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Wang J, Su X, Jiang L, Boudreau MW, Chatkewitz LE, Kilgore JA, Zahid KR, Williams NS, Chen Y, Liu S, Hergenrother PJ, Huang X. Augmented Concentration of Isopentyl-Deoxynyboquinone in Tumors Selectively Kills NAD(P)H Quinone Oxidoreductase 1-Positive Cancer Cells through Programmed Necrotic and Apoptotic Mechanisms. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:5844. [PMID: 38136388 PMCID: PMC10741405 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15245844] [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: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Lung and breast cancers rank as two of the most common and lethal tumors, accounting for a substantial number of cancer-related deaths worldwide. While the past two decades have witnessed promising progress in tumor therapy, developing targeted tumor therapies continues to pose a significant challenge. NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1), a two-electron reductase, has been reported as a promising therapeutic target across various solid tumors. β-Lapachone (β-Lap) and deoxynyboquinone (DNQ) are two NQO1 bioactivatable drugs that have demonstrated potent antitumor effects. However, their curative efficacy has been constrained by adverse effects and moderate lethality. To enhance the curative potential of NQO1 bioactivatable drugs, we developed a novel DNQ derivative termed isopentyl-deoxynyboquinone (IP-DNQ). Our study revealed that IP-DNQ treatment significantly increased reactive oxygen species generation, leading to double-strand break (DSB) formation, PARP1 hyperactivation, and catastrophic energy loss. Notably, we discovered that this novel drug induced both apoptosis and programmed necrosis events, which makes it entirely distinct from other NQO1 bioactivatable drugs. Furthermore, IP-DNQ monotherapy demonstrated significant antitumor efficacy and extended mice survival in A549 orthotopic xenograft models. Lastly, we identified that in mice IP-DNQ levels were significantly elevated in the plasma and tumor compared with IB-DNQ levels. This study provides novel preclinical evidence supporting IP-DNQ efficacy in NQO1+ NSCLC and breast cancer cells.
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- Jiangwei Wang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA (N.S.W.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA (N.S.W.)
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- Indiana University Health Pathology Laboratory, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
- Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Xu M, Xie X, Liu Y, Topham PD, Zeng Y, Zhan J, Wang L, Yu Q. Mild-Temperature Responsive Nanocatalyst for Controlled Drug Release and Enhanced Catalytic Therapy. Acta Biomater 2023:S1742-7061(23)00312-4. [PMID: 37271248 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.05.049] [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: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Owing to the advantages of the in situ production of toxic agents through catalytic reactions, nanocatalytic therapy has arisen as a highly potential strategy for cancer therapeutics in recent years. However, the insufficient amount of endogenous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the tumor microenvironment commonly limits their catalytic efficacy. Here, we employed carbon vesicle nanoparticles (CV NPs) with high near-infrared (NIR, 808 nm) photothermal conversion efficiency as carriers. Ultrafine platinum iron alloy nanoparticles (PtFe NPs) were grown in situ on the CV NPs, where the highly porous nature of the resultant CV@PtFe NPs was employed to encapsulate a drug, β-lapachone (La), and phase-change material (PCM). As a multifunctional nanocatalyst CV@PtFe/(La-PCM) NPs can exhibit a NIR-triggered photothermal effect and activate cellular heat shock response, which upregulates the downstream NQO1 via HSP70/NQO1 axis to facilitate bio-reduction of the concurrently melted and released La. Moreover, sufficient oxygen (O2) is supplied by CV@PtFe/(La-PCM) NPs catalyzed at the tumor site to reinforce the La cyclic reaction with abundant H2O2 generation. This promotes the bimetallic PtFe-based nanocatalysis, which breaks H2O2 down into highly toxic hydroxyl radicals (•OH) for catalytic therapy. Our results show that this multifunctional nanocatalyst can be used as a versatile synergistic therapeutic agent with NIR-enhanced nanocatalytic tumor therapy by tumor-specific H2O2 amplification and mild-temperature photothermal therapy, which holds promising potential for targeted cancer treatment. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: We present a multifunctional nanoplatform with mild-temperature responsive nanocatalyst for controlled drug release and enhanced catalytic therapy. This work aimed at not only reduce the damage to normal tissues caused by photothermal therapy, but also improves the efficiency of nanocatalytic therapy by stimulating endogenous H2O2 production through photothermal heat. In vitro and in vivo confirmed that CV@PtFe/(La-PCM) NPs exhibited powerful and overall antitumor effects. This formulation may provide an alternative strategy for the development of the mild- photothermal enhanced nanocatalytic therapy effect in solid tumor.
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- Mengmeng Xu
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China.
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Dal Forno GM, Latocheski E, Beatriz Machado A, Becher J, Dunsmore L, St John AL, Oliveira BL, Navo CD, Jiménez-Osés G, Fior R, Domingos JB, Bernardes GJL. Expanding Transition Metal-Mediated Bioorthogonal Decaging to Include C-C Bond Cleavage Reactions. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:10790-10799. [PMID: 37133984 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The ability to control the activation of prodrugs by transition metals has been shown to have great potential for controlled drug release in cancer cells. However, the strategies developed so far promote the cleavage of C-O or C-N bonds, which limits the scope of drugs to only those that present amino or hydroxyl groups. Here, we report the decaging of an ortho-quinone prodrug, a propargylated β-lapachone derivative, through a palladium-mediated C-C bond cleavage. The reaction's kinetic and mechanistic behavior was studied under biological conditions along with computer modeling. The results indicate that palladium (II) is the active species for the depropargylation reaction, activating the triple bond for nucleophilic attack by a water molecule before the C-C bond cleavage takes place. Palladium iodide nanoparticles were found to efficiently trigger the C-C bond cleavage reaction under biocompatible conditions. In drug activation assays in cells, the protected analogue of β-lapachone was activated by nontoxic amounts of nanoparticles, which restored drug toxicity. The palladium-mediated ortho-quinone prodrug activation was further demonstrated in zebrafish tumor xenografts, which resulted in a significant anti-tumoral effect. This work expands the transition-metal-mediated bioorthogonal decaging toolbox to include cleavage of C-C bonds and payloads that were previously not accessible by conventional strategies.
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- Gean M Dal Forno
- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina─UFSC, Campus Trindade, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina 88040-900, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina─UFSC, Campus Trindade, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina 88040-900, Brazil
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- Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Champalimaud Foundation, Av. Brasilia, Lisboa 1400-038, Portugal
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina─UFSC, Campus Trindade, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina 88040-900, Brazil
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, Lisboa 1649-028, Portugal
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC BioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800, Derio 48160, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC BioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800, Derio 48160, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48013, Spain
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- Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Champalimaud Foundation, Av. Brasilia, Lisboa 1400-038, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina─UFSC, Campus Trindade, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina 88040-900, Brazil
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, Lisboa 1649-028, Portugal
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Chu Z, Yang J, Zheng W, Sun J, Wang W, Qian H. Recent advances on modulation of H2O2 in tumor microenvironment for enhanced cancer therapeutic efficacy. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Santos VLDA, Gonsalves ADA, Guimarães DG, Simplicio SS, Oliveira HPD, Ramos LPS, Costa MPD, Oliveira FDCED, Pessoa C, Araújo CRM. Naphth[1,2-d]imidazoles Bioactive from β-Lapachone: Fluorescent Probes and Cytotoxic Agents to Cancer Cells. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28073008. [PMID: 37049771 PMCID: PMC10096064 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28073008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Theranostics combines therapeutic and imaging diagnostic techniques that are extremely dependent on the action of imaging agent, transporter of therapeutic molecules, and specific target ligand, in which fluorescent probes can act as diagnostic agents. In particular, naphthoimidazoles are potential bioactive heterocycle compounds to be used in several biomedical applications. With this aim, a group of seven naphth[1,2-d]imidazole compounds were synthesized from β-lapachone. Their optical properties and their cytotoxic activity against cancer cells and their compounds were evaluated and confirmed promising values for molar absorptivity coefficients (on the order of 103 to 104), intense fluorescence emissions in the blue region, and large Stokes shifts (20–103 nm). Furthermore, the probes were also selective for analyzed cancer cells (leukemic cells (HL-60). The naphth[1,2-d]imidazoles showed IC50 between 8.71 and 29.92 μM against HL-60 cells. For HCT-116 cells, values for IC50 between 21.12 and 62.11 μM were observed. The selective cytotoxicity towards cancer cells and the fluorescence of the synthesized naphth[1,2-d]imidazoles are promising responses that make possible the application of these components in antitumor theranostic systems.
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Liu Y, Cheng W, Xin H, Liu R, Wang Q, Cai W, Peng X, Yang F, Xin H. Nanoparticles advanced from preclinical studies to clinical trials for lung cancer therapy. Cancer Nanotechnol 2023; 14:28. [PMID: 37009262 PMCID: PMC10042676 DOI: 10.1186/s12645-023-00174-x] [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: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality. As a heterogeneous disease, it has different subtypes and various treatment modalities. In addition to conventional surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy have also been applied in the clinics. However, drug resistance and systemic toxicity still cannot be avoided. Based on the unique properties of nanoparticles, it provides a new idea for lung cancer therapy, especially for targeted immunotherapy. When nanoparticles are used as carriers of drugs with special physical properties, the nanodrug delivery system ensures the accuracy of targeting and the stability of drugs while increasing the permeability and the aggregation of drugs in tumor tissues, showing good anti-tumor effects. This review introduces the properties of various nanoparticles including polymer nanoparticles, liposome nanoparticles, quantum dots, dendrimers, and gold nanoparticles and their applications in tumor tissues. In addition, the specific application of nanoparticle-based drug delivery for lung cancer therapy in preclinical studies and clinical trials is discussed.
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- Yifan Liu
- grid.410654.20000 0000 8880 6009Laboratory of Oncology, Center for Molecular Medicine, School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, 1 Nanhuan Road, Jingzhou, 434023 Hubei China
- grid.410654.20000 0000 8880 6009Jingzhou Hospital Affiliated to Yangtze University, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023 Hubei China
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- grid.410654.20000 0000 8880 6009Jingzhou Hospital Affiliated to Yangtze University, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023 Hubei China
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- The Doctoral Scientific Research Center, People’s Hospital of Lianjiang, Guangdong, 524400 China
- grid.410560.60000 0004 1760 3078The Doctoral Scientific Research Center, People’s Hospital of Lianjiang, Affiliated to Guangdong Medical University, Guangdong, 524400 China
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- grid.410654.20000 0000 8880 6009Laboratory of Oncology, Center for Molecular Medicine, School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, 1 Nanhuan Road, Jingzhou, 434023 Hubei China
- grid.410654.20000 0000 8880 6009Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023 Hubei China
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- grid.410654.20000 0000 8880 6009Laboratory of Oncology, Center for Molecular Medicine, School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, 1 Nanhuan Road, Jingzhou, 434023 Hubei China
- grid.410654.20000 0000 8880 6009Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023 Hubei China
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- grid.49470.3e0000 0001 2331 6153Xinzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University (Xinzhou), Hubei, 430000 China
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- grid.410654.20000 0000 8880 6009Laboratory of Oncology, Center for Molecular Medicine, School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, 1 Nanhuan Road, Jingzhou, 434023 Hubei China
- grid.410654.20000 0000 8880 6009Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023 Hubei China
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- grid.410654.20000 0000 8880 6009Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, 1 Nanhuan Road, Jingzhou, 434023 Hubei China
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- grid.410654.20000 0000 8880 6009Laboratory of Oncology, Center for Molecular Medicine, School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, 1 Nanhuan Road, Jingzhou, 434023 Hubei China
- grid.410654.20000 0000 8880 6009Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023 Hubei China
- grid.443353.60000 0004 1798 8916Research Center of Molecular Medicine, Medical College of Chifeng University, Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, Chifeng, 024000 China
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Probes and nano-delivery systems targeting NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1: a mini-review. Front Chem Sci Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11705-022-2194-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2022]
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Dou L, Liu H, Wang K, Liu J, Liu L, Ye J, Wang R, Deng H, Qian F. Albumin binding revitalizes NQO1 bioactivatable drugs as novel therapeutics for pancreatic cancer. J Control Release 2022; 349:876-889. [PMID: 35907592 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.07.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is an enzyme significantly overexpressed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumors compared to the associated normal tissues. NQO1 bioactivatable drugs, such as β-lapachone (β-lap), can be catalyzed to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) for direct tumor killing. However, the extremely narrow therapeutic window caused by methemoglobinemia and hemolytic anemia severely restricts its further clinical translation despite considerable efforts in the past 20 years. Previously, we demonstrated that albumin could be utilized to deliver cytotoxic drugs selectively into KRAS-mutant PDAC with a much expanded therapeutic window due to KRAS-enhanced macropinocytosis and reduced neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) expression in PDAC. Herein, we analyzed the expression patterns of albumin and FcRn across major organs in LSL-KrasG12D/+;LSL-Trp53R172H/+;Pdx-1-Cre (KPC) mice. The tumors were the predominant tissues with both elevated albumin and reduced FcRn expression, thus making them an ideal target for albumin-based drug delivery. Quantitative proteomics analysis of tissue samples from 5 human PDAC patients further confirmed the elevated albumin/FcRn ratio. Given such a compelling biological rationale, we designed a nanoparticle albumin-bound prodrug of β-lap, nab-(pro-β-lap), to achieve PDAC targeted delivery and expand the therapeutic window of β-lap. We found that nab-(pro-β-lap) uptake was profoundly enhanced by KRAS mutation. Compared to the solution formulation of the parent drug β-lap, nab-(pro-β-lap) showed enhanced safety due to much lower rates of methemoglobinemia and hemolytic anemia, which was confirmed both in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, nab-(pro-β-lap) significantly inhibited tumor growth in subcutaneously implanted KPC xenografts and enhanced the pharmacodynamic endpoints (e.g., PARP1 hyperactivation, γ-H2AX). Thus, nab-(pro-β-lap), with improved safety and antitumor efficacy, offers a drug delivery strategy with translational viability for β-lap in pancreatic cancer therapy.
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- Lei Dou
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.
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Cun JE, Pan Y, Zhang Z, Lu Y, Li J, Pan Q, Gao W, Luo K, He B, Pu Y. Photo-enhanced upcycling H 2O 2 into hydroxyl radicals by IR780-embedded Fe 3O 4@MIL-100 for intense nanocatalytic tumor therapy. Biomaterials 2022; 287:121687. [PMID: 35872555 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-based nanocatalytic tumor therapy is alluring owing to the capability to generate highly cytotoxic ∙OH radicals from tumoral H2O2. However, the antitumor efficacy is highly dependent on the radical generation efficiency and challenged by the high levels of antioxidative glutathione (GSH) in cancer cells. Herein, we report an IR-780 decorated, GSH-depleting Fe3O4@MIL-100 (IFM) nanocomposite for photo-enhanced tumor catalytic therapy by extensive production of ∙OH, which is realized by an integration of excellent peroxidase-like activity of IFM, selective upregulation of tumoral H2O2 by β-lapachone, and localized hyperthermia by near infrared light irradiation. IFM shows potentiated antiproliferative effect in 4T1 cancer cells by ∙OH overproduction and glutathione scavenging, inducing intracellular redox dyshomeostasis and cell death by concurrent apoptosis and ferroptosis. In vivo antitumor investigation further demonstrates photoacoustic and fluorescence imaging-guided combinational therapy with a tumor inhibition rate of 96.4%. This study provides a strategy of photo-enhanced nanocatalytic tumor therapy by tumor-specific H2O2 amplification and hyperthermia.
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- Ju-E Cun
- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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- School of Preclinical Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325027, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China.
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Li X, Luo R, Liang X, Wu Q, Gong C. Recent advances in enhancing reactive oxygen species based chemodynamic therapy. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.11.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Chen X, Ji J, Zhou K, Fan X, Li L, Xu W. A novel multifunctional nanoparticles formed by molecular recognition between AS1411 aptamer and redox-responsive paclitaxel-nucleoside analogue prodrug for combination treatment of β-lapachone and paclitaxel. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2022; 212:112345. [PMID: 35074639 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112345] [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: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Despite its high antitumor activity, the clinical application of chemotherapy is greatly impeded by lacking of specific accumulation and poor solubility. To address the above challenges, we designed a AS1411 aptamer modified nanoparticles based on molecular recognition of nucleobases. Firstly, a redox sensitive Paclitaxel-SS-Zidovudine (PZ) prodrug was synthesized. Then PZ/β-lapachone/AS1411/DSPE-PEG nanoparticles were prepared and AS1411 aptamer was connected through molecular recognition between the nucleoside analogue Zidovudine (ZDV) and the thymine on aptamer. DSPE-PEG (DP) was incorporated into nanoparticles to prolong the residence time of nanoparticles in the blood circulation. Furthermore, to realize the combination treatment, β-lapachone (LAP) has been incorporated into nanoparticles with high drug loading efficiency through the interaction of π-π stacking force and H-bonding between LAP and Paclitaxel (PTX). LAP can generate abundant exogenous reactive oxygen species (ROS) via the bioactivation of NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase-1 (NQO1). Moreover, the connection of Zidovudine (ZDV) and AS1411 through molecular recognition of nucleobases further optimized the nanoparticles with high affinity to nucleolin which overexpressed on tumor cell membrane, thereby inducing the specific accumulation of nanoparticles in tumor sites. In vivo and in vitro studies showed that the obtained nanoparticles of PZ/LAP/AS1411/DP exhibited better tumor growth inhibition and lower systemic side effects. Herein, we have rationally conducted a novel self-codelivery system for effectively synergistic antitumor treatment.
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- Xuling Chen
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, Shandong Province 250012, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, Shandong Province 250012, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, Shandong Province 250012, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, Shandong Province 250012, China.
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- Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, the First Hospital Affiliated with Shandong First Medical University, China; Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, China.
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Jing X, Hu H, Sun Y, Yu B, Cong H, Shen Y. The Intracellular and Extracellular Microenvironment of Tumor Site: The Trigger of Stimuli-Responsive Drug Delivery Systems. SMALL METHODS 2022; 6:e2101437. [PMID: 35048560 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202101437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The tumor microenvironment (TME), including intracellular and extracellular microenvironment, contains many biochemical indicators (such as acidity/alkalinity, oxygen content, and enzymatic activity) that are different from the normal physiological environment. These abnormal biochemical indicators can accelerate the heterogeneity of tumors, but on the other hand, they also provide opportunities for the design of intelligent drug delivery systems (DDSs). The TME-responsive DDSs have shown great potential in reducing the side effects of chemotherapy and improving the curative effect of tumors. In this review, the abnormal biochemical indicators of TME are introduced in detail from both the extracellular and intracellular aspects. In view of the various physiological barriers encountered during drug delivery, the strategy of constructing TME-responsive DDSs is discussed. By summarizing the typical research progress, the authors prospect the development of TME-responsive DDS in the future.
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- Xiaodong Jing
- Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Center for Bionanoengineering, and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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Sun Q, Wang Z, Liu B, He F, Gai S, Yang P, Yang D, Li C, Lin J. Recent advances on endogenous/exogenous stimuli-triggered nanoplatforms for enhanced chemodynamic therapy. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Torrente L, DeNicola GM. Targeting NRF2 and Its Downstream Processes: Opportunities and Challenges. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2021; 62:279-300. [PMID: 34499527 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-052220-104025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The transcription factor NRF2 coordinates the expression of a vast array of cytoprotective and metabolic genes in response to various stress inputs to restore cellular homeostasis. Transient activation of NRF2 in healthy tissues has been long recognized as a cellular defense mechanism and is critical to prevent cancer initiation by carcinogens. However, cancer cells frequently hijack the protective capability of NRF2 to sustain the redox balance and meet their metabolic requirements for proliferation. Further, aberrant activation of NRF2 in cancer cells confers resistance to commonly used chemotherapeutic agents and radiotherapy. During the last decade, many research groups have attempted to block NRF2 activity in tumors to counteract the survival and proliferative advantage of cancer cells and reverse resistance to treatment. In this review, we highlight the role of NRF2 in cancer progression and discuss the past and current approaches to disable NRF2 signaling in tumors. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Volume 62 is January 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Laura Torrente
- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA;
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA;
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Ganbat D, Jugder BE, Ganbat L, Tomoeda M, Dungubat E, Takahashi Y, Mori I, Shiomi T, Tomita Y. The Efficacy of Vitamin K, A Member Of Naphthoquinones in the Treatment of Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Curr Cancer Drug Targets 2021; 21:495-513. [PMID: 33475062 DOI: 10.2174/1568009621999210120182834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Redox dysregulation originating from metabolic alterations in cancer cells contributes to their proliferation, invasion, and resistance to therapy. Conversely, these features represent a specific vulnerability of malignant cells that can be selectively targeted by redox chemotherapeutics. Amongst them, Vitamin K (VitK) carries the potential against cancer stem cells, in addition to the rest of tumor mass. OBJECTIVES To assess the possible benefits and safety of VitK for cancer treatment using a systematic review and meta-analysis with a mixed-methods approach. METHODS We performed a systematic search on several electronic databases for studies comparing VitK treatment with and without combination to the control groups. For quantitative studies, fully or partially reported clinical outcomes such as recurrence rates, survival, overall response and adverse reactions were assessed. For qualitative studies, a narrative synthesis was accomplished. RESULTS Our analysis suggested that the clinical outcome of efficacy, the pooled hazard ratio for progression-free survival, and the pooled relative risk for overall survival, and overall response were significantly higher in the VitK therapy group compared to the placebo group (p<0.05). We did not observe any significant difference in the occurrence of adverse events between groups. Among qualitative studies, VitK treatment targeting myelodysplastic syndrome and advanced solid tumors resulted in 24.1% and 10% of clinical response, respectively. CONCLUSION VitK not only exerts antitumor effects against a wide range of tumor types, but it also has excellent synergism with other therapeutic agents.
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- Dariimaa Ganbat
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, United States
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- Department of Administration, MCS Property, Ulan-Bator, Mongolia
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Kobe International University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan
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Zhou TJ, Xu Y, Xing L, Wang Y, Jiang HL. A Harmless-Harmful Switchable and Uninterrupted Laccase-Instructed Killer for Activatable Chemodynamic Therapy. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2100114. [PMID: 34062021 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202100114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) employs Fenton catalysts to kill cancer cells by converting intracellular hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) into hydroxyl radicals (OH•). Although many studies on H2 O2 supplementation have been conducted to improve the therapeutic effect of CDT, few studies have focused on the application of superoxide radical (O2 -• ) in CDT, which may result in better efficacy. A major concern about O2 -• -mediated CDT is its tendency to induce serious oxidative damage to normal tissues, which may be addressed by using a degradable O2 -• scavenger. Here, a harmless-harmful switchable and uninterrupted laccase (LAC)-instructed killer (HULK) is constructed, which is the first CDT agent accelerated by LAC-instructed O2 -• generation and possesses a harmless-harmful switchable effect because of the photodegradation of the O2 -• scavenger iron-chlorin e6 (FeCe6). LAC-instructed substrate oxidation effectively catalyzes O2 -• production with the help of intracellular reduction, thereby promoting the conversion of Fe3+ to Fe2+ , accelerating the generation of OH•, and inducing tumor cell apoptosis and necrosis. The introduced O2 -• scavenger FeCe6 is quickly photodegraded during irradiation, while LAC-instructed O2 -• generation proceeds as before, resulting in activatable CDT. This work not only provides the first strategy for LAC-instructed O2 -• generation but also presents new insight into activatable CDT.
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- Tian-Jiao Zhou
- 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
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Druggability of Biopharmaceuticals, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases, China Pharmaceutical University, 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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- 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
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Druggability of Biopharmaceuticals, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases, China Pharmaceutical University, 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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Yu P, Li X, Cheng G, Zhang X, Wu D, Chang J, Wang S. Hydrogen peroxide-generating nanomedicine for enhanced chemodynamic therapy. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Chang N, Zhao Y, Ge N, Qian L. A pH/ROS cascade-responsive and self-accelerating drug release nanosystem for the targeted treatment of multi-drug-resistant colon cancer. Drug Deliv 2021; 27:1073-1086. [PMID: 32706272 PMCID: PMC7470062 DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2020.1797238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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The efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents for colon cancer treatment is limited by multidrug resistance (MDR) and insufficient intracellular release of the administered nanomedicine. To overcome these limitations, we constructed a pH/ROS cascade-responsive and self-accelerating drug release nanoparticle system (PLP-NPs) for the treatment of multidrug-resistant colon cancer. The PLP-NPs comprised a reactive oxygen species (ROS)-sensitive polymeric paclitaxel (PTX) prodrug (DEX-TK-PTX), a pH-sensitive poly(l-histidine) (PHis), and beta-lapachone (Lapa), a ROS-generating agent. We found that PLP-NPs could accumulate in tumor tissue through enhancement of the permeability and retention (EPR) effect, and were subsequently internalized by cancer cells via the endocytic pathway. Within the acidic endo-lysosomal environment, PHis protonation facilitated the escape of the PLP-NPs from the lysosome and release of Lapa. The released Lapa generated a large amount of ROS, consumed ATP, and downregulated P-glycoprotein (P-gp) production through the activity of NQO1, an enzyme that is specifically overexpressed in tumor cells. In addition, the generated ROS promoted the release of PTX from DEX-TK-PTX to kill cancer cells, while ATP depletion inhibited P-gp-mediated MDR. In vitro and in vivo experiments subsequently confirmed that PLP-NPs induced tumor-specific cytotoxicity and overcame the MDR of colon cancer. Our findings indicate that the use of the PLP-NPs system represents a promising strategy to counter MDR in the treatment of colon cancer.
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- Na Chang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China), Hefei, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China), Hefei, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China), Hefei, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China), Hefei, China
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Xin F, Wu M, Cai Z, Zhang X, Wei Z, Liu X, Liu J. Tumor Microenvironment Triggered Cascade-Activation Nanoplatform for Synergistic and Precise Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Adv Healthc Mater 2021; 10:e2002036. [PMID: 33644987 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202002036] [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: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common and deadliest malignancy cancers, which remains a major global health problem. At present, over 50% of patients with HCC have implemented systemic therapies, such as interventional therapy or local chemotherapy that are scarcely effective and induce serious side effects to the remaining normal liver, further limiting their clinical outcomes. Herein, a tumor microenvironment triggered cascade-activation nanoplatform (A-NPLap/TPZ ) is prepared based on β-lapachone (β-Lap) and tirapazamine (TPZ) for the synergistic therapy of HCC. The A-NPLap/TPZ exerts its targeting effect by binding to the receptor of tumor cells with an external aptamer. In the tumor microenvironment, the nanoplatform can realize H2 O2 -triggered disassembly to release β-Lap and TPZ. The released β-Lap generates ROS to induce tumor cell apoptosis under the catalysis of the tumor cell over-expressed NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase-1 (NQO1) enzyme. In this process, oxygen is consumed to intensify tumor hypoxia, and eventually cascade activates TPZ to exert the anti-tumor effect. The studies in vitro and in vivo consistently demonstrate that the as-prepared A-NPLap/TPZ nanoplatform possesses an excellent synergistic anti-tumor effect. This design of nanoplatform with cascade activation effect provides a promising strategy for HCC treatment.
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- Fuli Xin
- Liver Disease Center the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University Fuzhou 350005 P. R. China
- The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University Fuzhou 350025 P. R. China
- Mengchao Med‐X Center Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350116 P. R. China
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- The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University Fuzhou 350025 P. R. China
- Mengchao Med‐X Center Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350116 P. R. China
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- The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University Fuzhou 350025 P. R. China
- Mengchao Med‐X Center Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350116 P. R. China
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- The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University Fuzhou 350025 P. R. China
- Mengchao Med‐X Center Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350116 P. R. China
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- The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University Fuzhou 350025 P. R. China
- Mengchao Med‐X Center Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350116 P. R. China
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- The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University Fuzhou 350025 P. R. China
- Mengchao Med‐X Center Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350116 P. R. China
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- Liver Disease Center the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University Fuzhou 350005 P. R. China
- The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University Fuzhou 350025 P. R. China
- Mengchao Med‐X Center Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350116 P. R. China
- Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital Fuzhou 350014 P. R. China
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Recent Advances and Challenges in Controlling the Spatiotemporal Release of Combinatorial Anticancer Drugs from Nanoparticles. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:pharmaceutics12121156. [PMID: 33261219 PMCID: PMC7759840 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12121156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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To overcome cancer, various chemotherapeutic studies are in progress; among these, studies on nano-formulated combinatorial drugs (NFCDs) are being actively pursued. NFCDs function via a fusion technology that includes a drug delivery system using nanoparticles as a carrier and a combinatorial drug therapy using two or more drugs. It not only includes the advantages of these two technologies, such as ensuring stability of drugs, selectively transporting drugs to cancer cells, and synergistic effects of two or more drugs, but also has the additional benefit of enabling the spatiotemporal and controlled release of drugs. This spatial and temporal drug release from NFCDs depends on the application of nanotechnology and the composition of the combination drug. In this review, recent advances and challenges in the control of spatiotemporal drug release from NFCDs are provided. To this end, the types of combinatorial drug release for various NFCDs are classified in terms of time and space, and the detailed programming techniques used for this are described. In addition, the advantages of the time and space differences in drug release in terms of anticancer efficacy are introduced in depth.
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Repp L, Rasoulianboroujeni M, Lee HJ, Kwon GS. Acyl and oligo(lactic acid) prodrugs for PEG-b-PLA and PEG-b-PCL nano-assemblies for injection. J Control Release 2020; 330:1004-1015. [PMID: 33166607 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(D,L-lactic acid) (PEG-b-PLA) and poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PEG-b-PCL) form nano-assemblies, including micelles and nanoparticles, that increase the water solubility of anticancer drugs for injection. PEG-b-PLA and PEG-b-PCL are less toxic than commonly used organic solvents or solubilizers for injection, such as Cremophor EL® in Taxol®. Formulating paclitaxel in PEG-b-PLA micelles, as Genexol-PM®, permits dose escalation over Taxol®, enhancing antitumor efficacy in breast, lung and ovarian cancers. To expand the repertoire of anticancer drugs for injection, acyl and oligo(lactic acid) ester prodrugs have been synthesized for PEG-b-PLA and PEG-b-PCL nano-assemblies, compatibility, and novel nanomedicines for injection. Notably, acyl and oligo(lactic acid) taxane prodrugs delivered by PEG-b-PLA and PEG-b-PCL nano-assemblies display heightened plasma exposure, reduction in biodistribution into major organs and enhanced tumor exposure in murine tumor models, versus parent anticancer drugs in conventional formulations. As a result, acyl and oligo(lactic acid) ester prodrugs are less toxic and induce durable antitumor responses. In summary, acyl and oligo(lactic acid) ester prodrugs widen the range of anticancer drugs that can be tested safely and effectively by using PEG-b-PLA and PEG-b-PCL nano-assemblies, and they display superior anticancer efficacy over parent anticancer drugs, which are often approved products. Oligo(lactic acid) ester taxane prodrugs are in pre-clinical development as novel drug combinations and immunotherapy combinations for cancer therapy.
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- Lauren Repp
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53705, United States
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53705, United States
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53705, United States
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53705, United States.
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Chen J, Zhu Y, Wu C, Shi J. Nanoplatform-based cascade engineering for cancer therapy. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:9057-9094. [PMID: 33112326 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00607f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Various therapeutic techniques have been studied for treating cancer precisely and effectively, such as targeted drug delivery, phototherapy, tumor-specific catalytic therapy, and synergistic therapy, which, however, evoke numerous challenges due to the inherent limitations of these therapeutic modalities and intricate biological circumstances as well. With the remarkable advances of nanotechnology, nanoplatform-based cascade engineering, as an efficient and booming strategy, has been tactfully introduced to optimize these cancer therapies. Based on the designed nanoplatforms, pre-supposed cascade processes could be triggered under specific conditions to generate/deliver more therapeutic species or produce stronger tumoricidal effects inside tumors, aiming to achieve cancer therapy with increased anti-tumor efficacy and diminished side effects. In this review, the recent advances in nanoplatform-based cascade engineering for cancer therapy are summarized and discussed, with an emphasis on the design of smart nanoplatforms with unique structures, compositions and properties, and the implementation of specific cascade processes by means of endogenous tumor microenvironment (TME) resources and/or exogenous energy inputs. This fascinating strategy presents unprecedented potential in the enhancement of cancer therapies, and offers better controllability, specificity and effectiveness of therapeutic functions compared to the corresponding single components/functions. In the end, challenges and prospects of such a burgeoning strategy in the field of cancer therapy will be discussed, hopefully to facilitate its further development to meet the personalized treatment demands.
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- Jiajie Chen
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China.
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Gong Q, Hu J, Wang P, Li X, Zhang X. A comprehensive review on β-lapachone: Mechanisms, structural modifications, and therapeutic potentials. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 210:112962. [PMID: 33158575 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 10/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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β-Lapachone (β-lap, 1), an ortho-naphthoquinone natural product isolated from the lapacho tree (Tabebuia avellanedae) in many regions of South America, has received extensive attention due to various pharmacological activities, such as antitumor, anti-Trypanosoma cruzi, anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis, antibacterial, and antimalarial activities. Related mechanisms of β-lap have been widely investigated for a full understanding of its therapeutic potentials. Numerous derivatives of β-lap have been reported with aims to generate new chemical entities, improve the corresponding biological potency, and overcome disadvantages of its physical and chemical properties and safety profiles. This review will give insight into the pharmacological mechanisms of β-lap and provide a comprehensive understanding of its structural modifications with regard to different therapeutic potentials. The available clinical trials related to β-lap and its derivatives are also summarized.
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- Qijie Gong
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, And Department of Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, And Department of Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, And Department of Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China.
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Mokarizadeh N, Karimi P, Kazemzadeh H, Fathi Maroufi N, Sadigh-Eteghad S, Nikanfar S, Rashtchizadeh N. An evaluation on potential anti-inflammatory effects of β-lapachone. Int Immunopharmacol 2020; 87:106810. [DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.106810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Therapeutic Strategies and Biomarkers to Modulate PARP Activity for Targeted Cancer Therapy. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12040972. [PMID: 32295316 PMCID: PMC7226473 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12040972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) is commonly known for its vital role in DNA damage response and repair. However, its enzymatic activity has been linked to a plethora of physiological and pathophysiological transactions ranging from cellular proliferation, survival and death. For instance, malignancies with BRCA1/2 mutations heavily rely on PARP activity for survival. Thus, the use of PARP inhibitors is a well-established intervention in these types of tumors. However, recent studies indicate that the therapeutic potential of attenuating PARP1 activity in recalcitrant tumors, especially where PARP1 is aberrantly overexpressed and hyperactivated, may extend its therapeutic utility in wider cancer types beyond BRCA-deficiency. Here, we discuss treatment strategies to expand the tumor-selective therapeutic application of PARP inhibitors and novel approaches with predictive biomarkers to perturb NAD+ levels and hyperPARylation that inactivate PARP in recalcitrant tumors. We also provide an overview of genetic alterations that transform non-BRCA mutant cancers to a state of "BRCAness" as potential biomarkers for synthetic lethality with PARP inhibitors. Finally, we discuss a paradigm shift for the use of novel PARP inhibitors outside of cancer treatment, where it has the potential to rescue normal cells from severe oxidative damage during ischemia-reperfusion injury induced by surgery and radiotherapy.
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Shimokawa M, Yoshizumi T, Itoh S, Iseda N, Sakata K, Yugawa K, Toshima T, Harada N, Ikegami T, Mori M. Modulation of Nqo1 activity intercepts anoikis resistance and reduces metastatic potential of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Sci 2020; 111:1228-1240. [PMID: 31968140 PMCID: PMC7156873 DOI: 10.1111/cas.14320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The processing of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) by nuclear factor erythroid‐derived 2‐like 2 (Nrf2) and NADPH quinone oxidoreductase 1 (Nqo1) is important for tumor metastasis. However, the clinical and biological significance of Nrf2/Nqo1 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. We aimed to clarify the clinical importance of Nrf2/Nqo1 expression in HCC and evaluate the association of Nrf2/Nqo1 expression with HCC metastasis. We also evaluated the impact of Nqo1 modulation on HCC metastatic potential. We used spheroids derived from HCC cell lines. In anchorage‐independent culture, HCC cells showed increased ROS, leading to the upregulation of Nrf2/Nqo1. Futile stimulation of Nqo1 by β‐lapachone induces excessive oxidative stress and dramatically increased anoikis sensitivity, finally diminishing the spheroid formation ability, which was far stronger than depletion of Nqo1. We analyzed 117 cases of primary HCC who underwent curative resection. Overexpression of Nrf2/Nqo1 in primary HCC was associated with tumor size, high α‐fetoprotein, and des‐γ‐carboxy‐prothrombin levels. Overexpression of Nrf2/Nqo1 was also associated with multiple intrahepatic recurrences (P = .0073) and was an independent risk factor for poor prognosis (P = .0031). NADPH quinone oxidoreductase 1 plays an important role in anchorage‐independent survival, which is essential for survival for circulation and distant metastasis of HCC cells. These results suggest that targeting Nqo1 activity could be a potential strategy for HCC adjuvant therapy.
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- Masahiro Shimokawa
- Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Woodman C, Vundu G, George A, Wilson CM. Applications and strategies in nanodiagnosis and nanotherapy in lung cancer. Semin Cancer Biol 2020; 69:349-364. [PMID: 32088362 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Lung cancer is the second most common cancer and the leading cause of death in both men and women in the world. Lung cancer is heterogeneous in nature and diagnosis is often at an advanced stage as it develops silently in the lung and is frequently associated with high mortality rates. Despite the advances made in understanding the biology of lung cancer, progress in early diagnosis, cancer therapy modalities and considering the mechanisms of drug resistance, the prognosis and outcome still remains low for many patients. Nanotechnology is one of the fastest growing areas of research that can solve many biological problems such as cancer. A growing number of therapies based on using nanoparticles (NPs) have successfully entered the clinic to treat pain, cancer, and infectious diseases. Recent progress in nanotechnology has been encouraging and directed to developing novel nanoparticles that can be one step ahead of the cancer reducing the possibility of multi-drug resistance. Nanomedicine using NPs is continuingly impacting cancer diagnosis and treatment. Chemotherapy is often associated with limited targeting to the tumor, side effects and low solubility that leads to insufficient drug reaching the tumor. Overcoming these drawbacks of chemotherapy by equipping NPs with theranostic capability which is leading to the development of novel strategies. This review provides a synopsis of current progress in theranostic applications for lung cancer diagnosis and therapy using NPs including liposome, polymeric NPs, quantum dots, gold NPs, dendrimers, carbon nanotubes and magnetic NPs.
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- Christopher Woodman
- Canterbury Christ Church University, School of Human and Life Sciences, Life Sciences Industry Liaison Lab, Sandwich, United Kingdom
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- Canterbury Christ Church University, School of Human and Life Sciences, Life Sciences Industry Liaison Lab, Sandwich, United Kingdom
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- Canterbury Christ Church University, School of Human and Life Sciences, Life Sciences Industry Liaison Lab, Sandwich, United Kingdom; Jubilee Centre for Medical Research, Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India
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- Canterbury Christ Church University, School of Human and Life Sciences, Life Sciences Industry Liaison Lab, Sandwich, United Kingdom; University of Liverpool, Institute of Translation Medicine, Dept of Molecular & Clinical Cancer Medicine, United Kingdom; Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Australia.
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Anticancer Potential of Resveratrol, β-Lapachone and Their Analogues. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25040893. [PMID: 32085381 PMCID: PMC7070981 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25040893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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This review aims to explore the potential of resveratrol, a polyphenol stilbene, and beta-lapachone, a naphthoquinone, as well as their derivatives, in the development of new drug candidates for cancer. A brief history of these compounds is reviewed along with their potential effects and mechanisms of action and the most recent attempts to improve their bioavailability and potency against different types of cancer.
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Torrente L, Prieto-Farigua N, Falzone A, Elkins CM, Boothman DA, Haura EB, DeNicola GM. Inhibition of TXNRD or SOD1 overcomes NRF2-mediated resistance to β-lapachone. Redox Biol 2020; 30:101440. [PMID: 32007910 PMCID: PMC6997906 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Alterations in the NRF2/KEAP1 pathway result in the constitutive activation of NRF2, leading to the aberrant induction of antioxidant and detoxification enzymes, including NQO1. The NQO1 bioactivatable agent β-lapachone can target cells with high NQO1 expression but relies in the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are actively scavenged in cells with NRF2/KEAP1 mutations. However, whether NRF2/KEAP1 mutations influence the response to β-lapachone treatment remains unknown. To address this question, we assessed the cytotoxicity of β-lapachone in a panel of NSCLC cell lines bearing either wild-type or mutant KEAP1. We found that, despite overexpression of NQO1, KEAP1 mutant cells were resistant to β-lapachone due to enhanced detoxification of ROS, which prevented DNA damage and cell death. To evaluate whether specific inhibition of the NRF2-regulated antioxidant enzymes could abrogate resistance to β-lapachone, we systematically inhibited the four major antioxidant cellular systems using genetic and/or pharmacologic approaches. We demonstrated that inhibition of the thioredoxin-dependent system or copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) could abrogate NRF2-mediated resistance to β-lapachone, while depletion of catalase or glutathione was ineffective. Interestingly, inhibition of SOD1 selectively sensitized KEAP1 mutant cells to β-lapachone exposure. Our results suggest that NRF2/KEAP1 mutational status might serve as a predictive biomarker for response to NQO1-bioactivatable quinones in patients. Further, our results suggest SOD1 inhibition may have potential utility in combination with other ROS inducers in patients with KEAP1/NRF2 mutations. Aberrant activation of NRF2 in non-small cell lung cancer promotes resistance to β-lapachone via the antioxidant defense. Inhibition of the thioredoxin-dependent system and superoxide dismutase 1 increase sensitivity to β-lapachone treatment. Mutations in the NRF2/KEAP1 pathway might serve as predictive biomarker for response to β-lapachone in patients.
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- Laura Torrente
- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Simon Cancer Center Indiana, University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
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Chaturvedi VK, Singh A, Singh VK, Singh MP. Cancer Nanotechnology: A New Revolution for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy. Curr Drug Metab 2020; 20:416-429. [PMID: 30227814 DOI: 10.2174/1389200219666180918111528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nanotechnology is gaining significant attention worldwide for cancer treatment. Nanobiotechnology encourages the combination of diagnostics with therapeutics, which is a vital component of a customized way to deal with the malignancy. Nanoparticles are being used as Nanomedicine which participates in diagnosis and treatment of various diseases including cancer. The unique characteristic of Nanomedicine i.e. their high surface to volume ratio enables them to tie, absorb, and convey small biomolecule like DNA, RNA, drugs, proteins, and other molecules to targeted site and thus enhances the efficacy of therapeutic agents. OBJECTIVE The objective of the present article is to provide an insight of several aspect of nanotechnology in cancer therapeutics such as various nanomaterials as drug vehicle, drug release strategies and role of nanotechnology in cancer therapy. METHODS We performed an extensive search on bibliographic database for research article on nanotechnology and cancer therapeutics and further compiled the necessary information from various articles into the present article. RESULTS Cancer nanotechnology confers a unique technology against cancer through early diagnosis, prevention, personalized therapy by utilizing nanoparticles and quantum dots.Nano-biotechnology plays an important role in the discovery of cancer biomarkers. Quantum dots, gold nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, gold nanowires etc. have been developed as a carrier of biomolecules that can detect cancer biomarkers. Nanoparticle assisted cancer detection and monitoring involves biomolecules like proteins, antibody fragments, DNA fragments, and RNA fragments as the base of cancer biomarkers. CONCLUSION This review highlights various approaches of cancer nanotechnology in the advancement of cancer therapy.
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- Vivek K Chaturvedi
- Centre of Biotechnology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, India
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- Centre of Biotechnology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, India
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- CMP Degree College, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, India
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- Centre of Biotechnology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, India
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Jin C, Wang K, Oppong-Gyebi A, Hu J. Application of Nanotechnology in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy - A Mini-Review. Int J Med Sci 2020; 17:2964-2973. [PMID: 33173417 PMCID: PMC7646098 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.49801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Cancer is a leading cause of death and poor quality of life globally. Even though several strategies are devised to reduce deaths, reduce chronic pain and improve the quality of life, there remains a shortfall in the adequacies of these cancer therapies. Among the cardinal steps towards ensuring optimal cancer treatment are early detection of cancer cells and drug application with high specificity to reduce toxicities. Due to increased systemic toxicities and refractoriness with conventional cancer diagnostic and therapeutic tools, other strategies including nanotechnology are being employed to improve diagnosis and mitigate disease severity. Over the years, immunotherapeutic agents based on nanotechnology have been used for several cancer types to reduce the invasiveness of cancerous cells while sparing healthy cells at the target site. Nanomaterials including carbon nanotubes, polymeric micelles and liposomes have been used in cancer drug design where they have shown considerable pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic benefits in cancer diagnosis and treatment. In this review, we outline the commonly used nanomaterials which are employed in cancer diagnosis and therapy. We have highlighted the suitability of these nanomaterials for cancer management based on their physicochemical and biological properties. We further reviewed the challenges that are associated with the various nanomaterials which limit their uses and hamper their translatability into the clinical setting in certain cancer types.
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- Cancan Jin
- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Dongyang People's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Dongyang, Zhejiang 322100,China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, USA
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Chen M, Deng G, He Y, Li X, Liu W, Wang W, Zhou Z, Yang H, Yang S. Ultrasound-Enhanced Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species for MRI-Guided Tumor Therapy by the Fe@Fe3O4-Based Peroxidase-Mimicking Nanozyme. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2019; 3:639-647. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b01006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Ming Chen
- International Joint Laboratory on Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- International Joint Laboratory on Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- International Joint Laboratory on Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- International Joint Laboratory on Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- International Joint Laboratory on Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- International Joint Laboratory on Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- International Joint Laboratory on Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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Wang S, Yu G, Wang Z, Jacobson O, Lin L, Yang W, Deng H, He Z, Liu Y, Chen Z, Chen X. Enhanced Antitumor Efficacy by a Cascade of Reactive Oxygen Species Generation and Drug Release. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201908997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Sheng Wang
- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University The Liwan Hospital of the Third Affiliated Hospital of, Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong 510000 China
- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD 20892 USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD 20892 USA
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University The Liwan Hospital of the Third Affiliated Hospital of, Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong 510000 China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD 20892 USA
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Wang S, Yu G, Wang Z, Jacobson O, Lin LS, Yang W, Deng H, He Z, Liu Y, Chen ZY, Chen X. Enhanced Antitumor Efficacy by a Cascade of Reactive Oxygen Species Generation and Drug Release. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:14758-14763. [PMID: 31429173 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) can be used not only as a therapeutic agent for chemodynamic therapy (CDT), but also as a stimulus to activate release of antitumor drugs, achieving enhanced efficacy through the combination of CDT and chemotherapy. Here we report a pH/ROS dual-responsive nanomedicine consisting of β-lapachone (Lap), a pH-responsive polymer, and a ROS-responsive polyprodrug. In the intracellular acidic environment, the nanomedicine can realize pH-triggered disassembly. The released Lap can efficiently generate hydrogen peroxide, which will be further converted into highly toxic hydroxyl radicals via the Fenton reaction. Subsequently, through ROS-induced cleavage of thioketal linker, doxorubicin is released from the polyprodrug. In vivo results indicate that the cascade of ROS generation and antitumor-drug release can effectively inhibit tumor growth. This design of nanomedicine with cascade reactions offers a promising strategy to enhance antitumor efficacy.
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- Sheng Wang
- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, The Liwan Hospital of the Third Affiliated Hospital of, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510000, China.,Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, The Liwan Hospital of the Third Affiliated Hospital of, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510000, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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PET imaging of occult tumours by temporal integration of tumour-acidosis signals from pH-sensitive 64Cu-labelled polymers. Nat Biomed Eng 2019; 4:314-324. [PMID: 31235828 PMCID: PMC6928453 DOI: 10.1038/s41551-019-0416-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Owing to the diversity of cancer types and the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of tumour signals, high-resolution imaging of occult malignancy is challenging. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography allows for near-universal cancer detection, yet in many clinical scenarios it is hampered by false positives. Here, we report a method for the amplification of imaging contrast in tumours via the temporal integration of the imaging signals triggered by tumour acidosis. This method exploits the catastrophic disassembly, at the acidic pH of the tumour milieu, of pH-sensitive positron-emitting neutral copolymer micelles into polycationic polymers, which are then internalized and retained by the cancer cells. Positron emission tomography imaging of the 64Cu-labelled polymers detected small occult tumours (10-20 mm3) in the brain, head, neck and breast of mice at much higher contrast than 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose, 11C-methionine and pH-insensitive 64Cu-labelled nanoparticles. We also show that the pH-sensitive probes reduce false positive detection rates in a mouse model of non-cancerous lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation. This macromolecular strategy for integrating tumour acidosis should enable improved cancer detection, surveillance and staging.
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Wang K, Yang B, Ye H, Zhang X, Song H, Wang X, Li N, Wei L, Wang Y, Zhang H, Kan Q, He Z, Wang D, Sun J. Self-Strengthened Oxidation-Responsive Bioactivating Prodrug Nanosystem with Sequential and Synergistically Facilitated Drug Release for Treatment of Breast Cancer. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:18914-18922. [PMID: 31055911 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b03056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Although environment-sensitive prodrug-based nanoparticles (NPs) have developed rapidly, lots of prodrug NPs still show poor selectivity and efficiency of parent drug bioactivation because of tumor heterogeneity. Herein, self-strengthened bioactivating prodrug-based NPs are fabricated via co-encapsulation of oxidation-responsive thioether-linked linoleic acid-paclitaxel conjugates (PTX-S-LA) and β-lapachone (LPC) into polymeric micelles (PMs). Following cellular uptake, PMs first release LPC to significantly elevate the reactive oxidative species (ROS) level through NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase-1 (NQO1) catalysis. Then, NQO1-generated ROS in combination with endogenous high ROS levels in tumor cells could synergistically facilitate PTX-S-LA to release the active cytotoxic agent PTX. Such a novel prodrug nanosystem exhibits self-strengthened prodrug bioactivation, ultraselective release, and cytotoxicity between cancer and normal cells, prolonged circulation time, and enhanced tumor accumulation, leading to high antitumor efficiency and superior biosafety. Our findings pave the new way for the rational design of oxidation-responsive prodrug NPs for high-efficacy cancer chemotherapy.
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- Key Laboratory of Microbiology, School of Life Science , Heilongjiang University , Harbin 150080 , P. R. China
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Wang S, Wang Z, Yu G, Zhou Z, Jacobson O, Liu Y, Ma Y, Zhang F, Chen Z, Chen X. Tumor-Specific Drug Release and Reactive Oxygen Species Generation for Cancer Chemo/Chemodynamic Combination Therapy. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2019; 6:1801986. [PMID: 30886808 PMCID: PMC6402284 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201801986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The combination of chemotherapeutic drugs and reactive oxygen species (ROS) is a promising strategy to achieve improved anticancer effect. Herein, a nanomedicine (LaCIONPs) that can achieve tumor-specific chemotherapeutic drug release and ROS generation is developed for cancer chemo/chemodynamic combination therapy. The LaCIONPs are constructed by encapsulation of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) and β-lapachone (La) in nanostructure assembled by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-responsive polyprodrug and pH-responsive polymer. Through the enhanced permeability and retention effect, the nanosized LaCIONPs can accumulate in tumor tissue. After the LaCIONPs are internalized by tumor cells, the structure of LaCIONPs is disintegrated in acidic intracellular environment, leading to rapid release of La and iron ions. Then the released La generates massive H2O2 through tumor specific catalysis. On the one hand, H2O2 further reacts with iron ions to produce highly toxic hydroxyl radicals for chemodynamic therapy. On the other hand, H2O2 also activates the release of camptothecin from the polyprodrug for chemotherapy. The potent antitumor effect of the LaCIONPs is demonstrated by both in vitro and in vivo results. Therefore, the LaCIONP is a promising nanomedicine for tumor-specific chemo/chemodynamic combination therapy.
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- Sheng Wang
- Department of Ultrasound MedicineLaboratory of Ultrasound Molecular ImagingThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhou510150China
- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and NanomedicineNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD20892USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and NanomedicineNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD20892USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and NanomedicineNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD20892USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and NanomedicineNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD20892USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and NanomedicineNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD20892USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and NanomedicineNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD20892USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and NanomedicineNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD20892USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and NanomedicineNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD20892USA
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- Department of Ultrasound MedicineLaboratory of Ultrasound Molecular ImagingThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhou510150China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and NanomedicineNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD20892USA
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Dai L, Li X, Duan X, Li M, Niu P, Xu H, Cai K, Yang H. A pH/ROS Cascade-Responsive Charge-Reversal Nanosystem with Self-Amplified Drug Release for Synergistic Oxidation-Chemotherapy. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2019; 6:1801807. [PMID: 30828537 PMCID: PMC6382314 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201801807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2018] [Revised: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Poor cell uptake of drugs is one of the major challenges for anticancer therapy. Moreover, the inability to release adequate drug at tumor sites and inherent multidrug resistance (MDR) may further limit the therapeutic effect. Herein, a delivery nanosystem with a charge-reversal capability and self-amplifiable drug release pattern is constructed by encapsulating β-lapachone in pH/ROS cascade-responsive polymeric prodrug micelle. The surface charge of this micellar system would be converted from negative to positive for enhanced tumor cell uptake in response to the weakly acidic tumor microenvironment. Subsequently, the cascade-responsive micellar system could be dissociated in a reactive oxygen species (ROS)-rich intracellular environment, resulting in cytoplasmic release of β-lapachone and camptothecin (CPT). Furthermore, the released β-lapachone is capable of producing ROS under the catalysis of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase-1 (NQO1), which induces the self-amplifiable disassembly of the micelles and drug release to consume adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and downregulate P-glycoprotein (P-gp), eventually overcoming MDR. Moreover, the excessive ROS produced from β-lapachone could synergize with CPT and further propagate tumor cell apoptosis. The studies in vitro and in vivo consistently demonstrate that the combination of the pH-responsive charge-reversal, upregulation of tumoral ROS level, and self-amplifying ROS-responsive drug release achieves potent antitumor efficacy via the synergistic oxidation-chemotherapy.
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- Liangliang Dai
- Institute of Medical ResearchNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an710072P. R. China
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- School of Life SciencesNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an710072P. R. China
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- Institute of Medical ResearchNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an710072P. R. China
- Second Department of General SurgeryShaanxi Provincial People's HospitalXi'an710068P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and TechnologyMinistry of Education College of BioengineeringChongqing UniversityChongqing400044P. R. China
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- School of Life SciencesNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an710072P. R. China
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- School of Life SciencesNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an710072P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and TechnologyMinistry of Education College of BioengineeringChongqing UniversityChongqing400044P. R. China
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- Institute of Medical ResearchNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an710072P. R. China
- School of Life SciencesNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an710072P. R. China
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Marangoni VS, Cancino Bernardi J, Reis IB, Fávaro WJ, Zucolotto V. Photothermia and Activated Drug Release of Natural Cell Membrane Coated Plasmonic Gold Nanorods and β-Lapachone. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2019; 2:728-736. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.8b00603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Valeria S. Marangoni
- Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology Group, Physics Institute of Sao Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, BR-13560970, Brazil
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- Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology Group, Physics Institute of Sao Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, BR-13560970, Brazil
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- Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology Group, Physics Institute of Sao Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, BR-13560970, Brazil
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Motea EA, Huang X, Singh N, Kilgore JA, Williams NS, Xie XJ, Gerber DE, Beg MS, Bey EA, Boothman DA. NQO1-dependent, Tumor-selective Radiosensitization of Non-small Cell Lung Cancers. Clin Cancer Res 2019; 25:2601-2609. [PMID: 30617135 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-2560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE Development of tumor-specific therapies for the treatment of recalcitrant non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) is urgently needed. Here, we investigated the ability of β-lapachone (β-lap, ARQ761 in clinical form) to selectively potentiate the effects of ionizing radiation (IR, 1-3 Gy) in NSCLCs that overexpress NAD(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN The mechanism of lethality of low-dose IR in combination with sublethal doses of β-lap was evaluated in NSCLC lines in vitro and validated in subcutaneous and orthotopic xenograft models in vivo. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) studies comparing single versus cotreatments were performed to validate therapeutic efficacy and mechanism of action. RESULTS β-Lap administration after IR treatment hyperactivated PARP, greatly lowered NAD+/ATP levels, and increased double-strand break (DSB) lesions over time in vitro. Radiosensitization of orthotopic, as well as subcutaneous, NSCLCs occurred with high apparent cures (>70%), even though 1/8 β-lap doses reach subcutaneous versus orthotopic tumors. No methemoglobinemia or long-term toxicities were noted in any normal tissues, including mouse liver that expresses the highest level of NQO1 (∼12 units) of any normal tissue. PK/PD responses confirm that IR + β-lap treatments hyperactivate PARP activity, greatly lower NAD+/ATP levels, and dramatically inhibit DSB repair in exposed NQO1+ cancer tissue, whereas low NQO1 levels and high levels of catalase in associated normal tissue were protective. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that combination of sublethal doses of β-lap and IR is a viable approach to selectively treat NQO1-overexpressing NSCLC and warrant a clinical trial using low-dose IR + β-lap against patients with NQO1+ NSCLCs.
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- Edward A Motea
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Biostatistics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, West Virginia University Cancer Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Li X, Hao S, Han A, Yang Y, Fang G, Liu J, Wang S. Intracellular Fenton reaction based on mitochondria-targeted copper(ii)–peptide complex for induced apoptosis. J Mater Chem B 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9tb00569b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Intracellular Fenton reaction-based mitochondria-targeted copper(ii)–peptide complex and Asc is developed for cancer cell treatment.
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- Xia Li
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science and Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science and Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science and Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science and Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science and Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science and Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science and Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- P. R. China
- Research Center of Food Science and Human Health
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Ranji-Burachaloo H, Gurr PA, Dunstan DE, Qiao GG. Cancer Treatment through Nanoparticle-Facilitated Fenton Reaction. ACS NANO 2018; 12:11819-11837. [PMID: 30457834 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b07635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 334] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Currently, cancer is the second largest cause of death worldwide and has reached critical levels. In spite of all the efforts, common treatments including chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, and photothermal therapy suffer from various problems which limit their efficiency and performance. For this reason, different strategies are being explored which improve the efficiency of these traditional therapeutic methods or treat the tumor cells directly. One such strategy utilizing the Fenton reaction has been investigated by many groups for the possible treatment of cancer cells. This approach is based on the knowledge that high levels of hydrogen peroxide exist within cancer cells and can be used to catalyze the Fenton reaction, leading to cancer-killing reactive oxygen species. Analysis of the current literature has shown that, due to the diverse morphologies, different sizes, various chemical properties, and the tunable structure of nanoparticles, nanotechnology offers the most promising method to facilitate the Fenton reaction with cancer therapy. This review aims to highlight the use of the Fenton reaction using different nanoparticles to improve traditional cancer therapies and the emerging Fenton-based therapy, highlighting the obstacles, challenges, and promising developments in each of these areas.
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Gerber DE, Beg MS, Fattah F, Frankel AE, Fatunde O, Arriaga Y, Dowell JE, Bisen A, Leff RD, Meek CC, Putnam WC, Kallem RR, Subramaniyan I, Dong Y, Bolluyt J, Sarode V, Luo X, Xie Y, Schwartz B, Boothman DA. Phase 1 study of ARQ 761, a β-lapachone analogue that promotes NQO1-mediated programmed cancer cell necrosis. Br J Cancer 2018; 119:928-936. [PMID: 30318513 PMCID: PMC6203852 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-018-0278-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is a two-electron oxidoreductase expressed in multiple tumour types. ARQ 761 is a β-lapachone (β-lap) analogue that exploits the unique elevation of NQO1 found in solid tumours to cause tumour-specific cell death. METHODS We performed a 3+3 dose escalation study of 3 schedules (weekly, every other week, 2/3 weeks) of ARQ 761 in patients with refractory advanced solid tumours. Tumour tissue was analysed for NQO1 expression. After 20 patients were analysed, enrolment was restricted to patients with NQO1-high tumours (H-score ≥ 200). RESULTS A total of 42 patients were treated. Median number of prior lines of therapy was 4. Maximum tolerated dose was 390 mg/m2 as a 2-h infusion every other week. Dose-limiting toxicity was anaemia. The most common treatment-related adverse events were anaemia (79%), fatigue (45%), hypoxia (33%), nausea (17%), and vomiting (17%). Transient grade 3 hypoxia, reflecting possible methemoglobinaemia, occurred in 26% of patients. Among 32 evaluable patients, best response was stable disease (n = 12); 6 patients had tumour shrinkage. There was a trend towards improved efficacy in NQO1-high tumours (P = 0.06). CONCLUSIONS ARQ 761 has modest single-agent activity, which appears associated with tumour NQO1 expression. Principal toxicities include anaemia and possible methemoglobinaemia.
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- David E Gerber
- Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hematology-Oncology), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA. .,Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA. .,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hematology-Oncology), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hematology-Oncology), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hematology-Oncology), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hematology-Oncology), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hematology-Oncology), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.,Department of Bioinformatics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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Segura-Ibarra V, Wu S, Hassan N, Moran-Guerrero JA, Ferrari M, Guha A, Karmouty-Quintana H, Blanco E. Nanotherapeutics for Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Front Physiol 2018; 9:890. [PMID: 30061840 PMCID: PMC6055049 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating and fatal chronic lung disease. While current pharmacotherapies have improved patient quality of life, PAH drugs suffer from limitations in the form of short-term pharmacokinetics, instability, and poor organ specificity. Traditionally, nanotechnology-based delivery strategies have proven advantageous at increasing both circulation lifetimes of chemotherapeutics and accumulation in tumors due to enhanced permeability through fenestrated vasculature. Importantly, increased nanoparticle (NP) accumulation in diseased tissues has been observed pre-clinically in pathologies characterized by endothelial dysfunction and remodeled vasculature, including myocardial infarction and heart failure. Recently, this phenomenon has also been observed in preclinical models of PAH, leading to the exploration of NP-based drug delivery as a therapeutic modality in PAH. Herein, we discussed the advantages of NPs for efficacious treatment of PAH, including heightened therapeutic delivery to diseased lungs for increased drug bioavailability, as well as highlighted innovative nanotherapeutic approaches for PAH.
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- Victor Segura-Ibarra
- Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States.,Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States.,McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States.,Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States.,Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.,Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States.,Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States
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Zhang K, Chen D, Ma K, Wu X, Hao H, Jiang S. NAD(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) as a Therapeutic and Diagnostic Target in Cancer. J Med Chem 2018; 61:6983-7003. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Kuojun Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Center for Drug Evaluation, China Food and Drug Administration, Beijing 100038, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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Khan T, Gurav P. PhytoNanotechnology: Enhancing Delivery of Plant Based Anti-cancer Drugs. Front Pharmacol 2018; 8:1002. [PMID: 29479316 PMCID: PMC5811929 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.01002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Natural resources continue to be an invaluable source of new, novel chemical entities of therapeutic utility due to the vast structural diversity observed in them. The quest for new and better drugs has witnessed an upsurge in exploring and harnessing nature especially for discovery of antimicrobial, antidiabetic, and anticancer agents. Nature has historically provide us with potent anticancer agents which include vinca alkaloids [vincristine (VCR), vinblastine, vindesine, vinorelbine], taxanes [paclitaxel (PTX), docetaxel], podophyllotoxin and its derivatives [etoposide (ETP), teniposide], camptothecin (CPT) and its derivatives (topotecan, irinotecan), anthracyclines (doxorubicin, daunorubicin, epirubicin, idarubicin), and others. In fact, half of all the anti-cancer drugs approved internationally are either natural products or their derivatives and were developed on the basis of knowledge gained from small molecules or macromolecules that exist in nature. Three new anti-cancer drugs introduced in 2007, viz. trabectedin, epothilone derivative ixabepilone, and temsirolimus were obtained from microbial sources. Selective drug targeting is the need of the current therapeutic regimens for increased activity on cancer cells and reduced toxicity to normal cells. Nanotechnology driven modified drugs and drug delivery systems are being developed and introduced in the market for better cancer treatment and management with good results. The use of nanoparticulate drug carriers can resolve many challenges in drug delivery to the cancer cells that includes: improving drug solubility and stability, extending drug half-lives in the blood, reducing adverse effects in non-target organs, and concentrating drugs at the disease site. This review discusses the scientific ventures and explorations involving application of nanotechnology to some selected plant derived molecules. It presents a comprehensive review of formulation strategies of phytoconstituents in development of novel delivery systems like liposomes, functionalized nanoparticles (NPs), application of polymer conjugates, as illustrated in the graphical abstract along with their advantages over conventional drug delivery systems supported by enhanced biological activity in in vitro and in vivo anticancer assays.
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- Tabassum Khan
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Quality Assurance, SVKM's Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy, Mumbai, India
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- Quality Assurance, Alkem Laboratories Ltd., Mumbai, India
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Ranji-Burachaloo H, Karimi F, Xie K, Fu Q, Gurr PA, Dunstan DE, Qiao GG. MOF-Mediated Destruction of Cancer Using the Cell's Own Hydrogen Peroxide. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:33599-33608. [PMID: 28885005 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b07981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A novel reduced iron metal-organic framework nanoparticle with cytotoxicity specific to cancer cells is presented. This nanoparticle was prepared via a hydrothermal method, reduced using hydroquinone, and finally conjugated with folic acid (namely, rMOF-FA). The synthesized nanoparticle shows the controlled release of iron in an acidic ex-vivo environment. Iron present on the rMOF-FA and released into solution can react with high levels of hydrogen peroxide found specifically in cancer cells to increase the hydroxyl radical concentration. The hydroxyl radicals oxidize proteins, lipids, and/or DNA within the biological system to decrease cell viability. In vitro experiments demonstrate that this novel nanoparticle is cytotoxic to cancer cells (HeLa) through generation of OH• inside the cells. At low concentrations of rMOF-FA, the cancer cell viability decreases dramatically, with no obvious reduction of normal cell (NIH-3T3) viability. The calculated half-maximum inhibitory concentration value (IC50) was 43 μg/mL for HeLa cells, which was significantly higher than 105 μg/mL for NIH-3T3. This work thus demonstrates a new type of agent for controlled hydroxyl radical generation using the Fenton reaction to kill the tumor cells.
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- Hadi Ranji-Burachaloo
- Polymer Science Group and ‡Complex Fluids Group, Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Polymer Science Group and ‡Complex Fluids Group, Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Polymer Science Group and ‡Complex Fluids Group, Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Polymer Science Group and ‡Complex Fluids Group, Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Polymer Science Group and ‡Complex Fluids Group, Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Polymer Science Group and ‡Complex Fluids Group, Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Polymer Science Group and ‡Complex Fluids Group, Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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Ye M, Han Y, Tang J, Piao Y, Liu X, Zhou Z, Gao J, Rao J, Shen Y. A Tumor-Specific Cascade Amplification Drug Release Nanoparticle for Overcoming Multidrug Resistance in Cancers. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1702342. [PMID: 28833669 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201702342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 06/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A cascade amplification release nanoparticle (CARN) is constructed by the coencapsulation of β-lapachone and a reactive-oxygen-species (ROS)-responsive doxorubicin (DOX) prodrug, BDOX, in polymeric nanoparticles. Releasing β-lapachone first from the CARNs selectively increases the ROS level in cancer cells via NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase-1 (NQO1) catalysis, which induces the cascade amplification release of DOX and overcomes multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer cells, producing a remarkably improved therapeutic efficacy against MDR tumors with minimal side effects.
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- Mingzhou Ye
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Center for Bionanoengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Center for Bionanoengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Center for Bionanoengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Center for Bionanoengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Center for Bionanoengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Center for Bionanoengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA, 94305, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Center for Bionanoengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Nowacki M, Peterson M, Kloskowski T, McCabe E, Guiral DC, Polom K, Pietkun K, Zegarska B, Pokrywczynska M, Drewa T, Roviello F, Medina EA, Habib SL, Zegarski W. Nanoparticle as a novel tool in hyperthermic intraperitoneal and pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotheprapy to treat patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis. Oncotarget 2017; 8:78208-78224. [PMID: 29100461 PMCID: PMC5652850 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.20596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The treatment of peritoneal surface malignances has changed considerably over the last thirty years. Unfortunately, the palliative is the only current treatment for peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). Two primary intraperitoneal chemotherapeutic methods are used. The first is combination of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and Hyperthermic IntraPEritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC), which has become the gold standard for many cases of PC. The second is Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotheprapy (PIPAC), which is promising direction to minimally invasive as safedrug delivery. These methods were improved through multicenter studies and clinical trials that yield important insights and solutions. Major method development has been made through nanomedicine, specifically nanoparticles. Here, we are presenting the latest advances of nanoparticles and their application to precision diagnostics and improved treatment strategies for PC. These advances will likely develop both HIPEC and PIPAC methods that used for in vitro and in vivo studies. Several benefits of using nanoparticles will be discussed including: 1) Nanoparticles as drug delivery systems; 2) Nanoparticles and Near Infrred (NIR) Irradiation; 3) use of nanoparticles in perioperative diagnostic and individualized treatment planning; 4) use of nanoparticles as anticancer dressing's, hydrogels and as active beeds for optimal reccurence prevention; and 5) finally the curent in vitro and in vivo studies and clinical trials of nanoparticles. The current review highlighted use of nanoparticles as novel tools in improving drug delivery to be effective for treatment patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis.
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- Maciej Nowacki
- Chair of Department of Surgical Oncology, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Oncology Centre of Franciszek Łukaszczyk Memorial Hospital, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Chair of Urology, Department of Regenerative Medicine, Ludwik Rydygier's Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of General Surgery (Peritoneal Surface Surgical Oncology), Fundación Jiménez Díaz Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- General Surgery and Surgical Oncology Department, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Chair of Cosmetology and Aesthetic Dermatology, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Chair of Cosmetology and Aesthetic Dermatology, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Chair of Urology, Department of Regenerative Medicine, Ludwik Rydygier's Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Chair of Urology, Department of Regenerative Medicine, Ludwik Rydygier's Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Chair of Cosmetology and Aesthetic Dermatology, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Geriatric Research Education, San Antonio, TX, USA
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Chair of Department of Surgical Oncology, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Oncology Centre of Franciszek Łukaszczyk Memorial Hospital, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Costa MP, Feitosa ACS, Oliveira FCE, Cavalcanti BC, Dias GG, Caetano EWS, Sales FAM, Freire VN, Di Fiore S, Fischer R, Ladeira LO, da Silva Júnior EN, Pessoa C. Encapsulation of nor-β-lapachone into poly(d,l)-lactide- co-glycolide (PLGA) microcapsules: full characterization, computational details and cytotoxic activity against human cancer cell lines. MEDCHEMCOMM 2017; 8:1993-2002. [PMID: 30108718 DOI: 10.1039/c7md00196g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
In this work, we characterize nor-β-lapachone-loaded (NβL-loaded) microcapsules prepared using an emulsification/solvent extraction technique. Features such as surface morphology, particle size distribution, zeta potential, optical absorption, Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectra, thermal analysis data, drug encapsulation efficiency, drug release kinetics and in vitro cytotoxicity were studied. Spherical microcapsules with a size of 1.03 ± 0.46 μm were produced with an encapsulation efficiency of approximately 19%. Quantum DFT calculations were also performed to estimate typical interaction energies between a single nor-β-lapachone molecule and the surface of the microparticles. The NβL-loaded PLGA microcapsules exhibited a pronounced initial burst release. After the in vitro treatment with NβL-loaded microcapsules, a clear phagocytosis of the spheres was observed in a few minutes. The cytotoxic activity against a set of cancer cell lines was investigated.
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- Marcília P Costa
- Pharmacy Course , Federal University of Piauí , 64049-550 Teresina , PI , Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology , Federal University of Ceará , 60430-270 Fortaleza , CE , Brazil .
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology , Federal University of Ceará , 60430-270 Fortaleza , CE , Brazil .
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology , Federal University of Ceará , 60430-270 Fortaleza , CE , Brazil .
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- Institute of Exact Sciences , Department of Chemistry , Federal University of Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte , 31270-901 , MG , Brazil . ; Tel: +55 31 34095720
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- Department of Secondary School and Teachers College , Federal Institute of Ceará , 60040-531 Fortaleza , CE , Brazil.,Federal Institute of Ceará , 63503-790 Iguatu , CE , Brazil
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- Department of Secondary School and Teachers College , Federal Institute of Ceará , 60040-531 Fortaleza , CE , Brazil.,Federal Institute of Ceará , 63503-790 Iguatu , CE , Brazil
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- Department of Physics , Federal University of Ceará , 60455-760 Fortaleza , CE , Brazil
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME , 52074 , Aachen , Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME , 52074 , Aachen , Germany.,Institute for Molecular Biotechnology , RWTH Aachen University , 52074 Aachen , Germany
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- Institute of Exact Sciences , Department of Physics , Federal University of Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte , 31270-901 , MG , Brazil
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- Institute of Exact Sciences , Department of Chemistry , Federal University of Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte , 31270-901 , MG , Brazil . ; Tel: +55 31 34095720
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology , Federal University of Ceará , 60430-270 Fortaleza , CE , Brazil . .,Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) , 60180-900 Fortaleza , CE , Brazil
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