通过适配子功能化的脂质聚合物实现 CRISPR/Cas9 对肿瘤细胞的靶向递送,用于骨肉瘤中 VEGFA 的治疗性基因组编辑。
Tumor cell-targeted delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 by aptamer-functionalized lipopolymer for therapeutic genome editing of VEGFA in osteosarcoma.
机构信息
Law Sau Fai Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone and Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Institute of Integrated Bioinfomedicine and Translational Science, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Institute of Precision Medicine and Innovative Drug Discovery, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Shenzhen Lab of Combinatorial Compounds and Targeted Drug Delivery, HKBU Institute of Research and Continuing Education, Shenzhen, China.
Law Sau Fai Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone and Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Institute of Integrated Bioinfomedicine and Translational Science, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Institute of Precision Medicine and Innovative Drug Discovery, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Shenzhen Lab of Combinatorial Compounds and Targeted Drug Delivery, HKBU Institute of Research and Continuing Education, Shenzhen, China.
出版信息
Biomaterials. 2017 Dec;147:68-85. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.09.015. Epub 2017 Sep 13.
Osteosarcoma (OS) is a highly aggressive pediatric cancer, characterized by frequent lung metastasis and pathologic bone destruction. Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA), highly expressed in OS, not only contributes to angiogenesis within the tumor microenvironment via paracrine stimulation of vascular endothelial cells, but also acts as an autocrine survival factor for tumor cell themselves, thus making it a promising therapeutic target for OS. CRISPR/Cas9 is a versatile genome editing technology and holds tremendous promise for cancer treatment. However, a major bottleneck to achieve the therapeutic potential of the CRISPR/Cas9 is the lack of in vivo tumor-targeted delivery systems. Here, we screened an OS cell-specific aptamer (LC09) and developed a LC09-functionalized PEG-PEI-Cholesterol (PPC) lipopolymer encapsulating CRISPR/Cas9 plasmids encoding VEGFA gRNA and Cas9. Our results demonstrated that LC09 facilitated selective distribution of CRISPR/Cas9 in both orthotopic OS and lung metastasis, leading to effective VEGFA genome editing in tumor, decreased VEGFA expression and secretion, inhibited orthotopic OS malignancy and lung metastasis, as well as reduced angiogenesis and bone lesion with no detectable toxicity. The delivery system simultaneously restrained autocrine and paracrine VEGFA signaling in tumor cells and could facilitate translating CRISPR-Cas9 into clinical cancer treatment.
骨肉瘤(OS)是一种高度侵袭性的儿科癌症,其特征是频繁发生肺转移和病理性骨破坏。血管内皮生长因子 A(VEGFA)在 OS 中高度表达,不仅通过旁分泌刺激血管内皮细胞促进肿瘤微环境中的血管生成,而且作为肿瘤细胞自身的自分泌存活因子起作用,因此成为 OS 的有前途的治疗靶标。CRISPR/Cas9 是一种多功能基因组编辑技术,在癌症治疗方面具有巨大的应用前景。然而,实现 CRISPR/Cas9 治疗潜力的主要瓶颈是缺乏体内肿瘤靶向递送系统。在这里,我们筛选了一种 OS 细胞特异性适体(LC09),并开发了一种 LC09 功能化的 PEG-PEI-胆固醇(PPC)脂质体,其中包封了编码 VEGFA gRNA 和 Cas9 的 CRISPR/Cas9 质粒。我们的结果表明,LC09 促进了 CRISPR/Cas9 在原位 OS 和肺转移中的选择性分布,导致肿瘤中 VEGFA 基因组的有效编辑,降低了 VEGFA 的表达和分泌,抑制了原位 OS 恶性肿瘤和肺转移,并减少了血管生成和骨损伤,而没有检测到毒性。该递送系统同时抑制了肿瘤细胞中的自分泌和旁分泌 VEGFA 信号通路,并能促进将 CRISPR-Cas9 转化为临床癌症治疗。