Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Material Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, China.
Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences , Beijing 100071, China.
ACS Nano. 2016 Jan 26;10(1):159-69. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04706. Epub 2015 Dec 1.
Stimuli-controlled drug delivery and release is of great significance in cancer therapy, making a stimuli-responsive drug carrier highly demanded. Herein, a multistimuli-controlled drug carrier was developed by coating bovine serum albumin on Fe5C2 nanoparticles (NPs). With a high loading of the anticancer drug doxorubicin, the nanoplatform provides a burst drug release when exposed to near-infrared (NIR) light or acidic conditions. In vitro experiment demonstrated a NIR-regulated cell inhibition that is ascribed from cellular uptake of the carrier and the combination of photothermal therapy and enhanced drug release. The carrier is also magnetic-field-responsive, which enables targeted drug delivery under the guidance of a magnetic field and monitors the theranostic effect by magnetic resonance imaging. In vivo synergistic effect demonstrates that the magnetic-driven accumulation of NPs can induce a complete tumor inhibition without appreciable side effects to the treated mice by NIR irradiation, due to the combined photochemotherapy. Our results highlight the great potential of Fe5C2 NPs as a remote-controlled platform for photochemothermal cancer therapy.
刺激响应型药物控释在癌症治疗中具有重要意义,因此对刺激响应型药物载体的需求很高。本研究通过将牛血清白蛋白包覆在 Fe5C2 纳米颗粒(NPs)上,开发了一种多刺激响应型药物载体。该纳米平台载有高浓度的抗癌药物阿霉素,在近红外(NIR)光或酸性条件下会迅速释放药物。体外实验表明,NIR 光调控的细胞抑制作用源于载体的细胞摄取以及光热治疗和增强药物释放的协同作用。该载体还具有磁场响应性,可在磁场引导下进行靶向药物输送,并通过磁共振成像监测治疗效果。体内协同效应表明,在 NIR 照射下,磁驱动 NPs 的积累可以诱导完全的肿瘤抑制,而不会对治疗小鼠产生明显的副作用,这是由于联合光化疗的作用。我们的研究结果突出了 Fe5C2 NPs 作为一种远程控制的光热化疗癌症治疗平台的巨大潜力。