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Knowledge City, Sector 81, Mohali, Punjab 140306, India.
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Reversing the PAI-1-induced fibrotic immune exclusion of solid tumor by multivalent CXCR4 antagonistic nano-permeator. Acta Pharm Sin B 2022. [PMID: 37521859 PMCID: PMC10372828 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2022.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Fibrosis is one of the key factors that lead to the immune exclusion of solid tumors. Although degradation of fiber is a promising strategy, its application was still bottlenecked by the side effects of causing metastasis, resulting in the failure of immunotherapy. Here, we developed an antimetastatic polymer (HPA) for the delivery of chemo-drug and antifibrotic siPAI-1 to form the nano-permeator. Nano-permeator shrank after protonation and deeply penetrated into the tumor core to down-regulate the expression of PAI-1 for antifibrosis, and further promoted the sustained infiltration and activation of T cells for killing tumor cells. Moreover, metastasis after fiber elimination was prevented by multivalent CXCR4 antagonistic HPA to reduce the attraction of CXCL12 secreted by distant organs. The administration of stroma-alleviated immunotherapy increased the infiltration of CD8+ T cells to 52.5% in tumor tissues, inhibiting nearly 90% metastasis by HPA in distant organs. The nano-permeator reveals the mechanism and correlation between antifibrosis and antimetastasis and was believed to be the optimizing immunotherapy for solid fibrotic tumors.
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Tian H, Zhang T, Qin S, Huang Z, Zhou L, Shi J, Nice EC, Xie N, Huang C, Shen Z. Enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of nanoparticles for cancer treatment using versatile targeted strategies. J Hematol Oncol 2022; 15:132. [PMID: 36096856 PMCID: PMC9469622 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-022-01320-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Poor targeting of therapeutics leading to severe adverse effects on normal tissues is considered one of the obstacles in cancer therapy. To help overcome this, nanoscale drug delivery systems have provided an alternative avenue for improving the therapeutic potential of various agents and bioactive molecules through the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. Nanosystems with cancer-targeted ligands can achieve effective delivery to the tumor cells utilizing cell surface-specific receptors, the tumor vasculature and antigens with high accuracy and affinity. Additionally, stimuli-responsive nanoplatforms have also been considered as a promising and effective targeting strategy against tumors, as these nanoplatforms maintain their stealth feature under normal conditions, but upon homing in on cancerous lesions or their microenvironment, are responsive and release their cargoes. In this review, we comprehensively summarize the field of active targeting drug delivery systems and a number of stimuli-responsive release studies in the context of emerging nanoplatform development, and also discuss how this knowledge can contribute to further improvements in clinical practice.
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- Hailong Tian
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, 315040, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.,State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, 315040, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.,State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, VIC, Australia
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- West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan university, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, 315040, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. .,State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, China. .,West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan university, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, 315040, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. .,State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, 315040, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
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Zhang X, Hong R, Bei L, Hu Z, Yang X, Song T, Chen L, Meng H, Niu G, Ke C. SELENBP1 inhibits progression of colorectal cancer by suppressing epithelial–mesenchymal transition. Open Med (Wars) 2022; 17:1390-1404. [PMID: 36117772 PMCID: PMC9438969 DOI: 10.1515/med-2022-0532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Selenium-binding protein 1 (SELENBP1) is frequently dysregulated in various malignancies including colorectal cancer (CRC); however, its roles in progression of CRCs and the underlying mechanism remain to be elucidated. In this study, we compared the expression of SELENBP1 between CRCs and colorectal normal tissues (NTs), as well as between primary and metastatic CRCs; we determined the association between SELENBP1 expression and CRC patient prognoses; we conducted both in vitro and in vivo experiments to explore the functional roles of SELENBP1 in CRC progression; and we characterized the potential underlying mechanisms associated with SELENBP1 activities. We found that the expression of SELENBP1 was significantly and consistently decreased in CRCs than that in adjacent NTs, while significantly and frequently decreased in metastatic than primary CRCs. High expression of SELENBP1 was an independent predictor of favorable prognoses in CRC patients. Overexpression of SELENBP1 suppressed, while silencing of SELENBP1 promoted cell proliferation, migration and invasion, and in vivo tumorigenesis of CRC. Mechanically, SELENBP1 may suppress CRC progression by inhibiting the epithelial–mesenchymal transition.
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- Xiaotian Zhang
- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Dongying New District Hospital, Dongying, Shandong Province, 257000, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital, Fudan University, 801 Heqing Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital, Fudan University, 801 Heqing Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital, Fudan University, 801 Heqing Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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Fan Y, Yang Z. Inhaled siRNA Formulations for Respiratory Diseases: From Basic Research to Clinical Application. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:1193. [PMID: 35745766 PMCID: PMC9227582 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14061193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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The development of siRNA technology has provided new opportunities for gene-specific inhibition and knockdown, as well as new ideas for the treatment of disease. Four siRNA drugs have already been approved for marketing. However, the instability of siRNA in vivo makes systemic delivery ineffective. Inhaled siRNA formulations can deliver drugs directly to the lung, showing great potential for treating respiratory diseases. The clinical applications of inhaled siRNA formulations still face challenges because effective delivery of siRNA to the lung requires overcoming the pulmonary and cellular barriers. This paper reviews the research progress for siRNA inhalation formulations for the treatment of various respiratory diseases and summarizes the chemical structural modifications and the various delivery systems for siRNA. Finally, we conclude the latest clinical application research for inhaled siRNA formulations and discuss the potential difficulty in efficient clinical application.
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, 224 Waterloo Rd., Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China;
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Qiu J, Fan Q, Xu S, Wang D, Chen J, Wang S, Hu T, Ma X, Cheng Y, Xu L. A fluorinated peptide with high serum- and lipid-tolerence for the delivery of siRNA drugs to treat obesity and metabolic dysfunction. Biomaterials 2022; 285:121541. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Zhang X, Hong R, Bei L, Yang J, Zhao X, Hu Z, Chen L, Meng H, Zhang Q, Niu G, Yue Y, Ke C. Selenium binding protein 1 inhibits tumor angiogenesis in colorectal cancers by blocking the Delta-like ligand 4/Notch1 signaling pathway. Transl Oncol 2022; 18:101365. [PMID: 35158204 PMCID: PMC8850798 DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2022.101365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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SELENBP1 localizes to vessels and is suppressed in tumor vessels. SELENBP1 inhibits in vivo and in vitro angiogenesis. SELENBP1 antagonizes tumor angiogenesis by blocking the DLL4/Notch1 signaling pathway. SELENBP1 is a candidate target to treat bevacizumab-resistance in colorectal cancer.
Background Selenium binding protein 1 (SELENBP1) is frequently downregulated in malignancies such as colorectal cancer (CRC), however, whether it is involved in tumor angiogenesis is still unknown. Methods We analyzed the expression and localization of SELENBP1 in vessels from CRC and neighboring tissues. We investigated the in vitro and in vivo activity of SELENBP1 in angiogenesis and explored the underlying mechanism. Results SELENBP1 was localized to endothelial cells in addition to glandular cells, while its vascular expression was decreased in tumor vessels compared to that in vessels from neighboring non-tumor tissues. Gain-of-function and loss-of-function experiments demonstrated that SELENBP1 inhibited angiogenesis in vitro, and blocked communications between HUVECs and CRC cells. Overexpression of SELENBP1 in CRC cells inhibited tumor growth and angiogenesis, and enhanced bevacizumab-sensitivity in a mouse subcutaneous xenograft model. Mechanic analyses revealed that SELENBP1 may suppress tumor angiogenesis by binding with Delta-like ligand 4 (DLL4) and antagonizing the DLL4/Notch1 signaling pathway. The inhibitory effects of SELENBP1 on in vitro angiogenesis could largely be rescued by DLL4. Conclusion These results revealed a novel role of SELENBP1 as a potential tumor suppressor that antagonizes tumor angiogenesis in CRC by intervening the DLL4/Notch1 signaling pathway.
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- Xiaotian Zhang
- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University, 801 Heqing Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University, 801 Heqing Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Medicine, Dongying New District Hospital, Dongying, Shandong 257000, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University, 801 Heqing Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University, 801 Heqing Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Huaihai Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221300, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University, 801 Heqing Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University, 801 Heqing Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University, 801 Heqing Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China.
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Lv J, Wang H, Rong G, Cheng Y. Fluorination Promotes the Cytosolic Delivery of Genes, Proteins, and Peptides. Acc Chem Res 2022; 55:722-733. [PMID: 35175741 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The cytosolic delivery of biomolecules such as genes, proteins, and peptides is of great importance for biotherapy but usually limited by multiple barriers during the process. Cell membrane with high hydrophobic character is one of the representative biological barriers for cytosolic delivery. The introduction of hydrophobic ligands such as aliphatic lipids onto materials or biomolecules could improve their membrane permeability. However, these ligands are lipophilic and tend to interact with the phospholipids in the membrane as well as serum proteins, which may hinder efficient intracellular delivery. To solve this issue, our research group proposed the use of fluorous ligands with both hydrophobicity and lipophobicity as ideal alternatives to aliphatic lipids to promote cytosolic delivery.In our first attempt, fluorous ligands were conjugated onto cationic polymers to increase their gene delivery efficacy. The fluorination dramatically increased the gene delivery performance at low polymer doses. In addition, the strategy greatly improved the serum tolerance of cationic polymers, which is critical for efficient gene delivery in vivo. Besides serum tolerance, mechanism studies revealed that fluorination increases multiple steps such as cellular uptake and endosomal escape. Fluorination also allowed the assembly of low-molecular-weight polymers and achieved highly efficient gene delivery with minimal material toxicity. The method showed robust efficiency for polymers, including linear polymers, branched polymers, dendrimers, bola amphiphilies, and dendronized polymers.Besides gene delivery, fluorinated polymers were also used for intracellular protein delivery via a coassembly strategy. For this purpose, two lead fluoropolymers were screened from a library of amphiphilic materials. The fluoropolymers are greatly superior to their nonfluorinated analogues conjugated with aliphatic lipids. The fluorous lipids are beneficial for polymer assembly and protein encapsulation, reduced protein denaturation, facilitated endocytosis, and decreased polymer toxicity compared to nonfluorinated lipids. The materials exhibited potent efficacy in therapeutic protein and peptide delivery to achieve cancer therapy and were able to fabricate a personalized nanovaccine for cancer immunotherapy. Finally, the fluorous lipids were directly conjugated to peptides via a disulfide bond for cytosolic peptide delivery. Fluorous lipids drive the assembly of cargo peptides into uniform nanoparticles with much improved proteolytic stability and promote their delivery into various types of cells. The delivery efficacy of this strategy is greatly superior to traditional techniques such as cell-penetrating peptides both in vitro and in vivo. Overall, the fluorination techniques provide efficient and promising strategies for the cytosolic delivery of biomolecules.
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- Jia Lv
- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, P. R. China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, P. R. China
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Yu XQ, Zhan YR, Tan J, Hei MW, Zhang S, Zhang J. Construction of GSH-triggered cationic fluoropolymer as two-in-one nanoplatform for combined chemo/gene therapy. J Mater Chem B 2022; 10:1308-1318. [DOI: 10.1039/d1tb02602j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The combined chemo-gene therapy has become a promising approach for enhanced anti-cancer treatment. However, effective co-delivery of therapeutic gene and drug into target cells and tissues remains a major obstacle....
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Zhang Q, Huang Y, Yang R, Mu J, Zhou Z, Sun M. Poly-antioxidant for enhanced anti-miR-155 delivery and synergistic therapy of metastatic breast cancer. Biomater Sci 2022; 10:3637-3646. [DOI: 10.1039/d1bm02022f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Despite the great progress in the control of primary tumor growth, metastasis remains the major challenge of breast cancer therapy in clinic, which was highly related with the upregulation of...
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Dong J, Zhu C, Zhang F, Zhou Z, Sun M. "Attractive/adhesion force" dual-regulatory nanogels capable of CXCR4 antagonism and autophagy inhibition for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. J Control Release 2021; 341:892-903. [PMID: 34953982 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Metastasis is refractory systemic disease resulting in low survival rate of breast cancer patients, especially in the late stage. The processes of metastasis are mainly initiated by strong "attractive force" from distant organs and deteriorated by weak "adhesion force" in primary tumor. Here, we reported "attractive/adhesion force" dual-regulatory nanogels (CQ-HF/PTX) for the precise treatment of both primary and metastasis of metastatic breast cancer. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and hydrophobic Fmoc were grafted on hydrophilic hydroxyethyl starch (HES) to obtain amphiphilic CQ-HF polymer, which was assembly with chemotherapy drug paclitaxel (PTX) to form the nanogels for anti-primary tumor. Meanwhile, CQ-HF/PTX nanogels play two roles in anti-metastasis: i) For reducing the "attractive force", it could block the CXCR4/SDF-1 pathway, preventing tumor cells metastasis to the lung; ii) For reinforcing "adhesion force", it could inhibit the excessive autophagy for hindering the degradation of paxillin and enhancing the cell adhesion. As a result, dual-regulatory CQ-HF/PTX nanogels dramatically inhibited tumor and the lung metastasis of mouse breast cancer. Therefore, the fabricating of synergetic dual-regulatory nanogels uncovered the explicit mechanism and provided an efficient strategy for combating malignant metastatic tumors.
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- Jingwen Dong
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, State Key Laboratory of Natural, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, State Key Laboratory of Natural, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, State Key Laboratory of Natural, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, State Key Laboratory of Natural, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, State Key Laboratory of Natural, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, China.
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Luo K, Gao Y, Yin S, Yao Y, Yu H, Wang G, Li J. Co-delivery of paclitaxel and STAT3 siRNA by a multifunctional nanocomplex for targeted treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Acta Biomater 2021; 134:649-663. [PMID: 34289420 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 07/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Metastasis is one of the major causes of mortality in patients suffering from breast cancer. The signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is closely related to cancer metastasis. Herein, a multifunctional nanocomplex was developed to simultaneously deliver paclitaxel (PTX) and STAT3 siRNA (siSTAT3) to inhibit tumor growth and prevent metastasis of breast cancer cells. PTX was encapsulated into the synthesized polyethyleneimine-polylactic acid-lipoic acid (PPL) micelle through hydrophobic interaction, while siSTAT3 was condensed onto polyethyleneimine through electrostatic interaction. The surface charge of the drug-loaded nanocomplex (siSTAT3PPLPTX) was then converted to negative by coating with hyaluronic acid (HA). The multifunctional nanocomplex (HA/siSTAT3PPLPTX) effectively entered CD44-overexpressed 4T1 cells via an active targeting mechanism. HA shell was degraded by the concentrated hyaluronidase in the endo/lysosome and the rapid drug release was triggered by the redox micro-environment of cytoplasm. Moreover, HA/siSTAT3PPLPTX showed enhanced cytotoxicity against tumor cells due to a synergistic effect of PTX and siSTAT3. The effective inhibition of tumor metastasis was confirmed by in vitro cell migration and invasion in 4T1 cells. More importantly, a superior antitumor efficacy was observed in orthotopic 4T1 tumor-bearing mice, with no side effects in major organs, and the lung metastasis was strongly inhibited in 4T1 metastasis model. In conclusion, the multifunctional nanocomplex provides a versatile platform for efficient treatment of metastatic cancer through tumor-targeted chemo-gene combined therapy. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Metastasis is one of the major causes of mortality in patients suffering from breast cancer. The signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is closely related to cancer metastasis. In this study, a multifunctional nanocomplex co-loaded with paclitaxel (PTX) and STAT3 siRNA was constructed and characterized. The co-delivery system exhibited active tumor targeting, effective endo/lysosomal escape, and rapid intracellular drug release. Both in vitro and in vivo studies indicated that the nanocomplex could lead to superior tumor growth inhibition, as well as metastasis suppression by silencing expression of STAT3 and p-STAT3. This present study implies that the nanocomplex could be a potential platform for targeted treatment of metastatic cancer through chemo-gene combined therapy.
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- Kaipei Luo
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, China; NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, China; NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, China; NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, China; NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China.
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- Center of Pharmacokinetics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, China; NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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Domb AJ, Sharifzadeh G, Nahum V, Hosseinkhani H. Safety Evaluation of Nanotechnology Products. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:pharmaceutics13101615. [PMID: 34683908 PMCID: PMC8539492 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13101615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Nanomaterials are now being used in a wide variety of biomedical applications. Medical and health-related issues, however, have raised major concerns, in view of the potential risks of these materials against tissue, cells, and/or organs and these are still poorly understood. These particles are able to interact with the body in countless ways, and they can cause unexpected and hazardous toxicities, especially at cellular levels. Therefore, undertaking in vitro and in vivo experiments is vital to establish their toxicity with natural tissues. In this review, we discuss the underlying mechanisms of nanotoxicity and provide an overview on in vitro characterizations and cytotoxicity assays, as well as in vivo studies that emphasize blood circulation and the in vivo fate of nanomaterials. Our focus is on understanding the role that the physicochemical properties of nanomaterials play in determining their toxicity.
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- Abraham J. Domb
- The Centers for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Alex Grass Center for Drug Design and Synthesis and Cannabinoids Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Drug Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel;
- Correspondence: (A.J.D.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia;
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- The Centers for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Alex Grass Center for Drug Design and Synthesis and Cannabinoids Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Drug Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel;
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- Innovation Center for Advanced Technology, Matrix, Inc., New York, NY 10029, USA
- Correspondence: (A.J.D.); (H.H.)
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Liao J, Tian T, Shi S, Xie X, Peng S, Zhu Y, Xiao J, Lin Y. Broadening the biocompatibility of gold nanorods from rat to Macaca fascicularis: advancing clinical potential. J Nanobiotechnology 2021; 19:195. [PMID: 34193184 PMCID: PMC8243831 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-021-00941-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The biomedical field has used gold nanorods (GNRs) for decades; however, clinical trials and translation is limited except gold nanoshells. The preparation of gold nanoshells is more complex than that of polyethylene glycol-modified GNRs (PEG-GNRs), and it is difficult to ensure uniform thickness. It is important to encourage and broaden the use of the star member (PEG-GNRs) of gold nanoparticles family for clinical translation. Existing studies on PEG-GNRs are limited with no relevant systematic progression in non-human primates. Herein, we assessed the systematic biocompatibility of PEG-GNRs in rats and clinically relevant Macaca fascicularis. RESULTS In this small animal study, we administrated multiple doses of PEG-GNRs to rats and observed good biocompatibility. In the non-human primate study, PEG-GNRs had a longer blood half-life and produced a negligible immune response. Histological analysis revealed no significant abnormality. CONCLUSIONS PEG-GNRs were well-tolerated with good biocompatibility in both small animals and large non-human primates. The information gained from the comprehensive systemic toxicity assessment of PEG-GNRs in M. fascicularis will be helpful for translation to clinical trials.
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- Jinfeng Liao
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China
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- Division of Physical Biology, CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China.
- Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
- College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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Huo M, Wang H, Li L, Tong Y, Hu C, Gu Y, Liu J, Yin T. Redox-sensitive hyaluronic acid-cholesterol nanovehicles potentiate efficient transmembrane internalization and controlled release for penetrated "full-line" inhibition of pre-metastatic initiation. J Control Release 2021; 336:89-104. [PMID: 34119559 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Metastatic breast cancer is a major cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. The tumor-specific penetration and triggered drug release for "full-line" inhibition of pre-metastatic initiation are of essential importance in improving mortality rates. Here, a crosslinked, redox-sensitive amphiphilic conjugate (cHLC) was constructed with a combination of features, including hyaluronic acid (HA)-mediated tumor active targeting, lipoic acid (LA) core-crosslinking based bio-stability and reducibility, and lipid raft anchoring-promoted HA-mediated endocytosis through cholesterol (CHO) modification for the penetrated co-delivery of paclitaxel (PTX) and the multi-targeted anti-metastatic agent, silibinin (SB). Resultantly, the nanodrug (cHLC/(PTX + SB)) demonstrated enhanced tumor cytoplasm-selective rapid drug delivery in a 4T1 model both in vitro and in vivo. The released SB efficiently sensitized cells to PTX treatment and inhibited the whole process of pre-metastatic initiation including epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), local and blood vessel invasion. The exquisite design of this delivery system provides a deep insight into enhancing focus accessibility of multi-targeted drugs for an efficient inhibition of tumor metastasis.
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- Meirong Huo
- Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211198, China.
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Kumar R, Santa Chalarca CF, Bockman MR, Bruggen CV, Grimme CJ, Dalal RJ, Hanson MG, Hexum JK, Reineke TM. Polymeric Delivery of Therapeutic Nucleic Acids. Chem Rev 2021; 121:11527-11652. [PMID: 33939409 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The advent of genome editing has transformed the therapeutic landscape for several debilitating diseases, and the clinical outlook for gene therapeutics has never been more promising. The therapeutic potential of nucleic acids has been limited by a reliance on engineered viral vectors for delivery. Chemically defined polymers can remediate technological, regulatory, and clinical challenges associated with viral modes of gene delivery. Because of their scalability, versatility, and exquisite tunability, polymers are ideal biomaterial platforms for delivering nucleic acid payloads efficiently while minimizing immune response and cellular toxicity. While polymeric gene delivery has progressed significantly in the past four decades, clinical translation of polymeric vehicles faces several formidable challenges. The aim of our Account is to illustrate diverse concepts in designing polymeric vectors towards meeting therapeutic goals of in vivo and ex vivo gene therapy. Here, we highlight several classes of polymers employed in gene delivery and summarize the recent work on understanding the contributions of chemical and architectural design parameters. We touch upon characterization methods used to visualize and understand events transpiring at the interfaces between polymer, nucleic acids, and the physiological environment. We conclude that interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies motivated by fundamental questions are key to designing high-performing polymeric vehicles for gene therapy.
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- Ramya Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Lu L, Li B, Lin C, Li K, Liu G, Xia Z, Luo Z, Cai K. Redox-responsive amphiphilic camptothecin prodrug nanoparticles for targeted liver tumor therapy. J Mater Chem B 2021; 8:3918-3928. [PMID: 32227058 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb00285b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Tumor cell-targeting drug delivery systems are of great importance to anti-tumor therapy in clinics. Owing to the overexpression of the asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) on the membrane of hepatoma carcinoma cells, the conjugation of lactose on the surface of drug delivery systems has already shown significant advantages for targeting tumor cells. In this study, a disulfide bond-conjugated prodrug targeting delivery system consisting of camptothecin (CPT) and lactose (LA) was synthesized, which was denoted as CPT-S-S-LA. Camptothecin and lactose act as the chemotherapy drug and targeting ligand in the drug delivery system, respectively. Since CPT-S-S-LA is an amphiphilic compound, it can self-assemble into nanoparticles with a diameter of around 110 nm. The CPT-S-S-LA nanoparticles displayed controllable drug release behavior in the physiological environment. Unlike the free CPT, the CPT-S-S-LA nanoparticles firstly assembled at the tumor sites via the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect, and then were phagocytized by the tumor cells with ASGP receptor-mediated endocytosis. Finally, the antitumor agent CPT was released for killing tumor cells, which have a high glutathione (GSH) concentration environment. The nanoparticles displayed favorable ability to target hepatoma carcinoma cells rather than the normal HUVEC cells in vitro. Both the in vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that the CPT-S-S-LA nanoparticles display enhanced antitumor ability and reduced side effects. Thus, active targeting prodrug delivery systems should be a promising strategy for liver tumor therapy.
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- Lu Lu
- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.
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- School of Life Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.
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- School of Life Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.
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Drug Resistance in Metastatic Breast Cancer: Tumor Targeted Nanomedicine to the Rescue. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094673. [PMID: 33925129 PMCID: PMC8125767 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Breast cancer, specifically metastatic breast, is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in women. This is mainly due to relapse and reoccurrence of tumor. The primary reason for cancer relapse is the development of multidrug resistance (MDR) hampering the treatment and prognosis. MDR can occur due to a multitude of molecular events, including increased expression of efflux transporters such as P-gp, BCRP, or MRP1; epithelial to mesenchymal transition; and resistance development in breast cancer stem cells. Excessive dose dumping in chemotherapy can cause intrinsic anti-cancer MDR to appear prior to chemotherapy and after the treatment. Hence, novel targeted nanomedicines encapsulating chemotherapeutics and gene therapy products may assist to overcome cancer drug resistance. Targeted nanomedicines offer innovative strategies to overcome the limitations of conventional chemotherapy while permitting enhanced selectivity to cancer cells. Targeted nanotheranostics permit targeted drug release, precise breast cancer diagnosis, and importantly, the ability to overcome MDR. The article discusses various nanomedicines designed to selectively target breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer, and breast cancer stem cells. In addition, the review discusses recent approaches, including combination nanoparticles (NPs), theranostic NPs, and stimuli sensitive or “smart” NPs. Recent innovations in microRNA NPs and personalized medicine NPs are also discussed. Future perspective research for complex targeted and multi-stage responsive nanomedicines for metastatic breast cancer is discussed.
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Hang Y, Tang S, Tang W, Větvička D, Zhang C, Xie Y, Yu F, Yu A, Sil D, Li J, Singh RK, Oupický D. Polycation fluorination improves intraperitoneal siRNA delivery in metastatic pancreatic cancer. J Control Release 2021; 333:139-150. [PMID: 33774121 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a growing medical problem associated with extensive metastasis and high mortality. Intraperitoneal (IP) administration of therapeutics promises to help the treatment of cancers originated from organs in the peritoneal cavity. In this study, we evaluated how physicochemical properties of self-assembled polycation/siRNA nanoparticles affect their IP delivery efficacy in an orthotopic PDAC model. We have examined the effect of covalent polycation modification with lipophobic and hydrophobic tetrafluoro-p-toluic acid (TFTA), hydrophobic cholesterol, and hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) respectively. The surface charge of the three different nanoparticles was also modulated by coating the surface with serum albumin. We found that positively charged fluorine-containing particles with lipophobic properties based on a mixture of positively charged polymeric AMD3100 CXCR4 antagonist (PAMD) and PAMD modified with TFTA (mPAMD-TFTA)/siRNA displayed the best cell uptake and transfection efficacy in vitro. Biodistribution evaluation of the nanoparticles in a syngeneic orthotopic PDAC model revealed that the fluorine-containing formulation also achieved the highest PDAC tumor accumulation after IP administration. With a combination of CXCR4 inhibition by PAMD and PLK1 downregulation by siRNA, the treatment with mPAMD-TFTA/siPLK1 showed significant inhibition of both primary and metastatic PDAC tumors. Overall, our study provides insights into and guides the design of the nanoparticles for improved IP delivery of siRNA in PDAC.
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- Yu Hang
- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA; Institute of Biophysics and Informatics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
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Xing L, Yang CX, Zhao D, Shen LJ, Zhou TJ, Bi YY, Huang ZJ, Wei Q, Li L, Li F, Jiang HL. A carrier-free anti-inflammatory platinum (II) self-delivered nanoprodrug for enhanced breast cancer therapy. J Control Release 2021; 331:460-471. [PMID: 33545218 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cisplatin is one of the most used first-line anticancer drugs for various solid tumor therapies. However, cisplatin-based chemotherapy can induce tumor cells to secrete excessive prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) catalyzed by cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), which, in turn, counteracts its chemotherapeutic effect and further accelerates tumor metastasis. Here, we report a carrier-free self-delivered nanoprodrug based on platinum (II) coordination bonding coupled with tolfenamic acid (Tolf) (named Tolfplatin). Tolfplatin can spontaneously assemble into uniformly sized nanoparticles (NPs) with a high drug-loading capacity. Compared with cisplatin, Tolfplatin NPs can facilitate cellular uptake, significantly decrease PGE2 secretion by COX-2 inhibition, which further downregulate tumorous anti-apoptotic and metastasis-associated proteins, thereby efficiently inducing apoptotic cell death and significantly inhibit tumor metastasis in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, as the carrier-free nanoprodrug, Tolfplatin NPs are promising anti-tumoral agents to inhibit tumor proliferation and metastasis by enriching the function and promoting the anti-tumor activity of cisplatin.
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- Lei Xing
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830054, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Clinical Pharmacokinetics Laboratory, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830054, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; College of Pharmacy, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830054, China; College of Pharmacy, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China.
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Wang H, Zhang S, Lv J, Cheng Y. Design of polymers for siRNA delivery: Recent progress and challenges. VIEW 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/viw.20200026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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- Hui Wang
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology School of Life Sciences East China Normal University Shanghai China
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Lv J, Cheng Y. Fluoropolymers in biomedical applications: state-of-the-art and future perspectives. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:5435-5467. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00258e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Biomedical applications of fluoropolymers in gene delivery, protein delivery, drug delivery, 19F MRI, PDT, anti-fouling, anti-bacterial, cell culture, and tissue engineering.
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- Jia Lv
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology
- School of Life Sciences
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai
- China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology
- School of Life Sciences
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai
- China
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Fan X, Wang F, Zhou X, Chen B, Chen G. Size-Dependent Antibacterial Immunity of Staphylococcus aureus Protoplast-Derived Particulate Vaccines. Int J Nanomedicine 2020; 15:10321-10330. [PMID: 33364759 PMCID: PMC7751607 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s285895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Vaccination provides a viable alternative to antibiotics for the treatment of drug-resistant bacterial infection. Bacterial protoplasts have gained much attention for a new generation vaccine due to depleting toxic outer wall components. Purpose The objective of this study was to reveal the effects of bacterial protoplast-derived nanovesicles (PDNVs) size on antibacterial immunity. Methods Herein, we prepared bacterial PDNVs with different sizes by removing the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) to generate multi-antigen nanovaccines. Furthermore, we investigated the ability of PDNVs in different sizes to activate dendritic cells (DCs) and trigger humoral and cellular immune responses in vivo. Results We obtained particles of ∼200 nm, 400 nm, and 700 nm diameters and found that all the PDNVs readily induce efficient maturation of DCs in the draining lymph nodes of the vaccinated mice. Dramatically, the activation of DCs was increased with decreasing particle sizes. In addition, vaccination with PDNVs generated elevated expression levels of specific antibody and the production of INF-γ, especially the smaller ones, indicating the capability of inducing strong humoral immunity and Th1 biased cell responses against the source bacteria. Conclusion These observed results provide evidence for size-dependent orchestration of immune responses of PDNVs and help to rationally design and develop effective antibacterial vaccines.
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- Xuelian Fan
- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Plant Resources and Chemistry, Nanjing Research Institute for Comprehensive Utilization of Wild Plants, Nanjing 210042, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, People's Republic of China
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Fluorine assembly nanocluster breaks the shackles of immunosuppression to turn the cold tumor hot. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:32962-32969. [PMID: 33318219 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011297117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Clinical investigations have shown that a nonimmunogenic "cold" tumor is usually accompanied by few immunopositive cells and more immunosuppressive cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME), which is still the bottleneck of immune activation. Here, a fluorine assembly nanocluster was explored to break the shackles of immunosuppression, reawaken the immune system, and turn the cold tumor "hot." Once under laser irradiation, FS@PMPt produces sufficient reactive oxygen species (ROS) to fracture the ROS-sensitive linker, thus releasing the cisplatin conjugated PMPt to penetrate into the tumors and kill the regulatory T cells (Tregs) and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). Meanwhile, ROS will induce potent immunogenic cell death (ICD) and further promote the accumulation of dendritic cells (DCs) and T cells, therefore not only increasing the infiltration of immunopositive cells from the outside but also reducing the immunosuppressive cells from the inside to break through the bottleneck of immune activation. The FS@PMPt nanocluster regulates the immune process in TME from negative to positive, from shallow to deep, to turn the cold tumor into a hot tumor and provoke a robust antitumor immune response.
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Wang X, Rong G, Yan J, Pan D, Wang L, Xu Y, Yang M, Cheng Y. In Vivo Tracking of Fluorinated Polypeptide Gene Carriers by Positron Emission Tomography Imaging. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:45763-45771. [PMID: 32940028 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c11967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Fluorinated polymers have attracted increasing attention in gene delivery and cytosolic protein delivery in recent years. In vivo tracking of fluorinated polymers will be of great importance to evaluate their biodistribution, clearance, and safety. However, tracking of polymeric carriers without changing their chemical structures remains a huge challenge. Herein, we reported a series of fluorinated poly-l-(lysine) (F-PLL) with high gene transfection efficiency and excellent biodegradation. Radionuclide 18F was radiolabeled on F-PLL by halogen replacement without chemical modification. The radiolabeling of F-PLL offers positron emission tomography (PET) imaging for in vivo tracking of the polymers. The biodistribution of F-PLL and the DNA complexes revealed by micro-PET imaging illustrated the rapid clearance of fluorinated polymers from liver and intestine after intravenous administration. The results demonstrated that the polymer F-PLL will not be accumulated in the liver and spleen when administrated as a gene carrier. This work presents a new strategy for in vivo tracking fluorinated polymers via PET imaging.
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- Xinyu Wang
- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine. Wuxi 214063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine. Wuxi 214063, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine. Wuxi 214063, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine. Wuxi 214063, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine. Wuxi 214063, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine. Wuxi 214063, China
- Department of Radiopharmaceuticals, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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“Star” miR-34a and CXCR4 antagonist based nanoplex for binary cooperative migration treatment against metastatic breast cancer. J Control Release 2020; 326:615-627. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Zhang W, Xia L, Ren X, Cui M, Liu T, Ling C, Xu Y, Deng D, Zhang X, Gu Y, Wang P. The improved targeting of an aspirin prodrug albumin-based nanosystem for visualizing and inhibiting lung metastasis of breast cancer. Biomater Sci 2020; 8:5941-5954. [PMID: 32966407 DOI: 10.1039/d0bm01035a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Lung metastasis is the principal reason for the majority of deaths from breast cancer. The nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug aspirin can prevent lung metastasis in breast tumors via inhibiting heparanase. However, the lack of specific targets and limited accumulation at the site of the tumor have thus far hindered the use of aspirin in oncotherapy. In this study, we developed the nanoplatform FA-BSA@DA and loaded it with the versatile aspirin prodrug DA to visualize and inhibit breast cancer metastasis via targeting heparanase. This nanosystem can be effectively targeted to folic acid (FA)-positive tumor cells, and would then subsequently release a high dose of DA, whose ester bond is specifically ruptured by H2O2 in the tumor microenvironment to afford the therapeutic drug aspirin and near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent reporter DCM. The released aspirin can effectively prevent breast cancer lung metastasis through the inhibition of heparanase activity, and the NIR fluorescent signals emitted from DCM can be used to monitor and evaluate the metastasis levels of breast cancer. Our results showed that the expression of heparanase was significantly decreased, and lung metastasis from breast cancer was effectively monitored and inhibited after treatment with FA-BSA@DA. Furthermore, the collaborative therapy nanoplatform FA-BSA@DA/DOX exhibited strong therapeutic effects in the treatment of breast cancer in vitro and in vivo via the introduction of doxorubicin (DOX) to the system, which resulted in an even stronger result due to its synergistic effects with aspirin. This heparanase-reliant strategy has profound significance for the extended development of nanoplatforms based on versatile aspirin prodrugs, which may offer a solution to clinically prevent breast cancer recurrence and lung metastasis.
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- Wancun Zhang
- Henan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Henan Neurodevelopment Engineering Research Center for Children, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450018, China.
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Chen G, Wang Y, Ullah A, Huai Y, Xu Y. The effects of fluoroalkyl chain length and density on siRNA delivery of bioreducible poly(amido amine)s. Eur J Pharm Sci 2020; 152:105433. [PMID: 32590121 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2020.105433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Fluorination is an attractive strategy for the improvement of transfection efficiency of nucleic acid delivery vectors. Bioreducible poly(amido amine)s (bPAAs) are an important class of biomaterials exhibited to effectively deliver multiple nucleic acids. However, still, the effects of fluoroalkyl chain length and density of bPAA on siRNA delivery are unveiled. Here, we synthesized bPAAs and grafted with different chain lengths and densities of fluorocarbon compounds. Furthermore, we prepared a library of complexes of fluorinated bPAA and siRNA, and investigated the effects of fluorination on the siRNA delivery in vitro and in vivo. We found that all the synthesized bPAAs readily formed complexes with siRNA and the fluorinated complexes considerably achieved improved gene silencing efficacies both in vitro and in vivo. Dramatically, the gene silencing efficacy was increased with increasing fluorine contents. Heptafluorobutyric anhydride (HF) modified bPAAs achieved better gene silencing efficacy when compared with bPAAs fluorinated by trifluoroacetic anhydride (TF) and pentafluoropropionic anhydride (PF) providing the evidence for choosing of best one among fluorocarbon compounds. In addition, a combination of fluorination with bioreducibility enables efficient and safe siRNA delivery.
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- Gang Chen
- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
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Zhou Z, Wu H, Yang R, Xu A, Zhang Q, Dong J, Qian C, Sun M. GSH depletion liposome adjuvant for augmenting the photothermal immunotherapy of breast cancer. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:6/36/eabc4373. [PMID: 32917602 PMCID: PMC7467696 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc4373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The high redox level of tumor microenvironment inhibits the oxidation treatment and the immune response. Here, we innovatively develop maleimide liposome (ML) adjuvants to promote immunogenic cell death (ICD) induction and dendritic cells (DCs) maturation by glutathione (GSH) depletion for augmenting the photothermal immunotherapy of breast cancer. The ML effectively depletes the intracellular GSH and up-regulates reactive oxygen species (ROS) in both tumor cells and DCs. In tumor cells, the ROS boosted the ABTS·+ production to activate photothermal-induced ICD. In DCs, it relieved the immunosuppression, promoting DC maturation (57%) and antigen presenting. As a result of the ML assistant, the therapeutic systems improved the infiltration of CD8+ T cells to 53% in tumor tissues, eliciting strong abscopal effect and antimetastasis effect. The MLs were believed to be a superior candidate of adjuvants for enhancing immune response and cancer therapeutic efficacy.
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- Zhanwei Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China.
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Wu P, Luo X, Wu H, Zhang Q, Dai Y, Sun M. Efficient and targeted chemo-gene delivery with self-assembled fluoro-nanoparticles for liver fibrosis therapy and recurrence. Biomaterials 2020; 261:120311. [PMID: 32911091 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The treatment options of liver fibrosis remain limited except for liver transplantation due to the complexity and slow development in its progression. Besides, liver fibrosis recurrence and intervention time have not been reported as significant indicators to affect the anti-fibrotic efficacy of tested drugs/strategies. Herein, a novel fluoropolymer is developed to achieve high drug loading of sorafenib and efficient delivery of miR155 inhibitor (anti-miR155) for dual-targeting of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and kupffer cells (KCs), and we report a detailed plan on the design of treatment regimen to reveal the relationship between chemogene therapy, intervention time and fibrosis recurrence. Such a combined chemo-gene therapy of sorafenib and anti-miR155 can achieve superior therapeutic efficiency by polarizing the pro-inflammatory M1 to anti-inflammatory M2 of KCs and inhibiting the proliferation of HSCs. Importantly, efficacy and recurrence prevention of chemogene therapy earlier in the liver fibrosis will be more effective than the treatment at later stage. In conclusion, this work proposes a novel strategy to improve the efficacy and prevent recurrence of liver fibrosis by dual-regulating of KCs and HSCs, and emphasizes the importance of therapy earlier in the treatment of liver fibrosis.
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- Pengkai Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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Yang F, Zhao Z, Sun B, Chen Q, Sun J, He Z, Luo C. Nanotherapeutics for Antimetastatic Treatment. Trends Cancer 2020; 6:645-659. [PMID: 32448754 DOI: 10.1016/j.trecan.2020.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Tumor metastases, that is, the development of secondary tumors in organs distant from the primary tumor, and their treatment remain a serious problem in cancer therapy. The unique challenges for tracking and treating tumor metastases lie in the small size, high heterogeneity, and wide dispersion to distant organs of metastases. Recently, nanomedicines, with the capacity to precisely deliver therapeutic agents to both primary and secondary tumors, have demonstrated many potential benefits for metastatic cancer theranostics. Given the remarkable progression in emerging nanotherapeutics for antimetastatic treatment, it is timely to summarize the latest advances in this field. This review highlights the rationale, advantages, and challenges for integrating biomedical nanotechnology with cancer biology to develop antimetastatic nanotherapeutics.
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- Fujun Yang
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Shenyang, 110042, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
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Pan F, Wang Q, Li S, Huang R, Wang X, Liao X, Mo H, Zhang L, Zhou X. Prognostic value of key genes of the JAK-STAT signaling pathway in patients with cutaneous melanoma. Oncol Lett 2020; 19:1928-1946. [PMID: 32194688 PMCID: PMC7039088 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2020.11287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) signaling pathway is involved in cell immunity, division and death, as well as in tumor formation. The expression of key genes in the JAK-STAT signaling pathway in different types of cancer serves different roles. However, few reports are available on the prognostic value of the genes of the JAK-STAT signaling pathway in skin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM). The potential prognostic value of gene expression in the JAK-STAT signaling pathway in patients with SKCM was analyzed in the present study using data obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas. To predict the potential functions and mechanisms of these genes in SKCM, gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) and bioinformatics analysis were performed. A nomogram model including gene expression level and high risk factors was used to predict the risk level of prognostic. High expression levels of STAT1, STAT3, STAT4 and STAT5B, and low expression levels of STAT6 were associated with favorable prognosis [adjusted P<0.001; hazard ratio (HR), 0.595; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.455–0.778; adjusted P=0.018; HR, 0.725; 95% CI, 0.555–0.947; adjusted P<0.001; HR, 0.590; 95% CI, 0.450–0.773; adjusted P=0.007; HR, 0.690; 95% CI, 0.526–0.940; and adjusted P=0.026; HR, 0.737, 95% CI, 0.563–0.964, respectively]. GSEA results demonstrated that these genes were involved in cell differentiation, invasion, adhesion, migration, cycle, colony formation and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling. The combination of genes with favorable prognosis had a better effect on the overall survival (univariate survival analysis, P<0.05). The results of the present study suggest that STAT1, STAT3, STAT4, STAT5B and STAT6 gene expression may be used as a potential prognostic biomarker of SKCM, and the combined outcomes may exhibit a stronger interaction and higher survival time for SKCM.
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- Fuqiang Pan
- Department of Medical Cosmetology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 530000, P.R. China
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- Department of Medical Cosmetology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 530000, P.R. China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 530000, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 530000, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 530000, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 530000, P.R. China
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- Department of Medical Cosmetology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 530000, P.R. China
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- Department of Medical Cosmetology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 530000, P.R. China
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- Department of Medical Cosmetology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 530000, P.R. China
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Li Z, Chen G, Ding L, Wang Y, Zhu C, Wang K, Li J, Sun M, Oupicky D. Increased Survival by Pulmonary Treatment of Established Lung Metastases with Dual STAT3/CXCR4 Inhibition by siRNA Nanoemulsions. Mol Ther 2019; 27:2100-2110. [PMID: 31481310 PMCID: PMC6904825 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2019.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Lung metastasis is a common and deadly occurrence in many types of solid tumors. Chemokine receptor CXCR4 and transcription factor signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) are among potential therapeutic targets in lung metastatic cancer. Both CXCR4 and STAT3 play important roles in the proliferation, angiogenesis, and metastasis of cancer cells. Here, we report on the development of a pulmonary delivery (p.d.) system based on perfluorocarbon (PFC) nanoemulsions for combined delivery of a partially fluorinated polymeric CXCR4 antagonist (FM) and anti-STAT3 small interfering RNA (siRNA). We have prepared FM-stabilized PFC (FM@PFC) as a delivery system of therapeutic siRNA adsorbed on the surface of the emulsion. These FM@PFC/siRNA nanoemulsions inhibited both CXCR4 and STAT3, as demonstrated by effective anti-invasive ability in vitro and related antimetastatic activity in vivo. The combined nanoemulsions provided a comprehensive anticancer effect in the model of established lung metastasis of breast carcinoma, which was dependent on induction of cancer cell apoptosis, anti-angiogenic effect, anti-invasive activity, and overcoming of the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Direct comparison with intravenous (i.v.) injection showed superior activity of pulmonary administration as indicated by significantly increased animal survival. Overall, this work established the suitability of the PFC nanoemulsions for p.d. of combination anticancer treatments and as a promising method to treat lung metastasis.
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- Zhaoting Li
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
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Wang Y, Ding L, Li Z, Chen G, Sun M, Oupicky D. Treatment of acute lung injury and early- and late-stage pulmonary fibrosis with combination emulsion siRNA polyplexes. J Control Release 2019; 314:12-24. [PMID: 31644934 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Acute lung injury (ALI) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are severe lung diseases causing irreversible lung damage and premature death. Both diseases share multiple pathological features, including overexpression of C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) and upregulation of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1). The goal of the present study was to evaluate therapeutic potential of pulmonary treatment with combined inhibition of CXCR4 and PAI-1 in ALI and various disease stages of IPF. We report preparation of perfluorocarbon emulsion polyplexes containing a fluorinated polymeric CXCR4 antagonist (F-PAMD) as an siRNA carrier suitable for pulmonary delivery. In vitro testing of the emulsion polyplexes in primary lung fibroblasts from IPF mice showed high cellular uptake and promising antifibrotic effect as indicated by the decreased expression of α smooth muscle actin, when compared with conventional siRNA polyplexes. Biodistribution analysis in mice with IPF showed prolonged lung retention and widespread lung distribution following intratracheal administration of the formulations. The emulsion polyplexes showed promising therapeutic efficacy in ALI and in early fibrinogenic stage of IPF. Increased survival was observed in the model of late-stage IPF. The use of perfluorocarbon emulsion polyplexes to achieve combined CXCR4 antagonism and PAI-1 inhibition is a promising strategy for treatment of ALI and IPF.
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- Yixin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China; Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE 68198, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China; Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE 68198, USA.
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Fang H, Zhao X, Gu X, Sun H, Cheng R, Zhong Z, Deng C. CD44-Targeted Multifunctional Nanomedicines Based on a Single-Component Hyaluronic Acid Conjugate with All-Natural Precursors: Construction and Treatment of Metastatic Breast Tumors in Vivo. Biomacromolecules 2019; 21:104-113. [PMID: 31532629 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Metastasis is responsible for >90% of the deaths of breast cancer patients in the clinic. Here, we report on cross-linked multifunctional hyaluronic acid nanoparticles carrying docetaxel (DTX-CMHN) for enhanced suppression of highly metastatic 4T1 breast tumors in vivo. DTX-CMHN was formed from a single and all-natural hyaluronic acid-g-polytyrosine-lipoic acid conjugate (HA-g-PTyr-LA; HA, 20 kDa; PTyr, 2.2 kDa), and the size of DTX-CMHN increased from 69 to 78 to 96 nm as the increasing degree of substitution (DS) of PTyr increased from 4 to 11 to 15, respectively. Robust encapsulation of DTX was obtained when DS ≥ 11. DTX-CMHN while steady in a nonreducing environment was destabilized under 10 mM glutathione releasing ∼90% of the DTX within 24 h. It is noteworthy that DTX-CMHN exhibited better antitumor, antimigration, and anti-invasion activity in CD44-overexpressed 4T1-Luc breast cancer cells than free DTX. Interestingly, DTX-CMHN displayed a long elimination half-life of 5.75 h, in contrast to half-lives of 2.11 and 0.75 h for its non-cross-linked counterpart (DTX-MHN) and free DTX, respectively. In vivo therapeutic studies showed significantly better inhibition of primary 4T1-Luc tumor growth and lung metastasis and lower toxicity of DTX-CMHN compared with that of free DTX. These multifunctional nanoformulations based on a single and all-natural hyaluronic acid conjugate emerge as a potential nanoplatform for targeted treatment of CD44-positive metastatic tumors.
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- Huimin Fang
- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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Du B, Wang Q, Yang Y, Du Q, Liu Y, Zhu W, Xu T, Shen G, Yao H, Wang L. Two-Way Cruise Nanosatellite Promotes Metastasis Inhibition by Immunochemotherapy. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:2873-2887. [PMID: 31185162 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Currently, immunochemotherapy based on tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) is mainly used for elimination of M2 macrophages. However, these methods cannot make full use of the positive immune-modulatory effects of macrophages. This study explores a two-way cruise strategy for combining immunotherapy based on TAM phenotype reversal with classical chemotherapy, the nanosatellites (DOX@HFn-PGZL@Res) are proposed to accurately deliver the chemotherapeutic agents and immune activators to their respective target cells. When the delivery system is recruited to tumor microenvironment, the nanosatellites are separated into DOX@HFn and Res@GZL nanoparticles, which can enter cancer cells and M2-TAMs, respectively. The data show that DOX@HFn-PGZL@Res successfully re-educate M2 to M1 macrophages, resulting in an activated immune response and inhibition of tumor invasion and metastasis. In general, this work describes a two-way homing nanoplatform for the integration of immunotherapy and chemotherapy, which provides a new idea for the "attack-defense" integrated treatment of tumor.
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- Bin Du
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China.,Key Laboratory of Targeting Therapy and Diagnosis for Critical Diseases , Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Energy , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China.,Key Laboratory of Targeting Therapy and Diagnosis for Critical Diseases , Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China.,Key Laboratory of Targeting Therapy and Diagnosis for Critical Diseases , Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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Huang Y, Huang Y, He J, Wang H, Luo Y, Li Y, Liu J, Zhong L, Zhao Y. PEGylated immunoliposome-loaded endoglin single-chain antibody enhances anti-tumor capacity of porcine α1,3GT gene. Biomaterials 2019; 217:119231. [PMID: 31254933 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Tumor could not be completely removed due to the absence of immune storm against tumor. The porcine α1,3 galactosyltransferase (α1,3 GT) induce the hyperacute rejection by synthesizing Galα1-3Galβ1-(3)4GlcNAc-R (αGal) on the surface of graft endothelial cells (ECs) during xeno-transplantation. This study aimed to develop anti-endoglin single-chain Fv fragments (ENG-scFv) conjugated PEGylated immunoliposomes (iLPs) to induce immune storm against tumor. Immune fluorescence was performed to detect the binding of ENG-scFv to human ENG, the endosomal/lysosomal escape of ENG-scFv-iLPs/α1,3 GT, and αGal expression in hENG-HEK293 cells. In vitro MTT assay was performed to measure ENG-scFv-iLPs/α1,3 GT cytotoxicity. NOD/SCID mouse born A549 tumor model was used to evaluate the therapeutic potency of ENG-scFv-iLPs/α1,3 GT. ENG-scFv-iLPs enabled efficient targeting delivery of α1,3 GT plasmid to ENG + tumors neovascular endothelial cells (TnECs), promoted endosomal/lysosomal escape due to the pH-sensitive ability, then synthesized carbohydrate epitope αGal on the surface of these cells to achieve the purpose of destroying the tumor. The mechanism of uptake for nanoparticles was energy driven, the clathrin-mediated endocytosis was the main endocytic pathway of the ENG-mAb-iLPs/α1,3 GT and lipid-raft-mediated of the ENG-scFv-iLPs/α1,3 GT, and macropinocytosis was also involved in intracellular entry. The inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and proliferation by ENG-scFv-iLPs/α1,3 GT was closely related to down-regulation of VEGF. Our findings establish an alternative therapeutic paradigm for scFv-conjugated nanoparticles to induce tumor cell apoptosis and inhibit tumor growth early. Such iLPs nanocarrier could efficiently release α1,3 GT to their distinct sites of action, where the endoglin + tumor neovascular endothelial cells (ENG + TnECs) exist, in a site-specific manner. Therefore, we believe that these scFv-targeted core-shell immunocomplexes are an important potential α1,3 GT delivery system for various solid tumor-targeted therapy.
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- Yingying Huang
- National Center for International Research of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Targeting Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China
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- National Center for International Research of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Targeting Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China
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- National Center for International Research of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Targeting Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China
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- National Center for International Research of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Targeting Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China
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- National Center for International Research of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Targeting Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China
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- National Center for International Research of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Targeting Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China
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- National Center for International Research of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Targeting Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China.
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- National Center for International Research of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Targeting Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China.
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- National Center for International Research of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-targeting Theranostics, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Targeting Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China.
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Li Z, Shen Y, Wang Y, Zhu L, Zhu C, Qian C, Sun M, Oupicky D. Perfluorocarbon Nanoemulsions for Combined Pulmonary siRNA Treatment of Lung Metastatic Osteosarcoma. ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/adtp.201900039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Zhaoting Li
- State Key Laboratory of Natural MedicinesDepartment of PharmaceuticsChina Pharmaceutical University Nanjing 210009 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural MedicinesDepartment of PharmaceuticsChina Pharmaceutical University Nanjing 210009 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural MedicinesDepartment of PharmaceuticsChina Pharmaceutical University Nanjing 210009 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural MedicinesDepartment of PharmaceuticsChina Pharmaceutical University Nanjing 210009 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural MedicinesDepartment of PharmaceuticsChina Pharmaceutical University Nanjing 210009 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural MedicinesDepartment of PharmaceuticsChina Pharmaceutical University Nanjing 210009 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural MedicinesDepartment of PharmaceuticsChina Pharmaceutical University Nanjing 210009 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural MedicinesDepartment of PharmaceuticsChina Pharmaceutical University Nanjing 210009 China
- Center for Drug Delivery and NanomedicineDepartment of Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 USA
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Chen J, He H, Deng C, Yin L, Zhong Z. Saporin-loaded CD44 and EGFR dual-targeted nanogels for potent inhibition of metastatic breast cancer in vivo. Int J Pharm 2019; 560:57-64. [PMID: 30699364 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.01.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Metastasis poses a long-standing treatment challenge for many cancers including breast cancer. Once spreading out, cell-selective delivery of drug appears especially critical. Here, we report on epidermal growth factor receptor and CD44 dual-targeted hyaluronic acid nanogels (EGFR/CD44-NGs) that afford enhanced targetability and protein therapy for metastatic 4T1 breast cancer in vivo. Flow cytometry in CD44 and EGFR-positive 4T1 metastatic breast cancer cells showed over 6-fold higher cellular uptake of EGFR/CD44-NGs than mono-targeting CD44-NGs. MTT and scratch assays displayed that saporin-loaded EGFR/CD44-NGs (Sap-EGFR/CD44-NGs) was highly potent in inhibiting growth as well as migration of 4T1 cells in vitro, with an IC50 of 5.36 nM, which was 1.7-fold lower than that for Sap-CD44-NGs. In 4T1-luc metastatic breast cancer model in mice, Sap-EGFR/CD44-NGs exhibited significant inhibition of tumor metastasis to lung at a small dose of 3.33 nmol Sap equiv./kg. Increasing the dosage to 13.3 nmol Sap equiv./kg resulted in further reduced lung metastasis without causing notable adverse effects. These dual-targeted nanogels with improved cancer cell selectivity provide a novel platform for combating breast cancer metastasis.
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- Jing Chen
- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory, and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory, and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory, and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China.
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Chen H, Gu Z, An H, Chen C, Chen J, Cui R, Chen S, Chen W, Chen X, Chen X, Chen Z, Ding B, Dong Q, Fan Q, Fu T, Hou D, Jiang Q, Ke H, Jiang X, Liu G, Li S, Li T, Liu Z, Nie G, Ovais M, Pang D, Qiu N, Shen Y, Tian H, Wang C, Wang H, Wang Z, Xu H, Xu JF, Yang X, Zhu S, Zheng X, Zhang X, Zhao Y, Tan W, Zhang X, Zhao Y. Precise nanomedicine for intelligent therapy of cancer. Sci China Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-018-9397-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 279] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Zhou Z, Li C, Zhang M, Zhang Q, Qian C, Oupicky D, Sun M. Charge and Assembly Reversible Micelles Fueled by Intracellular ATP for Improved siRNA Transfection. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:32026-32037. [PMID: 30179452 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b13300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Hydrophobic modification on polycations were commonly used to improve the stability and transfection efficiency of polyplexes. However, the improved stability often means undesired release of the encapsulated siRNA, limiting the application of cationic micelles for siRNA delivery. The current strategy of preparing bioresponsive micelles based on the cleavage of sensitive linkages between polycation and hydrophobic part was far from sufficient, owing to the siRNA binding of the separated polycations from micelles leading to the incomplete release of siRNA. In this study, we propose a new strategy by the combination of micelles disassembly and separated polycations charge reversal. FPBA (3-fluoro-4-carboxyphenylboronic acid) grafted PEI 1.8 k (polyethylenimine) as the polycations of PEI-FPBA and dopamine (with diol-containing moiety) conjugated with cholesterol as the hydrophobic part (Chol-Dopa). The PFCDM micelles was assembled by PEI-FPBA and Chol-Dopa, based on the FPBA-Dopa conjugation. The prepared PFCDM showed strong siRNA loading ability and superior stability in the presence of PBS or serum. Besides, the PFCDM exhibited excellent ATP sensibility. The intracellular ATP could effectively trigger the disassembly of micelles and charge reversal of PEI-FPBA, resulting in the burst release of siRNA in the cytosol. With the property of extracellular stability and intracellular instability, PFCDM displayed good performance on in vitro and in vivo luciferase silencing on 4T1 cells. It should also be noted that the assembly of low molecular weight PEI was relatively safe to cells compared with 25 k PEI. To sum up, the ATP-fueled assembly and charge reversible micelles gave examples for polyplexes to achieve better stability and on demand cargo release at the same time and shows potential to be used for in vitro and in vivo siRNA transfection.
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- Zhanwei Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics , China Pharmaceutical University , 24 Tong Jia Xiang , Nanjing 210009 , PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics , China Pharmaceutical University , 24 Tong Jia Xiang , Nanjing 210009 , PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics , China Pharmaceutical University , 24 Tong Jia Xiang , Nanjing 210009 , PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics , China Pharmaceutical University , 24 Tong Jia Xiang , Nanjing 210009 , PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics , China Pharmaceutical University , 24 Tong Jia Xiang , Nanjing 210009 , PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics , China Pharmaceutical University , 24 Tong Jia Xiang , Nanjing 210009 , PR China
- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha , Nebraska 68198 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Pharmaceutics , China Pharmaceutical University , 24 Tong Jia Xiang , Nanjing 210009 , PR China
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