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Steeves M, Combita D, Whelan W, Ahmed M. Chemotherapeutics-Loaded Poly(Dopamine) Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Breast Cancer Treatment. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2024; 390:78-87. [PMID: 38296644 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.123.001965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Chemophotothermal therapy is an emerging treatment of metastatic and drug-resistant cancer anomalies. Among various photothermal agents tested, poly(dopamine) provides an excellent biocompatible alternative that can be used to develop novel drug delivery carriers for cancer treatment. This study explores the synthesis of starch-encapsulated, poly(dopamine)-coated core-shell nanoparticles in a one-pot synthesis approach and by surfactant-free approach. The nanoparticles produced are embellished with polymeric stealth coatings and are tested for their physiologic stability, photothermal properties, and drug delivery in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer cell (TNBC) lines. Our results indicate that stealth polymer-coated nanoparticles exhibit superior colloidal stability under physiologic conditions, and are excellent photothermal agents, as determined by the increase in temperature of solution in the presence of nanoparticles, upon laser irradiation. The chemotherapeutic drug-loaded nanoparticles also showed concentration-dependent toxicities in TNBC and in a brain metastatic cell line. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: This study develops, for the first time, biocompatible core-shell nanoparticles in a template-free approach that can serve as a drug delivery carrier and as photothermal agents for cancer treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Miranda Steeves
- Departments of Chemistry (M.S., D.C., M.A.) and Physics (W.W.) and Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (M.A.), University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada
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- Departments of Chemistry (M.S., D.C., M.A.) and Physics (W.W.) and Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (M.A.), University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada
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- Departments of Chemistry (M.S., D.C., M.A.) and Physics (W.W.) and Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (M.A.), University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada
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- Departments of Chemistry (M.S., D.C., M.A.) and Physics (W.W.) and Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (M.A.), University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada
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Wang R, Huang X, Chen X, Zhang Y. Nanoparticle-Mediated Immunotherapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2024; 10:3568-3598. [PMID: 38815129 PMCID: PMC11167598 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.4c00108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 05/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
Abstract
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype with the worst prognosis and highest recurrence rates. The treatment choices are limited due to the scarcity of endocrine and HER2 targets, except for chemotherapy. However, the side effects of chemotherapy restrict its long-term usage. Immunotherapy shows potential as a promising therapeutic strategy, such as inducing immunogenic cell death, immune checkpoint therapy, and immune adjuvant therapy. Nanotechnology offers unique advantages in the field of immunotherapy, such as improved delivery and targeted release of immunotherapeutic agents and enhanced bioavailability of immunomodulators. As well as the potential for combination therapy synergistically enhanced by nanocarriers. Nanoparticles-based combined application of multiple immunotherapies is designed to take the tactics of enhancing immunogenicity and reversing immunosuppression. Moreover, the increasing abundance of biomedical materials holds more promise for the development of this field. This review summarizes the advances in the field of nanoparticle-mediated immunotherapy in terms of both immune strategies for treatment and the development of biomaterials and presents challenges and hopes for the future.
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- Ruoyi Wang
- Department of Breast
Surgery, The Second Norman Bethune Hospital
of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P.R.C
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- Department of Breast
Surgery, The Second Norman Bethune Hospital
of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P.R.C
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- Department of Breast
Surgery, The Second Norman Bethune Hospital
of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P.R.C
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- Department of Breast
Surgery, The Second Norman Bethune Hospital
of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P.R.C
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Battogtokh G, Obidiro O, Akala EO. Recent Developments in Combination Immunotherapy with Other Therapies and Nanoparticle-Based Therapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:2012. [PMID: 38893132 PMCID: PMC11171312 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16112012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
Abstract
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), lacking specific receptors found in other breast cancer subtypes, poses significant treatment challenges due to limited therapeutic options. Therefore, it is necessary to develop novel treatment approaches for TNBC. In the last few decades, many attempts have been reported for alternative tools for TNBC treatment: immunotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, combination therapy, and nanotechnology-based therapy. Among them, combination therapy and nanotechnology-based therapy show the most promise for TNBC treatment. This review outlines recent advancements in these areas, highlighting the efficacy of combination therapy (immunotherapy paired with chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or radiotherapy) in both preclinical and clinical stages and nanotechnology-based therapies utilizing various nanoparticles loaded with anticancer agents, nucleic acids, immunotherapeutics, or CRISPRs in preclinical stages for TNBC treatment.
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- Center for Drug Research and Development, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA; (G.B.); (O.O.)
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Pebam M, Ali MS, Khatun S, Rengan AK. IR-775 - Hyptis loaded bioactive nanoparticles for enhanced phyto-photothermal therapy of breast cancer cells. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2023; 44:103872. [PMID: 37926327 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2023.103872] [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: 06/24/2023] [Revised: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
Abstract
Photo-responsive therapy is an emerging treatment modality due to its bioimaging and therapeutic properties. Phototherapy induces localized hyperthermia and selectively eradicates cancer cells. The current study showed that multifunctional biodegradable liposome nanosystem (HIL NPs) containing Hyptis suaveolens bioactive molecules and IR-775, a NIR dye showed efficient bioavailability to cancer ells and allowed tumor ablation upon NIR laser irradiation. The resulting entities present in the nanosystem, i.e., bioactive molecules of Hyptis, serve as an anticancer agent, and IR-775 helps in the photothermal ablation of highly metastatic breast cancer cells. Hyptis suaveolens is a weed that grows rampantly, impeding the growth of neighboring plants; nonetheless, its bioactive compounds have demonstrated therapeutic benefits. The obtained HIL NPs, photothermally active liposome nanosystem showed a high fluorescence absorption peak in the NIR range and delivered a photothermal conversion efficiency of 55.20 % upon NIR laser irradiation. TEM and particle size analyzer revealed that HIL NPs have a size of 141 ± 30 nm with a spherical shape. The results of in-ovo (zebrafish) experiments have shown efficient bioimaging capabilities with minimal concentrations of HIL NPs compared to respective controls. Furthermore, in-vitro studies of HIL NPs against triple-negative breast cancer (4T1) indicated effective anticancer activity by a combined cytotoxic effect and hyperthermia. Tumor ablation was facilitated by reactive oxygen species production and hyperthermia, leading to DNA damage and apoptosis due to overexpression of ɣ-H2AX, Cathepsin B, and p53, which halted cancer cell proliferation. Therefore, HIL NPs demonstrated effective anticancer effects induced by combined phyto-photothermal therapy when evaluated against an in-vitro breast cancer model.
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- Monika Pebam
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Kandi 502284, India
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Kandi 502284, India
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Kandi 502284, India
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Kandi 502284, India.
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Zeng W, Luo Y, Gan D, Zhang Y, Deng H, Liu G. Advances in Doxorubicin-based nano-drug delivery system in triple negative breast cancer. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1271420. [PMID: 38047286 PMCID: PMC10693343 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1271420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Triple positive breast cancer (TPBC) is one of the most aggressive breast cancer. Due to the unique cell phenotype, aggressiveness, metastatic potential and lack of receptors or targets, chemotherapy is the choice of treatment for TNBC. Doxorubicin (DOX), one of the representative agents of anthracycline chemotherapy, has better efficacy in patients with metastatic TNBC (mTNBC). DOX in anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimens have higher response rates. Nano-drug delivery systems possess unique targeting and ability of co-load, deliver and release chemotherapeutic drugs, active gene fragments and immune enhancing factors to effectively inhibit or kill tumor cells. Therefore, advances in nano-drug delivery systems for DOX therapy have attracted a considerable amount of attention from researchers. In this article, we have reviewed the progress of nano-drug delivery systems (e.g., Nanoparticles, Liposomes, Micelles, Nanogels, Dendrimers, Exosomes, etc.) applied to DOX in the treatment of TNBC. We also summarize the current progress of clinical trials of DOX combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIS) for the treatment of TNBC. The merits, demerits and future development of nanomedicine delivery systems in the treatment of TNBC are also envisioned, with the aim of providing a new class of safe and efficient thoughts for the treatment of TNBC.
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- Weiwei Zeng
- Department of Pharmacy, Shenzhen Longgang Second People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shenzhen Longgang Second People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shenzhen Longgang Second People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shenzhen Longgang Second People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shenzhen Longgang Second People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Shenzhen Longhua Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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Saadh MJ, Baher H, Li Y, Chaitanya M, Arias-Gonzáles JL, Allela OQB, Mahdi MH, Carlos Cotrina-Aliaga J, Lakshmaiya N, Ahjel S, Amin AH, Gilmer Rosales Rojas G, Ameen F, Ahsan M, Akhavan-Sigari R. The bioengineered and multifunctional nanoparticles in pancreatic cancer therapy: Bioresponisive nanostructures, phototherapy and targeted drug delivery. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 233:116490. [PMID: 37354932 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
Abstract
The multidisciplinary approaches in treatment of cancer appear to be essential in term of bringing benefits of several disciplines and their coordination in tumor elimination. Because of the biological and malignant features of cancer cells, they have ability of developing resistance to conventional therapies such as chemo- and radio-therapy. Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a malignant disease of gastrointestinal tract in which chemotherapy and radiotherapy are main tools in its treatment, and recently, nanocarriers have been emerged as promising structures in its therapy. The bioresponsive nanocarriers are able to respond to pH and redox, among others, in targeted delivery of cargo for specific treatment of PC. The loading drugs on the nanoparticles that can be synthetic or natural compounds, can help in more reduction in progression of PC through enhancing their intracellular accumulation in cancer cells. The encapsulation of genes in the nanoparticles can protect against degradation and promotes intracellular accumulation in tumor suppression. A new kind of therapy for cancer is phototherapy in which nanoparticles can stimulate both photothermal therapy and photodynamic therapy through hyperthermia and ROS overgeneration to trigger cell death in PC. Therefore, synergistic therapy of phototherapy with chemotherapy is performed in accelerating tumor suppression. One of the important functions of nanotechnology is selective targeting of PC cells in reducing side effects on normal cells. The nanostructures are capable of being surface functionalized with aptamers, proteins and antibodies to specifically target PC cells in suppressing their progression. Therefore, a specific therapy for PC is provided and future implications for diagnosis of PC is suggested.
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- Mohamed J Saadh
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Middle East University, Amman, 11831, Jordan; Applied Science Research Center. Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Radiology and Ultrasonography Techniques, College of Medical Techniques, Al-Farahidi University, Baghdad, Iraq
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- Institute of Electrical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, 144001, India
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- Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Al-Zahrawi University College, Karbala, Iraq
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Measurememts and Control Systems, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, 44-100, Poland.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Tuebingen, Germany; Department of Health Care Management and Clinical Research, Collegium Humanum Warsaw Management University, Warsaw, Poland
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