血流稳定性决定了具有 pH 触发药物释放的胶束聚合物-阿霉素药物偶联物的抗肿瘤疗效。

Bloodstream Stability Predetermines the Antitumor Efficacy of Micellar Polymer-Doxorubicin Drug Conjugates with pH-Triggered Drug Release.

机构信息

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences , Heyrovského náměstı́ 2 , 162 06 Prague 6 , Czech Republic.

Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences , Vídeňská 1083 , 142 20 Prague 4 , Czech Republic.

出版信息

Mol Pharm. 2018 Sep 4;15(9):3654-3663. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00156. Epub 2018 Mar 21.

Abstract

Herein, the biodegradable micelle-forming amphiphilic N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMA)-based polymer conjugates with the anticancer drug doxorubicin (Dox) designed for enhanced tumor accumulation were investigated, and the influence of their stability in the bloodstream on biodistribution, namely, tumor uptake, and in vivo antitumor efficacy were evaluated in detail. Dox was attached to the polymer carrier by a hydrazone bond enabling pH-controlled drug release. While the polymer-drug conjugates were stable in a buffer at pH 7.4 (mimicking bloodstream environment), Dox was released in a buffer under mild acidic conditions modeling the tumor microenvironment or cells. The amphiphilic polymer carriers differed in the structure of hydrophobic cholesterol derivative moieties bound to the HPMA copolymers via a hydrolyzable hydrazone bond, exhibiting different rates of micellar structure disintegration at various pH values. Considerable dependence of the studied polymer-drug conjugate biodistribution on the stability of the micellar structure was observed in neutral, bloodstream-mimicking, environment, showing that a faster rate of the micelle disintegration in pH 7.4 increased the conjugate blood clearance, decreased tumor accumulation, and significantly reduced the tumor:blood and tumor:muscle ratios. Similarly, the final therapeutic outcome was strongly affected by the stability of the micellar structure because the most stable micellar conjugate showed an almost similar therapeutic outcome as the water-soluble, nondegradable, high-molecular-weight starlike HPMA copolymer-Dox conjugate, which was highly efficient in the treatment of solid tumors in mice. Based on the results, we conclude that the bloodstream stability of micellar polymer-anticancer drug conjugates, in addition to their low side toxicity, is a crucial parameter for their efficient solid tumor accumulation and high in vivo antitumor activity.

摘要

本文研究了具有生物降解性的胶束形成两亲性 N-(2-羟丙基)甲基丙烯酰胺(HPMA)基聚合物缀合物与抗癌药物阿霉素(Dox)的结合,这些缀合物旨在增强肿瘤积累,详细评估了其在血液中的稳定性对生物分布的影响,即肿瘤摄取和体内抗肿瘤疗效。通过腙键将 Dox 连接到聚合物载体上,实现了 pH 控制的药物释放。虽然聚合物-药物缀合物在 pH 7.4 的缓冲液中(模拟血液环境)稳定,但在模拟肿瘤微环境或细胞的温和酸性条件下,Dox 会从缓冲液中释放出来。两亲性聚合物载体在通过可水解腙键与 HPMA 共聚物结合的疏水性胆固醇衍生物部分的结构上有所不同,在不同的 pH 值下表现出不同的胶束结构分解速率。在中性、模拟血液的环境中,研究的聚合物-药物缀合物的生物分布对胶束结构稳定性有相当大的依赖性,表明在 pH 7.4 中更快的胶束分解速率增加了缀合物的血液清除率,降低了肿瘤积累,并显著降低了肿瘤:血液和肿瘤:肌肉的比例。同样,最终的治疗效果也受到胶束结构稳定性的强烈影响,因为最稳定的胶束缀合物的治疗效果与水溶性、不可降解的高分子量星形 HPMA 共聚物-Dox 缀合物相似,后者在治疗小鼠的实体瘤方面非常有效。基于这些结果,我们得出结论,除了低侧毒性外,胶束聚合物-抗癌药物缀合物在血液中的稳定性是其有效积累实体瘤和高体内抗肿瘤活性的关键参数。

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