Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China.
Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China.
Biomaterials. 2017 Oct;143:1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.07.030. Epub 2017 Jul 22.
Co-delivery multiple drugs using nanocarriers has been recognized as a promising strategy for cancer treatment to enhance therapeutic efficacy. In this study, a pH sensitive mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) based controlled release nanoparticles for co-delivery of sorafenib (SO), a multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and ursolic acid (UA), a sensitive agent for SO, was developed, which was decorated with pH sensitive chitosan (CS) and lactobionic acid (LA) targeting to asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) over-expressing hepatocellar carcinoma cells (denoted as USMNs-CL). The nanocomplex enhanced bioavailability of hydrophobic drugs, efficient tumor cell targeting and exhibited pH-responsive function and sustained release profile. USMNs-CL showed synergistic cytotoxicity and could attenuate the adhesion, migration of ASGPR over-expressing liver cancer SMMC-7721 cells at non-toxic concentrations. Moreover, the complex nanoparticles significantly increased the cellular apoptosis and down-regulated the expression of EGFR and VEGFR2 proteins related with cell proliferation and tumor angiogenesis. In vivo, compared with UA or SO alone, the nanocomplex significantly reduced the tumor burden in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) H22 tumor-bearing mice model and inhibited the lung metastasis in the H22 lung metastasis models. Overall, co-delivery of UA and SO by MSN-CS-LA nanocarriers could provide a promising strategy for HCC combinational therapy, especially for the HCC metastasis chemoprevention.
利用纳米载体共递多种药物已被认为是提高癌症治疗疗效的一种有前途的策略。在这项研究中,开发了一种基于 pH 敏感介孔硅纳米粒子(MSN)的控制释放纳米粒子,用于共递送多靶点酪氨酸激酶抑制剂索拉非尼(SO)和熊果酸(UA),一种 SO 的敏化剂,其表面用 pH 敏感壳聚糖(CS)和乳糖酸(LA)修饰,靶向过度表达的肝癌细胞的去唾液酸糖蛋白受体(ASGPR)(表示为 USMNs-CL)。该纳米复合物增强了疏水性药物的生物利用度,实现了高效的肿瘤细胞靶向,并表现出 pH 响应功能和持续释放特性。USMNs-CL 表现出协同细胞毒性,并且能够在非毒性浓度下抑制 ASGPR 过表达肝癌 SMMC-7721 细胞的黏附和迁移。此外,该复合纳米颗粒显著增加了细胞凋亡,并下调了与细胞增殖和肿瘤血管生成相关的 EGFR 和 VEGFR2 蛋白的表达。在体内,与 UA 或 SO 单独给药相比,纳米复合物显著降低了荷肝癌 H22 肿瘤小鼠模型中的肿瘤负担,并抑制了 H22 肺转移模型中的肺转移。总之,MSN-CS-LA 纳米载体共递送 UA 和 SO 可为 HCC 联合治疗提供一种有前途的策略,特别是对 HCC 转移的化学预防。